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The Journey of a Lifetime
By Shreyans Nilvarna The journey of a lifetime is a story of an internal journey of realization through a literal journey around…
Mother F****r
An excerpt from Worse Either Way by N/A Oparah He didn’t tell you he still lived with his mother until you walked…
Final-year Creative Arts student vlogs
By Rosie Midwood, Sara Osman, Emma Sutherland and Mali Wheeler Every year the final-year students in the School of Design and Creative…
Letters to Emma – A Final-Year Drama Production
By Ellie Blake With online teaching and Zoom calls being the new norm for the past year, an in-person final production seemed…
Migration and Visual Arts
By Corinna Citro The process of my grandparent’s migration to England has always both fascinated and inspired me. It has shaped my…
Chinese tea ceremony
To celebrate International Tea Day (21 May 2021), we invited Loughborough University postgraduate student Suya Bian to create a video demonstrating a…
“I am not a creative person”
By Louis de Rul "I am not a creative person”. Recently,  many of the people I know have been saying similar affirmations…
In its grasp
By Parv Agarwal Content warning: contains some strong language. The New York Times, Sunday editionAugust 6, 2034 On August 5, Sunday, Dr.…
The Silver Lining to Loneliness
By Isioma Ogbechie This is not sappy or melancholic; It’s both (kidding). A world of loneliness is one where there are no…
Digital arts commission – interview with artist Sarah Selby
LU Arts has commissioned artist Sarah Selby to work with the University population throughout 2020/21 to produce a digital output which harnesses…
Emma
By Tandrima Bhattarcharjee The morning on that day was not unlike others. It began, as always, with a cup of coffee on…
Art in Quarantine: Has COVID-19 truly compromised galleries?
By Tom Rowland Copyright: Sofinco During the pandemic, artists have explored a variety of ways to exhibit, share and sell their artwork.…
Fashion Over Lockdown
By Archie Forrester My name is Archie, and I am a first year Economics student. Fashion is a personal hobby of mine,…
Something in the Nothing
By Laura Evans On a sunny day in April, I set out on my walk. I enjoyed this daily excursion, the piece…
Exciting new sculpture chosen for campus building
This year will see an exciting new addition to the Loughborough University campus sculpture collection. Fine Art alumnus Ian Tricker has won…
Why do we need graphic design?
By Sofiia Suvorova Hi all! My name is Sofiia and I’m a first year Visual Communication & Illustration student. I’m quite passionate…
How to draw a portrait
By Alexandra Mitrutoiu Hi! I’m Alexandra and I’m a 3rd year Fine Art student who likes making video tutorials and vlogs as…
CODED CONSCIOUSNESS: TURNING A.I. INTO ART
By Anna-Rose Wain What comes to mind when you think of artificial intelligence? Perhaps Arnold Schwarzenegger wearing his 80s style sunglasses with…
The Political Poster
To coincide with the launch of our Poster Project webpage, we asked members of staff at Loughborough University to tell us about…
Colombia through Cesar’s camera
By Cesar Moreno Huerta I had the opportunity to travel around Colombia for a year visiting multiples cities and places around the…
Identity designs fashion
By Chen Chen My name is Chen Chen and I was studying Fashion design at University of the Arts London. I have…
Artist stereotypes: which one are you?
Written and illustrated by Gemma Shrimpton Stereotypes… Some may say that we all fit into one or another, others would argue that…
Artist Hugo Vera uncovers his first encounter with graphic design, his move to the UK and the start…
By Laura Khamis Born and raised in Venezuela, Hugo Vera is a graphic design student that moved to the UK to study…
“Talking to black boys about colorism is like talking to a brick wall”; a tricky assumption.
“Sometimes my experiences are dismissed. For example, they say things like it didn’t happen which is quite funny because it’s coming from…
Pandemic in Perspective – A New Normality?
By Chloe Morgan This collection of poems was inspired by the current Coronavirus pandemic. These are just a few of the poems…
Thinking of starting an Etsy?
Student Gemma shares her advice and top tips For many, lockdown has brought out an innate creativity and desire to try new…
Loughborough or London?
My name is Darya, I am originally from Tehran, Iran and 22 years of age. Last year I graduated from Loughborough University…
A walk through Loughborough’s cinema history
Because of coronavirus, Loughborough's cinemas have been empty and silent for the last four months. While we wait for them to be…
Weekly digest – 01.07.20
From 22nd to 29th June we hosted the University’s Arts Week. Held annually to coincide with  the School of Design and Creative…
Short film winners
As part of our Creative Media Weekend (16 & 17 May 2020) we launched a short film competition, which encouraged students to…
A Different Home
By Mayowa Fagbure Sunshine fills the room; this place that I occupy for the time being. The duvet sits above me, protecting…
Life in lockdown for Loughborough’s arts students
We invited three final-year students from Loughborough University to make a vlog showing what life has been like for student artists during…
Weekly digest – 17.06.20
The contentious nature of statues and monuments is nothing new, and neither is their downfall, as witnessed in Bristol with the statue…
Black Lives Matter 2020: How films can educate anti-racism
The year is 1989 and Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing has hit the cinema. Centring on the story of a pizza…
Self-care
Simply, self-care is the practice of taking action to preserve and improve one's own health. Self-care is fulfilled by you, for you! …
Food budget challenge
How easy is it to live on ÂŁ1 a day for food? I wish I could say that all this extra time…
Making accessories
Hi, everyone! Today I will present some handmade accessories that I have made during the time of the Covid-19 pandemic and show…
Weekly digest – 10.06.20
“Loughborough? I thought that was just sport?” We’ve all heard it. More times than we’d care to admit, probably. In weaker moments…
Weekly digest – 03.06.20
Embracing the Digital It’s looking increasingly likely that for the foreseeable future arts centres, like universities, are going to have to continue…
Follow Your Dreams
How do you follow your dreams? It's hard to say. I always heard since I was a child that I have to…
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