ALUMNI NEWS & STORIES

A former student from a north east specialist art and design college is now carving out a career in the animation and puppetry industry, working on commercial projects for clients such as the BBC and Sainsbury’s. Stockton-born freelance animator and puppet maker Andy Bell, 24, studied for a BTEC national diploma in interactive media at The Northern School of Art’s […]

BA (Hons) Graphic Design student James Flounders has recently collaborated with Australian fashion label On Our Own to bring to life a look-book through the media of animation. The black and white animations showcase various bespoke T-shirts from the Static Dreams collection as well as successfully illustrating the mood and vibes that the brand strives to communicate. The Modern Noire/ […]

A Stockton artist, who is now enjoying success through her new freelance graphic design business, has taken her love for her home town and turned it into vintage style prints now on sale at a local independent bookshop. 24-year old Abby Taylor, a graphic design graduate from Cleveland College of Art and Design (CCAD), began working as a graphic designer […]

Tony McTear studied Foundation at CCAD. Today he is the U.K. Creative Director at Apple. Since his foundation studies, Tony relocated to the capital and worked with an array of giant companies. From 2007 to 2010, he was the Creative Director of Fallon, a London based advertising agency (who were responsible for the Cadbury’s drumming gorilla advert amongst many others). […]

We love to catch up with our graduates, seeing their job titles change on Linked in gives us an enormous sense of pride! One such graduate who recently caught our attention was Jack Boothby. Jack's photography skills stood out when he was a student on Extended Diploma in Photography at CCAD Middlesbrough, so we were excited to see what he […]

Womenswear designer and ex The Northern School of Art foundation diploma student, Emma Charles is turning heads and make waves in the fashion industry. Having just showcased her most recent A/W18 collection at a London Fashion Week Presentation, being featured in Vogue three times and named as one to watch this year at Fashion Week by WWD, she is set […]

One of the most celebrated days of the cultural calendar is without a doubt, International Women’s Day and this year it falls on Thursday 8th March. Women and men all over the world come together for talks, exhibitions, film-screenings, events and gatherings to celebrate female achievements across the globe. With this year’s events colliding with the treacherous weather and overthrowing […]

As you may be aware, Sir Ridley Scott mentioned Hartlepool Art College in his BAFTA speech and shared his admiration for teachers. The speech has been met with massive support from CCAD students, graduates, local residents of Hartlepool who all enjoyed the mention and most importantly teachers all over the country rejoiced that their often overworked profession received support publicly. […]

Cleveland College of Art & Design were astounded by the special mention of Hartlepool College of Art (we were previously West Hartlepool College of Art before CCAD) in Sir Ridley Scott's BAFTA fellowship speech on Sunday 18th February 2018. Sir Ridley has privately supported our standing as an independent art school as recently as the summer of 2017; when he […]