Tagged: Arts & Design
Listen to artists speak about their work
“Listen to artists speak about their lives and work, their friendships, networks and rivalries, in a selection of more than 120 audio extracts. The clips are from Artists’ Lives, an oral history project making...
Finding open access academic research (without needing to log in)
Student Art Pass
Explore world-class galleries, museums and historic houses all over the UK and enjoy a year of endless inspiration with friends, for your studies, or just for you. Miss nothing with a Student Art Pass....
Celebrating Black History month – explore our collections
Black History Month takes place in the UK during October. To mark this event, here are a selection of resources from our library collections to encourage you to explore issues being raised in relation...
Kate Greenaway Illustration award winner 2021
The winner of the 2021 Kate Greenaway medal is author and illustrator Sydney Smith for ‘Small in the City’ This award is judged by children’s librarians for an outstanding book in terms of illustration for children...
More Study Skills Drop-ins!
In last year’s Big Talk to the Library feedback you told us that you would like to see more immediate help with your Study Skills. We listened to this and have now increased the number of our Study...
MA degree shows – Fine Art – Glass and Ceramics
Our MA degree students who have studied here during 2020-21 are currently exhibiting their end of degree shows. Glass and Ceramics students are exhibiting at the National Glass Centre 25th September – 3rd October....
Celebrate Sustainable Fashion Week by exploring our library resources
Sustainable Fashion Week is taking place 11th – 19th September 2021. Take this opportunity to explore our library resources on this subject which include: Barnard (2020) Fashion theory: a reader Bravo (2020) How to...
Heritage Open Days 10-19th September
Check out the Heritage Open Days locally this September! They provide excellent opportunities to explore heritage of all kinds in the region – this year the open days take place over a period of...
Go and visit Antony Gormley’s ‘Field for the British Isles’
Field for the British Isles by Antony Gormley, creator of the Angel of the North, is on display at Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art (NGCA) at the National Glass Centre from July until September this year....
Sunderland Creatives – celebrate with our final year Art and Design degree students
Join us online on Tuesday 13th July to celebrate the achievements of our final year undergraduate students in the School of Art and Design. The online event is happening at 6pm and you can...
British Journal of Photography – highlighting recent issues
This week we are featuring a key journal in photography – the British Journal of Photography. Journals are an excellent source of research material as they are where you’ll find recently published research and...
What is “Graphic Medicine”?
Graphic Medicine is the intersection between the medium of comics and the discourse of healthcare. Dr Ian Williams The website Graphic Medicine explores the interaction between the medium of comics and the discourse of...
Are you interested in teaching? Or sculpture? Or both?
Art UK have curated a collection of resources along with suggestions as to how you can use them in teaching. If you’re interested in going into art teaching, you could use these resources as...