ALUMNI NEWS & STORIES

A former student and teacher from The Northern School of Art is part of an ambitious new project that will celebrate the stories of migration to Middlesbrough, capturing people’s heritage in a series of large-scale oil paint portraits. The portraits are being created by Helen Bainbridge (née Walker), an acclaimed artist who studied and then taught art and design at […]

An acting graduate from The Northern School of Art has been has been reflecting on his "brutal but brilliant" residency at the school founded by the renowned clown teacher and performer who trained Sacha Baron Cohen, Emma Thompson and Helena Bonham Carter amongst others. Joseph Casling, who graduated from The Northern School of Art's BA (Hons) Acting for Stage and […]

It's been a busy few years for The Northern School of Art's BA (Hons) Textiles & Surface Design degree graduate Rhianon Vest. Appointed as the Creative Stylist for one of the UK's leading furniture retailers Barker & Stonehouse at the start of 2024, she has been building a successful career in visual merchandising since graduating in 2015. With experience at […]

A costume design graduate from The Northern School of Art has won the award for Best Costume Design at this year’s Jane Austen International Film Festival. Meg Wallace, who studied at the School’s university campus in Hartlepool, received the accolade for her work on a film about the early life of Queen Elizabeth I. Torn, directed by Luke Bradford, written […]

BA (Hons) Textiles and Surface Design graduate Lauren Wilson has just celebrated the fifth anniversary of the launch of her successful coffee and artisan homeware and gift shop Mlkwood Store in Bridlington on the East Yorkshire coast. Running an independent creative business by the sea sounds very much like living the dream so we caught up with her to find […]

An award-winning photography and master's graduate from The Northern School of Art unveiled a series of portraits of children with Down Syndrome on World Down Syndrome Day on Thursday March 21st 2024. The portraits by County Durham-based photographer Debbie Todd mark the launch of a year-long campaign called ‘Extra Ordinary’ aimed at showcasing the unique qualities of children with Down […]

Powerful and poignant photographs of children on the organ donation list taken by a master’s graduate from The Northern School of Art are being displayed across the UK to raise awareness of organ donation. ‘The Call’ is a campaign by Debbie Todd featuring images of children waiting for a transplant alongside those who are post-transplant having had the call for […]

Artist and Alumna Kim McDermottroe’s first solo exhibition 'FieldJournal' launched at ARC Stockton Arts Centre last month and is open until Christmas Eve! Since graduating in 2001 Kim has built a diverse portfolio of work across a range of industries including costume design & construction, puppet design, illustration and creative direction. Her exhibition shows rough sketches, illustrations and animation storyboards […]

Photography graduate Debbie Todd hit the headlines recently after announcing plans to publish a book of her photographic portraits that capture and celebrate people's differences. Debbie, who graduated this summer with first class honours from The Northern School of Art’s BA (Hons) Photographic Practice (with moving image) degree programme, won The Northern School of Art’s Photography Award as part of […]

Graduate work from The Northern School of Art is being exhibited at the world-famous Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire. The ‘Script to Screen’ exhibition is currently on display in the Picture Gallery, Heatherden Hall, Pinewood Studios. The exhibition was created by students graduating from the BA (Hons) degree courses in both Costume Interpretation and Production Design for Screen & Stage. The work […]