ALUMNI NEWS & STORIES

The latest updates, achievements, exhibitions, awards and industry successes from our alumni community.

August 16, 2022

Alumni, Fine Art Blog, Latest News

Meet our 2022 Award Winners – Lauryn Brede, BA (Hons) Fine Art

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Find out more about BA (Hons) Fine Art graduate Lauryn Brede, winner of Middlesbrough Art Weekender's New Graduate Award. This award is a post-education professional development opportunity offering a range of benefits designed to support the winner in transitioning from student to working artist. It includes studio, space, mentoring and the opportunity to exhibit as part of the acclaimed contemporary […]

August 9, 2022

Alumni, Graphic Design, Illustration, Latest News

Designs by graduates showcased by north east distillery

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A north east urban distillery is working with recent graduates from The Northern School of Art's degree-level campus in Hartlepool to showcase local talent. Revelry Spirits who produce premium gin and vodka from their premises in Yarm are embarking on a campaign to profile the excellent standard of work produced from creatives within our region. The idea came after master […]

July 27, 2022

Alumni, Latest News

Meet our 2022 Award Winners – Chloe Leeson, MA Design History

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Find out more about Chloe Leeson, MA Design History graduate and winner of The Northern School of Art’s inaugural Principal’s MA Dissertation Prize, which recognises the advanced ability of MA Design History students in creating original directions through in-depth research, innovation and advanced scholarship. What is your home town and which school/college did you join the School from? I'm originally […]

June 14, 2022

Acting, Alumni, Latest News

Award-winning acting graduate taking to the stage with new theatre company

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An award-winning acting graduate from The Northern School of Art has set up a theatre company focused on promoting northern talent which is about to take to the stage as part of Durham Fringe Festival. Joseph Casling, who has just graduated from the School's BA (Hons) Acting for Stage & Screen degree as the recipient of the ARC Award for […]

June 13, 2022

Alumni, Film, Latest News

Meet our 2022 Award Winners – Oscar W. Fitchett BA (Hons) Film, TV & Theatre Production

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Find out more about Film, TV & Theatre Production graduate Oscar Fitchett, the winner of The Northern School of Art's Gavin Murphy Achievement Award (Film Student of the Year Award 2022). This award is given to the student who has displayed an excellent attitude in helping others and commitment to excellence throughout their studies. This reflects the memory of Gavin […]

April 19, 2022

Alumni, Film, Fine Art, Hartlepool Events, Latest News, Photography

Feminist Futures: Research Conference

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This month, Wednesday 6th April 2022 marked our first student led research conference this year, Feminist Futures SAR research conference featured a range of talks and exhibited work from students, staff, alumni and partners centred in an around the subject of feminism. Conference presentations included  Neo-bimboism and the re-appropriation of post-feminist aesthetics as a site for radical leftism in the […]

March 16, 2022

Alumni, Latest News, Middlesbrough Events

Free online talks by creatives about their careers

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Join us for a programme of free live online events on Wednesday afternoons focusing on employability, professional skills and practice and HE awareness – all within a CREATIVE context. The Northern School of Art's talks cover a range of disciplines and are delivered by industry speakers, creative lecturers and graduates from across the whole creative sector. These sessions can serve […]

March 10, 2022

Alumni, Costume Blog, Hartlepool Events, Latest News, Production Design

Students create ‘From Page to Stage’ exhibition at Darlington Hippodrome

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An exhibition giving a glimpse behind the scenes of the world of theatre created by students from the production design and costume design degree courses at The Northern School of Art is now on show at Darlington Hippodrome. 'From Page to Stage' has been created by students on the BA (Hons) Costume Interpretation with Design and BA (Hons) Production Design […]

January 10, 2022

A-Levels, Alumni, Course News, Fine Art, Graphic Design, Latest News, Middlesbrough Events, old, UAL Foundation Diploma

North Tees Hospital to Welcome Back Eddie Hawking Sculpture

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A sculpture by Eddie Hawking, former lecturer at Middlesbrough College of Art (now The Northern School of Art) is being reinstalled at North Tees University Hospital, over 50 years since sadly being taken down after being deemed "inappropriate" by a hospital matron. Eddie who taught subject areas such as sculpture, drawing and fine art worked at the college from 1952 […]

January 5, 2022

Alumni, Latest News, Middlesbrough Events, Textiles

Striking textile artworks highlight plight of Chernobyl’s Babushkas

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A beautiful display of intricately embroidered artworks focusing on the community of Babushkas who live in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone by textile artist and former student and lecturer at The Northern School of Art, Claire A. Baker, is on display at MIMA in Middlesbrough until 31 May 2022. Entitled 'The Red Thread', Claire said that she hopes the exhibition provides […]