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Congratulations to Diane Watson, course leader of BTEC Fashion and Textiles who has been invited to Liberty London tomorrow (Saturday 16th January) for the 2016 Best of British Open Call. Diane has the opportunity to present her Naughty Dog interior accessories to Liberty's expert panel, including Liberty's managing director Ed Burstell, with a view to potentially having them stocked in […]

Thanks to our industry contacts, we were honoured to be asked to provide costumes, garments and headpieces for a select team of photographers for a Brett Harkness training exercise based in the beautiful Chateau Rigaud near Bordeaux in France. The team was made up of Brett Harkness who is based in Manchester and a Pentax 645z Ambassador. Beauty editor for La Di Da […]

Production Design for Stage & Screen students have showed exactly how diverse their skill sets are with their latest task - to become visual merchandisers for well respected decorating company ilovewallpaper.co.uk. I love wallpaper is a trading name of Wallpaper Warehouse Ltd. They are a family run business that has been established since 1993 and have grown to be the biggest […]

We always love to hear from alumni and it was a great start to 2016 to hear from Alison Lyons, who graduated in 2011. Alison checked in with us to let us know that since obtaining her degree in 2011, she has since gone on to build a career in costume for film and television. Alison provided us with some of […]

Staff and students at a north east arts college are feeling festive and showing off their best jolly jumpers, all in the name of charity. The further education students at The Northern School of Art in Middlesbrough joined lecturers in dressing in their most seasonal sweaters for the Text Santa Christmas Jumper Day. The campaign aims to raise funds for […]

It is getting spooky in the Production Design for Stage & Screen studios as we prepare to open up the haunted histories of Hartlepool.... Level 5 students have built a full-scale studio set of a street inspired by Hartlepool’s rich and historic past as a shipping port and commercial centre. The Haunted Histories of Hartlepool is a concept proposal for a 6 […]

Students from a specialist art and design college exhibited a passion for art as they took over a Middlesbrough art gallery with a collection of their works to an audience of almost 450 people over a three-day event. The House of Blah Blah on Exchange Square became the home for hundreds of pieces of artwork from the students at Cleveland […]

In the recently published Times Higher Education article ' Can philosophy survive in an academy driven by impact and employability?' we are reminded of the breakdown of % of UK graduates in work and further study six months after graduating, 2011-12 to 2013-14 by subject area, which shows creative arts the second highest for % of graduate employability after medicine and dentistry. […]

Costume level 6 (Third year) students had a Christmas party on Friday 4th December at Manhattan, Hartlepool to raise funds for their upcoming degree show in June 2016. As it was a costume affair, attendees were encouraged to participate in dressing up - which a prize on the night awarded to the best dressed! Costume students proactively sold tickets to […]

The beginning of December saw a collaboration project between all courses in the school of Visual Arts at both of our campuses which developed in to the Bubblewrap exhibition which was held at Middlesbrough's popular exhibition venue, The House of Blah Blah. The House of Blah Blah, on Exchange Square, features a gallery, studios, archive and storage facilities, a band […]

In a world where our Facebook likes tend to dictate our self worth, our iPhones are an extension of our hands and hover boards are now a 'thing'; it's fair to say Gen Y has taken its fair share of flack. Generations who have gone before us are baffled by our twittering and twerking and just don't understand that you […]

Level 5 BA (Hons) Illustration for Commercial Application students were asked to draw on the windows of Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art to support the #saveoursteel campaign which originated on  Teesside. Up to 15,000 workers risk losing their jobs as the national steel industry fights for survival. The Save Our Steel campaign calls on Government to take decisive action to protect and revive […]

The beginning of December saw a collaboration project between all courses in the school of Visual Arts at both of our campuses which developed in to the Bubblewrap exhibition which was held at Middlesbrough's popular exhibition venue, The House of Blah Blah. The House of Blah Blah, on Exchange Square, features a gallery, studios, archive and storage facilities, a band […]

Following on from Illustration lecturer Amy Dover's  October 2015 accolade of teaming up with World Animal Protection on their Animals not Entertainers campaign. Amy, who has worked with clients such as M&S, Urban Outfitters, Red Bull and exhibited internationally can now boast seeing her designs on the cover of Elle Decoration. Amy's image of a dead bird can be seen on the cover […]

A 2014 design graduate from Cleveland College of Art and Design (CCAD) has taken the next step into retail after going into partnership with Middlesbrough boutique, Pretty Twisted and expanding the stores’ product range to include her new range of clothing, hand-made jewellery and homewares. Jessie Saint, who studied Entertainment Design Crafts (now Production Design for Stage and Screen) at […]