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Nightmare ‘24 a conference of horror at The Northern School of Art invites proposals for 15 minute papers to be presented at this first film focused conference hosted at our award winning school! The conference will be held on 25th April 2024 Submission Deadline for proposals is Friday 16th February 2024. “Dreams or nightmares? Madness or Sanity? I don’t know […]

Following the worldwide success of his first children's book, The Northern School of Art's Illustration for Commercial Application degree lecturer Chris Saunders has just announced a follow-up title. 'Believe', which was recently launched at the 2023 Frankfurt Book Fair, is a children's picture book about a heart-warming journey of self-discovery by a lovable Sloth - the front cover image is […]

Students from our UAL Extended Diplomas in Film, Costume, Textiles and 3D enjoyed a trip down to London to visit Warner Brothers Harry Potter studios! This annual trip allows our young students to explore the fantastic sets and costumes of the film. Scroll to see some images of the trip and find out more. Visits like these are important research […]

CCAD alumni and product designer Jonny Muir is currently developing High Mill to become an affordable creative community hub for artists, designers and practitioners in Alston. Jonny recently connected with his retired Northern Art & CCAD 3D Design Diploma and HND in Product & Spatial Design lecturer Martyn Featherstone to show him around his latest project. Speaking of the project […]

BA (Hons) Costume Interpretation with Design first year students will showcase their work at the 1960’s Fashionista: The Marguerite Elliot Collection exhibition at Hartlepool Museum this November. The collaboration will also showcase pieces loaned to the museum from our Costume Archive, an exclusive catalogue of garments ranging from the victorian era through to the 60's an beyond. The exhibition which […]

Second year students on The Northern School of Art's BA (Hons) Illustration for Commercial Application degree have created an animated light show for this year's Christmas Lights Switch-On in Hartlepool. The magical display was created by created collaboratively by students and will be projected onto the Hartlepool Art Gallery tower in Church Square as one of the main attractions during […]

Final year student Abby Wilkinson is prepping for her final year project, ending "an amazing three years" on her costume degree. With a summer working as a costume designer on the Elysium Theatre production of Macbeth, and later Reiver -Tales from the Border behind her, she has gained vital skills, industry credits and contacts to help her take her first […]

Senior technician, alumni and designer Shiori Naruse is working on a residency programme commissioned by Creative Central NCL (funded by North of Tyne Combined Authority and Newcastle City Council) in partnership with The Home Group's homelessness charity and social enterprise Tyneside Foyer. Shiori who graduated in 2015 from our Textiles degree secured her position this summer working with both Textiles […]

Degree students from Animation, Illustration, Production Design, Model Making & Visual FX and our MA courses headed to Aardman's studios in Bristol this month, as Aardman Academy partners our students benefit from trips like this to gain important industry insights. On November 1st students and staff piled on to a coach and made the long journey down to the South […]

Art and design students at The Northern School of Art's Middlesbrough campus have created a stunning display of fabulous fishy creatures that will light up this year's Wintertide Festival on Hartlepool’s Headland. Working to a live brief from Wintertide's creative producers BloomInArt, first and second year Extended Diploma in Art and Design students have constructed beautiful willow sculptures of fish, […]

An Acting lecturer from The Northern School of Art is co-directing a Christmas show that takes place on one of the biggest stages in Europe. Katy Weir, who teaches on the School's BA (Hons) Acting degree for Stage & Screen and MA in Directing & Theatre Making, is co-directing a new production of Sally Cookson's and Adam Peck's Olivier award-nominated […]

BA (Hons) Film, TV & Theatre Production students Rachel Thomas and Aaron Burns are working on their FMP film The Beast of Bolam. Fundraising for the project has begun and has already received support from number of the local community through their gofundme and local news outlet The Chronicle. The news article states: "The story is inspired by an alleged encounter […]

Talented Film, Television & Theatre Production degree students used their skills to help promote an award-winning centre for creative businesses in Hartlepool. Last year's first year students on The Northern School of Art's BA (Hons) Film, Television & Theatre Production degree course created a three-minute film to showcase the facilities on offer at The BIS in Whitby Street. Run by […]

Our school will be represented by Recruitment Manager Liam Bradley at a Discover Creative Careers talk in collaboration with Speakers for Schools an organisation passionate about "levelling the playing field for young people from state education schools and colleges and empower them to reach their potential." Educators and their students can learn more about our school and how to break […]

A video created by Northern School of Art Animation degree student Ell Hockney is being featured as part of a knife crime prevention campaign recently launched by Cleveland Police to raise awareness of the dangers associated with carrying knives or blades. Ell's animation is the central part of the campaign which is called ‘Carrying a Blade Doesn’t Give You an […]