Over 100 art students from the University of Cumbria will putting their talents on show in two exhibitions in Carlisle this June. The final year students are the first to complete art and design courses at the new University.
Opening on Wednesday 18 June until Wednesday 25 June, the exhibitions will be held at the University’s Brampton Road Campus and the Caldewgate Centre on Kendal Street. It’s entitled ‘Our Greatest Hits’ and features artwork from students studying Contemporary Applied Arts, Photography, Graphic Design, Media Production, Multimedia Design and Digital Animation, Performing Arts, Fine Art and Visual Arts. All courses will be exhibiting at Brampton Road, except Fine Art and Visual Arts which will be at Caldewgate Centre.
Free to all, the show is open from 10am to 4pm everyday (except Sunday) and the private views will be held on both sites on Friday 20 June from 6pm until 8pm (the Media Production event will be held in the Learning Gateway on the Fusehill Street Campus). There are special performance times for the Performing Arts course.
Charles Mitchell, Dean of the Faculty of the Arts said:
“It’s the first year of the university and the students have been amazing. This is the best show that Carlisle will see this year. Last week we opened a superb exhibition of Fine Art work from students at the Lancaster campus and this week we’re showing the best of what Carlisle can offer. We are very lucky to have some of the most talented students in the UK studying with us and these shows demonstrate just how good these young creatives are.”
It’s been a good year for arts at the university. Students and recent graduates have won national prizes in visual arts, multimedia and creative writing.
For more information about the exhibitions, please contact Nicola Ferguson on 01228 400309 or email Nicola.ferguson@cumbria.ac.uk|. To find out more about studying at the University, please visit the website at www.cumbria.ac.uk|.