by Natassia Lee | Sep 2, 2025 | Hartlepool Events, Illustration, Latest News, Research & Scholarly Activity
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 13th September to 1st November 2025 the festival...
by Rachel Smith | Jul 18, 2025 | Film, Hartlepool Events, Latest News
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 Daly and Christopher Darby, CinePlatform was created...
by Rachel Smith | Jul 2, 2025 | Acting, Animation, Costume Blog, Design for Digital, Fashion, Film, Fine Art Blog, Graphic Design, Hartlepool Events, Illustration, Latest News, Photography, Production Design, Stage & Screen Faculty, Textiles, Visual Arts Faculty, visual effects
The Northern School of Art’s Class of 2025 celebrated their achievements in a series of graduation ceremonies at the historic All Saints Church in Hartlepool. Almost 200 students attended the events at the 900-year-old Grade II listed church in Stranton, Hartlepool to...
by Rachel Smith | May 29, 2025 | Acting, Animation, Costume Blog, Design for Digital, Fashion, Film, Fine Art Blog, Graphic Design, Hartlepool Events, Illustration, Latest News, Photography, Production Design, Textiles, visual effects
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 opening event on Thursday 29 May at the School’s...
by Rachel Smith | May 1, 2025 | Hartlepool Events, Illustration, Latest News, Research & Scholarly Activity
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 (AOI), has launched with a brand-new category...
by Rachel Smith | May 1, 2025 | Acting, Costume Blog, Design for Digital, Film, Fine Art Blog, Graphic Design, Hartlepool Events, Illustration, Latest News, Photography, Production Design, Textiles, visual effects
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-provoking art and outstanding creative skills on...