Press Release: Emerging Teesside Artists
Fine Art degree students at Cleveland College of Art and Design have been holding their final show this week at the college’s Burlam Road site. The show, which marks the culmination of their honours degree programme, opened on the 7th of June and closes on Friday evening. Sponsored by Dickinson Dees Law Firm, Simon Bailes Peugeot and mima, the show was described by CCAD Principal David Wilshaw as ‘one of the best ever’, an opinion echoed by mima (Middlesbrough Museum of Modern Art) curator Judith Winter who offered her congratulations to the students for the quality of their work.
The twenty students have transformed the rambling premises at Burlam Road into a spacious gallery. Unusually, the work this year has a strong emphasis on drawing and painting, from Jo Brundall’s questioning images of local landmarks and Lisa Wilkinson’s sensitive introspection through to Tish Bloom’s sculptural canvases drenched in colour. An exception is Nigel Clynick’s eerie installation, an elegant solution to pollution. For a catalogue or more information on the artists, contact the Fine Art Department at Burlam Road on 01642 806626 or better still, come and see the show!
Venue: CCAD Burlam Rd., Middlesbrough, TS 5
Opening times: Tuesday 13th June 10am – 8pm
Wednesday 14th, Thursday 15th, Friday 16th 10am – 4p.m
