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This evening a selection of the BA (Hons) Film, TV & Theatre Production students are heading to the Nahemi Kodak Awards at the Regent Street Cinema in London. The Awards are showcasing 30 second adverts shot on 16mm film created by students from all over the country; this event is one of the most prestigious student events in the film industry […]

BA (Hons) Graphic Design student James Flounders has recently collaborated with Australian fashion label On Our Own to bring to life a look-book through the media of animation. The black and white animations showcase various bespoke T-shirts from the Static Dreams collection as well as successfully illustrating the mood and vibes that the brand strives to communicate. The Modern Noire/ […]

A York-based designer who is taking the fashion world by storm has inspired the next generation of artists in fashion and textiles at a guest lecture for students from Cleveland College of Art and Design (CCAD). Matty Bovan, 27, who graduated from Central Saint Martins in 2015 with an MA specialising in Fashion Knitwear and has worked with leading designers […]

Level 6 student Rory Henderson has been working on an installation based animation set to be showcased in Hartlepool Art Gallery on Church Square. Set as a live brief, Rory collaborated with a County Durham-born folk singer, Harri Endersby, where his task was to create a cinematic animation synced to an 18 minute excerpt of her new folk album, Homes […]

Photography students from The Northern School of Art (CCAD) are hoping to make a difference as part of a campaign to help reduce loneliness and social isolation in Middlesbrough. Ageing Better Middlesbrough, a Big Lottery Funded programme, has set the students a live brief as part of their second year UAL Extended Diploma in Photography course. The brief for the budding […]

A Stockton artist, who is now enjoying success through her new freelance graphic design business, has taken her love for her home town and turned it into vintage style prints now on sale at a local independent bookshop. 24-year old Abby Taylor, a graphic design graduate from Cleveland College of Art and Design (CCAD), began working as a graphic designer […]

Northern designers and fashionistas can look forward to an entertaining and informative evening as internationally acclaimed designer and art director Simon Costin returns to the stage at Cleveland College of Art and Design (CCAD) later this month to talk about his career working with designers and clients such as Alexander McQueen, Hermès, Swarovski and Tiffany. As part of the college’s […]

We are The Northern School of Art - and soon it will be official! We are delighted to announce that the Secretary of State for Education has agreed to this becoming our new name – so from September 2018 we will become..... ...The Northern School of Art Over the coming months we will be making changes to our brand identity […]

I hope you have all enjoyed your Easter break and are ready and energised for the rest of the year! Here is what we have planned for next week and beyond through the SU for you all to take part in: CANVAS Don’t forget to grab a copy of Canvas, our student magazine which includes: an introduction to our SU […]

To celebrate the opening season of the newly restored Darlington Hippodrome, starting from this week, the students from Level 5 Production Design for Stage and Screen are showcasing scale set designs in the Hippodrome's brand new exhibition space. This is set to be the first showcase in the new exhibition space at the newly refurbished venue. After a long period […]

Dynamic design duo Mark Hampshire and Keith Stephenson from leading interiors brand Mini Moderns inspired a new generation of artists when they visited a northern arts school. Cleveland College of Art and Design (CCAD) welcomed Mark and Keith to its university-level campus in Hartlepool for a guest lecture as part of the college’s ‘Creative Talks’ series. During the two-day visit, […]

Carol Harris Dr Carol Harris heads up Body Contour Fashion at CCAD and has been specifically chosen for the position due to her highly prestigious career at Savannah College of Design, where she held a role that most fashion academics dream of having; Professor of Fashion. She brings with her a wealth of experience to offer students in lingerie, structured […]

A textile and embroidery designer who has worked with prestigious fashion houses such as Chanel Couture, Alexander McQueen, Givenchy and Betty Jackson, brought her expertise and passion for fashion to a specialist art and design college to inspire the next generation of artists and designers. Mixed media textile and embroidery designer and artist Karen Nicol recently visited Cleveland College of […]

The number of UK creative jobs is set to grow 5.3% by 2024, faster than STEM at 5.1%, and double the average rate of employment which will increase by 2.5%, a new report from Creative Industries Federation and Nesta shows. This means, for children who start secondary school this year to graduate in 2024, there will be 119,495 new creative […]

For the past few weeks our Level 5 Textiles and Surface Design students have been hard at work pulling together an exhibition of their work. The exhibition, called ON THE BOX is set to preview on 23rd March and then to open to the public on the 26th March and runs until 8th May. The work featured was a fourteen […]