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The art of social distancing - new project to explore how research and practice in the arts can inform social distancing policy in UK cities
Press releases • Dec 01, 2020 10:15 GMT
Academics are to work with resilience planners from UK cities to explore how art and performance could be used to establish successful social distancing strategies.
Support for SMEs and students through Northumbria paid internship scheme
Press releases • Jul 24, 2020 13:30 BST
Businesses working in the creative and cultural sectors have been among the hardest hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, with many smaller organisations facing a massive loss of revenue.
Northumbria University student shortlisted for Gillian Dickinson North East Young Sculptor Award 2020
Press releases • Feb 06, 2020 11:38 GMT
Jade Booth-Malone, a third-year Fine Art student from Northumbria University, is amongst the eleven shortlisted artists who will compete for the Gillian Dickinson North East Young Sculptor (GDNEYS) Award 2020.
Cornish Revealed – artist as you’ve never seen him before
Press releases • Jan 31, 2020 09:13 GMT
Northumbria University exhibition provides a behind-the-scenes look at the life and work of the celebrated County Durham painter Norman Cornish.
Discover an alternative path through a fabricated history in visionary new exhibition
Press releases • Nov 11, 2016 13:31 GMT
From steam-powered airships to clockwork computers and Neo-Victorian fashions, Fabricating Histories: An Alternative 19th Century explores what might have happened in science and art had history taken a different path.
Cat got the cream!
Press releases • Oct 31, 2016 16:38 GMT
Northumbria University and Tyneside Cinema are delighted to announce Cat Auburn as the cinema’s new Graduate Artist in Residence.
Students help shift expectations of art and education with unique exhibition
Press releases • Aug 26, 2016 14:29 BST
Northumbria will next week host an innovative end-of-year show by Masters’ students working across Fine Art and Education.
Two Northumbria Fine Art students amongst 10 shortlisted for the Woon Foundation Prize 2016
Press releases • Jun 10, 2016 15:34 BST
The 10 finalists for this year’s prestigious Woon Foundation Painting and Sculpture Prize have been announced after a record number of applications.
Record number of applications for this year’s Woon Prize
Press releases • Apr 20, 2016 15:34 BST
Hundreds of student artists from across the UK will compete for the 2016 Woon Foundation Painting and Sculpture Art Prize after a record number of applications.
Meanwhile, what about socialism?
Press releases • Feb 24, 2016 12:30 GMT
Northumbria University will be one of the venues hosting this year’s AV Festival – the North East’s biennial celebration of contemporary art, film, sound and music.
Who was the People’s Choice?
Press releases • Feb 18, 2016 13:35 GMT
The most popular artwork at The People’s Show 2016 at Northumbria’s University Gallery resulted in a double winner after a tie in public votes.
International art world acclaim beckons for Northumbria graduate
Press releases • Feb 04, 2016 10:34 GMT
Artist Joanna Hutton has been invited to exhibit at a prestigious European exhibition less than a year after graduating from Northumbria University, Newcastle.
The Woon Foundation Prize 2016 is open for applications
Press releases • Feb 02, 2016 11:59 GMT
Student artists from across the UK can now apply for one of the UK’s most generous arts prizes. The Woon Foundation Prize, jointly hosted by Northumbria University, Newcastle, and BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, offers an exceptional opportunity for final year undergraduate fine art and sculpture students.
The People’s Show is back
Press releases • Jan 26, 2016 11:00 GMT
One of the North East’s most celebrated open competitions for artists has returned to Northumbria University with a £5,000 prize named after the late Norman Cornish.
Artist named as new Warwick Stafford Fellow
Press releases • Nov 30, 2015 10:48 GMT
Stuart Tait has been named as the latest recipient of the annual Warwick Stafford Fellowship in a unique package worth more than £20,000 to the artist.
Sounding Off! Northumbria academics create interactive ‘sound-walk’ about street homelessness
Press releases • Nov 12, 2015 12:38 GMT
Interactive signage is to go up around Newcastle city centre this week to help raise public awareness and understanding of street homelessness.
University Gallery reopens with launch of three new exhibitions
Press releases • Oct 23, 2015 10:02 BST
A triple-header of stunning new exhibitions by emerging artists opened at Northumbria University this week.
COMMENT: Turner shortlisted artist: the prize machine stifles art
Press releases • Oct 02, 2015 16:34 BST
Christine Borland, Professor of Art at Northumbria University, comments on The Turner Prize for The Conversation.
Theatre director honoured for taking North East talent to global audiences
Press releases • Dec 02, 2014 00:00 GMT
The director who brought Lee Hall’s award-winning play, The Pitmen Painters, to the stage was honoured at Northumbria University, Newcastle today.
COMMENT: The many faces of Norman Cornish
Press releases • Oct 14, 2014 00:00 BST
As the University Gallery prepares to open its doors to a new exhibition of work by the late Norman Cornish, Gallery Director and agent, Mara-Helen Wood, discusses the famous artist’s life and works