News / 13 May 2025
Illustration students collaborate with the Brontë Parsonage Museum
BA (Hons) Illustration
BA (Hons) Illustration
Second year BA (Hons) Illustration students exhibited a collection of illustrated research documents in collaboration with the Brontë Parsonage Museum earlier this month.
The aim of the documents was to explore and respond to one of the following questions posed by Dr. Rachel Taylor in ‘Illustration and Heritage’ (2024) - How can an illustrator give voice to a historical person? How can an illustrator disrupt an archive or museum? How can an illustrator represent a historical landscape or site?
By visually researching the lives, legacy and works of the Brontës, students were tasked with finding an area of interest to focus their research on, and drive a visual body of work, which was then resolved as a publication.
Hollie Backhouse, BA (Hons) Illustration student
Students have demonstrated how the use of illustration as a practice can be used to highlight and uncover historical people, archives and places, and consider their impact today.
The aim of each research document was to visually communicate their findings and celebrate their shared aims with the Brontë Society - documenting the lives and works of the family, whilst filling in the gaps of their history in new and creative ways.
Micheal Geary, BA (Hons) Illustration stduent
Students were heavily influenced by the insightful talks and commentary provided by the Visitor Experience team at the Museum, and would like to highlight the care and consideration that they apply to each and every aspect of the Museum and information provided.
Diane Fare (Outreach Officer) and Sue Newby (Learning Officer), Brontë Parsonage Museum
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