Teacher, Technician, and Adviser Day 2026
9:45 am – 4:15 pm Friday 12 June 2026
Come to our campus for a free day of hands-on creative workshops in art, design, media, and emerging technologies.
Book your place (opens in a new window)Spend a free day on campus exploring hands-on workshops in art, design, media, and emerging technologies. It’s a great chance to spark new ideas, build your skills, and bring fresh inspiration back to your classroom..
You’ll also have time to connect with other teachers, technicians, and advisers, sharing experiences, insights, and best practices throughout the day.
What to expect
Book your placeAvailable workshops
Algorithmic Art with Physical Controllers
You will learn how to code MIDI hardware to control an algorithmic drawing process. You will decide how the touch of a button or movement of a slider should influence the program’s visual output.
This workshop is relevant across a number of our different subject areas, including Computer Science and Creative Computing.
Grad Fest Tour
Tour the Grad Fest exhibition to see the amazing work of the 2026 Norwich University of the Arts graduating cohort.
Hands-On Havoc: Sculpture Edition
In this creative sculpture workshop, participants will use the current exhibition of sculptures by Olivia Bax to make sculptures using some of the artist’s creative techniques
Using ‘wet’ materials such as plaster, paper, and paint, participants will explore the relationships between material, form, line, surface, and colour to make unique, tactile, and vibrant sculptures.
This workshop is relevant across a number of our different subject areas Fine Art and Illustration.
How to be a Modernist Typographer
Explore the basic building blocks of Modernist typography through a hands-on Mac Lab session using InDesign.
The session will serve both as a basic introduction to using this key piece of graphic design software and will also introduce you to grids, typographic hierarchy, layout, composition, abstract pattern, and the basics of Modernist type-setting.
You will complete the session by designing a poster for a cultural event that Joseph Muller-Brockmann would have been proud of.
This workshop is relevant across a number of our different subject areas, including Design for Publishing, Graphic Communication, Graphic Design, and Illustration.
Modular Synthesis: the starting blocks!
Get hands on with some of the fundamental building blocks of audio synthesis using both hardware modular synthesisers and VCV Rack – a freely available online modular synthesiser emulator.
Create your own musical and non-musical sounds and build your own bespoke electronic instruments.
This workshop is relevant across a number of our different subject areas, including Electronic Music and Sound Production & Film and Moving Image Production.
Pattern Process
This workshop will explore a variety of pattern generation methods that can be used for fashion and interiors contexts. The practical session will explore colour, texture and material to develop confidence in play.
This workshop is relevant across a number of our different subject areas, including Textile Design, Interior Design, and Fashion.
So, What Is Psychology – Really?
This workshop will take you through a journey, detailing the many faces of psychology with an aim to show its diverse approaches and relevance in our ever changing world.
This workshop is relevant across a number of our different subject areas, including Psychology.
Traditional Painting Skills turned Digital
An introduction to digital painting skills. We will give an introduction to digital drawing and painting, connecting traditional methods to digital techniques and setting exercises to habitually practice.
These skills are appropriate to all artists, with a focus on how this is utilised within the Animation, Visual Effects, Illustration, and Games specialisms.
This workshop is relevant across a number of different subject areas, including Animation, Animation and Visual Effects, Illustration, Games Art and Design & Games Development.
Trends are more than trendy
This workshop introduces the power of trend forecasting in shaping fashion, brands, and consumer culture. we will explore how trends are discovered, analysed, predicted, and translated into meaningful communication and marketing strategies.
The session highlights the importance of trend forecasting in understanding consumer behaviour, cultural change, and brand relevance.
This workshop is relevant across a number of different subject areas, including Fashion Communication and Promotion & Fashion Marketing and Business.
Turning Robots into Artists: Using robots to draw shapes
Experiment with the BBC micro:bit mini buggy and code to race and draw unexpected shapes. In this workshop you’ll learn to use the coding language scratch to make a robot move!
This workshop is relevant across a number of our different subject areas, including Computer Science and Creative Computing.
Ways In to Devising: Practical Ensemble and Somatic Approaches
Explore fast, effective ways to build an ensemble and help student actors move beyond endless discussion, using somatic approaches to stimuli.
Actor, director, and voice artist Louise Amos shares practical techniques from her programme Ways In: Devising & Your Creative Voice. These approaches cut through the common challenges faced by disparate groups of student devisers, offering fresh, embodied ways to respond to and develop stimuli.
You’ll leave with a toolkit of ensemble-building techniques that work from day one, along with strategies that genuinely unlock creative freedom for students during the devising components of GCSE Drama, A Level Drama, and BTEC Performing Arts.
This workshop is relevant across a number of different subject areas, including Acting.
Other Events
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Degree Shows • Thursday 3 September 2026 – Wednesday 9 September 2026Postgrad Festival 2026
Norwich’s Master’s graduates present their end-of-year shows, with a 6-day exhibition this September. -
Graduation • 11:00 am Tuesday 14 July 2026 – 5:00 pm Wednesday 15 July 2026Graduation
Summer celebrations to mark achievements of graduates -
Schools and Teacher Events • Tuesday 20 January 2026 – Tuesday 7 July 2026ENCOMPASS: Art Across Borders
This term we are delighted to be launching a new CPD programme for teachers -
East Gallery • 12:00 pm Friday 8 May 2026 – 4:00 pm Saturday 27 June 2026Olivia Bax: Wind Eyes
Olivia Bax’s new collection of works made for East Gallery, explores how openings, screens and thresholds shape our experience of space. -
Degree Shows • Friday 12 June 2026 – Thursday 25 June 2026Undergrad Festival 2026
Join us for an exciting 12-day exhibition, showcasing the work of our 2026 Norwich graduates. -
East Gallery • Friday 27 February 2026 – Saturday 18 April 2026Olivia Sterling: Pity the Meat!
Rising British painter Olivia Sterling presents new work alongside Francis Bacon’s Two Figures in a Room (1959). -
Free Event • 10:00 am – 4:00 pm Wednesday 15 April 2026Beyond the Frame 2026
We’re excited to offer students the opportunity to take part in a FREE photography workshop led by internationally acclaimed wildlife photographer Ellie Rothnie, alongside Canon representatives. -
East Gallery • Saturday 31 January 2026 – Saturday 14 February 2026The Open Road
The Open Road reimagines the age-old tale of a journey taken, weaving together new stories by three contemporary artists. -
East Gallery • 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Thursday 22 January 2026Publication launch and reading with Anna Perach and Philippa Snow
Join us for a live reading of The Ingénue Dream by Philippa Snow and a presentation of images from A Leap of Sympathy by Anna Perach. -
Workshops • 12:00 am Monday 13 October 2025 – 12:00 am Saturday 13 December 2025QUEERiosity
Explore queerness and LGBTQ+ identities through practical workshops, before showcasing your final piece in an online showcase. -
East Gallery • 12:00 pm Friday 12 September 2025 – 4:00 pm Saturday 13 December 2025A Leap of Sympathy
Anna Perach's practice subverts conventional notions of softness and femininity. -
Free Event • 10:00 am Saturday 8 November 2025 – 4:30 pm Wednesday 12 November 2025Hats Off! Hidden Histories of Millinery and Making
Led by Norwich University of the Arts in partnership with Norwich Castle, explore the hidden histories of hat-making as part of Being Human Festival. -
Exhibitions • 5:00 pm Thursday 16 October 2025 – 5:00 pm Friday 17 October 2025Launch of Peter Cook: Wonder Hub
The launch of the Peter Cook: Wonder Hub at Bank Plain, presenting Sir Peter Cook’s drawings in a new immersive format. -
Screening • 12:00 am Saturday 27 September 2025 – 12:00 am Sunday 5 October 2025Sustainable Fashion Week 2025
Join us for an inspiring and creative programme of talks, hands-on workshops and film screenings, as we celebrate Sustainable Fashion Week 2025. -
East Gallery • 12:00 am Friday 5 September 2025 – 12:00 am Friday 26 September 2025Ryan Gander: The Gift
Exhibition by internationally renowned conceptual artist Ryan Gander, examining the currency of time -
Exhibitions • 10:00 am Friday 19 September 2025 – 3:00 pm Sunday 21 September 2025When it's gone, it's gone
A multimedia exhibition of co-created artworks that explores the narratives of communities most immediately impacted by severe coastal erosion.
Need help? Chat to our friendly recruitment team
To book a place on an Open Day, or to find out more about how to apply for a course at Norwich University of the Arts, email us or give us a call.