A summer of culture
The time has never been better to engage with Durham’s extensive Visual Arts scene. We have a guide to just some of the arts venues, events, and activities at your disposal for a great summer.
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Carys Stallard
Keeping sane in the lunacy of lockdown
“This month I have learned that no sunrise or sunset is the same”: Features contributors share the creative ways they’ve been coping with the lockdown
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Is there such a thing as the ‘Durham difference’?
Carys Stallard considers whether it is valid to suggest that Durham offers a uniquely enhanced university experience.
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Judging books by their covers
“Publishing houses have whole departments dedicated to designing effective, and often beautiful, cover art.” Books and Visual Arts discuss the role that cover art plays in our reading experiences.
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2020: A year told through art
Carys Stallard looks back over the artistic events of 2020 and sees how the pandemic defined the visual arts scene.
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Christmas’ contribution to climate change
Carys Stallard reports on the environmental cost of festive aesthetics and the logic of light displays during lockdown.
Read morePainting the pandemic
Visual Arts features contributions from entrants to the 2019 Students Arts Prize on their submissions.
Read moreAn Artist’s Response to Environment
Carys Stallard talks to local artist and activist Michele Allen about ‘The Weight of Ants in the World.’
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Journalling in Times of Uncertainty: Anne Frank’s Diary
“This was to be her last encounter with the outside for seven hundred and sixty one days.” Carys Stallard looks at Anne Frank’s diary as pertinent read in this uncertain time.
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Review: ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’
‘A charming rendition’. Carys Stallard praises Blizzard Theatre Company’s adaptation of one of Shakespeare’s most beloved comedies.
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