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A graduate from Cleveland College of Art and Design (CCAD), who set up her own costume business in 2014, has worked with fellow art students to create a series of colourful outfits which were showcased as part of this year’s Newcastle Christmas Lights festivities. 22-year-old Lauren Deal from Carlisle, but now lives in Hartlepool, graduated from the specialist art and […]

UCAS DESIGN YOUR FUTURE We exhibited at the 2015 UCAS Design Your Future events once again this year, taking a different, less branded approach to our stand. This year we decided that interactivity was key so implemented a giant draw wall which doubled up as our wall covering. Design your future events offer visitors the unique opportunity to talk to representatives […]

Creative Film and Moving Image graduates, Adam Bouabda, Kyle Dollard and Jay Hayes have been named as runners up in drama category at Yorkshire Royal Television Society Student Television Awards. The team, who were nominated for their  Socionetwork production, which was the final major project piece they created as part of their degree level students at the college. The RTS Student […]

A specialist art and design college has strengthened its education offering following the appointment of three academic staff with specialisms in fine art and illustration. Tony Charles has been appointed as fine art lecturer alongside Nik Holmes and Frances Moffatt as illustration lecturers, joining the teaching team at Cleveland College of Art and Design’s (CCAD) University-level campus in Hartlepool. Tony, […]

The Government has announced their plans for a new school league table which excludes creative subjects. The new English Baccalaureate (or ‘EBacc’) would become a headline league table for schools, and would also be given a bigger role in Ofsted inspections according to plans announced in a speech on Tuesday (3 November) by the Secretary of State for Education Nicky […]

Simon Costin Simon Costin – internationally renowned Art Director speaks at CCAD In mid-October we launched our new season of CCAD Creative TALKS with an inspiring talk by Simon Costin. Simon talked us through the arc of his career – from assisting Derek Jarman through his work with Alexander McQueen, Hermes, Gareth Pugh and many others.  He had just completed […]

Jessica Petty, third year (Level 6) of BA (Hons) Photography has successfully obtained a APHE Bursary which provided her with the opportunity to attend The Autumn Offspring Photomeet 2015. There were 4 X 20-minute 1-2-1 portfolio reviews each day which Jessica was able to participate in featuring reviewers such as: Monica Allende / Simon Bainbridge / Tony Bell / Emma Bowkett […]

A graduate from specialist art and design college Cleveland College of Art and Design (CCAD) has demonstrated her brilliance after winning a competition to showcase her work at Artichoke’s Lumiere, the UK’s largest light festival in Durham, 12th-15th November. With a brief to ‘surprise and delight audiences’, 21-year-old Robyn Wright from Darlington took part in Lumiere’s BRILLIANT competition earlier this […]

A new concept in craft fairs is coming to town! A Winter Festival has been organised by Cleveland College of Art & Design’s (CCAD) Student Union Team on Wednesday 2nd December in Hartlepool and promises to be an exciting pre-Christmas event. CCAD’s Student Union (SU) is a newly established team of volunteers based at CCAD led by Beth Hanley, Student […]

We are very pleased to welcome Abby Dennison of Sunday Girl on board as a guest blogger! In her post post Abby draws on her on experiencing interning at Vogue to offer fashion students advice on how to do the same! We’ve all heard it, the fashion industry is a tough bubble to break into, whether they tell you “it’s […]

SIR Ridley Scott CCAD Hartlepool alumnus Sir Ridley Scott has received a prestigious star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Sir Ridley, took the opportunity to dedicate the star to his late brother Tony, who died at the age of 68, saying: “I dedicate this to my brother Tony Scott, always my buddy and my partner. I share this star with […]

Students from a specialist art and design college joined north east artists in a four-day drawing event as part of the world’s biggest drawing festival, with some of the region’s most talented professional artists getting involved. Cleveland College of Art & Design (CCAD) in Middlesbrough took a completely white room and invited local artists, students and staff to ‘find a […]

Not long now until Halloween! As it has been half term this week. We started preparing a week early! Below are some inspiration for your pumpkin carvings this year - brought to you by the internet! Minion Pumpkin! 2. Owl Pumpkin 3. VW Pumpkin 4. Scariest thing ever pumpkin - is this an actual pumpkin? 5. The face we pulled […]

Amy Dover for World Animal Protection Illustration lecturer Amy Dover is an extremely well known in the illustration circles, having clients such as M&S, Urban Outfitters, Red Bull and exhibited internationally. In her latest commission,  Amy has teamed up with World Animal Protection on their Animals not Entertainers campaign. This world-wide campaign has been developed to encourage Thomas Cook Travel Agents to […]

MELISSA SCOTT Textiles and Surface Design graduate Melissa Scott has been selected as one of the 2015 graduates to sell work through The Graduate Collection. The Graduate Collection is a homewares company producing wallpapers, ceramics and cushions by a new generation of designers. Melissa uses imagery to produce innovative and visually stimulating wallpaper designs. She evokes a graphic contemporary take on […]