THE MAGAZINE FOR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS OF NORWICH UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS

BEYONDISSUE 17 WINTER 2015

@NorwichUniArts

VICE-CHANCELLOR’S WELCOME 03

NUA NEWS 04

GRADUATE INTERVIEW: KEITH CHAPMAN 06

UG DEGREE SHOWS 2014 10

NORFOLK 2000 12

GRADUATE GAMES SUCCESSES 13

GRADUATE INTERVIEW: GARY BREEZE 14

GALLERY PROGRAMME 16

N170 CELEBRATIONS 18

INTERNATIONAL NEWS 21

GRADUATION 2014 22

ALUMNI NEWS 23

ARTS AND DESIGN NEWS 24

MEDIA NEWS 25

RESEARCH AT NUA 26

MA DEGREE SHOW 2014 28

MA STUDY AT NUA 30

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO 32

EVENTS@NUA 34

Front cover image: The Banquet, 1985 Ana Maria Pacheco Sculpture, polychromed wood 183 x 400 x 250 cm Courtesy of Pratt Contemporary www.prattcontemporaryart.co.uk

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Editor: Caroline Bailey.

Written contributions from: Stuart Anderson, Dr Alisa Miller, Louisa Milsome and Amanda Monfrooe.

Designed by Emma Bailey at designpod.

Proofreading by Joanna Peios at WORDetc.

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This coming year is very special for us as we celebrate our 170th anniversary since the original School of Design was established. We hope that you and all our graduates from every chapter of our history will find the opportunity to visit us and renew old friendships during the year. I look forward to meeting many of you at the N170 Alumni Reunion in July 2015 (for more details please see page 18).

Applications for 2014/15 entry increased by 16% – well above the national average – and in September 2014, we welcomed 650 Year 1 undergraduates to NUA. In order to meet the increased demand for creative courses we are introducing new elements to our creative portfolio, with BA programmes in VFX and Fashion Communication & Promotion and an MA in Games Design. The development of these new courses is a much-needed response to the real requirements of the UK’s burgeoning creative industries. Our commitment to supporting industry-standard learning resources together with a professional skills-focused curriculum, will enable our students’ creativity to flourish, and provide them with the opportunities they need to develop their talents for an exciting range of creative careers.

The refurbishment work on our campus expansion continues. Boardman House and Cavendish House, along with a new 228 bed student residence

in the city centre, will open in 2015 during this anniversary year.

Finally, I am pleased to report that for the second year running NUA was shortlisted in the TIGA Games Industry Awards and was one of six universities nominated in the Excellence and Innovation in the Arts category in the Times Higher Education Awards 2014, which I am proud to say we won. Most importantly of all to me, our students have yet again placed NUA as the best specialist arts university in the UK in the independent National Student Survey.

I very much look forward to welcoming you back to NUA at one of our N170 events during the forthcoming year.

With best wishes

PROFESSOR JOHN LAST

NUA VICE-CHANCELLOR

WELCOME TO THE WINTER 2015 EDITION OF BEYOND, WHICH I AM SURE YOU WILL ENJOY READING AS YOU CATCH UP WITH DEVELOPMENTS ON CAMPUS AND RECENT GRADUATE SUCCESSES.

VICE-CHANCELLOR’S WELCOME

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NUA NEWS

For the second year running Norwich University of the Arts has been rated the best specialist university for art, design and media courses in the 2014 National Student Survey (NSS). Achieving this once was excellent – this second vote of confidence from those who matter most is a further endorsement of our success.

Overall student satisfaction was rated at 89%, which ranks NUA above all other specialist arts universities, with NUA scoring the highest or joint highest satisfaction rating in 15 categories.

Thank you to all of our 2014 graduates for taking part in the survey and voting NUA as the best specialist place to study. We are enormously proud of this second expression of trust and satisfaction from our students.

As our graduates who have stayed in Norwich or have come back to bring up their families already know, Norwich is a fantastic place to live. Now it is official! Norwich has just topped a poll as the happiest place for children to grow up.

In the poll conducted by Panda Soft Drinks, Norwich beat other UK cities including Cardiff, Leeds and Manchester, for its combination of open spaces, play parks and safe roads. We also know that what makes Norwich extra special is the constant underground hum of activity and energy from the City’s unexpected secret pockets of creativity, that make it so vibrant.

BEST SPECIALIST UNIVERSITY AGAIN NORWICH VOTED HAPPIEST PLACE TO LIVE If this award was not special

enough, NUA won a prestigious award at the Times Higher Education Awards 2014. NUA’s accolade for Excellence and Innovation in the Arts was awarded for its pioneering approach to promoting arts, design and media to the business community, resulting in an employability strategy closely tailored to the types of creative careers that our students want.

www.nua.ac.uk/news

N170 NEWS

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KEITH CHAPMAN(DIPLOMA IN ART AND DESIGN: GRAPHICS AND ILLUSTRATION 1979) (DISTINCTION)

I HAVE BENEFITED GREATLY FROM BOB THE BUILDER AND HE HAS ALLOWED ME TO GO ON AND CREATE OTHER SUCCESSFUL SHOWS.

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Keith Chapman is one of the most influential leaders, innovators and character designers working in children’s animation. He is the creator of much loved TV characters including Bob the Builder, Fifi and the Flowertots and more recently PAW Patrol.Caroline Bailey met Keith during a visit to NUA to ask him about Bob the Builder and his own latest projects.

What do you think of the ‘new look’ Bob?

I still feel very protective over him but today’s audience expects a much more sophisticated type of animation. Audiences have got used to seeing the amazing quality created by Pixar for cinema for example, and expect this to be replicated in TV shows. Mattel (the American toy manufacturer) bought HIT Entertainment and decided to refresh and invest money into the brand, which is a good thing. A new Bob was part of that development.

There are two types of preschoolers: the under fours who respond to a more rounded design and four to six-year-olds who like Ben 10, a more humanoid character. My love is for the rounded very preschool design.

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Keith Chapman with Year 3 BA Animation students Tara Peak and Elliesha Clarke

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I am extremely lucky, I have benefited greatly from Bob and he has allowed me to go on and create other successful shows.

Early in your career you worked for Jim Henson International, is this where your love for children’s animation began?

Straight after art school I went to work in advertising as an Art Director. After six years I was offered a fantastic opportunity to work for Jim Henson as Art Director in the art department. I worked on brilliant shows including The Muppets, Muppet Babies and Fraggle Rock, producing merchandising designs for these fabulous

characters.

I had always drawn cartoons and children’s books but it was with Jim Henson that

I really began to understand how you can create a character and turn it into a global brand. It was an amazing experience and one which became invaluable when I created Bob the Builder.

During this time I met Peter Orton, who started HIT Entertainment, who I later pitched my ideas for Bob the Builder to. Without my time at Jim Henson, Bob may never have happened!

Tell us about your latest project PAW PatrolSpin Master in Canada asked me to submit ideas for a new show. They had developed

The original Bob the Builder character © HIT Entertainment

some new toy technology, which they wanted to develop into a children’s animation series. I came up with the concept for PAW Patrol – a CGI-animated series starring a pack of six heroic puppies, led by Ryder, a tech-savvy 10-year-old boy. The stories focus on citizenship, social skills and problem-solving. The animation by Guru Studio is fantastic; beautifully observed and superbly crafted.

It is Nickelodeon’s top show and the highest rated preschool show in the US. Series two is being produced and they are talking about series three and some specials. I don’t think even Bob reached that scale. PAW Patrol is currently being shown on Nick Jr. UK and also on Channel 5’s Milkshake!, so is now reaching a bigger UK audience.

PAW Patrol is CGI, which is a departure from your normal stop motion style, why is this?

I still really love stop motion, I love the tangibility of working with a 3D set and I would love to see this form continue. The UK has some of the best animators and modelmakers in the world – like Mackinnon & Saunders who are amazing and made all of my models for Bob the Builder and Bristol-based John Wright Modelmaking, who made the cars for Roary the Racing Car. Roary was a breakthrough show – a hybrid show. We used stop frame animation but also used CGI to get the cars to move, perform races and

Were you consulted with the redesign?

My contract with HIT didn’t include ongoing creative consultancy. I let that input go when I sold the character. With a company like Mattel there will be a lot of decision makers so you need strong creative leadership, if not, you can end up trying to please everybody! I hope the brand remains strong and I think it will stay true to the original values. Like everyone else, I am excited to see what the final animation is like.

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Bob the Builder 2014 © HIT Entertainment

PAW Patrol © Spin Master

crashes that we couldn’t do in the conventional stop frame way. The results, produced by Manchester-based Studio Liddell, are seamless; you can’t see the break between the two forms of animation.

The costs of CG remain high, but the rendering power and the advances in CG technology are constantly improving.

So how do you take an idea for a character and turn it into a global brand?

There are two routes: if you can get a global deal in the US with a network behind you, you have to take it. Cracking the American market is key to success and you may not even have to sell to other territories.

Alternatively, if you are financing it yourself or with investors like I did with Fifi and the Flowertots, you start off small, get it shown on a national network, like

Channel 5 or CBeebies, then try to get some pre-sales in other territories, like Australia, France, Germany, Scandinavia, etc. Fifi did very well and was sold to 166 territories, Roary the same, but they never quite cracked the States.

What challenges have you faced when making new shows in the current economic climate?

In 2012 I lost my company Chapman Entertainment and my four big shows, Fifi, Roary, Little Charley Bear and Raa Raa the Noisy Lion. They are great quality shows but we spent too much at the wrong time, the world economy crashed, investment and income from toy merchandise was dropping, we had about 80 people on the payroll and two animation studios to support. It was impossible to keep going. I put it down to experience and

moved on quickly, because you have to. Shortly afterwards PAW Patrol got picked up and I now have three new shows in the pipeline.

What advice would you give to any graduates looking to break into the animation industry?

Get out there, knock on loads of doors and never give up. Always believe you can do it. You might have to write hundreds of letters but you need to make your own luck, don’t wait for people to come to you. Go and visit studios, get some work experience and keep going. Keep coming up with new ideas and don’t settle for anything less than excellent. Sooner or later the right opportunity will come along.

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Ellen Rockell Penguin book cover

A FESTIVAL OF ARTONCE AGAIN THE ANNUAL UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE SHOWS BROUGHT THE NUA CAMPUS ALIVE IN A FESTIVAL OF ART, DESIGN AND MEDIA.

THE LEVEL OF PROFESSIONALISM EVIDENT IN THE FINAL-YEAR DEGREE SHOW WAS REALLY IMPRESSIVE.

Among the shows many highlights were: Anthony George’s screenprints on paper, which won both the 2014 Norfolk Contemporary Art Society (NCAS) Prize and the Vernon Crowther Prize. A BA Fine Art student, Anthony drew on his time in Antarctica experiencing and recording this remote environment. His prints capture the extremes of beauty and the harsh reality of existence there, tracking his journey through observation to interpretation with perfect simplicity.

A photo-documentation of performance art by BA Fine Art student, who exhibits under the pseudonym MKLK, was runner-up in the NCAS prize. MKLK was also selected for the Bloomberg New Contemporaries show at the Liverpool Biennial in September 2014 before touring to the ICA.

Photographer Jack Cornish was one of three students awarded the Keyphoto Prize 2014. Jack’s practice engages with photography’s scientific, almost alchemic, histories to create an eclectic body of abstract photography. The other two winners were Samantha Fry (BA Photography 2014), whose poignant images explore the consequences of war and conflict, and Jordan Bishop (BA Film and Moving Image Production 2014) for his graduate film Spectrum (2014).

Animation, film and games students held an industry attended screening of their work at Cinema City in Norwich while the Graphics and Illustration courses headed to London for the D&AD New Blood exhibition.

Graphics successes included BA Graphic Design student Emma Wright who was shortlisted for a Yellow Pencil. Helen Mak won the 2014 jkr Juice student design competition for her striking work on drinks brand Sourz. Finally, Coral McCloud was announced as winner of the MacLehose Press Design Competition with her bold and coherent designs for Stieg Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

BA (Hons) Illustration student Ellen Rockell was awarded a Penguin Random House Design Award in the adult category for her 3D drawn cover for Jonathan Coe’s classic novel What A Carve Up!

In another strong year for the BA Textiles course, five NUA students won six awards at the Bradford Textile Society Design Competition 2014. In an exciting new development, this was the first year that graduating BA Fashion course students were selected for a catwalk show at London’s Graduate Fashion Week.

www.nua.ac.uk/degreeshows

KARA CHATTEN, HEAD OF AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT, AXISWEB

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Background:Visual Delights by Anthony George Foreground: Enantiomer I and Enantiomer II by Diane Pryn

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NORFOLK 2000

Emma Reeve (BA Visual Studies 2011) is currently leading her own Arts Council-funded project, which examines the history of immigration in Norfolk and its impact on local skills and expertise.

In 2013 Emma was completing a year’s traineeship in the Archaeology department at Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery, working in the Archaeology department on a large-scale redisplay of the Castle Keep exhibition. During her internship Emma developed a passion for archaeology and archaeological exhibitions, and after leaving the Museum earlier this year, she came up with the idea for Norfolk 2000. The project is the perfect way for Emma to combine her newfound interest with her existing contemporary art and exhibitions experience.

NORFOLK 2000 EXAMINES THE ANCIENT HISTORY OF IMMIGRATION IN NORFOLK

The project will use the archaeology and social history collections of the Norfolk Museums Service as the springboard for a conversation about immigration – a contentious current issue in modern society. Norfolk has a very ancient history of immigration, and the project will examine the past 2,000 years with Emma working on collections and stories from Roman times up to the present day.

The project will demonstrate the multiplicity of ways in which the county has benefited from the skills and expertise of a hugely diverse influx of migrants who have fed and enriched Norfolk’s indigenous population over the centuries.

Emma’s successful application for funding from Arts Council England and the Norfolk Arts

Project Fund (funded by Norfolk County Council) will enable her to deliver four public workshops, each one led by a different museum and heritage professional from Europe. The workshops will provide an opportunity for us all to share our experiences of different cultures and to learn more about the history of immigration in Norfolk.

The culmination of the project will be a touring exhibition of Emma’s research, opening in Great Yarmouth on 15 May 2015 and then visiting venues in Kings Lynn and Norwich.

www.norfolk2000.co.uk/blog

www.emmareeve.co.uk

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The last few months have been extremely busy and successful for graduates from the BA Games Art and Design course at NUA.

Three teams were selected for the annual Dundee games festival, Dare to be Digital 2014, at which team A Fox Wot I Drew – Dominic Littler (2014), Kai Creedon (2014) and Cian McNabola (2012) – won the Design in Action award. As well as the title, the team landed £20,000, plus industry mentoring and support to invest in fully developing their game Baum. As Dominic said: “This is a great opportunity. We are investing the grant in making a polished and professional game that people will love playing.”

A number of independent games were showcased as part of the Dare Protoplay event, all vying for the Creative

NUA GAMES GRADUATES BUILD ON EARLIER SUCCESS

Scotland Ground-Breaking Innovative Game Award, worth £25,000. The winner was independent game studio Future Fossil Studios, whose co-founder is NUA graduate Phil Barrowclough (2011). The prize will be used to develop their game The Climb, scheduled for release in early 2015. The studio has just released its first game High Steaks (about a monster and his love of steak) now available for Android and iOs.

In other graduate news, Stephen Brown (2011), 3D Artist at technology company Gamar, was part of the team creating a new app for the National Maritime Museum. The Great Explorer invites players to take command of a ship and sail the open seas, discovering new and unknown lands. Stephen

worked freelance following his graduation before joining Gamar in October 2013.

Sophia George’s (2011) game for the V&A Museum, Strawberry Thief, was released in October 2014 following a six-month residency at the Museum. Inspired by the William Morris pattern, Strawberry Thief is now downloadable free on the iPad.

And just to round off all these successes for the NUA Games course, Course Leader Marie-Claire Isaaman was inducted into the European Women in Games Hall of Fame. Together with King’s London Head of Studio, Catharina Lavers Mallet, Marie-Claire received the honour at their national conference in October 2014.

www.nua.ac.uk/bagamesartanddesign

GRADUATE GAMES SUCCESSES

Future Fossil Studios Still from Baum

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GARY BREEZE (BA GRAPHIC DESIGN 1990)

Gary’s commissions include the Glasgow High Court of Judiciary, the New Scottish Parliament, Christ Church in Oxford and most recently a commemorative sculpture for the Rambert Dance Company’s London headquarters. Caroline Bailey met Gary at his studio to ask more about his craft.

How do you describe your practice?

I see myself as a lettering sculptor. I trained as a lettercutter with the late David Holgate, whose work of Mother Julian and Saint Benedict is on the west front of Norwich Cathedral. A lettercutter traditionally cuts letters into stone, but I work in 3D, sculpting letters and words. David taught me how to work architecturally with a variety of materials.

I like to work with the material palette of the building, to make my work an integral part of the building’s design, as opposed

GARY BREEZE CHOOSES TO DEFINE HIMSELF AS A LETTERING SCULPTOR RATHER THAN A GRAPHIC DESIGNER OR ARTIST BUT ON MEETING HIM CAROLINE BAILEY THINKS HE IS PROBABLY BOTH.

to adding something to what is already there. Drawing letters is at the heart of my practice. I don’t use a specific typeface – which differentiates me from a graphic designer or typographer – but I don’t see myself as an artist either.

How do you think your training as a graphic designer has influenced your work?

How I approach a project – bringing an idea, a concept to it – comes from having a broad art school background as well as graphic design training.

At NUA I was encouraged to think outside the box, to think intelligently and to research the subject. I like to work with stone, wood and glass – any material appropriate to the project. Some lettercutters will only work in stone. I prefer to consider what is demanded by the brief, which is certainly a graphic design approach.

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How much creative freedom do you have on a commissioned project?

I’ve developed a practice which allows me a great deal of freedom, even in the choice of wording. But working with letters sets its own limitations. You need to think creatively when working within such defined parameters.

I prefer to start from a blank piece of paper every time.

Do you have time for personal projects?

Yes and I exhibit my work regularly and recently curated an exhibition for the Lettering and Commemorative Arts Trust.

A reoccurring theme in my work is the East Anglian dialect, and also the sea. I love sailing; one of my earliest pieces was based on a shipping forecast in 1995, which was my big break. It was exhibited at the Crafts Council Gallery and bought by a private collector in Dorset.

Do you think your craft will continue in the future?

David Holgate trained in the 1950s, and did a seven year apprenticeship with David Kindersley who was apprentice to Eric Gill. This passing on of experience down the generations is really important.

You have to develop your skill and knowledge over time. The craft is thriving, but it can be difficult to find training, you have to be really dedicated to do this.

Where do you get your inspiration from?

I like typography and lettering that you can’t read! With Latin or Greek the viewer can’t immediately get the meaning so you have to look at it for its beauty.

What projects are you working on at the moment?

Recently I was commissioned by the Royal Mint to design a new 50p coin to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. The coin is now in circulation. My design was inspired by the people rather than the machines of war. The brave airmen run towards their fate, it is an evocative image.

My latest commission is for Westminster Abbey, to design a memorial for industrialist Matthew Boulton. This is made from cast iron as opposed to stone, like the other memorials in the Abbey floor, to reflect his life.

I am quite selective in my work and have developed my own style, but I feel lucky to have had such a varied career.

www.garybreeze.co.uk

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GALLERY PROGRAMME

This spring the Gallery at NUA proudly welcomes a number of internationally acclaimed artists.

Our season opens on 27 January with Hidden in Plain Sight, works by NUA staff, selected by Hannah Higham, Curator of Modern Art at the Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery, and Professor Nichola Johnson, former Director of the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts and Visiting Professor at NUA.

In March, in association with Pratt Contemporary, the Gallery will show Ana Maria Pacheco Sculpture: Norwich 2015, an installation of polychromed wood sculptures and some smaller two-dimensional works. The exhibition is curated by Norfolk Contemporary Art Society and is one of four separate but simultaneous exhibitions being held in Norwich, to bring major sculptural work from the artist to the city for the first time.

THE GALLERY AT NUA’S SPRING SEASON 2015

Born in Brazil, but living and working here since 1973, Ana Maria Pacheco was Head of Fine Art at Norwich School of Art (1985-9), and Associate Artist at the National Gallery in London (1997-2000). Her residency culminated in an exhibition that toured the country. Pacheco has exhibited worldwide and is represented in many collections. In 1999 Brazil awarded her the prestigious Ordem do Rio Branco.

The Gallery at NUA is pleased to be working alongside the writer Juilia Blackburn to bring a unique exhibition of John Craske’s beautiful paintings and tapestries to NUA. Co-curated with Aldeburgh Music, John Craske: Threads will open at the Gallery on 12 May. A Norfolk fisherman born in Sheringham in 1881, Craske fell seriously ill in 1917. In 1923 he began to paint the sea, boats and coastline.

Then bedbound he began embroidering. One of his great masterpieces is The Evacuation of Dunkirk, a tapestry inspired by the radio reportage of the dramatic unfolding of this defining moment in the War.

As well as showing Craske’s Dunkirk tapestry for the first time in many years, thanks to the Norfolk Museums Service, other lenders have been generous with Craske’s works. Poignantly, this exhibition will coincide with the 75th anniversary of Dunkirk.

This exhibition also celebrates the publication by Jonathan Cape of Threads: The Delicate Life of John Craske, by Julia Blackburn in 2015.

Admission to all exhibitions is free.

www.nua.ac.uk/thegallery

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The Evacuation of Dunkirk (detail) John Craske

Nichola Johnson © The Clore Leadership Programme 2013

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@NorwichUniArts

Friday 3 July

Alumni drinks7.00pm – 12 midnight

The Playhouse Bar, St Georges Street, Norwich

An informal evening at The Playhouse Bar, an art school favourite, where you can meet your friends and slide comfortably back in as if you’ve never been away.

JOIN US FOR THE WEEKEND A weekend full of celebrations in Norwich as we commemorate our 170th anniversary together with the undergraduate Degree Shows 2015. Whether you come for a day or a whole weekend we would love to see you again.

IN 2015 NORWICH UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS CELEBRATES 170 YEARS SINCE THE ORIGINAL SCHOOL OF DESIGN WAS ESTABLISHED.

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Saturday 4 July

Welcome back talk from Professor John Last, Vice-Chancellor

11.00am

NUA Campus

This is an opportunity to meet Vice-Chancellor John Last and hear about the new developments on campus and our plans for the future.

A buffet lunch after the talk will be followed by the opportunity to tour the Degree Shows, talk to current students and visit your old department.

Reunion partyNorwich Arts Centre

7.00pm – 12 midnight

Join us for a party at the Arts Centre – DJs, live music, and dancing the night away.

Sunday 5 July

NUA Family Day12 noon – 2pm

The Garth, NUA Campus

Join other NUA graduates and their families for an informal get-together and spend the day in Norwich. Bring a picnic, and spend the afternoon visiting your favourite places in the City or take a look around the Degree Shows, which will be open during the day.

More details and ticket prices for the weekend will be announced early 2015.

For more details as we confirm our plans, please ‘like’ our Facebook page at: NUA Alumni Network or follow us on Twitter: @NUAAlumni

www.nua.ac.uk/alumni/events

N170 ALUMNI REUNION

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FRIDAY 3 JULY – SUNDAY 5 JULY 2015

N170 SCHOLARSHIPS

N170 SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED

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SUPPORTING FUTURE CREATIVE TALENT

Please make a donation to our N170 Scholarship Fund to support the next generation of creative practitioners at NUA. All donations will be attributed to providing financial support to students to ensure the best creative students continue to study at NUA and have the opportunity to fulfil their creative potential. Whatever the size of your donation, it will make a difference and if you are a UK Tax Payer, we can claim Gift Aid on your behalf and your donation will go even further with no extra cost to you.www.nua.ac.uk/supportingnua

NUA has extended the financial support it offers to students by funding three new international scholarships through its N170 Scholarship Fund. The scholarships have been awarded on the basis of academic merit and to students who demonstrated a standard of excellence at their interview with their current portfolio of work, creative potential and enthusiasm for their course of study.

American student Natalie Sowa, Year 1 Design for Publishing, received the top scholarship of £5,000. Adrian Lim from Malaysia, Year 1 Graphic Design, received £2,000 and MA Fashion student Naomi Wambugu from Kenya received the N170 International Postgraduate Scholarship of £2,000. All scholarships have been awarded

against tuition fees, which make a significant contribution to the cost for international students studying in the UK.

A fourth scholarship sponsored by the John Jarrold Trust, has also been awarded for the first time to Year 1 BA Illustration student George Gray. George will receive £1,000 each year of his three-year course. In addition, the John Jarrold Trust will offer a second scholarship for 2015/16 entry to coincide with NUA’s 170th anniversary year.

If you are interested in sponsoring a named scholarship or other form of support, please contact Caroline Bailey, Alumni Relations and Development Officer on: 01603 756288 or email:

c.bailey@nua.ac.uk

WITHOUT THE SCHOLARSHIP I WOULD HAVE STRUGGLED TO COVER THE COST OF MY TUITION FEES. I AM EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT I HAVE RECEIVED.NATALIE SOWA, BA DESIGN FOR PUBLISHING

L-R: Professor Richard Berry, Natalie Sowa, Adrian Lim. Professor John Last and Naomi Wambugu.

DONATE ONLINE NOW To make a donation online, please visit: www.nua.ac.uk/supportingnua

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If you graduated within the last three years or have an Alumni Card, you can continue to access the Careers Service and book one-to-one appointments with the Careers Adviser. Services available include one-to-one careers guidance, skills audit, help on finding the right MA course, funding opportunities and advice on taking the next step in your career.

To book an appointment in person, by phone or Skype, contact Richard Peat, Careers Adviser at: r.peat@nua.ac.uk or call: 01603 751471.

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS

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Without question it is the success and work of our current and former students that best exemplifies the quality of NUA’s courses and teaching to overseas students thinking about studying in the UK. Showing what our students go on to do after graduation and discussing their achievements is the clearest possible demonstration of why NUA should be their UK university of choice.

In 2014, the International Office at NUA visited more countries than ever before. As well as attending events in established territories including Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia and Japan, the International Office also visited fairs and colleges in the US, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates for the first time.

In early 2015, NUA will be visiting Norway and we would be delighted to hear from any of our graduates who are now

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ALUMNI AMBASSADORS NEEDED

based there and what you are doing now.

If you are currently living in any of the territories we regularly visit and would enjoy having the opportunity to talk to students about your experience of studying at NUA and living in Norwich then do please get in touch – we would love to hear from you. Your experience will be an invaluable way for potential students to learn what Norwich and the University offers. And more generally, insight into the practicalities and rewards of a career in the creative industries provides a major boost to students considering pursuing this sort of subject.

If you are interested in helping at one of our International events, please contact Caroline Bailey, Alumni Relations and Development Officer at:

c.bailey@nua.ac.uk

Graduates of the University are the greatest ambassadors we have and there are many ways in which you can support the University and your former course through the Alumni Network. In autumn 2014 we invited graduates to join a panel at our Open Days to share their own student experience at NUA and the great variety of creative and cultural attractions in the City that make it a wonderful place to live and study.

If you are interested in attending one of our Open Days, or would like to give a talk on your career, write a profile for the website, or mentor a new graduate as they establish themselves in the creative industries, please get in touch.

alumni@nua.ac.uk

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GRADUATION 2014

JOHN HURT CBE, CHANCELLOR

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GRADUATION 2014 The sound of applause was audible halfway down St Georges Street on 7 July 2014, as the largest cohort of students ever to graduate from the University took to the stage.

Overseeing the official proceedings was NUA’s Chancellor John Hurt CBE, now in his second year at the University, who congratulated all the graduating students of 2014 with the words: “How proud I am of this University and its achievements, how proud I am of all this year’s graduands and their achievements and indeed how proud I am to be Chancellor of Norwich University of the Arts.”

Honorary Doctorates were awarded during the day to international leaders in the fields of art, design and media. Former Head of the Arts Council Collection, Caroline Douglas, now Director of the Contemporary Art Society, was honoured for her distinguished work in the arts and national collections.

Laura Jordan Bambach, President of D&AD and a partner at Mr. President, was recognised for her contribution to the graphic design industry as well as for promotion and support of graphic design education. Described as a ‘digital female icon’, Laura is passionate about championing and encouraging women in design and is a co-founder of SheSays, a global creative network for women.

Dr Maria Stukoff, Head of Academic Development at Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, was awarded an Honorary Doctorate for her international reputation in creating interactive media art. In 2013, Maria was named on the New York ‘40 Women to Watch over 40’ list and listed in the UK’s first Women in Games Top 100.

Watch our Graduation 2014 film at:

www.nua.ac.uk/alumni

HOW PROUD I AM OF ALL THIS YEAR’S GRADUANDS AND THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS.

ALUMNI NEWS

Andy won the Advertising and Design category for his series of posters promoting a mental health awareness campaign for the University of California’s Santa Cruz (UCSC) campus.

The brief was to highlight a number of issues including eating disorders and alert students to symptoms that some of their peers might be masking. The client wanted humour to be used to highlight the seriousness of the campaign – first to evoke feelings of warm nostalgia and comfort by using characters reminiscent of childhood

cartoons, and then to underline the seriousness and isolation the real character is experiencing.

Andy was overwhelmed by this recognition of his work. He commented: “I have a love for image making and to be recognised by the AOI as a valid contributor to the industry I love has really knocked me out.”

Although Andy studied Printmaking at NUA, since graduating he has worked as a freelance Illustrator, predominantly for editorial and design clients. He has worked with high profile brands including

ILLUSTRATOR ANDY WARD HAS BEEN AWARDED A PRESTIGIOUS ASSOCIATION OF ILLUSTRATORS (AOI) AWARD.

ANDY WARD (BA FINE ART 1994)

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Barbie, Hotwheels and MTV and is a regular illustrator for a number of UK newspapers including The Independent. Andy also sells prints and greeting cards through his website.

In October 2014 Andy was invited to contribute to a Kawaii inspired book for the China Youth Press. This featured 30 contemporary designers including Rob Ryan and their interpretation of what Kawaii is. Kawaii is based on the Japanese word ‘cute’ and characters traditionally feature giant eyes, rounded shapes, and simplistic features. Andy’s work was featured on both the front and back covers inside and out, with eight pages plus an interview in the editorial.

In November 2014, Andy received two CLIO awards for his Goodby Silverstein’s AIDES campaign.www.andyward.co.uk

Work by Andy Ward for UCSC

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ARTS AND DESIGN NEWS

BA FASHION COMMUNICATION COURSE LAUNCHED

In September 2015 NUA will welcome its first students enrolling on to its BA Fashion Communication and Promotion course. The programme will be run by Course Leader Harriet Posner and is designed to equip students with the skills needed to become adept in the crucial art of successful communication. Students on this course will be guided in the development of their creativity to build, promote and sustain fashion brands. At the same time as, develop the skills and knowledge essential to use and manage media channels to reach their target fashion audience.

Senior Lecturer in Textile Design at NUA Les Bicknell is collaborating with the Crafts Council to build biologically-inspired robots.

The project titled: Squeeze Fold Bend and Expand – Structural Memory in Deformable Objects – is part of the ‘Parallel Practices’ innovation programme developed by the Crafts Council in partnership with the Cultural Institute at King’s College London. The programme’s aim is to trigger learning and innovation by partnering academics from the worlds of medicine and science with creative artists.

Les’s own practice focuses on bookbinding and the exploration of a new understanding of the fold, and on this project, Les will be working with Thrishantha Nanayakkara and Naomi Mcintosh to explore soft robotics through modelmaking, looking at ways of controlling the movement and articulation of objects in order to build new structures. A total of four projects will be running until the end of 2014.

The progress of these projects can be followed at:

www.de-reform.blogspot.co.uk

LECTURER TO BUILD ‘SOFT’ ROBOTS

Harriet joins NUA from her role as Creative Director at design studio Brompton Finch. Previously she was a lecturer at the London College of Fashion, and has also lectured at the Istituto Marangoni and Amsterdam Fashion Academy. Harriet has written extensively about fashion: included in her work is Marketing Fashion (Laurence King, Portfolio series). Marketing Fashion is a definitive guide to the fundamental principles of fashion branding, marketing and promotion for a global market.

www.nua.ac.uk/bafcp

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MEDIA NEWS

Professor Richard Sawdon Smith has been appointed Dean of the Faculty of Media. Richard is an internationally exhibiting award-winning photographer. As well as being a former winner of the John Kobal/National Portrait Gallery Photographic Portrait Award, a Board Member of The bookRoom Press, on the Editorial Panel of the Journal of Photography & Culture and he is also co-editor of Langford’s Basic Photography and The Book is Alive!.

In November Professor Sawdon Smith exhibited his work in Uncertain States 2014 at Bank Gallery in London, together with Photography Lecturer James Cant. This annual exhibition is a lens-based artists’ project showcasing the work of both established and emerging artists.

www.richardsawdonsmith.com

NUA is adding a BA VFX course to its portfolio. The programme will boost the University’s training for students entering careers in the constantly evolving digital industries. Students will develop a unique combination of skills in digital arts, cinematography, coding and 3D graphics, providing them with multiple career options and opportunities following graduation.

Film students at NUA have been commissioned to create a new advertising campaign promoting sun protection cream to outdoor workers for the brand IKAROS. The project was set up through the Ideasfactory@NUA and involved students on Year 2 of the BA Film and Moving Image Production course working in teams to pitch ideas to the

NEW DEAN OF MEDIA

BA VFX COURSE STARTING 2015

FILM STUDENTS CREATE ADS FOR IKAROS

Still from film for IKAROS sunscreen

Course Leader Saint Walker joins NUA from his role as Head of Development at Creative Skillset where he has been working closely with top VFX companies including Framestore and Double Negative on a range of training issues.

www.nua.ac.uk/bavfx

business owners. Two ideas were selected for development and to make into adverts. Hands and Naked both employ humour to highlight the growing seriousness of this health issue and are now being used commercially to promote the brand.

www.ikarosglobal.com

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NUA’s 2014 submission for the Research Excellence Framework (REF) has been led by the Research department comprising of Professor Marcia Pointon, Tom Simmons and Dr Alisa Miller and focuses on the design and evolution of new approaches to creative practice. The submission involves a wide selection of work from 11 students and academic staff, and responds closely to critical and cultural perspectives.

The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) runs its REF exercise every five years as a means of deciding where best to allocate research funding for universities. NUA uses this funding in many different ways: developing and expanding our research; forming collaborative relationships with galleries; funding fellowships, and running seminars and conferences. All these are essential aspects

REF 2014: ASSESSING RESEARCH

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IN ART AND DESIGN

of the academic culture of the University, significantly enhancing the experience of undergraduate and postgraduate students and enabling NUA to engage successfully and imaginatively with receptive, enthusiastic audiences.

NUA’s REF submission for 2014 includes work from the areas of history, theory and practice in Art and Design. One element of research showcased in the submission is Proem (2013), a film by Suzie Hanna (NUA), Tom Simmons (RCA) and Sally Bayley (Oxford). The artists use their film to explore drafts of Harold Hart Crane’s Proem to Brooklyn Bridge and discuss his ideas on ‘logic as metaphor’. The work has been chosen from 1500 entries to appear in the

A series of stills from the film Proem

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12th London Short Film Festival. Proem will be screened at Curzon Soho in January 2015.

Other works in the team’s portfolio include studies on the history of portraiture; a new translation of the lost Surrealist classic The Passive Vampire by Gherasim Luca; and collaborative explorations by artists and scientists revealing the interiors of living organisms using a mixture of fine art and bio-imaging techniques; expositions on Norman Bel Geddes’ design studio (in partnership with galleries in Texas and NYC).

Other projects include a series of artworks investigating the interplay of games and art; articles on the relationship

between war, consumer cultures and the media, and theoretical enquiries addressing textile creation.

This year a new area of assessment has been added to the REF criteria – ‘impact’. This has allowed NUA to showcase some of its staff’s most significant and far reaching research projects. Since 1991 EASTinternational has been a key element in introducing new talent to the art scene; in 2009 the exhibition considered a range of capitalist and anti-capitalist ideological

influences and toured Norwich, Krakow and Budapest. Additionally, Picasso: Peace and Freedom, curated by Professor Lynda Morris, attracted huge numbers of visitors to Tate Liverpool in the UK, Albertina in Vienna and the Louisiana in Denmark, as well as to the off-shoot Picasso in Palestine project. The exhibition attracted very considerable attention from the international press.

NUA has developed a new online repository to store and share the research, enterprise and practice generated by the research-active staff and postgraduate students of NUA, including details of the work submitted to REF2014. This is available at:

www.researchonline.nua.ac.uk

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THE DEGREE SHOW IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR MA STUDENTS TO SHOWCASE THEIR VISUAL PRACTICE TO CREATIVE INDUSTRY SPECIALISTS AND THE WIDER PUBLIC. JAMES BELL, MA PHOTOGRAPHY

Beach Boys by James Bell

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MA DEGREE SHOW 2014

A DISPLAY OF INSPIRATIONAL BREADTH AND UNIQUE INSIGHT.PAUL FIELDSEND-DANKS, MA LEADER

The Show revealed the ambition and ability of NUA’s postgraduate students in every aspect of art, design, and media practice.

This year included the first graduating students from the MA Photography degree. Work included Beach Boys, a series of prints by James Bell recording cultural expression and social issues, viewed from within the community of Barbados. Bar owners, street vendors, and hustlers of Barbados strut their stuff as James goes deep inside the showmanship and chutzpah to reveal hidden vulnerabilities.

Other highlights from an outstanding show included MA Communication Design student Redwan El-Harrak’s investigation of the depths of the grid – not only its nature and origin, but also the socio-political aspects of its form and history that work to define our space and world.

A powerful painting by MA Fine Art student Emma Lee Cracknell, entitled II, referenced Jacques Lacan’s theories of jouissance and unobtainable desire. On the strength of her degree show work, Emma was selected for the Axisweb MAstars 2014 by Mónica Núñez Laiseca, Senior Lecturer in Curatorial Practice (Contemporary Art) at Glasgow School of Art. Emma’s work is now featured on the Axis website, making this the third year running in which a NUA MA Fine Art student has been selected by Axisweb.

Mary No More, a short film by Joshua Carver (MA Moving Image and Sound 2014), was primarily informed by the twin themes of modernist literature and personal anxiety. Joshua’s approach to cinematography is fuelled by the dual inspiration of Japanese cinema and

the strong visual storytelling of Hitchcock, Bresson and Haneke’s ‘pure cinema’.

MA Curation students researched and curated an exhibition in the Gallery at NUA as part of its summer programme. Afteryears: Reflections on British Art 1946-52 displayed a selection of works from the Arts Council Collection. Afteryears considered the work of British artists in the years immediately following the Second World War, in an exploration of public and political attitudes towards state patronage of the arts during that other ‘age of austerity’.

A display of colourful textiles and beautifully crafted fashion garments concluded the show.

www.nua.ac.uk/madegreeshows

THIS YEAR’S MA DEGREE SHOW WAS STAGED TO GREAT ADVANTAGE IN THE NEWLY REFURBISHED GUNTONS BUILDING – A FRESH CONTEMPORARY SPACE IDEALLY SUITED TO THE DIVERSITY AND SCOPE OF THIS STRIKING EXHIBITION.

An assortment of ties by Jenny UnsworthRedwan El-Harrak’s investigation into the grid

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An MA prepares students both intellectually and professionally for further academic study, continuation of their professional practice and employment.

We asked graduating students from NUA, Emma Lee Cracknell (MA Fine Art 2014) and Joshua Carver (MA Moving Image and Sound 2014) to discuss both the intrinsic merit of studying for an MA, and the degree’s ultimate value in purely practical terms.

WHAT IS THE REAL SIGNIFICANCE AND PRACTICAL WORTH OF STUDYING FOR AN MA?POSTGRADUATE STUDY IS AN INTENSIVE, RIGOROUS AND ABOVE ALL QUESTIONING PERIOD OF STUDY, FOCUSING THE INDIVIDUAL ON THE PURSUIT OF INNOVATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF PROFESSIONAL CONTEXT.

Why did you decide to study at NUA for your MA?

Emma Lee Cracknell (EC): As I went straight from my BA in Fine Art to MA, it was helpful that the tutors already knew the background to my practice so there was a nice continuation. I felt very supported in making the transition from BA to MA. All the tutors have been amazing.

Emma Lee Cracknell

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Joshua Carver (JC): I studied for my BA at NUA and graduated in 2011. The excellent experience I had with lecturers and tutors throughout my BA course was a key factor in returning. I knew that I would be given the freedom and support to pursue the work I wanted to make in the way that I wanted to make it.

How has your course developed you as a practitioner?

EC: Studying for my MA has fundamentally changed my practice. I now consider my practice to be more serious. The MA has given me confidence in how to position myself as an artist amongst other artists of my age working in my medium.

JC: The quality of my work has improved significantly in all areas: most importantly, the quality of my ideas. The MA has encouraged me to take greater responsibility over my own work and learning, something that I will continue as it is vital for my own creative practice beyond formal education.

How did you fund your MA?

EC: I, like many students, worked part-time at weekends throughout the course. An MA is a serious financial investment – but that in itself makes you want to work harder. I would really encourage anyone to do it. It has been an invaluable experience.

JC: I applied for funding from the Arts Humanities and Research Council (AHRC) and I was fortunate enough to receive a studentship through them, which was of great financial support.

Did you have the opportunity to collaborate with industry or other practitioners during your MA?

EC: Collaboration between students on your own course and other MAs is really encouraged. Also the guest lecturers who come in to give talks on their practice are extremely inspiring. I have made good connections for the future.

JC: My work is highly collaborative due to the nature of narrative fiction filmmaking. During my BA I gradually built up a network of collaborators both internally and externally, and this process continued during the MA. I worked with several BA and MA graduates from NUA as well as current students, which was great.

www.nua.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate

STUDYING FOR MY MA HAS GIVEN ME CONFIDENCE ON HOW TO POSITION MYSELF AS AN ARTIST. EMMA CRACKNELL, ARTIST

Still from Mary No More, 2014 by Joshua Carver Joshua Carver

DANIEL BRADFIELD(BA GRAPHIC COMMUNICATION 2008)

SARIKA THAKORLAL(BA CONTEMPORARY TEXTILE PRACTICES 2003)

ROBERT CROWTHER(DIPLOMA IN ART AND DESIGN 1970)

I was fortunate enough to study under Course Leader John Tomlinson, ‘JT’, and visiting lecturers, including illustrators John Farman and Graham Percy, before going to the Royal College of Art (RCA).

At the RCA I produced the two projects that have defined my graphics career, one of which was a self-portrait biscuit. This work led to me making the Dutch royal family in biscuit for Madame Tussauds in Amsterdam.

My second RCA project was the design of a groundbreaking pop-up book, The Most Amazing Hide-and-Seek Alphabet Book published by Penguin Books in 1978. Since then I have published 40 books, mostly in pop-up form.

After graduating in 2008 I landed a job as an artworker at local agency Naked Marketing. Within three months I had been promoted to Graphic Designer and now, five years on, I am a Director of the company. My involvement is still very much hands-on and I enjoy designing for branding, packaging, websites and advertising campaigns. Our clients range from Epson and Weight Watchers through to our next door neighbours Mongers of Hingham. My ambition is to make Naked Marketing one of the leading agencies in the region and beyond.

www.nakedmarketing.co.uk

dan@nakedmarketing.co.uk

Over the last three years I have worked as an Editions Consultant for contemporary art publishing company Other Criteria, fabricating artworks for prominent artists including Damien Hirst, and most recently the distinguished Darbyshire framers. In 2013 I was lucky enough to receive sponsorship from Channel 4 and this enabled me to design my own website: a blend of portfolio, shop and writings on the creative and vintage scene. I am also planning an exhibition with fellow NUA graduate Frances Crowley for 2015. My site launched officially in October 2014, and I am primed with ideas and full of excitement about what lies ahead.

www.sarikathakorlal.com

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WHATEVER HAPPENED TO

HANNAH TURNER WALLIS(BA FINE ART 2012)

DANIELLE PAYTON(BA FASHION 2013)

POLLY JAMES(BA CREATIVE WRITING 2008)

In collaboration with fellow NUA Fine Art graduate Théodora Lecrinier (MA Fine Art 2013) I have set up Dyad Creative. The aim is to engage and build relationships with people and places on different levels, encouraging and supporting them in utilising their skills and passion to explore ideas within public art projects, performance, visual arts projects and production work.

We launched in October 2014 at Yallops Gallery, Norwich, with a debut performance piece titled Elbow Room. The event took place over three days and included a series of live performances, multi-sensory experiences and visual projects, culminating in a public opening of the space and presentation of documentation.

www.dyad-creative.com

Recently I moved to China, teaching English and working part-time as design assistant to Liu Jiang. This mainly involves sketching and doing pattern or machine work when required. Liu Jiang works under the Western brand Haizhen Wang. I am also learning Mandarin – which is proving very useful as a newcomer to the city! As well as working with Liu I have some freelance work with the international cashmere brand Erdos, whose headquarters are based in China.

www.daniellepayton.com

Straight after graduating from NUA I worked for ITV’s Network Factual, assisting the Director of Production, but decided to leave to become a writer. In 2010 I started a comic blog called Mid-Wife Crisis under the pseudonym Polly James. It really took off and was shortlisted for a number of awards. In 2011 the blog was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Blogs, a major honour, and this led to a two-book deal with HarperCollins.

My debut novel Diary of an Unsmug Married is based on the blog and was published in February 2014 – I’m now wrestling with the next one.

www.mid-wife-crisis-blog.

blogspot.co.uk

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THE GALLERY

OPEN DAYS

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT

27 January – 28 February 2015

Open submission show featuring work by staff at NUA selected by Visiting Professor for Curation, Nichola Johnson and Curator at Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery, Hannah Higham.

ALUMNI PRIVATE VIEW

5 February 2015An opportunity to view the exhibition and catch up with your former tutors and other graduates.

5.30 – 7.00pm

Free to attend, please RSVP to: alumni@nua.ac.uk

ANA MARIA PACHECO SCULPTURE: NORWICH 2015

17 March – 25 April 2015

An exhibition of polychromed wood carvings and smaller two-dimensional works by the internationally acclaimed Brazilian artist.

Curated by Norfolk Contemporary Art Society, the exhibition is one of four separate but simultaneous exhibitions to be held in Norwich to bring major sculptural works by the artist to the city for the first time.

MA OPEN DAYS

Thursday 22 January 2015 3 – 5.30pm

Thursday 5 March 2015 3 – 5.30pm

Thursday 21 May 2015 5.30 – 7.30pm

Thursday 23 July 2015 3 – 5.30pm

For more information and to book a place, please visit:www.nua.ac.uk/opendays

BISHOP’S ART PRIZE 2015

2 – 13 June 2015

An exhibition of selected works by final year students at Norwich University of the Arts, responding to a theme set by the Bishop of Norwich.

The Hostry, Norwich Cathedral, Tombland, Norwich

Open daily 9.30am – 4.30pm except Sundays 12 noon – 3pm

Free admission

UG DEGREE SHOWS

1 - 7 July 2015

NUA Campus

TEACHERS’ DAY

2 July 2015

NUA Campus

This event is designed to support teachers advising students who are applying for art, design and media undergraduate courses.

For more information and to book a place, please email:recruitment@nua.ac.uk

ALUMNI REUNION WEEKEND

3 – 5 July 2015

A reunion for all graduates of Norwich University of the Arts and its former institutions to coincide with the annual UG Degree Shows.

For more details, see page 18.

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JOHN CRASKE: THREADS

12 May – 6 June 2015

An exhibition of paintings by John Craske including for the first time in many years, the Dunkirk tapestry, kindly lent by Norfolk Museums Service.

Gallery open: Tuesday – Saturday 12 noon – 5pm

Closed Sunday and Monday

The Gallery will also be closed between Friday 3 April – Wednesday 8 April inclusive.

Free admissionwww.nua.ac.uk/thegallery

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The plastic wrapping used to mail the magazine is degradable polythene.

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