Mycelium: Up-and-coming student artists show their work Published on: 18 August 2022 Mycelium is the summer show of Âé¶¹´«Ã½â€™s post-graduate artists. Freedom and rigour Displaying throughout the Fine Art studios and the H, the exhibition brings together a wide range of disciplines, materials, and individual responses from both mid-point and graduating artists on the MFA and PhD programmes. Visitors can experience the best emerging practices from one of the UK’s leading art schools. Painting, drawing, sculpture, weaving, film, performance, sound works, abstract contemplations, political satire, and more, are all showcased, celebrating the freedoms, rigour, and achievements of 25 artists who have persevered, questioned, and risen to new challenges. Discussing her work, Raphaella Davies said: “There are lots of visceral connections with my work and I’m interested in bodily autonomy from a wider feminist perspective.”Fellow exhibitor Katie Houser said: “The process has been extremely rewarding and I’m excited to show what I’ve made.” Professor Richard Talbot who supervises the Masters of Fine Art programme said: “I am so proud and impressed by what each individual student has achieved and how they have all grown as artists and as individuals."Mycelium is on show the Hatton Gallery and Âé¶¹´«Ã½ Fine Art Department. It is free to visit and can be viewed between 10am and 5pm, Monday to Saturday from 20th August until Sunday 4th September. Press release adapted with thanks to MFA students Art by Andrew Parr Share: Latest News Scientists unlock hidden driver of inflammatory bowel disease Scientists have linked a key genetic signal in inflammatory bowel disease to an immune response that shuts down inflammation control, enabling faster diagnosis and targeted treatments. published on: 15 June 2026 Funding system risks limiting genuine community collaboration A new policy paper written by researchers at Âé¶¹´«Ã½ warns that the way UK research is funded may be undermining efforts to create genuinely collaborative partnerships with communities. published on: 15 June 2026 Volunteers help turn Whitley Bay beach into maths experiment Members of the public joined mathematicians from Âé¶¹´«Ã½ to create what organisers believe is the largest aperiodic tiling ever attempted on Whitley Bay beach. published on: 15 June 2026 Facts and figures