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Tide of Ghosts: Esotericism Beyond Fact and Fiction
A large-scale performative floor drawing created as part of the Tide of Ghosts: Esotericism Beyond Fact and Fiction conference at the University of Copenhagen…
Graphics visit to Marketing+Technologies Group
Our third year graphic design students presented to their clients: Rachel and Emily of DMA Europa.
Summer Exhibition – Rob Draper
Summer 2024 the The Art House on Castle Street was taken over by local artist Rob Draper…
Gemma Moore – Dementia and Mark Making
Gemma’s talk will discuss her PhD research question: Can mark making and exhibitions be used as methods of exploring communication, expression and the lived experience of people living with dementia attending Meeting Centres? The talk will outline the background and explore the current stages of the project.
ARTIST TALK: REX CROWLE
The Game Art team are delighted to present BAFTA award winning creative director Rex Crowle to talk about his 20 + year career in games and the creative industries, designing characters and worlds imbued with his playful and often handcrafted aesthetic. From Little...
Public Speaking Competition 2024
Interested in entering the Public Speaking Competition? Do a talk, a presentation, a monologue, or spoken word (5 minutes in duration).
Present on any topic of your choice (it does not have to relate to your degree subject).
Worcester Paint Festival
The yearly Worcester Paint Festival happens at locations round the city with world renowned artists involved.
Light Night Worcester
A popular festival returns to the City lighting up the streets with some exciting new projections.
Degree Show 2024
Our degree show celebrating graduate work from Fine Art, Illustration, Game Art, Animation, Graphic Design (and Advertising) and Creative Media MA. Private view is Thursday 23rd May, 6pm. Selected student's work can be seen at https://arts.worc.ac.uk/degreeshow/24/
Animation Student wins prestigious RTS award
Worcester University Animation student wins prestigious Royal Television Award.
Homo ex MachinAI: Artificial Intelligence & Creativity
Dr John Cussans, course leader for BA Fine Art and Fine Art with Psychology, will be speaking at the Homo ex MachinAI: Artificial Intelligence and Creativity event at the Benaki Museum in Athens on Friday April 12th. In his presentation 'Generative AI and Arts...
Students begin work on public mural
Students from the University have began work alongside renowned artist Rob Draper and external volunteers to create a public art mural with a focus on inclusivity.
Levi Lajtai Animation Receives RTS Nomination
Levi Lajtai, a graduate from last year’s Animation cohort has received nominations for his short film, Scratch, from the RTS student awards.
ARTIST TALK: HAZEL BROWN – 3D HAIR ARTIST
Since graduating in Game Art at De Montfort University in 2017, Hazel Brown has worked as a character artist at Dambuster Studios making characters for Dead Island 2, in the past couple of years she has specialized as a Hair Artist for Roarty Digital creating real time game hair for multiple clients. She also works on educational content for hair, hoping to encourage more accurate and diverse hair in games. Hazel recently took part in an event for BAFTA as a speaker in a panel discussing hair and accurate representation in games.
Animation student Alexia Samoilova
Fellow student Alexia Samoilova has been awarded with a scholarship for outstanding academic achievement. And this has made headline news in her native Cyprus. The award recognised the student’s achievements throughout the 2022/23 academic year. “I am delighted to...
Art House Open Lectures: Season 11
Join us for Season 11 of the Art House Open Lecture series presented by Meadow Arts and the University of Worcester’s School of Arts.
Therapeutic Landscapes: Ritual, Folklore and Wellbeing
This first event is jointly organised by the John Cussans, of the Arts and Health and Wellbeing research group and Desdemona McCannon of the Folk Cultures group at the University of Worcester.
Fantasy – Realms of Imagination Exhibit
Students and Alumni have participated in the Fantasy, Realms of Imagination exhibition at the Hive library in Worcester.
Aardman Animator Talk – Suzy Fagan Parr
You are all invited to a talk by Aardman Animator and Director Susy Parr on Thursday 15th February at the Art House, 1.15 -2.15pm.
CoVE Exhibition by PhD student, Karen David
This exhibition presents Karen David’s PhD research at the University of Worcester titled Commune of the Viable Essence: Creating Myth in Artistic Studio Practice through Fictional Narrative and is presented as an archive of CoVE with written materials, maps and artworks including oil paintings, acrylic marbling and glazed ceramics.
Where are they now? Harry Hartwell
Harry Hartwell finished his degree in BA Game Art in May, 2022. He has just been employed by game branding and advertising agency, Karter as a 3D artist. He has always been specialised in 3d arts, assets, and environmental design.
Journalism Students’ Success in Regional Media Awards
University of Worcester Journalism students are celebrating after having their work recognised at a regional awards ceremony.
The Worcester Lecture 2023: The NHS is Sick! What’s the Cure?
So how did the NHS get here? And what’s to be done? Lord Victor Adebowale CBE will grapple with these questions and argue that a radical shift in focus is required.
UCAS Manchester
Worcester University at UCAS Create Your Future, Manchester, 2023
Watermark – Art and Climate Roundtable Event
On Tuesday 18th April the Art House will be hosting the Art and Climate Roundtable Event between 5 and 7 pm as part of Watermark, a contemporary art exhibition exploring water, flooding and the climate crisis in partnership with venues across Worcester.
Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow – L5 Illustration students
L5 Illustration students invite you to their exhibition ‘Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow’ opening at the Art House this week.
Artist Talk: Emma Critchley (Watermark)
Our second artist talk this term, organized in collaboration with Meadow Arts to coincide with their Watermark exhibition, will be by Emma Critchley.
Applicant Day 2023
This years prospective applicants joined us across the university to get a flavour of what we do at the university. In the Art House illustration, graphic design, graphic design and marketing and fine art put on practical sessions, with tutors, current students and prospective students all joining in the fun.
Desdemona’s part of the Communication Arts Competition Jury
Our very own Desdemona McCannon is one of the judges on the Communication Arts Illustration Competition 2023.
Worcester OPEN Climate Change Edition 2023
PITT Studio & The Art House, School of Arts, University of Worcester are pleased to present The Worcester OPEN 2023 supported by Meadow Arts on the occasion of Watermark, a multi-venue partnership-based project on water and flooding as environmental markers of climate change, which will take place from January to May 2023.
Creative Media Exhibition at Hanbao
Our next set of Creative Media Graduates exhibited their digital work in the heart of the City of Worcester, at Hanbao.
Arts and Health Roundtable Event
In collaboration of our 10th anniversary between Meadow Arts and BA Fine Art at the University of Worcester, we are hosting a special Arts and Health roundtable event
Barry Sykes – Artist Talk
Barry makes sculptures, performances and works on paper that examine the power of authenticity, pleasure, and human connection. Referencing different modes of display, design and presentation, his objects and events are experiments in how we negotiate value, significance and trust.
Artist Talk: Sam Metz
The talk will take place online between 17.00 and 18.30 in Tuesday 25th of October. It will also be simultaneously screened to a public audience at the Art House on Castle Street in Worcester. Please go here to book your place for the online session. For those who want to attend in person, please come to the Art House at 16.45.
Worcester Music Festival
The Worcester Music Festival is run by volunteers to promote the local music scene on one weekend a year. All money raised from fund-raising during the Worcester Music Festival weekend goes to local charity.
University of Worcester MA Creative Media Exhibition
The Art House windows will be taken over by graduates from our MA in Creative Media for a public exhibition of their work.
Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched
Join us for an afternoon of exploring the Folk Horror genre with the opportunity to have your questions answered after the showing with guests Mikel Koven and John Cussans.
Take 5 – Student Talk
Worcester Illustration hosts this year’s Take 5 talks of alumni. 5 ex arts students from across courses share their work, their expertise and advise to our current batch of students. Always inspiring.
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[graphics] Be Peeters talk – The highs and lows of my career
Last Friday I gave a talk at University of Worcester for the third year students on the Graphic Design & Multimedia course, the same one I graduated from five years ago. But I didn’t tell them about my work or show them cool skills and tricks. I took them through...
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[Journalism] Top Television Award for Graduate
Harpal Bobby scooped the Royal Television Society Midlands Student Factual Film Award for her documentary, A Change in Kismat, which explores British Indian women’s attitudes towards arranged marriages.
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[drama] An interview with ILDIKÓ RIPPEL, COURSE LEADER IN TOURING THEATRE
Introduction I am a performer and lecturer, and artistic director of Nottingham based Zoo Indigo. The company devises autobiographical performance, combining dark humour, song, live music and multimedia in a kaleidoscopic approach, creating politically charged...
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[graphics] Where are they now? Anna Peskova: Digital Designer
Anna Peskova finished her degree in Graphic Design in 2017. Since then she has worked at web design agency Practically. She also co-designed and built this very site.
Worcester Cathedral Exhibition – Undercroft
A spectacular display of creative work by students at the University of Worcester greets visitors to Worcester Cathedral’s Undercroft.
Isla Badenoch Artist Talk
Our next Art House Artist Talk will be by Isla Badenoch on Monday December 13th at 4.30 pm. The talk will take place online.
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[animation] Laura (Veera) Kauppinen Animation Student
An interview between Laura (Veera) Kauppinen, Animation Student (Major Animation/Minor film Production) and lecturer Jamie Pardo. They cover life at Worcester, awards and working abroad.
Ikon Gallery: Graphic Design Trip
Students from our 1st, 2nd and 3rd years had a day out in Birmingham visiting the Ikon gallery, the Lego shop and exploring luxury brands in Selfridges.
Leah Gordon: Art House talk
Leah Gordon – photographer, film-maker, curator and writer – talks modernism and architecture; the slave trade; industrialisation; and grassroots religious, class and folk histories.
Crowdfund retro stylised thriller ‘Interference’
3rd year Film Students are crowdfunding for their group project: retro stylised thriller ‘Interference’…
Edie Jo Murray and…kruse Open Talk
We’re very excited to announce that Edie Jo Murray and…kruse will give the second Art House/Meadow Arts Open Talk on Wednesday October 20th at 16.30.
Arts and Health Symposium
The Government and a number of UK higher education institutions have recognised the powerful contribution the arts can make to health and wellbeing.
Through My Eyes – PhD students in Fine Art Haptics Exhibition
You are invited to a series of talks by current PhD students in Fine Art at the University of Worcester whose work is currently on display as part of the Haptics exhibition in the Art House on Castle Street.
Malvern Festival of Innovation
As part of the programme and the University’s continued links with local innovation we will be talking again at the yearly Malvern Festival. This time we return to not being virtual.
Only Bondage was the Circling Sky – Exhibition: Chris Alton
Only Bondage was the Circling Sky reflects concerns about freedom of movement across national borders, co-existence with other species in the age of the anthropocene and the essential role that green spaces play throughout civic life…
Art House Windows: Matías Serra Delmar
New Art West Midlands x Coventry Biennial alumnus Matías Serra Delmar is currently exhibiting his work No Particular Order in the windows of University of Worcester’s Art House building.
Article: 80.lv: A Fukushima-Inspired Abandoned Arcade
Final year Game Art student, Shindy Leong was interviewed for a feature in online magazine 80.lv this month.
Fiction Machines – Part III
Dr John Cussans, from the School of Arts, will be presenting his work as part of an evening of new screenings, talks and performances taking place tomorrow. The Centre for Media Research at Bath Spa University presents ‘Fiction Machines – Part III’ at 6pm, with presentations from a number of artists, filmmakers and theorists.
Division of Labour
The exhibition is made up of three large format prints that fill the windows of the Art House, University of Worcester. The installation reflects the artist’s personal and ancestral histories, across three countries and continents, Gambia, Jamaica & Birmingham.
Migrations Project
Migrations: Open Hearts, Open Borders was inspired by a touring exhibition of postcards, organised by lecturers at the University of Worcester.
Art School Degree Show 2021
Students from Graphic Design, Game Art, Illustration and Fine Art presented their final show in a limited private view. Unlike previous years without social distancing, the official opening was attended by academic staff and the students.
Botanical Treasures: Flowers and fruits on porcelain.
The Gloucestershire Society for Botanical Illustration (GSBI) have created artwork during lockdown for a new botanical art exhibition, in partnership with the Museum of Royal Worcester.
Chris Solarski Industry Talk
Chris Solarski started work in video games at Sony Computer Entertainment’s London Studio as a character and environment artist before making a career-defining detour into figurative oil painting.
Arts charity to fund artists entry fees to Open Studios
Severn Arts is offering to fund the entry fees of two artists under the age of 25 wishing to take part in Worcestershire Open Studios.
Life as an Indie: Paul Barnett
We are delighted that we will be joined by one of Britain’s most experienced Television Producer & Directors, Gosh! TV’s Creative Director Paul Barnett.
In Conversation with Simon Heath
Ahead of ‘Line of Duty’ Series 6, join us for an exclusive event with World Productions CEO and Creative Director, Simon Heath
Artist talk by Andy Holden
Andy Holden is an artist and musician whose approach is characterised by a desire to connect to audiences while retaining his own idiosyncratic internal references and motivations.