The Future Now Festival of Creativity showcases the work of Sheffield Creative Industries Institute's graduating students, including artists, designers, filmmakers, animators, writers, architects and performers. It asks emerging creatives to show us the future through exhibitions, events, performances and screenings.
The Festival of Creativity takes place across Sheffield city centre through April, May, and June 2025.
Graduating students from across Sheffield Hallam’s Creative Industries Institute will be exhibiting their work which presents creative proposals to real world problems.
The festival is Sheffield’s biggest student-led exhibition and features the best emerging talent in art, design, fashion, film, architecture, and performance industries that the city has to offer.
Highlights of the festival, which are open to the public, include:
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Change Makers 2025 – A two-week showcase of performances, 29th April–9th May at Sheffield Hallam’s Performance Labs
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BA Fashion Design and Fashion Management and Communication exhibition – 23rd May 12–4pm and 27th/28th May 2025, 11 am–3pm at SADACCA (Sheffield and District African Caribbean Community Association)
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BA Product Design, Interior Architecture, and Jewellery exhibition – 24th/25th May at Trafalgar Warehouse
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BA Fine Art exhibition – 30th May – 8th June at Head Post Office Studios, Sheffield Hallam University
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MFA Fine Art exhibition – 30th May – 8th June at Head Post Office Gallery, Sheffield Hallam University
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BA Photography – 31st May and 2nd–4th June at Yorkshire Art Space
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BA Illustration, Graphic Design & Animation – 31st May at Trafalgar Warehouse
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Architecture courses exhibition – 21st June–4th July at the Atrium, Hertha Ayrton STEM Centre, Sheffield Hallam University
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