The Northern Festival of Illustration returns with a packed programme showcasing global creativity
The biennial Northern Festival of Illustration is returning to celebrate all things illustration and storytelling, from storybooks and comics to animation and digital narratives. Spanning an eight-week period from 13t... Read More
CinePlatform joins forces with The Northern School of Art to boost film talent
An innovative new production planning tool designed to simplify and streamline the filmmaking process, CinePlatform, has announced a new partnership with The Northern School of Art. Founded by filmmakers Laura Lee Dal... Read More
Degree Show 2025 gets under way with packed opening night
A stunning display of work by talented creatives graduating this summer from The Northern School of Art’s degree-level campus has opened to the public. Students along with their families and friends attended a packed ... Read More
Entries open for The Northern Illustration Prize 2025
The fourth year of The Northern Illustration Prize, The Northern School of Art’s prestigious biennial illustration competition hosted by the UK’s professional body for illustration, The Association of Illustrators (AO... Read More
The end-of-year celebration showcasing the final work of 2024-25 graduating students at The Northern School of Art’s Hartlepool campus is taking place from 29 May – 6 June 2025. With innovative design, thought-p...
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Award-winning Animation Director Steve Lawson joins our BA (Hons) Animation degree programme!
Last year our BA (Hons) Animation degree programme welcomed award-winning animation director, storyboard artist, animator and writer Steve Lawson to its lecturer team, bringing a wealth of knowledge and experience fro... Read More
A closer look at The New Graduate Award!
Take a further look at the New Graduate Award, a prize awarded to a BA (Hons) Fine Art final year student studying at our school and a select number of institutions in the North East. The New Graduate Award is a studi... Read More
BA (Hons) Textiles & Surface Design student Maggie Gregg, 63 years old from Middlesbrough, is working on a moving project inspired by her personal experience of Alzheimer’s disease. The project, which has be...
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Our BA (Hons) Acting for Stage & Screen first year students are getting ready for their first production of the year. They will be performing ‘Blank’ by Alice Birch at The Northern School of Art Theatr...
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Illustration degree students are lighting up the town for Hartlepool’s Christmas event
Details of this year’s Christmas Lights Switch-on event in Hartlepool have been announced and students from The Northern School of Art’s BA (Hons) Illustration for Commercial Application degree course have... Read More