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One of our fantastic students has been one of the artists featured within Tatty Devine's new series of interviews with female creatives! Adele chatted about her inspirations for her Final Major Project and time at trade shows in New York and Paris. She was also set the challenge of reimagining a piece of their jewellery in Adele's own signature style. […]

A graduate from Cleveland College of Art and Design (CCAD) has today (28 February) been honoured by the judges of the 2017 Sony World Photography Awards for his work, a photographic series Food Puns which was shortlisted as one of the top ten in the world in the awards’ Professional Still life category. 21-year-old photographer Grant Hegedus from Billingham graduated […]

With Storm Doris bringing us all down with the blues, here at CCAD we believe a rainy and miserable day is perfect for creative enrichment. Below are a few things that you can do to lift those spirits and make the most of being confined to indoors! Over at the People's Theatre in Newcastle, The Young People's Theatre group are […]

We have some amazing students here at The Northern School of Art! We caught up with Alexandra Serafin Johnson studying Art and Design who has taken her skills learnt at college and applied them to her part time role at the very cool Vintageous Rags on Baker's Street in Middlesbrough "I'd definitely recommend CCAD, because there are courses to suit […]

Three former students from a specialist northern art college are now on the road to business success and enjoying a career in the creative arts following their studies. Designers Emma Tweddle and business partner Vik Watson both graduated with degrees in graphic design from Cleveland College of Art and Design (CCAD) in 2011, and are now creating up a storm […]

A talented textiles student from Catterick Garrison in North Yorkshire has marked the start of the 2017 season at a popular Richmond museum with an exhibition featuring a collection of military-themed works. Rachel Fraser, a second-year student on the BA (Hons) Textiles and Surface Design degree at Cleveland College of Art and Design (CCAD) has helped to launch the programme […]

A final year photography degree student at Cleveland College of Art and Design (CCAD) has captured the attention of the photography industry with his innovative work featuring in a leading publication. Experimental photography student Marius Hanzak, 20 from Runcorn in Cheshire was approached by Petapixel, a leading online photography publication to share his video titled ‘RGB Church Street’. Currently living […]

For the next instalment of our series ‘A Day in the life of a CCAD student’ we have Illustration for Commercial Application Student, Lizzie Lovejoy taking you through her day at CCAD. "If you have a love for creating images and want to make a living from it I fully recommend this course built around both creating images, but applying them to […]

Staff from Cleveland College of Art and Design (CCAD) are behind a collection of mug shots of historical north east criminals, which were unveiled for the first time at the Hartlepool Art Gallery this week. Fascinated by the images, Jade Sweeting, print making technician demonstrator at CCAD, joined CCAD illustration lecturer Nik Holmes in creating an exhibition to showcase the […]

Graphic design students at Cleveland College of Art & Design (CCAD) in Middlesbrough have been using their creativity to design posters with hard hitting messages that encourage fellow students not to smoke. Middlesbrough Council’s Smokefree Alliance challenged the students to create the posters as part of its campaign to reduce the prevalence of smoking in Middlesbrough and to discourage young […]

Amongst the beautiful independent shops scattered along the high street in Stokesley, lives Croft Interiors; a beautiful homeware and interiors store which is always bustling with locals and tourists. Here you will find merchandise made and designed by our very own Level 3 Art and Design Students! Before Christmas, owner Lyndon Lowe came in to chat to the students about […]

Art Foundation student, Helena Greening, has bagged a place at the very prestigious, Oxford University, to study BA (Hons) Fine Art at the Ruskin School of Art! After acing her GCSE's and A-levels at Stokesley School and Sixth Form College, Helena from Osmotherly, North Yorkshire, decided she wanted to specialise in art; "Ever since I've been small I've loved art […]

Cleveland College of Art and Design (CCAD) is celebrating a strong start to the New Year with an increase in student recruitment to its university-level campus in Hartlepool. The leading higher education provider of specialist creative art and design degrees in the north has not only exceeded its own targets for applicants on its September 2017-degree programme, but the number […]

We have some amazing staff teaching at here at CCAD, so naturally we want to show them off! We grabbed a chat with artist and History of Art teacher Alyson Agar, all about success, achievements and art. Can you tell me a bit about what you before you came to teach at CCAD? After graduating with a First Class Honours […]

For the next instalment of our series ‘A Day in the life of a CCAD student’ we have Textiles and Surface Design Student, Adele Catchpole taking you through her day at CCAD. ——————————————————————————————– Hello, I am Adele Catchpole and I am currently in the midst of my final year of study on the BA (Hons) Textiles & Surface Design course here at […]