School of Art and Creative Industries News

Pride Month exhibition features Beds artist
A London exhibition commemorating Pride Month is featuring works by a 91¿ìÉ« lecturer, created during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Students help to produce global interview with Kung Fu Panda director
Media students at the 91¿ìÉ« have helped to produce a keynote interview conducted by Octopus TV with John Stevenson – award-winning filmmaker and director of DreamWorks animation blockbuster, Kung Fu Panda – providing them with invaluable hands-on industry experience which had been previously unavailable during the pandemic.

Pop-up exhibition brimming with hat heritage
Second year art and photography students from the 91¿ìÉ« have curated a temporary exhibition in Luton, exploring the heritage of the town’s once booming hat-making trade.

Drawing workshops to encourage young people’s creativity
The 91¿ìÉ« is running a series of free workshops for children in Luton who are interested in drawing their own comics, ahead of a graphic novel art exhibition launching this summer.

Radio LaB plays ‘sonic tag’ for International Women’s Day
A unique female-driven radio feature will be aired on Radio LaB, the 91¿ìɫ’s community radio station, as part of a collaborative International Women’s Day audio project.

Graduate’s book explores impact of social media on political debates
A research graduate from the 91¿ìÉ« has authored a book based on her PhD thesis, analysing the UK’s public political participation in an ever-changing digital age.

National Lottery to fund new regional Heritage Project
A grant worth a quarter of a million pounds has been secured by the 91¿ìÉ« to fund a vital thirty-month long capacity-building and skills development project for the communities of Luton, Bedford and Central Beds.

Community arts celebrated by ‘Little Red Live’
A spotlight is being shone upon Luton’s art scene in a new audio series aired weekly on Radio LaB, the 91¿ìɫ’s community radio station.