Podcast on art and advertising
Art Matters is a podcast produced by Art UK where art history and popular culture meet. The latest episode is about art and advertising. Once you’ve had your fill of the podcast, go and...
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Woodblock with Laura – developing the design drawing
Laura Boswell is a printmaker who works with linocut and traditional Japanese woodblock painting. She has kindly given us permission to embed her new series of videos on this blog. This is her second...
Podcast pleasure
Have you been journeying into the world of podcasts during the Covid-19 restrictions of where you can go and what you can access? Here are a collection for you to explore: BBC Culture in...
Woodblock with Laura – video 1
Laura Boswell is a printmaker who works with linocut and traditional Japanese woodblock painting. If you’re interested in printmaking, whether you are studying here at Sunderland or a passing visitor, we recommend you explore...
Baltic podcast – Volcanoes and Utopias
The Baltic have released their latest podcast. Volcanoes and Utopias is a collection of work-in-progress extracts from Town Hall Meeting of the Air – it will be presented at BALTIC 39 in January 2021....
Virtual open day for budding illustrators
Are you a budding illustrator? Hachette Children’s Group are hosting virtual open days to discover picture book writers and illustrators from the North of England and Scotland. Save the date of 13th October –...
Animating the science of Covid-19
A new animation has been created for secondary school students to explore how the coronavirus responsible for COVID-19 works. The work also looks at how the Human Cell Atlas (HCA) consortium is mapping how...
Museum of Boundless Creativity – needs your help
September sees the first digital collection from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)- the Museum of Boundless Creativity which will be open 24/7. This new initiative is part of the Boundless Creativity campaign...
New ebooks to support the Faculty of Arts and Creative Industries
Ebooks are now more important than ever for giving us access to our reading from home. See which ebooks your librarians Suzie and Leah have bought in April, May and June this year to...
Baltic podcasts
Have you been keeping up with the podcasts produced by the Baltic? If not, head over to the Baltic web site and check out the latest offerings. Artists, writers and academics share their expertise...
Staging the archive – Greek and Roman drama podcasts and ebooks
The Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama (APGRD) is an international centre researching into performances of Greek and Roman drama. You can explore their research publications via their web site. Recently they...
Shakespeare – Othello podcast and ebooks
Are you researching or studying Shakespeare? Is Othello one of your plays? Bloomsbury Academic publishing has released their latest podcast which features Ayanna Thompson. She has written several books on Shakespeare and is a...
Online photography exhibition
Sunderland Photographic Association was founded in 1888 and has an annual exhibition each year. This year the exhibition is displayed online and features work from members of the association. There is a wide variety...
Northern Centre for Photography: Helen Marshall talk
In the latest talk from the Northern Centre for Photography and the Northern East Photography Nework, Helen Marshall will give a talk online on Thursday 2 July at 2.30pm. Contact Amanda Ritson if you’d...
Spotlight on illustration and design
This week we have a spotlight on resources in illustration and design: Explore some of the library’s ebooks on illustration and diversity in design. Informal chat with cartoonist, illustrator and graphic novelist Stephen Collins...