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An established animator, illustrator and artist whose work has featured in Disney productions and Marvel Comics has joined The Northern School of Art to head up its illustration degree course. Niel Bushnell, pictured above, who also has had work credited in numerous feature films and computer games, has been appointed as the Programme Leader for the School’s BA (Hons) Illustration […]

The Northern School of Art is backing a major event that is celebrating one of the world’s best known sci-fi films which was directed by one the School’s most famous former students, Sir Ridley Scott. In November the Teesside Cyberpunk Convention is holding a series of events to mark the profound importance that the industrial landscape of Teesside and the […]

In this day and age, we all know how crucial social media is to the growth of a small business. The success of a social platform can highly impact the level of custom, the likeability and the reputation of a brand. Don’t get me wrong, there are plenty of incredibly successful small businesses that are thriving without social media but […]

Art is now so much more than putting pencil to paper. In the 21st century we have been introduced to a massive burst of technology that has changed the way we look at art. It’s now not as simple, but way more experimental and opens your work up to the world with the tap of a screen. In the realm […]

An innovative lecturer at The Northern School of Art was invited to speak at a recent BAFTA event about how the production design for stage and screen degree course has succeeded in becoming more sustainable. Norman Austick, pictured above, told an audience of stage and screen industry professionals that the move has been fuelled by environmentally-conscious students looking for ways […]

Visitors to this year’s Hartlepool Waterfront Festival will be looking ship-shape thanks to two second year costume design students at The Northern School of Art. In the past few weeks Emily Cairns and Molly Frankland have created 33 historically accurate maritime-themed hats that will feature in one of the interactive activities planned for the event on Saturday 20 and Sunday […]

Students at The Northern School of Art are very happy with their experience of higher education according to a leading independent survey of recent graduates. Results from this year’s National Student Survey (NSS) show that the School’s university level campus in Hartlepool is the best in the north east for overall student satisfaction ranking at the top of all the […]

The north east’s specialist provider of creative courses, The Northern School of Art, has announced a new line-up for its board of governors. The School’s new chair of governors is Patrick Smith, pictured above and right, currently the north east managing director of specialist recruitment firm Broster Buchanan Ltd. With director level experience at a number of well-known recruitment companies, […]

Church bells rang out as students at The Northern School of Art celebrated their achievements in a series of graduation ceremonies at Hartlepool’s historic Art Gallery. The graduates emerged into the summer sunshine after each event to the peel of bells and were met by an informal guard of honour and applause from their former lecturers. A total of 126 […]

One of the UK’s leading illustrators is set to appear at a free event organised by The Northern Festival of Illustration. Former Children’s Laureate Chris Riddell OBE, the Observer’s political cartoonist whose work featured in the original Harry Potter books and who created the Costa-prize winning Goth Girl series as well as the much-loved Ottoline children’s book series, will be […]

The grand opening of the renowned end of year Summer Show at The Northern School of Art’s Middlesbrough campus was attended by more than 1,000 guests. The preview evening on Wednesday 12 June launched the annual showcase of displays of work by the seriously creative talent at the further education campus of the North East’s only specialist arts school which […]

The grand opening of the renowned end of year Summer Show at The Northern School of Art’s Middlesbrough campus takes place on Wednesday 12 June. With a theme of ‘Made By’, the event features hundreds of displays by young creative talent at the further education campus of North East’s only specialist arts school. The event is a celebration of the […]

Fabulous film sets and fine art, costumes and commercial photography and textiles and TV films by future creatives have gone on show at The Northern School of Art. Over 150 graduating and current students are displaying a range of highly visual and innovative work at the ‘Made By’ end of year spectacle at the only provider of specialist creative courses […]

The third Northern Festival of Illustration opened in style with the unveiling of the winners of a prestigious new competition to celebrate the very best in illustration across the globe. The Northern Illustration Prize, a brand new international art prize launched earlier this year by The Northern School of Art with the Association of Illustrators, was aimed at highlighting the […]

Internationally-renowned illustrators are heading to Hartlepool for a day of masterclasses showcasing some unique creative talent to launch the third outing for the award-winning Northern Festival of Illustration. On Saturday 1 June festival organiser, The Northern School of Art, is hosting a day of free events by leading illustrators Rob Flowers, Sam Arthur, Darren Yeomans of Atomhawk, Keith Robson and […]