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Three former students from Cleveland College of Art and Design (CCAD) are taking part in a project to create a series of striking new artworks and temporarily transform an historic stable block as part of the Festival of Thrift. The project combines the talents of selected new and established artists from Teesside and County Durham. The emerging artists selected for […]

This week, BA (Hons) Fine Art students and BA (Hons) Photography students came together to reinterpret famous paintings as part of the CREATE project for Fresher's Week! The paintings that were recreated were by Manet, Van Eyck, Caravaggio and Velasquez. The images have been highly commended across campus and on social media and both courses produced outstanding work!

Students and staff from a specialist art and design college in the north east are celebrating after achieving a series of fantastic results in A-levels and BTEC Extended Diplomas. The Northern School of Art (CCAD) in Middlesbrough has maintained its record of a 100 per cent BTEC pass rate for more than 11 successive years. 66 percent of its BTEC […]

A County Durham designer, who recently graduated from Cleveland College of Art and Design (CCAD), has received her first commission to design wallpaper for an international textiles studio, and will be flying out to Belgium to see her work produced later this year. Sharron Bates, 45 from Newton Aycliffe, graduated with a first class honours degree in Textiles and Surface […]

Cleveland Art and Design College (CCAD) has taken on some of the best education institutions in the country and outperformed them with a stunning graduate success rate. Employability statistics for CCAD have put the north east specialist college not only top in the region but fifth in the UK overall rankings and joint number one in the country for art […]

44-year-old Jo Stenberg from Kenton in Newcastle, who recently graduated with a first class degree in Textile and Surface Design from Cleveland College of Art and Design (CCAD), has won a national design competition by leading brand, Absolut Vodka. The New Designers exhibition at London’s prestigious Design Centre - where over 3,000 of the most promising graduate talents from Britain’s […]

Cleveland College of Art and Design (CCAD) graduate, Alan Vest, from Stockton-on-Tees is one of just 10 graduates to be chosen as a ‘rising star’ and to have their work showcased to millions of people as part of a national initiative by Creative Review and JC Decaux to appear on over 1,000 of JC Decaux’s digital screens at stations, roadsides and shopping centres all […]

Students from Cleveland College of Art & Design (CCAD) celebrated their academic success as the third graduation ceremony got underway at the Christ Church in Hartlepool.   134 students received their certificates in degrees ranging from Illustration for Commercial Application, Creative Film and Moving Image and Textile Surface Design to Costume Interpretation with Design, Production Design for Stage and Screen […]

The future generation of artists and designers put their talents in the spotlight as the annual summer show at The Northern School of Art (CCAD) opened at the Green Lane campus in Middlesbrough. Students showcased their works from a wide range of courses at an exhibition at the leading specialist art and design college, including fashion, photography, 3D design, fine […]

Illustration students from a north east art and design college have wowed industry professionals and visitors alike at a three-day exhibition in London’s Brick Lane for their degree show. Final year students from Cleveland College of Art and Design (CCAD), took their Degree Show,  titled’ Due North’ to the hugely popular Free Range event at the Old Truman Brewery, an […]

The cream of the north east‘s young artists and designers put their talents on show at the opening night of the degree show at Cleveland College of Art & Design’s (CCAD) university-level campus in Hartlepool. Students exhibited their works from ten degree courses at an exhibition at the leading specialist art and design college, including fashion, fine art, illustration and […]

The winner of a design competition organised by Local Motion and Connect Tees Valley, the Sustainable Transport project covering the Tees Valley has been selected. Design students from colleges across the region were invited to work on a live project to design a piece of outerwear aimed at walkers or cyclists which would increase the wearer’s visibility. Students could choose […]

A design student from Middlesbrough has taken the tragic fall of the steel industry on Teesside and turned it into a piece of art, which has attracted the attention of passionate Teesside man and creative partner, Mike McGrother. As part of her final year at Cleveland College of Art and Design (CCAD), BA (Hons) Production Design for Stage and Screen […]

CCAD is hosting a visit from four leading photography professionals who will be reviewing students final year work as part of the Vision Degree Show. Mimi Mollica, Documentary Photographer, Amit Lennon, Editorial/Portrait Photographer, Krishna Sheth, Picture Editor and Tim Clark, Curator and Editor will be taking part in a Portfolio Review for Level 6 Photography students. Mimi is an award-winning […]

The future generation of artists and designers are putting their talents in the spotlight as the annual degree show at Cleveland College of Art and Design (CCAD) opens next week at the university-level campus in Hartlepool. Students will be exhibiting their works from ten degree courses at an exhibition at the leading specialist art and design college, including fashion, photography, […]