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A 2020 textiles graduate from The Northern School of Art, Ruth O’Reilly, has been named as a finalist in the prestigious Première Vision NextGen Awards. The awards, organised in collaboration with the leading digital platform for emerging artists and designers, ARTSTHREAD, offer an unprecedented opportunity for final year students to enjoy international visibility and rub shoulders with professionals from the […]

Congratulations to UAL Extended Diploma Fine art students, Penny Tetlow and Jayne Donohoe who have placed in the top tier in an international competition! Jayne's submission (above) is featured in the top 10 of the Wild Spaces category in the SFS Introducing art competition. With over 100 submissions received from as far as Australia, Korea and Iran, Jayne's beautiful art […]

An award-winning former fine art student from The Northern School of Art’s Middlesbrough campus has seen his creativity flourish during the pandemic after being selected to be part of a prestigious network of sculptors. Connor Shields, who studied on the School’s Extended Diploma Fine Art course at its FE base in Green Lane from 2013-15, has created a series of […]

A series of giant colourful billboards in central Middlesbrough is creating a vibrant roadside artwork for the town at the site of The Northern School of Art’s £14.5m new campus. Building work is now underway on the School’s architect-designed, purpose-built, three-storey college-level building opposite the BBC studios in Middlesbrough that will replace its existing Acklam base in September 2021. The […]

Alumni student Danny Lowe studied a UAL Diploma in Photography at our Middlesbrough campus, he's now shooting for global brands and publications such as GQ, Esquire, Vogue, Interview Mag, L'Officiel and more. We sat down with Danny to chat about his time at The Northern School of Art in hopes of inspiring future careers! Can you tell us a bit […]

A photography student at The Northern School of Art has achieved one of the highest accolades available to photographers around the world. An image by first year BA (Hons) Commercial Photography degree student Lauren Fletcher is to feature in the prestigious 2020 AOP (Association of Photographers) Awards Book having been selected as one of the finalists in the category celebrating […]

Sisters, Natalie and Danielle Futo both studied a UAL Extended Diploma in Fashion Design at The Northern School of Art and since have founded an online global fashion brand, Lielle. We wanted to catch up with our alumni and the founders of Lielle in hopes to inspire and highlight to budding designers what can be achieved. Can you give us […]

It is with such great sadness to have to share with you the recent death of our much-loved friend, colleague and tutor Tim Leah-Adams.   After being diagnosed with oesophageal cancer before Christmas, Tim passed away peacefully at St James University Hospital with his loving wife Jane at his side.  This will be a dreadful shock for many who had the pleasure of […]

The Northern School of Art’s class of 2020 are presenting their end of year work to a worldwide audience. On Thursday 2 July the School's Online Digital Showcase 'Discovered 2020' is being launched, providing a celebration of creativity across the wide range of degree and further education courses offered at both the Hartlepool and Middlesbrough campuses. A collection of highly […]

The filmmaker behind the Emmy nominated documentary 'Game Of Thrones: The Last Watch' is presenting an online talk being hosted by The Northern School of Art. Acclaimed artist and filmmaker Jeanie Finlay, whose work also includes the BIFA (British Independent Film Awards) nominated Seahorse,  BIFA winner ORION: The Man Who Would Be King and her film about men, music and […]

The Northern School of Art's Middlesbrough campus Course Leader for Interior Architecture and Product Design has been putting his lockdown time to good use by making face-shields for carers working at the front-line of the Covid-19 pandemic. Neil McCormack, pictured above, who can usually be found teaching students at the School's Green Lane site in Middlesbrough, has continued teaching remotely […]

Throughout these isolating, weird and unbelievable times it's easy (and absolutely OKAY) to let every lockdown day be consumed by the white noise of news outlets, endless social media threads of banana bread and sourdough, or maybe getting lost in the blackhole of Disney+. As the easing of lockdown unfolds, we wanted to give you some ways to help reignite […]

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In a time when we are locked in our houses we have turned to our online life for a release from boredom; for the ability to once again socialise and to be able to work or study. Applications like Instagram, Microsoft Teams and WhatsApp have seen a massive spike in engagement and it’s no surprise as these applications facilitate not […]

Two acting students at The Northern School of Art are following in the footsteps of actors such as Daniel Craig, Matt Smith and Zawe Ashton after winning places at the prestigious National Youth Theatre (NYT). Second years Juho Hankela and Teigan Gardham were offered places at the world-leading youth arts organisation after taking part in the highly competitive UK-wide auditions […]