Virtual engagement with the Baltic
Whilst we’re waiting for galleries and museums to re-open, or until you feel comfortable to visit, head over to the Baltic and explore their virtual offerings. These include: The way I see it: the...
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Sustainable fashion podcast with Naomi Austin
It’s Fashion Revolution week, and the University of Sunderland’s podcast has interviewed our very own Naomi Austin who is a Senior Lecturer in our BA Fashion Design and Promotion programme. Naomi talks about fast...
Creative Lives talks – 27th April – Dena Bagi
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...
Creative Lives talks – 20th April – Bridget Harvey
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...
Do you need images to include in your assignments?
VADS, the Visual Arts Data Service, is an online resource with over 140,000 images from over 300 art and design collections in the UK. These images are free to use for non-commercial use in education...
Creative Lives talks: 13th April – Lily Daniels
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...
Use curated collections to help sift through online sources
Do you ever struggle to plough through online resources? Do you want hints and tips on how to know which ones to select? Rather than randomly Googling, our academic colleagues recommend you use sources...
Using newspapers for art, design and performing arts research
Are you researching contemporary themes, artists, designers or performers? Have you thought about using newspapers to complement the academic sources you are using? They can help you find out how themes are being covered...
Online photography exhibition – Being inbetween
Award-winning photographer and filmmaker Carolyn Mendelsohn has worked with girls aged 10-12, often described as ‘tweens’ and created an exhibition called ‘Being Inbetween‘. Through photography Mendelsohn has encouraged a dialogue with the girls about...
V&A open the doors to their digital collections
While the doors of the Victoria and Albert Museum remain closed, they have launched a digital platform showcasing over 1 million objects from its collections related to art, design and performance. The items space...
Crafts Council talks online
The Crafts Council has recently run Collect 2021, an international art fair for contemporary craft and design. If you missed this fair and want to catch up, all the public and VIP talks are...
Calling all illustrators – Kate Greenaway shortlist announced
The shortlists for the 2021 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...
Craftivism – making a difference
Craftivism is a form of activism through the medium of crafts. If you missed the recent BBC4 programme – Craftivism: making a difference – I encourage you to catch up on this by watching...
New Glass Review – many past issues freely available online
The New Glass Review is a key publication of The Corning Museum of Glass – it is an international survey of contemporary glass. It was launched in 1979 and as described on the Corning web...
Box of Broadcasts – curated playlists
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 as...