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Come and visit us! We offer open days at both our degree level campus in Hartlepool and College level campus in Middlesbrough. Scroll to down to see dates for Hartlepool and Middlesbrough. Hartlepool: BA (Hons) Degrees & Postgraduate  We have regular Open Day events at our beautiful Hartlepool campus, right in the centre of our town close to the train […]

We spoke with CCAD alumni Sally Agar who after a successful career as a designer, working for brands such as H&M in Stockholm, has recently been nominated for the prestigious Waterstones Children's Book Prize! The nomination is for The Queen Next Door a children's modern day fairytale co-created with author Marcela Ferreira. The Waterstones Children's Book Prize is in it's 12th […]

UAL Extended Diploma in Film & TV Production students' Tishe Otedola, Izzy Wood and Chloe Wilkinson spent their International Women's Day speaking to staff and students for their documentary style film, which poses the question, what does International Women's Day mean to you? The outcome is a thoughtful and beautifully shot compilation of insights and discussion about women in film, favourite […]

Creatives are invited to the next 'Join the Dots' event hosted by our staff and created in partnership with the Arts Council, Creative Hartlepool and BloomInArt. This second instalment of the creative networking session takes place next week, Wednesday 20th March at our Hartlepool Campus! These network sessions work alongside the (newly formed) Hartlepool creative strategic partnership and offer the […]

Students from the BA (Hons) Acting for Stage & Screen present InterACT Festival 2024! Two evenings of new, diverse and exciting work. InterACT Festival is an annual theatre showcase created by students across our Acting & Film, TV & Theatre departments and features different works created by final year students on each evening spanning the genres. Audience members can expect […]

MA Alumni Nichola Stott, 47 from Billingham, will be a featured artist in The Baltic x Fenwick exhibition due to open this month! Following a successful career as a Data Scientist she came back to education to develop her creative practice, her submission for the exhibition includes work that was created during her Masters degree. The exhibition will showcase painting, […]

Students on our UAL Extended Diploma in Graphic & Digital Design course have been working on a live brief with Cleveland Police. Cleveland Police’s Operation Endurance team contacted our school to enquire about working with students to update their poster campaign which aims to stop anti-social motorbike and illegal e-bike use. The brief ended with a small prize giving ceremony with Cleveland Police […]

BA (Hons) Photography students recently collaborated on the exhibition John Bulmer:Northern Light showcasing the work of celebrated British Photographer and Film-maker John Bulmer, at Hartlepool Art Gallery. John has worked for The Sunday Times Magazine amongst others and during his long career he has traveled to over 100 countries around the world to document historic moments.   Shortly after in […]

Costume students Katie Barker and Ciara Carrington have recently finished a four week run working as costume designers with Durham University Light Opera Group on their Production of Anything Goes. Completing the enormous task of dressing a 30 person cast whilst studying for their degree! Finding out about the opportunity from their lecturer Jane Havakin the wonderful work experience opportunity […]

We are working with the BBC in support of their Bring the Drama Festival: Careers Behind the Scenes offering a screen to stage work shop on March 5th! The festival offers workshops and screen industry insights from institutions across the country, in support of the new six-part series from the BBC and Wall to Wall Media to be showcased on […]

The Northern School of Art costume design lecturer Ian Bowden has been exploring the impact of men’s clothing designs on society’s opinions of what it means to be male. In his ‘Evolving Masculinities’ project he aims to highlight how fashion has been at the forefront of changing attitudes about men expressing their individuality. For his research Ian, pictured below, used […]

BA (Hons) Illustration for Commercial Application alumni Maisie Rooney creator and editor of TART Magazine has launched two editions of her publication and is gearing up for a networking launch event this month, what initially started as an FMP project has developed into a publication, digital platform and creative community. Speaking of completing her second edition, which she managed and […]

Spot BA (Hons) Fine Art student Jo Forbes on the Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year TV show! The televised competition allows artists to enter with a landscape artwork created within the last five years. Entrants are selected on merit by a panel of expert judges. At a series of filmed in-person gatherings, 'heats', selected artists are then given […]

A series of plays by the School's Acting degree students on topics as varied as sex, social media and sleeplessness, bank robberies, brighter futures and the bonds of friendship is heading to ARC Stockton Arts Centre in March. The productions are all devised and performed by the students for their Spring Season at ARC which has taken place every year […]

Postgraduate student Grimesz Lockwood, 25, from Middlesbrough opened his solo exhibition at Pineapple Black last month as a part of The Northern Art Gala 2024 a series of creative showcases presented across the Tees Valley by our MA students and he is gearing up for the next instalment of Picasso Baby this Feb! We caught up with Grimesz to find […]