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Acting student Alberto Dumba is definitely one to watch and a star in the making! He recently featured in Ken Loach's new film, 'Sorry We Missed You' and attended in the premier at the Tyneside Cinema in Newcastle. The film follows a family man father trapped in the vicious financial circle of a modern-day form of labour exploitation a.k.a the […]

Some exciting news for The Northern School of Art Illustration lecturer, Frances Moffat, who has worked on a commission with a high profile make-up brand that has collaborated with Lady Gaga. Frances, pictured below, who teaches on the School's BA (Hons) Illustration for Commercial Application degree course at the university-level campus in Hartlepool, produced  illustrations for the packaging for London-based […]

At The Northern School of Art we're very proud of our creative, specialist and collaborative community. Our students are taught by industry specialists, many of whom are practitioners who continue to work across the creative sector. We're delighted to be able to spotlight one of The Northern School of Art's print technicians, Kathryn Bell, pictured below, a practicing painter and […]

Northwood Primary School in Darlington invited in students from The Northern School of Art to help bring its school library area to life for children. Level 3 Extended Diploma students from a number of specialist art and design courses at the School’s further education campus in Middlesbrough created vibrant designs, which were based on a jungle theme, and children at […]

On Tuesday 5th November Royal milliner from the Edinburgh Hat Studio, award-winning Scottish milliner and hat maker Sally-Ann Provan came to our wonderful school to hold a millinery workshop and guest lecture for our Costume Interpretation with Design students. Sally-Ann is a renowned milliner and creates bespoke handmade hats, headpieces, & bridal millinery for weddings (the bride, her family & […]

Former students and alumni recently made a visit to Chernobyl along with their Textiles degree lecturer, Claire Baker. Claire's research of the Chernobyl exclusion zone, titled 'Embroidery as Language', inspired students to learn more about this subject, creating a huge interest to visit the city for themselves on the independently organised trip in October. The visit was organised in partnership […]

A bestselling author and illustrator visited The Northern School of Art to share his story and pass on advice to the School's illustration degree students about how to succeed as commercial illustrators. Chris Chatterton, whose children's picture books include Ten Minutes to Bed – Little Unicorn, The Worrysaurus and This is Gus, illustrations from both pictured below, gave a talk […]

Funding for a multi-million-pound, state-of the-art new building for The Northern School of Art’s further education (post 16) campus has been approved by the Tees Valley Mayor and Combined Authority Cabinet. The £14.5m scheme will see the School’s college-level campus relocating from its existing Acklam base to an architect-designed, purpose-built, three-storey building in the centre of Middlesbrough. It will create […]

Two leading north east cultural institutions have agreed a partnership that will provide a further boost to the Tees Valley’s cultural and drama scene and strengthen the development of the area’s creative workforce. The region’s only specialist arts and design school, The Northern School of Art, has signed an agreement with ARC, the thriving Stockton-on-Tees-based arts centre, which is the […]

A bid for funding to relocate The Northern School of Art’s further education (post 16) campus from Acklam to the centre of Middlesbrough has been submitted to the Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA). If approved by the TVCA, the £14.5m plan will provide a new teaching space for post 16 courses at the School, which is the north’s only specialist […]

A live action comedy short film by Illustration Programme Leader, Niel Bushnell is premiering as part of an exciting new scheme by Tees Valley Screen to support talent, ambition and growth across the region's screen industries. Called DCSS, the film is a sketch about class and social standing starring comedian Hal Branson, pictured below left, and actor Daniel-John Williams, pictured […]

Artworks and research by a textiles artist and academic from The Northern School of Art are being showcased at two major exhibitions in the next few months. Claire Baker, who lectures at the Hartlepool campus on the School’s BA (Hons) Textiles & Surface Design degree and is also a practising embroidery artist, is staging a solo exhibition, ‘Place, Home, Loss […]

A Teesside creative and graduate illustrator is making a return visit to The Northern School of Art to take part in a prestigious performance at the School’s Hartlepool theatre. Ryan Dube, who graduated from The Northern School of Art’s BA (Hons) Illustration for Commercial Application degree course in 2018, will create a series of illustrations as part of ‘How would […]

A major festival celebrating the past and present of UK-made textiles was opened by The Northern School of Art's Vice Principal. Acting in his capacity as Arts Council England North Area Council Member, the School's VP, Pat Chapman, pictured above right, launched the inaugural event of this major cultural event alongside the Patron, designer and Great British Sewing Bee judge, […]

The only northern date for an event about what it was like to be the first Black student at Oxford is taking place in The Northern School of Art’s Hartlepool campus theatre. In a collaboration with Black Oxford Untold Stories, the School is presenting ‘How would you re-imagine Cole?’, an evening of performance, presentation and debate exploring the imagery of Christian Cole […]