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...
Category: Arts and Design
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...
Pressing Matters – come in and read!
This week we are featuring Pressing Matters which celebrates the passion and processes behind modern printmaking. You can consult this journal when you’re at the Murray Library. It is shelved with the other art...
Techniques of chintz
Calling all of our fashion students! Did you know that the word chintz refers to a technique rather than the fabric itself? So starts an article from London’s Fashion and Textile Museum. Read about...
New playlists from Box of Broadcasts
How often have you thought, ‘Oh, I wish I’d see that programme’ when it had been broadcast?’, or ‘I’ve missed watching this other programme on catch-up’? This is where Box of Broadcasts, fondly known...
New research in fashion history
Explore these two open access fashion ebooks available for you to read online now. Fashion, society and the first world war by Bass-Krueger, Edwards-Dujardin and Kurkdjian published in 2021 explores the impact of World...
New Glass Review – paused for 2021
The New Glass Review is an international survey of contemporary glass. For various reasons due to the pandemic, there will no issue published in 2021. Submissions will open in the autumn for the 2022...
Clearing the noise surrounding copyright
Have you ever wondered who owns the copyright on what you see around you? Books you read? Art work you see exhibited? To mark World Copyright Day, Kirsten Newell, Data Protection and Rights Clearance...
Digital content from The Photographers’ Gallery
Viewpoints from The Photographer’s Gallery give you the opportunity to gain a wide range of perspectives which are inspired by the gallery’s programme. They are here to challenge you into thinking about photography in...
How to locate more recently published research
Do you ever find yourself thinking, “I’d like to see if there are more recently published articles on my topic, but I’m not sure how to go about doing it”? On most of our...
Seeking experiences from arts, design and performing arts students
If you’re currently studying an art, design or performing arts programme with us here at the university, this academic year you may have come across some ‘library packages’ that have been created for you....