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Exhibitions on Tyne & Wear You can find the some of the same info by sifting through other sites but we believe that this is the only one-stop exhibitions page for Tyneside. We could not leave out Sunderland so it has become 'Exhibitions on Tyne and Wear'. Any art or design exhibition within 10 miles of Newcastle with a show that is open free to the public can be listed here, for free. If you wish to list your exhibition[s] on this page please e-mail the title, date, description, venue address, website, opening times and accessibility and a picture ( 72dpi maxium width 500 pixels) to venue@newcastle-arts-centre.co.uk
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OCTOBER 2012 - JANUARY 2013
NEWCASTLE.....GATESHEAD.....NORTH SHIELDS.....SOUTH SHEILDS.....SUNDERLAND.....NORTHUMBERLAND.....DURHAM
THE
BISCUIT FACTORY Stoddart Street,
Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne Open: Mon
and Sun 11-5, Tues-Sat 10-8, free. AUTUMN EXHIBITION - Painting
10x10 DATES: 7th SEPTEMER TO 12th
NOVEMBER The Biscuit Factory
will be presenting the Autumn collection featuring a new
exhibition in the Cube Gallery. Painting 10x10 will showcase
a wide variety of styles from artists, all sized
10x102. HUW WILLIAMS DATES: 21st SEPTMER TO 5th
NOVEMBER Elegant and powerful
stallions emerge proudly from darkened backgrounds allowing
the viewer to observe the animals muscular grandeur. Rich
tones and considered brush strokes imbue a sense of
importance and the large scale work that depicts the
gracefulness of the horse, whether paused in poignant pose
or galloping with great stamina. MOY MACKAY BOOK SIGNING & CRAFT
MARKET DATES: 20th OCTOBER Moy will be in the
gallery giving a talk about her work, signing copies of her
book and answering questions. The keep calm and
craft on market will also be making it's debut in the
gallery, with local artisans and suppliers selling all
things crafty from 12pm. WINTER EXHIBITION AND MALCOLM
TEASDALE DATES: 16th NOVEMBER TO 8th
MARCH Much of Malcolm's work
has arisen from industrial history of his local area. His
love of these locations and his genuine admiration for the
scenes and characters he recreates comes across in the
strong sense of community and comaraderie that defines all
his highly evocative work. Also the winter show
will bring include Georgina McMaster, Anthony Marshall,
Emerson Mayes, SceNE and many more. THE
CLUNY Open: Mon
- Thurs 12-11pm, Fri & Sat 12-12pm, Sun
12-10.30pm GALLERY EXHIBITION - FIRST THREE
SONGS DATES : MON 24TH SEPTEMBER TO 28TH
OCTOBER 2012 Live Music Photography by John
James Addison Music photography all started for me
in April 1998. An opportunity arose to cover a gig. The band
was Kula Shaker. The venue was The Mayfair. Arguably one of
the best bands to play there. This had a lasting impression
on me and it gave me such a buzz. It combined my love for
photography and music. I have been an active music
photographer since: some fourteen years! After this gig I was hooked, the buzz
alone when lights dropped and the audience hang in
anticipation of the first clash of the bass drum. The lights
go up, the place erupts with noise at the sight of the band!
Unforgettable and completely addictive! Fourteen years on
and a extensive portfolio of bands and individual musicians.
With an amazing selection of artists from Blondie to Ed
Sheeran. Every gig throws up different challenges such as
difficult lighting or the constraint of the first three
songs and no flash. I find the challenges are very exciting.
Sometimes it’s easy to get a great shot and other times
it takes more skill. I hope to create an iconic music image
that I will be remembered for. DANCE
CITY Open: Mon
- Sun DRAGON STEPS DATES : 26th OCTOBER - 4th NOVEMBER
8.30-9PM FREE Look out for Dragon Steps in six Juice
Festival venues across October half term. Jump in, follow the footsteps and
figure out the story. Visit the Juice Festival website for a
downloadable map of the Dragon Steps locations and look out
for dragons – a few have hatched across the
city! Theatre company Stan’s Cafe has
been commissioned to create Dragon Steps, especially for
this year’s Juice Festival working with three young
artists; Mani, Marcus and Anna. Dragon Steps can be found at: Dance
City, Discovery Museum, Great North Museum: Hancock,
Northern Stage, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, The Sage
Gateshead Henning
Sjøstrøm - IN THEIR OWN WRITE DATES : OCTOBER An exhibition of dance photographs
with the dancers own words by photographer and visual artist
Henning Sjøstrøm at Dansehallerne Copenhagen
2011. DAVE
FRY'S POTTERY STUDIO Open:
Tues - Sat, 11am to 4pm. [Closed
Christmas Day, New Years Day & Jan 2nd]
DATES : OPEN STUDIO A small selection of work currently on
exhibition or in the studio and available for sale. Shown
here will be some of the best pieces from the Kiln firings,
as all firings come out differently all pieces are unique.
There are many other items and smaller pieces in my studio
including tableware mugs/bowls etc. that are not shown here.
This page will be updated regularly. The twin fish emblem
modeled into some of my work is the Chinese emblem for good
fortune and marital bliss and makes a great wedding
gift. DISCOVERY
MUSEUM Open:
Monday to Saturday 10am - 5pm Sunday 2pm - 5pm. Closed:
Monday 24 December to Friday 28 December inclusive and
Tuesday 1 January HOME & AWAY : NORTH EAST SPORT
& THE OLYMPICS DATES : 21st JULY 2012 TO 14th
JANUARY 2013 The rich sporting
history of the North East will be celebrated in this new
exhibition at Discovery Museum. Drawing on a range of
objects and images, the exhibition will include sports
played and followed in the region over the last 200 years as
well as the stories of local sportsmen and women who have
travelled away to take part in the Olympic and Paralympic
Games. CHRONICLE PHOTOS THROUGH THE
AGES DATES : 21st MARCH 2012 TO 14th
JANUARY 2013 Celebrating the history and heritage
of the North East through the lens of the Evening Chronicle,
with a regularly changing display. Marking 125 years, most
of the photos have not been seen since they were first
published many years ago. GALLAGHER
& TURNER Open: Mon
- Fri 10-6pm, Sat 10-3pm FREE ENTRY GALLERY DATES : MON 24TH SEPTEMBER TO 28TH
OCTOBER 2012 Work by Ray Richardson, Paul
Gallagher, Lee Turner, Peter Quinn, Leonard Evetts, Japanese
Woodblock Prints Including the Jesmond Quartet: 4 new
images of Jesmond by Peter Quinn, printed by Hole Editions
in tiny editions of 10 prints each. GALLERIES
INC. Exhibitions at
Galleries Inc are organised by the University
Gallery,
Northunbria University GLOBE
GALLERY Open: Closed
until the end of October GALLERY DATES : LATE OCTOBER The gallery is currently closed whilst
they complete the final phase of refurbishment. The next
exhibition based on past, present and future narratives
about the Cooperative Bank building will open in late
October 2012. "We are working on a new project
designed to link the redevelopment of our new contemporary
arts venue in Newcastle city centre with the building’s
lengthy previous history as the Cooperative Bank. Lead artist and recent Globe Supported
Artist Ben Jeans Houghton together with a team of our
volunteers are seeking new ways of connecting with the
building’s past history and we need your
help." If you would like to get
involved,
click
here for more information. HATTON
GALLERY Open: Mon
- Sat 10-5pm FREE Susan Aldworth: Reassembling the
Self DATES: 20 Sep - 24 Nov
12 ‘Reassembling the
Self’ is an exhibition on two sites, the Hatton Gallery
and Vane, curated by artist Susan Aldworth. Centred in a
study of the condition of schizophrenia, it weaves together
art, science, psychiatry and individual histories in an
extraordinary exploration of self, perception and the
fragility of human identity. Aldworth’s work,
realised in a variety of media including print, film and
installations, has long focussed on the relationship between
the physical brain and the conscious mind. As artist in
residence from 2010 to 2012 at the Institute of
Neuroscience, Newcastle University, she took schizophrenia
as her theme, building on collaborations with
neuroscientists, psychiatrists and patients to produce a
series of remarkable lithographs that challenge the sense of
identity through their radically dislocated imagery,
emotionally charged colour and mysteriously ephemeral marks.
These are dramatic, powerful works in which science,
philosophy, physiology and imagination locate an essential
human experience in schizophrenia. They immerse us in the
fundamental, Sisyphean human activity of reassembling our
fragmented selves. KURT SCHWITTERS AND THE MERZBARN
WALL DATES: ONGOING The Merzbarn Wall is part of a
construction created by German artist Kurt Schwitters in a
Lake District barn in 1947-8. The Elterwater Merzbarn was
based on the idea of collage, in which found items are
incorporated into an art work. Schwitters applied a rough
layer of decorator’s plaster and paint over these found
objects, giving the three dimensional collage an abstract
quality. Asked what it meant, he replied ‘all it is, is
form and colour, just form and colour’. The barn was designed as a permanent
structure, somewhere Schwitters could exhibit existing work.
When he died in January 1948 it was left unfinished. In
1965, after lengthy discussions about the barn’s
future, the Wall was given to Newcastle University who
undertook its removal, restoration and
preservation. THE
LAING Open: Mon - Sat
10-5pm, Sun 2-5pm FREE Quentin Blake DATES: 7th JULY TO 14th OCTOBER
2012 Quentin Blake is known
by young and old alike, his name having been synonymous with
his illustrations for Roald Dahl’s books. Recently
Quentin Blake has been commissioned by hospitals and health
centres in the UK and abroad to produce works which have a
therapeutic effect on their residents. This summer, Quentin
Blake's work arrives at the Laing Art Gallery, bringing
together over 50 works for visitors to experience the
effects for themselves. PAUL NOBLE MARBLE
HALL DATES: 4th SEPTEMBER TO 7th JULY
2013 Paul Noble's work represented the
gallery at last year’s Venice Biennale which was an
initiative led by The National Glass Centre at the
University of Sunderland, which brought together the Laing
Art Gallery, Locus+ and mima, Middlesbrough Institute of
Modern Art, with Caterina Tognon Arte Contemporanea in
Venice to present Interloqui, an exhibition coinciding with
the 54th Venice Biennale of Art. A selection of his ceramics
are also on display. FUTURELAND NOW DATES: 15th SEPTEMBER TO 20th
JANUARY 2013 What role can contemporary
photographic practices play in reflecting the issues of our
time? FUTURELAND NOW is an exhibition of the photography of
John Kippin and Chris Wainwright which will address key
issues in our current society whilst reflecting on the
unresolved issues of the past. The world recession and
banking crisis has created a loss of job stability with the
possibility of potentially seismic change. The large scale
photographic landscapes of Kippin and Wainwright invoke the
language of the sublime to explore this postmodern period of
uncertainty and change. QUEEN ELIZABETH II by CECIL
BEATON DATES: 13th OCTOBER TO 2nd
DECEMBER A Diamond Jubilee
Celebration To celebrate The Queen's Diamond
Jubilee, this exhibition will show portraits of Her Majesty
by photographer Cecil Beaton (1904-1980). Presenting highlights of the V&A's
archive of Beaton's royal photography, the exhibition will
depict the Queen in her roles as princess, monarch and
mother. The exhibition will feature nearly 100 portraits,
from wartime photographs of Princess Elizabeth with her
family, to tender images of The Queen with her own young
children and official portraits that convey the magnitude of
her role as Britain's monarch. This exhibition is organised
by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. MUSHROOM
WORKS Exhibtion open
Saturday and Sundays 11 - 4pm DATES: 20th - 28th
OCTOBER "TO WOOLER AND BACK
AGAIN" PREVIEW FRIDAY 19th OCTOBER
7-10PM Last year Jim and
Natalie returned to Newcastle, after a year living and
painting in Northumberland, which inspired a more rural
direction in both their painting. Living in Wooler, on
the edge of the Cheviots allowed them to immerse themselves
in the landscape, to fully experience and explore the
changing environment. "Through the seasons,
it was the agricultural changes to the landscape that were
the most dramatic, and seemed to make my surroundings come
alive. I was inspired by the contrast between the flat
angular farmlands and the gentle roll of the hills, yet they
flowed seemlessly together." Natalie "At first I struggled
painting the open Northumberland landscape, being accustomed
to the structures of a cityscape. I became drawn to the
man-made structures in the open landscape, of isolated
farmhouses and the network of geometric walls stretched over
hillsides." Jim Following their
return, they reconnected with the city, the experiences of
last year has inspired them, and allowed them to apreciated
both environments from a new perspective. This exhibition is a
showcase of their new work, and a visual record of their
experiences. OUESBURN OPEN STUDIO EVENT
2012 DATES: 23rd, 24th & 25th
NOVEMBER Friday 6pm - 8pm Saturday
& Sunday 10am - 5pm Admission is FREE The last weekend in November sees the
return of the much-anticipated Ouseburn Open Studios and
this year's weekend promises to be bigger and better than
any before! The studios in the Ouseburn Valley are
home to a wide range of creative people including artists,
jewellery and furniture makers, graphic designers and
printmakers. This weekend offers the rare opportunity to
chat to studio holders about their work and learn what goes
on behind their studio doors. It's also a great chance to
talk about commissions and there is always a wide variety of
work on offer to buy, adding a touch of sparkle to the
tedium of Christmas shopping. THE
NEWBRIDGE PROJECT The NewBridge
Project is an artist-led initiative based in Newcastle
city centre that provides a platform from which artists are
able to practice in a discursive and supportive community.
We are committed to developing ideas-led visual art in the
North East and establishing a critical mass from which
emerging artists are able to move toward professional
practice. The NewBridge Project makes use of an abandoned
office block as a studio complex and has converted an empty
shop into NewBridge Space, a street level, publicly
accessible gallery that promotes new work from the region
and further a field. NEWCASTLE
ARTS CENTRE GALLERY Open: Monday to
Saturday 9-5pm FREE "THE WAITING ROOM" by RACHAEL
ALLEN DATES: 7th SEPTEMBER TO 13TH
OCTOBER We rely upon doctors to treat us
during each of our life chapters. In 'The waiting room', drawings and
miniature models animate the philosophical and ethical
concepts, questions and perspectives of medicine in
contemporary culture today, and capture the voice of patient
and practitioner to explore the attitudes, perceptions,
conflicts and dilemmas that pervade the doctor/patient
relationship. BABES IN THE WOODS by SET OF
DRAWERS DATES: 19th OCTOBER TO 17th
NOVEMBER PREVIEW EVENING 18th OCTOBER 6-8PM
ALL WELCOME A group exhibition drawing inspiration
from real and imagined woodlands and all the wonderful
creatures who inhabit them. A folklore staple, woodlands
have inspired some of our most well known and much loved
stories such as Snow White, Hansel and Gretal, Little Red
Riding Hood and The Gruffalo. This exhibition, featuring new
work by Set of Drawers and Friends, presents a collective,
yet diverse response to the theme, exploring numerous
associations such as childhood journeys, traditional tales,
safety, play and environment. THE BIG DRAW with SET OF
DRAWERS DATE: 20th OCTOBER 10-4pm
FREE If you go down to the woods
today....... … what would you draw? Calling all doodlers! Set of Drawers
are asking for your help in transforming the Newcastle Art
Centre gallery into a magical woodland, full of colourful
creatures and make-believe characters to help celebrate THE
BIG DRAW, National Campaign for drawing. Families wanting to
doodle and draw with us can drop in any time from 10am-4pm.
In a fun workshop for all the family,
doodlers may be asked to help draw any of the
following: OVER THE HILLS DATE: 23rd NOVEMBER TO 16th JANUARY
2013 PREVIEW EVENING: 22nd NOVEMBER
6-8PM ALL WELCOME To celebrate the changing seasons of
our landscape as we wrap up for the winter months Newcastle
Arts Centre Gallery invite everyone to the Preview of Over
the Hills, an exhibition exploring landscape using different
media on Thursday 22nd November 6-8pm. The exhibition
showing work by Anja Percival, Sara Jane Palmer and Joanna
Bourne from the North East of England, Lois Hopwood and Ian
Williams from Wales and James Bourne from Denmark will be
open to the public from 23rd November until 16th January
2013. These six artists are linked by the
explorations of their urban and rural landscapes, responding
to atmosphere and the imprint of human journeys on the world
around them. Using painting, photography, printmaking and
ceramics, their individual approaches are brought together,
celebrating the human experience of the
landscape.
NEWCASTLE
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T: 0191 261 1103 www.thebiscuitfactory.com..
36 Lime Street, Ouseburn, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 2PQ
T: 0191 2304474 http://www.thecluny.com/
Temple Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 4BR
T: 0191 261 0505 www.dancecity.co.uk
Black Swan Court, Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne
T: 07789 743634 / 0191 2325302
www.davidfryceramics.com
Bladnford Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4JA. 0191 232 6789
www.twmuseums.org.uk/discovery/
St Thomas Street Workshops, St Thomas Street, Newcastle Upon
www.gallagherandturner.co.uk
4th Floor, Central Square, Forth Street, Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 3PL www.northumbria.ac.uk/universitygallery/galleriesinc/
53-57 Blandford Square, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4HZ
www.globegallery.org
The Quadrangle, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne.
0191 222 6047 www.ncl.ac.uk/hatton
New Bridge Street, Newcastle upon Tyne.
0191 232 7734 www.twmuseums.org.uk/laing
St Lawrence Road, Ouseburn, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 1AR
www.mushroomworks.com
18 New Bridge Street West NE1 8AS
thenewbridgeproject.com
St Lawrence Road, Ouseburn, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 1AR
www.mushroomworks.com
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Acrylic Painting, Silk Painting, Chinese Water Colour, Drawing, Soft Pastels, Book Binding, Calligraphy, Life Drawing........ |
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NORTHERN PRINT |
Stepney Bank, Newcastle Upon Tyne. |
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Open: Wed to Fri 11am – 5pm, Sat 12pm - 4pm. |
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LK243 UnderSail |
DATES: 4 Oct - 3 Nov 12 |
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LK243 UnderSail is the touring exhibition from Imi Maufe's artist-in-residence onboard the Swan during the Tall Ships Races in 2011. The Swan is a Shetland herring sailboat from 1900. The voyage it took started at Waterford in Ireland and went to Halmstad in Sweden via Greenock in Scotland, Lerwick in Shetland and Stavanger in Norway in 5 weeks. During the voyage 43 wooden postcards were sent by sea, 8 of which have been found. 500 drawings of boats were also collected from the public Imi met at the harbour stops. Screenprints, editioned books and artefacts document the ordinary and extraordinary incidences that happened during the residency and these have been housed in a specially made wooden box that fitted at the end of the bunk used by Imi. All of these artworks and objects form the exhibition. After touring the Scottish Islands and Highlands and Norway, LK243 UnderSail will arrive at Northern Print for an opening event on 3 October. Imi will give a talk about her work at Northern Print at 5.30pm on 3 October and the preview event will follow at 6.30-8pm. The exhibition will run until 3 November 2012 and will then tour on to be exhibited in Shetland. Also on show... 'Linum', a new series of prints on textiles by Bridget Jones, on show until 27 October 2012. |
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LINUM |
DATES: 4th OCTOBER TO 27th OCTOBER |
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Bridget Jones is an artist working mainly in architectural glass to commission. Her designs weave together image, pattern, and colour, and often evolve from prints. She has worked collaboratively with writers, designers, artists and as a lead artist. As well as work in glass she has also designed for stone, metal, paper and textiles. Her practice centres on printmaking, and she has exhibited nationally.
Born in Glasgow, she studied Zoology at Edinburgh University, and Leicester University, and worked in university teaching and museum education. A part time degree at Sunderland University gave her the opportunity to return to making and creativity, and after graduating in 1988, set up a workshop and studio in the North East. |
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Northumbria University Sandyford Road Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST T: 0191 227 4424 university.gallery@northumbria.ac.uk |
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Open: Monday to Thursday 10am-5pm Friday and Saturday 10-4pm |
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SCULPTORS' DRAWINGS |
DATES: 19 October - 23 November 2012 |
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In addition to the University’s Collection of sculptors’ works on paper, the exhibition includes almost 100 works dating from the early 20th century to the present day, by sculptors of national and international distinction including among others, Paul Neagu, Hideo Furuta, Michael Kenny, Eduardo Paolozzi, Elizabeth Frink, David Nash and Lynn Chadwick. The exhibition focuses on the unique way that sculptors approach drawing, and the difference between sculptors and other traditional practitioners in the treatment of two dimensional works on paper to communicate three dimensional objects. For many sculptors the act of making work is a practical and manual process, however, working in two dimensions can often aid the transition from an initial thought to a finished work. Sculptors’ works on paper reveal the individual and often unconventional means that sculptors use to solve problems. Covering many aspects of what sculpture represents today, the exhibition ranges in scale from intimate, preparatory sketches to large-scale works in a broad range of media including collage, printmaking and computer aided graphics, as well as more traditional drawing methods. |
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A Portrait of British Centenarians |
DATES: 19 October - 3 November 2012 |
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The award winning Magnum photographer Chris Steele-Perkins became intrigued when he read the astonishing figure released by the Office of National Statistics relating to life expectancy. In 2010 there were 12,640 people in the UK aged 100 and over, compared with 2,500 in 1980. The O.N.S. predicts that 5% of people alive today in the UK will live to be over 100. That is 3 million. However, this exhibition goes way beyond statistics. It is more akin to Paul Bailey’s great novel ‘At the Jerusalem’ which was set in an old people’s home of that name. As the synopsis of that book claimed, Bailey’s study of “the physical frailty of humanity and the blackly bizarre nature of human disintegration are significant symbols of what it means to be human.” So it is with Chris Steele-Perkins’ portrait of this new generation of centenarians. In his photographs of 32 people of differing backgrounds, each with a personal story, it is all there. In the care homes there are antiseptic details; the plastic jugs, the rows of pills, the nylon coats of the care workers, their air of well-intentioned encouragement notwithstanding. In their own homes there are familiar knick-knacks, family pictures and portraits of the Queen. |
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CORNISH IN PARIS |
DATES: 16 November - 8 February 2013 |
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Drawings, Watercolours and Sketches In 1966, a month after he had left his job as a miner to become a professional artist, Norman Cornish was invited by Tyne Tees Television to make a documentary about his impressions of Paris. During the week that he was there, the film crew recorded Norman as he made numerous drawings and sketches of the people and places that he visited while talking to camera about his impressions of life and art in Paris. In this small but compelling collection of sketches and watercolours Cornish is shown at his best depicting individual characters, busy street scenes, café bars and restaurant interiors. Cornish in Paris is the first in a series of small thematic exhibitions, comprising no more than twenty works on paper, drawn from the Cornish Archive and shown in the Cornish Drawing Room at the University Gallery.
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FRANS WIDERBERG Dreamer in a Landscape |
DATES: 30 November - 8 February 2013 |
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Watercolours, Sculpture and Prints To most observers of Norwegian art, Frans Widerberg’s repertoire of forms, the elongated figures and horses, the vigorously applied whorls of colour, the infinite spaces and, above all, the incandescent light, add up to a feeling of transcendence. The definitive Widerberg painting consists of a naked man and woman confronting each other in an arid, featureless void. That this is a modern ‘Expulsion’ goes without saying; Masaccio’s great frescoes in the Brancacci Chapel had a lasting effect upon him. It is Widerberg’s use of light, however, which creates an apocalyptic mood. |
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DALE ATKINSON |
DATES: 15 February - 29 March 2013 |
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As a student, Dale Atkinson was a non-conformist, refusing to follow fashionable trends. He made paintings of stories his father told him when he was a child and, while he was a student those childhood fables provided the starting point for his paintings enabling him to create a world of meta-reality somewhere between that of Dürer and Richard Dadd. Never mere illustrations, they presented inexplicable events happening in an undefined theatre of activity. Atkinson has always been more interested in what he calls “the psychology of the paint”, the way in which a chance mark and changes of colour can completely alter the identity and meaning of a painting. By frequently turning the canvas, letting the paint dictate form, erasing and reconstructing, Atkinson delights in games of Midas-like transmutation. Before our eyes a tree would morph into an owl or a car into an ape. Soon, of course he was able to apply this morphological magic to anything, including the building of Kings Place where he was artist-in-residence from 2009-11. The drawings and colour studies of Kings Place were made on site but developed in his studio in a personal method in which scribbles, stains and blotches are articulated in a quasi-abstract language. What is selected is crucial, a few intuitively applied puddles of paint standing, for example, for air and space. As with his new collection of paintings, Atkinson harvests information and lets the paint tell the story. |
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ALBERT IRVIN Gouaches: 1979 - 1996 |
DATES: 15 February - 29 March 2013 |
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Widely regarded as one of the country’s most admired abstract painters Bert Irvin is perhaps better known for his bold, invigorating paintings. Nevertheless, throughout his career he has produced small gouaches and watercolours alongside the larger paintings, but as independent images rather than studies, which have fed into and responded to the larger works. The development of Irvin’s visual language of painterly motifs, squares, circles, lines and crosses, the hallmarks of his large colour saturated canvases, are concentrated in this collection of gouaches, dating from 1978 – 1996. Albeit on a domestic scale, these works on paper have the resonance and impact of his monumental paintings. |
Image Untitled, gouache on paper, 55.9 x 76cm © Albert Irvin |
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HUGHIE O'DONOGHUE Prints |
DATES: 5 April - 17 May 2013 |
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Personal liberty and transformation emerge as themes alongside other subjects that have preoccupied O’Donoghue over the last three decades. History, memory and identity are all embodied in the paintings with layers of history echoing the layers of paint, which slowly reveal their recent past and ancient secrets. “It is this layering of time and its cyclical nature that interests O’Donoghue. Whether it is the peat bogs, the volcanic ash of Vesuvius or the more metaphorical layers of history, he has found the medium of oil paint to be a perfect vehicle for this interest” writes Colin Wiggins in his catalogue introduction. The current exhibition includes new monotype and carborundum prints made in Venice 2011 and London 2012. As a medium, carborundum is particularly suited to the realization of the painterly print and O’Donoghue’s engagement with the technique dating back twenty years continues to develop and complement his work as a painter.
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Image Night Swimmer, carborundum, 158 x 130cm © Hughie O'Donoghue |
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ANDRZEJ JACKOWSKI |
DATES: 5 April - 17 May 2013 |
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Paintings, Drawings and Prints Jackowski's paintings plumb the depths of experience, in some cases his own experiences of dispossession, distant recollections of a family history in Poland and the first eleven years of his life spent in a refugee camp. These, along with photograph albums and other ephemera are the raw materials of his images. This exploration of personal and collective memory is at the root of his research into identities and cultures as handed on and explored through stories and images. "For some years now I have been concerned to articulate through my paintings the inner life, to evoke reverie and to find significant images. The work moves and animates somewhere between a kind of vigilant dreaming and being wide-awake. These images are poetic metaphors of something real, intimate and mysterious in our lives."
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STEPHENSON WORKS |
20 South Street (behind Central Station), Newcastle Tel: +44 0191 222 0607 |
Open: 2012 (01/01/2012 - 31/12/2012) 2013 (01/01/2013 - 31/12/2013)
2014 (01/01/2014 - 31/12/2014)
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In 1823 George and Robert Stephenson, along with three partners, opened the world’s first purpose built locomotive works on Forth Banks, Newcastle upon Tyne. Robert, at the age of 19, was the Managing Partner. The famous locomotives "Locomotion" and "Rocket" were built here and the works subsequently exported locomotives to developing railways all over the world - often the first to be seen in those countries. The Stephenson Works is now part of the Stephenson Quarter and is often used as an event venue. |
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SEVEN STORIES The Centre for Children's Books |
30 Lime Street, Ouseburn Valley, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 2PQ. |
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Open: Mon to Sat 10am - 5pm, Sun 10am - 4pm. |
Entry: Adult £6.00*, Child/Concession £5.00*, Family+ £17.00 |
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Daydreams and Diaries, the story of Jacqueline Wilson |
DATES: 28/09/2011 - 12/10/2012 |
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This is an exclusive chance to find out about Jacqueline Wilson, in the first ever exhibition dedicated to the best selling author. Let Jacqueline guide you through a journey of her favourite stories, characters, daydreams and working process. We’ll show you how your favourite characters began including Tracy Beaker, Hetty Feather and The Illustrated Mum, from ideas to text and working with illustrator Nick Sharratt to bring her stories to life. Be inspired to create your own stories, sit and daydream or join Jacky’s HUGE fan base from all over the world. And to top it all off, follow Jacky on her creative journey during the making of Sapphire Battersea, the sequel to Hetty Feather, released in September 2011.
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A Squash and a Squeeze: Sharing Stories with Julia Donaldson |
DATES: 01/08/2012 - 14/04/2013 |
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This exhibition brings Julia Donaldson’s captivating stories to life. Find out how she wrote modern classics such as The Gruffalo, Princess Mirror-Belle and The Troll and most recently The Highway Rat and explore original artwork by her many illustrators – most famously Axel Scheffler. Follow her journey from song writer for children’s television to current Children’s Laureate. See how she inspires her readers with story rhyme and rhythm. Children and their families can share stories and explore sensory environments based on Donaldson’s books. Follow in Toddle Waddle’s footsteps, climb into the cave with Cave Baby and meet The Gruffalo. Sing-a-long to her songs on Julia’s Jukebox or perform a play on our stage. |
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A Viking's Guide to Deadly Dragons with Cressida Cowell |
DATES: 27/10/2012 - 25/09/2013 |
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This exciting exhibition will take visitors to a time and place when dragons lived among us and we could speak to them in Dragonese. Be guided through a Viking village by Gobber the Belch, discover where going to school meant learning how to be a Viking pirate and what it means to be a hero. Discover the Wild Dragon Cave, sail on a Viking long ship and share Viking stories in the Great Hall.
This subject matter of this exhibition will encourage and engage reluctant readers with humour, interactive play and learning. |
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SIDE GALLERY |
Side, Newcastle upon Tyne |
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Open: Mon to Sat 10am - 5pm, Sun 10am - 4pm. |
Free entry |
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VEILED REBELLION by Lynsey Addario |
DATES: Saturday 18 August - Saturday 13 October 2012 |
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Addario made her first trip to Afghanistan in May of 2000 to document the lives of women under the Taliban regime. She returned to Afghanistan two more times before the fall of the Taliban in November 2001. In those days, women were virtually invisible, and the streets were silent: music and entertainment was banned, electricity was scarce, and contact with the outside world was almost non-existent. The only women on the streets were beggars – usually widows or wives of disabled men, begging for money to support their families. Most educated women in the cities spent their days squirreled away behind closed doors in family compounds, caring for their children, while rural women continued to work in the fields. On many Fridays, the Taliban performed public executions at the sports stadium – the same stadium in which today, both young men and women train in boxing, karate and soccer, and which now also hosts political and social gatherings for men and women alike. |
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THINKTANK@ Hoults Yard |
Hoults Yard, Walker Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE6 2HL
http://houltsyard.wordpress.com/
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TYNESIDE CINEMA |
10 Pilgrim Street Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne And Wear NE1 6QG 0845 217 9909 https://www.tynesidecinema.co.uk |
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Open: Mon-Sun |
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Pixel Palace is Tyneside Cinema's exciting programme of new media art. This programme takes the form of artist residencies, commissions, live events and exhibitions. Find out more information at thepixelpalace.org. |
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VANE |
First Floor, Commercial Union House, 39 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne |
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Open: Wed to Sat - 12 noon - 5pm FREE |
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REASSEMBLING THE SELF Susan Aldworth |
DATES: 20 September – 20 October 2012 |
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‘Reassembling the Self’ is an exhibition on two sites, the Hatton Gallery and Vane in Newcastle upon Tyne, curated by artist Susan Aldworth. Centred in a study of the condition of schizophrenia, it weaves together art, science, psychiatry and individual histories in an extraordinary exploration of self, perception and the fragility of human identity. |
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ALL OF ME IS ASKING, ALL OF ME IS THINKING Mark Joshua Epstein |
DATES: 5 October – 17 November 2012 |
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With ‘All of me is asking, all of me is thinking…’ at Vane, Newcastle upon Tyne, and ‘Pardon me for asking, pardon me for thinking…’ at the Customs House Gallery, South Shields, New York based artist Mark Joshua Epstein presents distinct but related bodies of work in his biggest showcase in the UK to date. At Vane, the artist’s most recent series of paintings is accompanied by his collage works. |
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ARTS CENTRE WASHINGTON |
Granary Gallery, Biddick Lane, Fatfield, Washington, Tyne and Wear |
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Open: Monday 9am-5pm Tuesday to Saturday 9am-9.30pm |
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EthinCity |
DATES: 28 September 2012 - 10 November 2012 |
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To celebrate Black History Month, Arts Centre Washington will come alive with a selection of vibrant contemporary art and craft work created by some of the regions foremost ethnic and multicultural arts practitioners. The exhibition will be a celebration of cultural diversity, displaying a visual feast of creativity The exhibition has been organised in collaboration with GemArts. Featuring work by: Chun-Chao Chiu, Richard McLeod, Waseem Aslam, Wajid Hussain, Shirley Wells, Jayamini da Silva, Mehrangiz Tabatabaei, Gassan Mohammed, Goshka Bialek, Graham Canwell. Newcastle Arts Centre are also hosting an evening event to Celebrate Black History Month in the Black Swan bar and venue, click here for more information. |
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Young Achievers: Youth Arts Exhibition 2012 |
DATES: 19 November 2012 - 05 January 2013 |
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The Youth Arts Exhibition is part of the city’s highly acclaimed Young Achievers Awards which is now in it’s 19th year. Young people aged 11 to 20 are invited to submit their artwork. Past exhibitions have received a massive response including paintings, drawings, sculptures, photography and film.
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GATESHEAD
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BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art |
South Shore Road, Gateshead. |
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Open: Mon-Wed and Fri-Sun 10-6, Thurs 10-8pm FREE |
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Mark Wallinger SITE |
DATES: 22 June 2012 - 14 October 2012 |
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BALTIC presents SITE, Mark Wallinger's largest exhibition in the UK for over a decade. Wallinger will realise three major new commissions and give the UK premiere of his new film Construction Site 2011. |
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Janet Cardiff’s The Forty Part Motet |
DATES: 16 June 2012 - 14 October 2012 |
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Co-commissioned by BALTIC as part of our pre-opening programme, we are delighted to present Janet Cardiff’s The Forty Part Motet which has delighted and moved audiences around the world over the last decade |
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Bojan Fajfric |
DATES: 28 September 2012 - 6 January 2013 |
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The first solo exhibition in the UK of Yugoslav-born Bojan Fajfric includes the major recent work Theta Rhythm 2010. A film and installation, it examines the intersection between personal and collective memory. |
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Zoë Walker & Neil Bromwich |
DATES: 5 October 2012 - 13 January 2013 |
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The Encampment of Eternal Hope is a major new sculptural installation by Zoë Walker & Neil Bromwich extending their enquiry into the role of art as an active agent for transformation in society. Taking apocalyptic predictions for 21 December 2012, the end date for the Mayan Calendar, as an imaginative catalyst, the project envisages a post-apocalyptic utopian community, a kind of ‘garden of earthly delights’. |
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SHIPLEY ART GALLERY |
Prince Consort Road, Gateshead. |
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Open: Mon-Sat 10-5pm, Sun 2-5pm Free. |
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Portrait: 1600 - 2000 |
DATES: 04 Feb 12 - 31 Jan 13 |
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Featuring portraits in a range of styles, from the 17th century right up to the present day, this exhibition will explore topics such as childhood and aristocracy. The exhibition will also include portraits of local figures, including a striking portrait of politician and writer Robert Spence Watson by Ralph Hedley. Other highlights of the exhibition will include works by prolific artists Sir John Lavery, Henry Perlee Parker and Angelica Kauffman.
This exhibition will feature some of the best portrait paintings from the Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums collection, a selection of portrait miniatures and several important works on loan from the National Portrait Gallery.
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Collected Threads: Textiles from the Shipley Craft Collection |
DATES: 15 Sep - 03 Nov 12 |
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The pieces on show will give visitors the chance to find out about the diversity of textile practice in the UK from 1977 to the present day, from embroidery and quilting to knitting and weaving. The exhibition includes textiles by Amy Emms, Kaffe Fassett, West Dean Tapestry Studio and Michael Brennand-Wood. |
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Christmas Present |
DATES: 16 Nov - 22 Dec 12 |
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Christmas Present comes of age this year, celebrating 21 years of bringing the best of craft and design to Gateshead. The exhibition features a range of unique items handmade by some of the country’s leading contemporary craft makers and designers, including jewellery, ceramics, metalwork and glass. All works in the exhibition are for sale and would make an ideal Christmas gift. Highlights include stunning jewellery by Rachel Wojcik and Susan Kerr. Inspired by the beautiful scenery of the Lake District where she is based, Rachel uses organic forms as her main theme. She uses a wide range of traditional jewellery making techniques and works primarily in sterling silver with a mixture of semiprecious stones and fresh water pearls. Susan Kerr’s jewellery is a distinctive collection of contemporary, hand-crafted designs, consisting of limited edition brooches and necklaces and an extensive range of earrings and pins. She combines bold patterns with delicate floral details. |
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Gateshead Art Society |
DATES: 17 Nov - 22 Dec 12 |
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Gateshead Art Society's annual exhibition showcases the work of members from the previous year. Shortlisted by the members themselves and curated by the Shipley, this exhibition includes paintings of scenes from across the North East. |
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THE WORKPLACE GALLERY |
The Old Post Office, 19-21 West Street, Gateshead. |
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Open: Tues to Sat 11am - 5pm or by appointment |
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colour-time-structure by Jacob Dahlgren |
DATES: 13 Sep - 27 Oct 2012 |
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Gateshead Heritage@ St Mary's |
St Mary's Church, Oakwellgate, Gateshead, NE8 2AU
Tel: 0191 433 4699 E-mail: heritage@gateshead.gov.uk
www.gateshead.gov.uk
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Open: Tues - Sunday 10.00am - 4.00pm |
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St. Mary's Heritage Centre is a unique and innovative visitor attraction incorporating libraries, arts and heritage in one venue. Sitting high above the River Tyne close to The Sage Gateshead, the centre opened on the 16th December 2008 following a £1.2m transformation, funded by Gateshead Council, the European Regional Development fund and the heritage lottery fund. The interior of the Grade 1-listed church has been completely stripped out to return it as far as possible to its former state, and is open to the public with a programme of exhibitions and activities including a family history section focusing on the church and the nearby area. St. Mary's Heritage Centre welcomes visitors to learn the history of Gateshead, and provides a spectacular venue for events, family history research and educational activities.
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NORTH SHIELDS
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CUSTOMS HOUSE |
Mill Dam, South Shields. NE33 1ES Box Office: 0191 454 1234 Email: mail@customshouse.co.uk |
Open: 10:00 - 20:30 (Performance Days) 11:00 - 18.00 (Non performance days, Sun & Bank Hols) |
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JENNY PURETT |
DATES : UNTIL 29th SEPTEMBER |
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Jenny Purrett who had a solo show at Newcastle Arts Centre at the beginning of this year has a new exhibition at the Customs House, South Shields. The show features a very big yet delicate drawing that has been applied direct to the gallery wall. Her shot paper that form trees is now a full scale stand that fills the main space, best viewed in the early evening when the setting sun beams through. Jenny's show is at the Customs House until 29th September. She is also the tutor for a new introductory course at Newcastle Arts Centre - "Drawing for the terrified" open to all who want learn to draw without fear of making the 'wrong' mark. For more information on Drawing for the Terrified and also for Jenny's Creative Drawing classes which start in 2013 click here. |
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PARDON ME FOR ASKING, PARDON ME FOR THINKING by MARK JOSHUA EPSTEIN |
DATES: 6th OCTOBER TO 18th NOVEMBER |
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American artist Mark Joshua Epstein blurs the boundaries between real and imaginary spaces. His paintings combine images drawn from a mixture of sources, room interiors from American interior design magazines from the 1940s, for example, are collaged together with images drawn from history, such as Italian renaissance architecture. Epstein was born in Washington DC in 1979 and lives in New York. He has exhibited widely in the USA and the UK. This exhibition is part of a two-venue exhibition in collaboration with Vane, Newcastle upon Tyne. |
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HOME SWEET HOME |
DATES: 1st DECEMBER TO 31st JANUARY 2013 |
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Contemporary Knitting & Crafts It’s this time of the year when the Gallery showcases an exhibition derived from a community project exploring the boundaries between fine art and craft. For the past three years we have had knitted extravaganzas from A Victorian Christmas, A Grand Tour to Once Upon A Time produced by our resident knitting group The Materialistics but this year we have something slightly different. Home Sweet Home is an exhibition made up of work by The Materialistics, Stitch-in-9, North Tyneside Arts Studio, Bill Quay Farm, ST Libraries knitting groups as well as individual artists and makers from across our region, all under the theme of Home and Garden. |
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PERCEPTIONS OF SOUTH SHIELDS by ANGELA BULMAN |
DATES: 6th OCTOBER TO 18th NOVEMBER |
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This is Angela Bulman’s first solo exhibition and with support and encouragement from Customs House’s Visual Arts Curator, she spent over six months making new drawings especially for this exhibition and they include popular sites such as The Rattler, The Sandancer and Colmans to name a few. Alongside new buildings there is also a collection of drawings of buildings which do not exist anymore, thus adding an element of history to the collection of work, and a chance for people to reminisce about times gone by. Angela offers the opportunity for all of us to engage with an architectural history of the famous town and hopefully many memories are revealed. |
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Shields Museum and Art Gallery |
Ocean Road, South Shields. 0191 456 8740 |
Open: Mon to Sat 10am to 5.30pm, Sun 1pm to 5pm, Free |
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A GRAND TOUR |
DATES: 29 Sep 12 - 09 Mar 13 |
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Materialistics are a talented and ambitious South Shields-based community knitting group. For this exhibition they have re-created some of the world’s best known works of art as you’ve never seen them before! |
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When Worlds Meet: The Intriguing Story of Ayuba Suleiman Diallo |
DATES: 29 Sep 12 - 09 Mar 13 |
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The first British portrait of a Black African Muslim and freed slave, on long term loan to the National Portrait Gallery, London, is coming to the South Shields Museum & Art Gallery as part of its British tour. The portrait of Ayuba Suleiman Diallo, painted by William Hoare of Bath in 1733 is important for many reasons, not least because the painting is the earliest known British oil portrait of a freed slave, and the first portrait in this country to honour an African subject as an individual and equal. But equally important, is the impact that Diallo as an individual had on Britain’s understanding of West African culture, black identity and Islam. The exhibition explores Diallo’s intriguing story, a fascinating tale of faith, identity and the struggle for freedom. |
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SUNDERLAND
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THE ART STUDIO |
1-3 Hind Street, Sunderland. |
Open: Wed - Fri 11am - 3pm. Free. |
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The Art Studio is situated in Sunderland's city centre. It has three floors and over 30 induvidual and shared spaces as well as workshops in ceremics, digital art and printmaking. The gallery is on the ground floor. |
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NATIONAL GLASS CENTRE |
Liberty Way, Sunderland. |
Open: Daily 10am-5pm, Free. |
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Sunderland Photographic Association 125th Anniversary Exhibition |
DATE: 6 October - 31 December 2012 |
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As part of Sunderland Photographic Association celebrations to mark the 125th year since its founding, National Glass Centre will be hosting a unique exhibition where members have been invited to submit photographic work on the theme ‘Glass’. Glass has become so integrated into our lives that it would be difficult to envisage a modern society without it. The Association's members have captured the myriad uses of glass today, challenging their creativity and their photographic prowess with this highly reflective material. An accompanying exhibition showcasing a collection of historic cameras from the personal collections of the Association’s members will also be on display. |
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Kith & Kin II: New Glass and Ceramics |
DATES: 21 September - 31 December 2012 |
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The first ‘Kith and Kin’ exhibition, shown here earlier this year, evolved from the University of Sunderland’s education and research programmes, contacts and networks. This second exhibition again brings together artworks from two creative ‘families’ – Glass and Ceramics. Once again we have invited ‘friends’ from the art world to create a diverse and often surprising take on glass and ceramics to show a breadth of contemporary work. This time artists are featured who usually work in other mediums, and who are now exploring the potential of glass and ceramics. Much of work shown is new and was developed through ‘mini residencies’ here in the National Glass Centre. This was facilitated by our exceptionally skilled glass and ceramic team and in the high quality workshops in this building. |
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Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art |
City Library and Arts Centre, Fawcett Street, Sunderland. |
Open: Mon and Wed 9.30-7.30, Tues, Thurs and Fri 9.30-5, Sat 9.30-4, Free |
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Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art presents changing exhibitions of new work by artists from around the world, bringing new art to new audiences. It offers opportunities to emerging and established artists to present work at critical points in their careers and audiences the chance to see the stars of tomorrow today. |
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Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens |
Mowbray Gardens, Burdon Road, Sunderland |
Open:Mon-Sat 10-5, Sun 2-5, Free. |
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Sunderland Fairtrade Festival 2012 |
DATE: 27 Oct 12 |
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Celebrate Sunderland’s 5th birthday as a Fairtrade city with a festival of art, crafts and selling stalls in the heart of the city centre. Fair trade handicrafts, snacks, accessories, gifts, jewellery, toys, organic toiletries and much more. Please come along and find out more about fair trade or buy something fairly traded. 11am – 3pm (drop in) The event will be opened by the Mayor of Sunderland, Councillor Iain Kay and the Mayoress Councillor Barbara McClennan. Visit the Teddy Bear Story exhibition and make a brilliant bear bookmark with Fairtrade cotton. Try the Fairtrade trail in the Winter Gardens to find out more about plant products from around the world. For more information contact: (0191) 561 1154 or email sunderlandpartnership@sunderland.gov.uk |
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University of Sunderland |
The Design Centre Gallery, St Michaels Way, City Campus, Sunderland. www.sunderland.ac.uk |
Open:Mon - Fri 9am - 5.30pm & Saturdays 10am - 4pm. |
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Monday to Friday 9.00 5.30PM Saturday 9.00-5.00PM Sunday CLOSED Note: On Bank and Seasonal Holidays our opening times may vary, please contact us for more information. |
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