Category Archives: Graphic Design

Students celebrate their achievements at Art in the Library

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It was a proud evening for students and their guests to celebrate the launch of Art in the Library at Collegiate learning centre on 27th November. 

Joined by staff from across the University, we welcomed three of our recently graduated artists:

  •  Sachin Limbachia, BA (Hons) Graphic Design
  • Kitty Griffiths, BA (Hons) Metalwork and Jewellery
  • Alicia Gledhill, BA (Hons) Creative Arts Practice

 Guests were taken on a guided tour of the building, given limited edition postcards to decorate their office, and enjoyed talking to the students and hearing about their experiences.  Tracey Lancaster, Director of Corporate Affairs said: ‘The Art in the Library project puts outstanding, creative and widely diverse student work in the very latest learning spaces, providing flexible, modern and student centred facilities. It captures what our University is all about!’

Sachin Limbachia with his work on display

Each student had their photograph taken with their work, and came away with a feeling of prestige at receiving positive recognition for their achievements.

 There will be a spotlight feature on each of them next week but a few highlights from the event included a welcome from Nuala Devlin, Director of Learning and Information Services, and a quote from Lord Robert Winston:

“Offering a creative environment for students is a positive way to encourage their individual learning styles. The concept of having art around the building that reflects the nature of their studies shows thought and care for the student wellbeing on a physical and emotional level.

Lord Winston agreed that students need a bright and vibrant learning space to work in

 

Students learn in so many different ways, and having something bright or thought-provoking can help them to enjoy their surroundings and promote new ways of thinking. It can bring inspiration and sometimes, a little light relief to the hothouse of the study environment.”

If you missed out on last night’s celebrations, why not come up to Collegiate for a look around the learning centre?  Take a look at some tweets from the night:

 


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It’s almost time to launch…

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Student artwork will be unveiled at the event tomorrow evening

What’s under the cover?  Come to the Collegiate Learning Centre showcase tomorrow to find out!

Exhibitors including Sachin Limbachia, Alicia Gledhill and Kitty Griffiths will be there to celebrate the new displays of their work.

The launch starts at 5pm. We’ll be tweeting during the event with photos and highlights – you can follow us  @shuartinadsetts and look out for the hashtag #CLClaunch

Alarmed by the weather report? No need to scream…

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“The Scream”, by Edvard Munch

   If the view from the window or the gloomy predictions of the weather forecast are making you feel a little grim, why not take a look around the blog…? There are slide shows from the previous exhibitions since Art in Adsetts began in 2010, highlights of some of the launch events, and our new series of ‘Where are they now’ features, to give you a cheery prospect from your PC, laptop or mobile device. So turn your back on the weather, put your feet up, and read our previous articles.  Our next post will be all about Dan Weaver and his journey after graduating from the BA (Hons) Film and Visual Effects degree.

Your invitation is here!

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We’d be delighted if you’d attend a joint celebration – the new Art in the Library exhibition and a showcase of the newly refurbished spaces at Collegiate Learning Centre will be held on Wednesday 27th November from 5.00pm.  Take a tour of the new spaces, meet members of staff and some of our exhibitors, or just come and have a look over a glass of wine and a canape or two…

 Details of how to book, location and timing are available on the eventbrite site here:  https://artinlibrary.eventbrite.co.uk/ 

 The event is open to staff, students, visitors – come and join us! 

 

Every picture tells a story

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Rachael Spall is an illustrator specialising in character design, and has just completed the BA (Hons) Graphic Design degree course.  As one of the new exhibitors that will feature at Collegiate learning centre later this semester, we asked her to tell us a little about her work.

“These illustrations are from a children’s picture book entitled ‘Lack of a Hat’ that I produced during my final year at university.

I often start out with a narrative and use illustration to tell these stories through character development. 

These characters are essentially puppets and I make them in 3d using various materials. I then photograph the puppets and add more detail digitally, often going on to bring them to life through simple stop motion animations.”

If you didn’t already have a reason to love our student artwork, just look at some of Rachael’s images below.  Who wouldn’t appreciate a giraffe to look at while studying in the learning centre?

Birth of a cell or death of a star?

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What does this remind you of?  

That is part of the beauty of Alicia Gledhill’s ‘Trilogy’ collection.

Alicia has recently completed her  MArt in Creative Art Practice, and we’re pleased to say that her work will be in the new exhibition at Collegiate.

Alicia has given us some insights into her work, and more details will be on display alongside the collection – we loved this paragraph in particular:

“I explore how everyday media can be worked into textile imagery, such as Blu Tac. While not a textile, the ways it falls when manipulated has a fabric nature. When size, scale and colour are withdrawn from Blu Tac it becomes a completely different material. There are similarities between the very small on earth and the very large of the universe:  the birth of a cell looks very similar to the death of a star. When these are made into an image the perception of size is lost. This effects how the viewer sees things: when the size of the image is lost then the mind becomes open to different options. But the mind will always try to find something in the work that it recognises. People often say ‘you know what this reminds me of’ in relation to my work…”

New exhibition coming soon

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During the summer, a lot of work has been going on at Collegiate Learning Centre to redevelop the study spaces and building features.

The new student art collections will reflect some of the subject studied on campus – such as health, wellbeing and sport. 

We can’t wait to tell you more about the artists who will be featured so starting from tomorrow, we’ll be running a weekly feature about the upcoming artists and their work. 

Watch this space!

Guest post – first impressions

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This week we’ve had a couple of students from local schools in the learning centre on work experience placements.  Once Rhianna and Alicia had settled in, we asked them to take a look around the building and give us their opinions on the art work on display.  Here are their first impressions:

“I am Rhianna from Springs Academy.  Over the past two weeks I have been on work experience at the Adsetts Centre.  During this time I spent an afternoon looking at the Art in Adsetts displays.  Whilst looking around the building, there are many pieces of art work which have been produced by students who are on various courses here. 

My favourite pieces were the ‘Mother’ collection by Daniel Weaver who studied Film and Visual Effects.  The 11 pictures all caught my eye and I though that the way he had produced them was amazing! 

I also really like the 3D models that are dotted around the building because you get a real feel for what the artist is trying to achieve. 

 

 

 

 

 

Another piece I liked was Adam Bennett’s photography.  His pieces of art are creative and modern – his work really shows off the potential that Hallam University art students have.  I would recommend looking at Art in Adsetts to others so they can see the talent which is being shown.”

“I’m Alicia; I’m a Year 10 student at Handsworth Grange Community Sports College on a two-week work experience placement here at Hallam University, mainly based in the Adsetts Centre.  As I have worked around the building I have noticed a lot of art displays which are examples of student work across the city campus.  The art varies from Fine Art to Photography and even Fashion items.  I find that being able to see student work on display creates inspiration.  The inspiration will inspire other students to see their own potential.

The art also shows the public how hard the students work at Hallam and what the University has to offer its students when they choose Sheffield Hallam, as well as the quality of time and effort that is spent on the chosen course.  I only have one improvement for the project which is to have more art on display, as it would have an even greater effect on the public and students.”

Want to know more?  Come and check out the displays for yourself!  Meanwhile, we’d like to wish all the best to both Rhianna and Alicia for their future studies.