STUDENT MAGAZINE // 2018
WELCOME TO CANVAS: by Cleveland College of Art & Design
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This is YOUR magazine! Submit news, gig reviews, your WIP, stories, achievements or recommendations to studentmag@ccad.ac.uk We received some amazing front cover submissions – thank you to everyone who took the time to do so! Front Cover image by Lizzie Medley Other submissions received can be seen on this page and are by: Suzanne Treacy, Lizzie Lovejoy, Lizzie Medley and Calum Stamper
#CCADSAFEGUARDS As part of an exciting safeguarding project led by the college, we asked students to get involved by creating a series of social media posts surrounding the following safeguarding areas: • • • • •
Mental Health Care Protecting yourself Mindfulness Sexual Harassment Equality and Diversity Issues
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ith the aim to give the viewer the motivations and ability to tackle issues head on, create a sense of understanding of the issues raised and give ownership of a CCAD creative community. Here is a selection of some of the great submissions, which were posted on social media under the hashtag #ccadsafeguards. These submissions will also be part of a physical exhibition in the future and further promotion of #ccadsafeguards. These may include postcards to raise awareness and hung within the CCAD Community. With the potential of creating pin badges of some of the designs also an avenue we are exploring
• Personal safety • Positive reinforcement to tackle the world • Bullying • Healthcare
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ELIZABETH SKIP SU Vice President BA (Hons) Textiles & Surface Design
RACHEL WILKINSON SU Vice President BA (Hons) Textiles & Surface Design
H WORDS: Dan Tierney Student Liason Officer
ere are your SU representatives for 17/18. The Students’ Union is there to represent you, so if you have anything to discuss, these are the people who can help:
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AMY NORRIS Clubs & Societies Officer BA (Hons) Costume Interpretation with Design
ALIYA JEFFERSON
ILONA HALDEMANN Activities Officer
BA (Hons) Costume Interpretation with Design
Activities Officer BA (Hons) Textiles & Surface Design
TYLER McKEOWN
ELIZABETH LOVEJOY Communications Officer BA (Hons) Illustration for Commercial Application
Halls and Accommodation Officer BA (Hons) Production Design for Stage & Screen
SOPHIE TURNER Students’ Union Officer BA (Hons) Production Design for Stage & Screen
The students who will be representing your views this year as college governors and committee members are:
Student Name Amy Norris Phoebe Jones Student Name Sophie Turner Aliya Jefferson Darcy Wilkinson
Programme BA (Hons) Costume Interpretation with Design Foundation Diploma Programme BA (Hons) Production Design for Stage & Screen BA (Hons) Textiles & Surface Design BA (Hons) Illustration for Commercial Application
Student Govenor Role Higher Education (Hartlepool) Further Education (Green Lane) Committee Academic Board Academic Board SARG
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WHAT’S GOING ON? CCAD-KICKBOXING AND SELF DEFENCE CLUB
WHEN? Every Thursday 5:15pm-6:15pm
STILL I RISE EXHIBITION - LEVEL 5 FINE ART
CELESTIAL ENCOUNTERS SET OPENING LEVEL 5 – PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR STAGE & SCREEN
Read these stories here: hartlepool.ccad.ac.uk/latest-news/
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Words: Lizzie Lovejoy
DOING EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES DURING A DEGREE O
ne concern of student life is that it seemingly leaves little room for other activities, we spend so much time on projects and essays that it can seem daunting trying to find time for any extracurricular activities. Planning and scheduling is a real challenge, even with a set course time table, but it’s worth making time to get involved in different events and clubs around university, not just because it is a place to be social and have fun, but because it can benefit your academic studies. Self-defence was an available club on Wednesday evenings from 5:15 till 6:45, and this club helped me in a lot of ways, helping me to begin working on my fitness, improving my confidence and safety when not on campus, but also improving my observational skills. One very important area of all art and design is being able to observe, to look at the world around us, take inspiration from everywhere and fully understand our world on a physical and socio-political level. Self-defence taught us to visually read our environments, to gage a situation through observation, and this skill is fully transferable to the world of design. My artworks proportions and life have improved since being part of self-defence and took my projects to a new level. The Art as Business Seminar which ran for four weeks on Wednesday afternoon was very beneficial to the professional side of my academic work, helping to expand
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There are lots of activities outside of the classroom at CCAD Hartlepool for degree students to make the most of their time during term. Lizzie Lovejoy, who is a BA (Hons) Illustration for commercial application student and member of our students union, tells us more. upon my understanding of funding and where my work in the future can fit in to the market. This was all information that I can apply to real life after graduating, but also use in my written work, showing how my projects could exist and potentially succeed out of the classroom. It also helped me engage with people from other courses and year groups, expanding my skills in communication and presentations which are used in areas of student assessments. The Managing your Anxiety Seminar was ironically a seminar that I was nervous to attend, I was not sure what would be discussed, how much I would need to speak and if there would be other people there. Yet while I was there I found myself getting less nervous by the minute, looking at various techniques that can help a person keep calm quietly without anyone around being aware, and promoting positive attitudes. It aided my communication and confidence, helping me to create and present work with an assurance that I would be able to achieve everything that I had to set out to complete in this course without pushing myself too far. All of these clubs were, for me, personally interesting and worth the time just for that, but even more than that, they improved my course work on the design side and written work. Even if it seems difficult to make time for activities outside of the classroom, it is worth it. So start a club or join a club and enjoy yourself, it’s better for you then you might think.
BEING A CCAD STUDENT
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Words: Amy Norris
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hen proposed with the question ‘What would you want future students at CCAD to know?’ I couldn’t think of one answer, being a student at CCAD is not your typical student experience, and many people may view this as a negative, they may want the boozy culture and the all night revision sessions in the library, but that’s not me. And this is my story, you won’t see it in a prospectus and the pictures maybe selfies, but this is my experience of CCAD, and I am going to try and share it with you, in its madness and fun, I hope you enjoy it and come along! I am a third year costume design student, I chose Hartlepool because the course was exactly what I wanted, and although this may be what brought me too CCAD it is not then only reason I stayed, (although my course is amazing!) I stayed because I fell in love with Hartlepool; the set-up of the university is unlike anything I had experienced before. My course mates started to feel like family, I spend all day everyday with the same twenty people, they know what you’re making and how you’re doing it, I found a little costume bubble where I say things like ‘the pleats are puckered on the waistband’ and instead of looking blankly at me like my dad would, they would come back with suggestions as to how to fix it. My tutors became like friends, they know me by name and know my strengths, weaknesses and personality. In many
There is no better way to find out the truth about places you’re thinking of studying than asking a student. Here is what Amy Norris, a Costume Interpretation with Design student, thinks of being a student at CCAD.
ways CCAD could feel like a school, you have class sizes of about 20, your own desk and there’s work to be done. But it doesn’t feel like a school at all, yes you are learning but you’re an adult, you’re respected and listened to, and you have to cook your own meals when you go home at night! And despite being an ‘adult’ it’s fun! We go on trips and explore, because we are costume students we dress up and go out, we’ve swam in the sea at 8am in the morning after a party, and cooked ourselves Christmas dinner, got lost in Durham and run around Newcastle. We have been to London, Bath, Beamish and Durham together. So no, it is not your typical student experience, but I would argue it is better. There is freedom and power to do what you want, we wanted a ball, and we had a winter ball! We wanted a weekend away, and we had a weekend away! We like what we make and we learn great skills, we are professional, but that doesn’t mean there’s no room for fun along the way. So to the CCAD applicant, do it! Come to Hartlepool, yes your mum may moan (mine certainly did) but it’s safer than London and has a more interesting accent too. Hartlepool is cheap and it’s windy, it will create that windswept look you spend hours perfecting in seconds and for free! And to the CCAD student, who’s already here, make the most of this year! Join a club or go on a night out, adventure the north east and make the memories and friends you will never forget!
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SIR RIDLEY SCOTT You may have heard that during Sir Ridley Scott’s BAFTA fellowship acceptance speech he mentioned Hartlepool College of Art. Did you know that this is us? Our Hartlepool campus used to be known as West Hartlepool College of Art before it merged with Middlesbrough College of Art to become Cleveland College of Art & Design.
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ir Ridley has privately supported our standing as an independent art school as recently as the summer of 2017; when he kindly loaned some of the original story boards from Boy and Bicycle to our bi-annual festival of illustration. Three minutes and thirty seconds into to his speech, Sir Ridley came to mention how supportive his father was in following a path in which he loved, which took him to applying for what at the time was called West Hartlepool College of Art.
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“ The college was a revelation, it’s weirdly dressed students expressing their individualism and passionate teachers who are genuinely interested in the students, not just tolerating, but actually engaging with them – a world apart from my schooling until then. It is extraordinary what an enthusiastic teacher can do; drawing the student out, igniting independence and encouraging the design of your own future rather than waiting for something to happen.” He went on to make a very important point about the education system as a whole:
“Teaching is the most important of all professions: sort that out and social problems will get sorted out. Sounds simple, we’ve been talking about it for years, but it is absolutely vital. My teachers inspired me and thanks to my Dad’s intuition, here I am tonight!”
Artwork by: Jamie Tyreman from Men’s London Fashion Week 2018