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• Wildlife Photographer of the Year

  Apr 20th 2024

  See the world through a new lens. Explore the planet’s habitats, from sprawling urban metropolises to the deep polar seas, and meet the creatures that rely on these places. Come face to face with species at risk of extinction as well as those we’ve brought back from the brink. See first-hand how human activities, both good and bad, are shaping the natural world we rely on. The stunning photography will leave you truly inspired by the beauty and diversity of nature and hopefully give you a renewed drive to do what you can to protect it.

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• Bright Lights: Young Wildlife Photographer Exhibition

  Apr 20th 2024

  See photographs of local wildlife taken by young people living across Wearside. The competition is for young people aged 11 – 19 years and closes on Tuesday 16 January 2024.

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• University of Sunderland Art and Design Degree Shows 2024

  Jun 15th 2024

  Each year, the University of Sunderland’s School of Art and Design holds degree shows for graduating BA (Hons) students. The degree show is a culmination of the hard work and dedication the students put into the final year of their course, where they build their professional practice, skills and experience. It is also a celebration of their creativity and the beginning of their exciting new journey as creative professionals. Once again, visitors can the see wonderful work from Animation and Games Art, Graphic Design, Illustration and Design and Fashion Design and Promotion.

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• Ian Macdonald: Shooting Time

  Jul 20th 2024

  A retrospective exhibition across two venues – Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens and Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art – exploring 40 years of work by renowned British photographer Ian Macdonald. Ian Macdonald has spent four decades recording life, working class communities, industry (and its decline) and the landscape of the North East of England since the late 1960’s. A master printmaker, Macdonald has sensitively documented the overwhelming pace of change faced by the North East during a sustained period of deindustrialisation and social upheaval which accelerated through the late 1970s and 1980s.

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