A site visit to nearby Hanley Park and the Cauldon Canal for prepare for an art trail installation.
Installation at the New Vic Theatre
Level 5 student, Yuliia Holovatiuk-Ungureanu, has been selected to create an installation at the New Vic Theatre in Newcastle-Under-Lyme. The installation was part of ‘Voices From’ a docudrama by Susan Moffat, which captures the stories of children and adults caught in the horrors of war. Yuliia draws on her own very recent experience of this subject matter, having recently fled Ukraine.
Yuliia also recently expanded the installation to put on a solo exhibition My Voice is Hoarse from Pain in our Henrion Gallery.
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Public Art Trail celebrating city centenary
Throughout December and January, second year Fine Art students were busy writing their proposals and conducting site visits to the nearby Cauldon Canal and Hanley Park, for the Canal and River Trust Art Trail, that then took place on 1st March. The exhibition was a group show of site specific, outdoor artworks and public workshops, contributing to the Stoke on Trent Centenary celebrations.
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Off-campus visits
In January cohorts from across the whole course travelled to nearby Manchester to visit a series of incredible exhibitions. Students were lucky to receive curator talks from Zoe Watson, Curator of Contemporary Art at The Lowry and Gass Pendergast from Castlefield Gallery, which gave students an insight into the exhibitions on show. A huge highlight of the day was seeing the outstanding Barbara Walker exhibition at The Whitworth Art Gallery.
Collaboration with The London Tango Quintet
Second year Fine Art student James Blair worked as a creative producer alongside local arts group to capture the atmosphere of a live music performance at nearby Keele Chapel.
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