Degree Show 2011 Press Release
Hull School of Art and Design Presents The Degree Show
The 2011 Degree Show takes place over four days within bespoke studio spaces within Hull School of Art and Design. Every year graduating students from both the FD (Foundation Degree) and BA Honour courses celebrate this milestone by showcasing work with a dynamic educational multimedia exhibition.
The show begins with the customary Private View Friday 3rd June where student’s work will be on display with students, friends, family and invited guests from related professional disciplines in attendance.
On Saturday 4th June the Degree Show is open to the public from 10am -1pm then from Monday 6th – 8th June from 10am – 5pm.
The Degree Show will exhibit works from all the following courses run by Hull School of Art and Design:
BA Hons Applied Creative Design: Costume, Fashion, Textiles
BA Hons Graphic Design
BA Hons Games Design
BA Hons Web Design
BA Hons Interactive Media
BA Hons TV & Film Design
BA Hons Illustration
BA Hons Lens Based Photo Media
BA Hons Fine Art
HND Graphic Design
HND 3D Design
Foundation Degree in Fashion Design and Interpretation
Foundation Degree in Lens Based Photo Media
Foundation Degree in Textile Design
Foundation Degree in Art & Design in the Public Realm
Head of School Rob Moore:
“We are pleased once again to be able to celebrate the fantastic achievements of our art, design and media students graduating this June. The shows reflect what wonderful talent and abilities that are nurtured at Hull School of Art and Design. It is a fitting finale to their studies here after another successful year for our students in national competitions in other public arenas. This is a difficult time to be entering the jobs market but our graduates leave with the vital specialist and transferable skills necessary to succeed, and we wish them well in their creative futures”
Throughout the academic year Hull School of Art & Design graduating students have achieved considerable successes within their particular disciplines. Recognition for student work comes in many different forms; whether that is features in trade press, successful submissions for public exhibitions, or competition awards. This year HSAD had to purchase a new display cabinet to showcase all the successful student awards.
Students from Hull School of Art & Design worked with the Museum Service on a number of projects across a wide variety of creative disciplines culminating with the Connect>Create Exhibition at Feren’s Art Gallery. The multimedia, multi-discipline show focusing thematically on “Culture Scene Investigation” and “Identification” proved popular with visitors to the city throughout the months of April and May.
The centerpiece, a 3D fine wire skull sculpture by Jak De Groot Foundation Degree in Art & Design in the Public Realm was used to inspire the arresting poster design created by the Graphic Design students. BA Hons Interactive Media, Phil Shakesby exhibited his Look at Me project: an interactive multimedia platform exploring the history of Portraiture. FD Textile design Katie Driscoll, Victoria Wright, Nicola Thompson, Hannah Winter, Helen Whitworth were involved in creating a textile based gallery for the multimedia showcase. Games Design BA Hons. students created a “time travel” visual interpretation of the Grimston Sword (Hull and East Riding Museum)
Other achievements throughout the school include:
Students from the Foundation Degree in Art & Design in the Public Realm were involved in the Larkin 25 Toad projects which went around the world via the Clipper race.
From the BA Hons Illustration course, artist and designer Abbie Wright of the Tea and Crayons Collective has been featured in trade magazine titles Digital Artist, Digital Arts and also has an entry in Amelia’s Compendium of Fashion Illustration.
Diana Barret FD Textile Design (now BA Hons) was commended in the Hand and Lock Competition. Katy Bancroft and Samantha Wilson were equally commended for the Bradford Textiles Society Competition.
Students from the BA Hons Graphic Design travelled to Leeds College of Art for the Northern Educational Event, where they took advantage of the industry led workshops and networking opportunities offered by HSAD’s affiliation with the D. & A.D. University Network.
The Graphic Design students association with D & A.D. continues with the New Blood Graduate Exhibition, an International event where students will have the opportunity to access portfolio surgeries with Graphic Design and Advertising professionals.
From the New Media Department the ID Degree Show showcasing the work from new media students includes Phil Shakesby, BA Hons Interactive Media. The third year student designed and developed a Free educational Application for the Android platform. The Hull History Viewer allows users to download an audio visual tour of Hull’s historic past direct to their mobile phones, and reconnect in a new with forgotten buildings bombed by the Luftwaffe during the Blitz of 1941.
Also on show from the Public Realm department is the “Art Bike”, one of seven pieces created to reflect and represent the identities of different businesses within the city.
The address for the Degree Show Exhibition is:
Hull School of Art & Design
Queens Gardens
Hull HU1 3DG
Telephone contact is 01482 480970
The web site address is http://www.artdesignhull.ac.uk
For more information please contact: rmoore@artdesignhull.ac.uk
Useful Links
What Lies Beneath Blog.
Tea and Crayons Blog.
http://teaandcrayonscollective.blogspot.com/
Hull History Viewer online advertisement
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cVAJWNr0jQ
New Media ID Degree Show
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