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On Friday 19th October an extremely exciting visual, outdoor theatre performance, The Glass Ceiling, is taking place at Ward Jackson Park, Hartlepool from 8.30pm - 9.30pm. After it's huge success at Kirkleatham and Darlington, the show inspired by the Suffragettes, is described as a "sensory, spectacular and ultimately uplifting, this surround performance uses innovative staging and pyrotechnic design, new music, […]

It was back to college for two directors of Stockton-on-Tees based marketing agency M Media & Design as new signage was installed at The Northern School of Art. In September 2018, the former Cleveland College of Art and Design (CCAD), with sites in Hartlepool and Middlesbrough, officially became The Northern School of Art. M Media & Design (MMD) Directors Gavin […]

Fashion historian and broadcaster Amber Butchart is to give an illustrated public talk at The Northern School of Art’s Hartlepool campus. She will be talking through her latest book ‘The Fashion Chronicles: Style Stories of History’s Best Dressed’ at the event on Tuesday 9 October. Amber, who presented A Stitch in Time on BBC Four earlier this year, which explored […]

Over Freshers’ Week the tutors from Production Design for Stage and Screen & Visual Effects and Model Making invited recent graduates to come in and share their experiences, past and present, with the new Level 4 students. The first couple of weeks, as we all know, are pretty daunting. A brand new course to get stuck into, a whole new […]

Details of new creative pre-degree courses will be available at an open evening in October at The Northern School of Art’s Middlesbrough campus. Students considering their next steps in further education for art and design can discover more about two new diplomas in film production and a new media studies A Level course which have been added to the School’s […]

The success of northern artists in the recently announced allocation of ‘Developing your Creative Practice’ funding from Arts Council England has been applauded by The Northern School of Art with a call for more to apply in the next round. As the leading provider of specialist creative art and design degrees in the north, and one of the best in […]

From 4th -7th October, Middlesbrough becomes a creative hub, with a full programme of local, regional and international artists. Developing on the success of the first year and the theme of the dispersed gallery, year two takes on the idea of connectivity. The festival is an attempt to ask ‘what connects a community?’ Through the practices and public programming the weekend […]

When: Preview 4th Oct 6-8pm. Refreshments provided Exhibition runs from 4th October until 15th November 2018 Where: Platform-A Gallery, Middlesbrough Railway Station, Zetland Road, Middlesbrough, TS1 1EG Call: +44 (0) 1642 252 061 Repeated patterns of existence are mesmerisingly submerged within Francesca Simon’s current paintings. The recent series of hinged triptychs is inspired by looking down at the world, noticing both the elusive and the […]

The first open day to be held since CCAD became The Northern School of Art is set to unveil some new additions to the wide range of creative degree courses at its University-level Campus in Hartlepool. The School, which prides itself on being the leading provider of specialist creative art and design courses in the north, has announced a new […]

Denis Dunning who has over 30 years of experience in the photographic industry and teaching in Further and Higher Education, is running Photography evening classes in our studios at The Northern School of Art. He has an MA in Photography (University of Sunderland), an MA in Creative Multimedia (University of Teesside). Denis is highly creative and passionate about photography in […]

Today at our Middlesbrough Campus we have an exciting talk happening at 1pm. Alumni, Daniel Mclaren has just completed his degree in Production Design at the Glasgow School of Art after completing his BTEC with us at The Northern School of of Art. Upon graduating, Daniel has been headhunted by a Indesign, a company based in London. We are thrilled […]

Our first term officially as The Northern School of Art is set to be an exciting one as we have our first guest lecturer confirmed and it is fashion historian Amber Butchart. The Fashion Chronicles: Style Stories of History’s Best Dressed In this illustrated talk, Amber Butchart talks us through her latest book. The Fashion Chronicles: Style Stories of History’s Best […]

Looking for something fun to do this weekend? Why not head to see Final Score which is showing in cinemas at the moment? Dave Bautista stars as an ex-soldier forced into action when armed terrorists take control of a packed football stadium. The film is directed by Scott Mann, co-written by Jonathan Franks and Nick Rowntree stars in it. Each of […]

We at The Northern School of Art are once again celebrating success as we top the chart for student satisfaction when compared to similar and competitor institutions in the 2018 National Student Survey (NSS). The NSS is an annual national survey of final-year undergraduate students that runs across all publicly-funded higher education institutions in the UK, and we reviewed the […]

The weekend of the 8th and 9th September 2018 sees the return of the Staithes Festival of Art & Heritage. Over the course of the weekend, there will be up to 85 pop up galleries open housing artwork from over 150 talented artists, as well as workshops, light displays, picture shows, live music and art talks too. At night fall, […]