Spanning nearly 3,000 years, the British Library holds over 150 million items representing every age of written civilisation. As well as books, you’ll find illuminated manuscripts, maps, stamps, photographs, music and much more. From the Lindisfarne Gospels and Magna Carta to Shakespeare’s First Folio, this website...
Are you studying or researching music or art? Art UK have curated a collection of resources exploring the inter-relationship between these subjects. Explore music theory, maths and elevating visual art Art references in hip hop...
Box of Broadcasts (BoB) has begun recording 15 new broadcast channels, including BBC1 Northeast and The Horror Channel. Great news for anyone who will be taking MAC366 or who wants access to our local...
Are you studying BA Illustration? Are you interested in children’s book illustration? If so, head over to Seven Stories, the National Centre for Children’s Books in Newcastle, to see Drawing Words, an exhibition curated...
Starting university can be both an exciting and daunting time. There are lots of new things to get to grips with and you will most likely be introduced to a new way of learning....
Students’ interest in mental well-being and raising awareness of mental health issues comes over strongly when you visit the end of degree shows for our art and design programmes. Jon Sleigh, a freelance arts...
If you’re interested in comics and cartoons, check out the short summary about art comics provided by the Graphic Medicine web site. It gives a referenced article about the subject with a short bibliography...
The Study Skills Room in Murray Library has now moved to the ground floor (previously Syndicate Room 2). If you wish to attend a drop in, held every Tuesday afternoon between 1pm and 4pm...
Welcome to the University of Sunderland! You are probably experiencing a mix of emotions as you embark upon your new course, on the one hand its exciting, but on the other it can be...
Come and celebrate with our art and design MA students and see their final degree shows. MA Glass and Ceramics, National Glass Centre – open to the public Saturday 28th September –Saturday 5th October...
Calling all Sunderland Fashion students. Check out highlights from this month’s London Fashion Show, to see if you can seek inspiration for your own designs. Explore the library’s exhibition catalogues, including these ones on...
Seven Stories, the National Centre for Children’s Books in Newcastle, is hosting Drawing Words, an exhibition curated by Lauren Child. The exhibition runs until February 2020 and draws together many excellent examples of children’s...
Write on Art is a prize for young art writers sponsored by Art UK and the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. It is free to enter, with two categories (young people...
Our new Library access gates will go live on Monday 23 September 2019. All students and staff will need their campus card to enter and exit our Libraries. Please remember to swipe in...
Check the ‘Bauhaus: Building the New Artist‘ online exhibition by the Getty Research Institute. “Considered one of the most influential schools of art and design of the 20th century, the Bauhaus forged a unique...