Digital illustrations – women in trousers
A stunning visual archive which will be of great value to social and cultural historians from the University of Cardiff is the Women in Trousers visual archive. It is directed by Becky Munford, a...
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Free online course – Filmmaking and animation in the classroom
Check out this free online course where you will learn how to use simple filmmaking and animation to bring learning to life, and aid cross-curricular attainment and assessment. It will help anyone working with young people...
New Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art – opening and preview
Following a major capital redevelopment project, the Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art is reopening at the National Glass Centre, part of the University of Sunderland. The Gallery celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2018, having...
Creative Lives – 20th March – Katie Schwab and James Hutchinson
Creative Lives is a series of lectures about how artists work, live and thrive in the arts and creative industries. The next lecture is on Tuesday 20th March 4.00-6.00pm in Gateway 1 lecture theatre,...
Journal of Performance and Mindfulness – issue one now out
The inaugural issue of the Journal of Performance and Mindfulness is freely available online through the University of Huddersfield. The first issue contains the following articles: Deborah Middleton, Franc Chamberlain, Daniel Plá Letter from...
Young sculptor of the year shortlist announced
A Sunderland undergraduate and a graduate have been named among of shortlist of 11 artists and sculpturors who will compete to be named the third Gillian Dickinson North East Young Sculptor of the Year. Sienna...
Calling illustrators – Kate Greenaway medal 2018 shortlist announced
The shortlists for the 2018 CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals, the UK’s oldest book awards for children and young people, have been revealed this week. Celebrating the best in children’s writing and illustration...
Access to research beyond our Library
Do you want to explore resources beyond Sunderland University Library? Explore ‘Access to Research‘ which gives free, walk-in access to over 15 million academic journal articles in participating libraries across the UK – many...
Creative Lives 13th March – Carina Cheung and Nick Fox
Creative Lives is a series of lectures about how artists work, live and thrive in the arts and creative industries. The next lecture is on Tuesday 13th March 4.00-6.00pm in Propect Lecture Theatre 007,...
Literature, Arts and Medicine database (LitMed)
The LitMed database was created by the New York University School of Medicine and gives the ability to trace references to medical topics in humanities resources including fiction, film, drama and visual arts. It...
To celebrate International Women’s Day – digital photographic resource of a Room of One’s Own
Harvard University has digitised the personal photograph album of Virginia Woolf – find out what her rooms were really like! Open Culture provides a great introduction to the significance and subjects covered by the photos....
Live Tales comes to Sunderland
Recently, the very first Live Tales story writing workshop in Sunderland was observed by Royal visitors, as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge officially opened The Fire Station, Sunderland’s new music and arts hub,...
Calling all dancers- check out ‘Animated’
The Library subscribes to the print version of Animated – the community dance magazine. You can check details on our Library Catalogue. You can use this to research for your assignments. Maybe you’ve only...
Creative Lives lecture 6th March – Mike Collier and John Kelham
Creative Lives is a series of lectures about how artists work, live and thrive in the arts and creative industries. The next lecture is on Tuesday 6th March 4.00-6.00pm in Gateway 1 lecture theatre,...
Research funding opportunity in performing arts
The Creative Multilingualism project team is delighted to announce a new funding opportunity. Creative Multilingualism is a multidisciplinary and multi-institutional research programme funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) under its Open World...