Box of Broadcasts help videos
How are you getting on with using Box of Broadcasts? Isn’t it a brilliant resource?! For anyone who hasn’t discovered it yet, Box of Broadcasts (often know as BoB) is an on-demand TV &...
Tagged: Performing Arts
Creative Lives talks: 2nd March – Christian Lavigne
Our School of Art and Design Creative Lives talks offer many examples of how creative professionals live, work and thrive in the arts and creative industries. You will gain an insight into the creative process and...
Doctoral research
Sunderland University Library has a wealth of resources to support you during your doctoral studies. Check out our recent blog post for new students which highlights key ways in which we do this.
Career advice from the Sage for emerging artists and musicians
We are really lucky to have the Sage on our doorsteps in Gateshead. They have an excellent venture to support emerging artists and musicians. Monthly sessions are taking place where you can get free...
Creative Lives talks: 23rd February – Rosalind Faram
Our School of Art and Design Creative Lives talks offer many examples of how creative professionals live, work and thrive in the arts and creative industries. You will gain an insight into the creative process and...
Are you interested in the history of dance?
Are you interested in how dance has developed over time, how dance companies have evolved? Understanding the history and context behind subjects can give you valuable insights into your subject. Explore this short post...
What kind of music are you into?
Here is a collection of musical resources including podcasts, an exhibition, and a socially distanced performance. Whatever your preferred musical genre, we encourage you to take time to explore these joys: The British Library...
Creative Lives talks: 16th February – Paul Wenham Clarke
Our School of Art and Design Creative Lives talks offer many examples of how creative professionals live, work and thrive in the arts and creative industries. You will gain an insight into the creative process and...
LGBT History Month 2021
February 2021’s LGBT History Month theme is body, mind and spirit. Uncover our collection of material on LGBT health issues and mental health. Interested in mind, body and health? Find more reading on the...
Creative Lives talks: 9th February – Robyn Townsend
Our School of Art and Design Creative Lives talks offer many examples of how creative professionals live, work and thrive in the arts and creative industries. You will gain an insight into the creative process and...
Hints and tips on using ebooks
How are you getting on with using the Library ebooks? Check out all the new books we have bought recently for the Faculty of Arts and Creative Industries. Many of these are in arts, design...
Creative Lives talks: 2nd February – Anthony Amoako Attah
Our School of Art and Design Creative Lives talks offer many examples of how creative professionals live, work and thrive in the arts and creative industries. You will gain an insight into the creative...
The artist’s methods – Degas’s “Waiting”
When you study a painting, do you look at it closely? Do you look for fine details of how the artist has chosen to highlight a particular feature? Maybe you’re a dancer and you...
Taking inspiration from nature
Many artists, and that includes many of our own students, find inspiration for their art and performances from our natural surroundings. Cheryl Tipp, the Curator of Wildlife and Environmental Sounds at the British Library,...
Dance in Video – let’s get watching
Dance in Video contains five hundred hours of dance productions and documentaries by the most influential performers and companies of the 20th century. Selections cover ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, experimental, and improvisational dance, as well...