Exhibitions on Tyne and Wear
May 2008


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.
To be fair 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 free
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Newcastle

Seven Stories, the Centre for Children's Books are proud to present Snozzcumbers and Frobscottle! The Wonderful World of Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake. An exhibition which promises to be as exciting and dramatic as the characters themselves.

Blake's classic illustrations will visit the North East for the first time in a unique interpretation, based on a selection of artwork that drew a phenomenal number of visitors to London's National Theatre last year.

Seven Stories: The Centre for Children's Books
Lime Street, Byker, Newcastle Upon Tyne. 0845 2740777
www.sevenstories.org.uk Mon to Wed, Fri & Sat 10-5, Thu 10-6, Sun 11-5. £5/£4 conc.


Tynemouth Metro Station

Tynemouth 0191 5153610
Daily 24 hours. Free.


 La Boca
6 Upper Princess Square, Newcastle Upon Tyne. 0191 2305756
www.laboca.org.uk Mon-Sat 8.30-5. Free


Kings House, Forth banks, Newcastle upon Tyne. 0191 2618281
www.vane.org.uk Wed to Sat - noon - 5pm, Free


Hancock Museum - closed for refit

Barras Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne. 0191 2227418
www.twmuseums.org.uk/hancock Mon-Sat 10-5, Sun 2-5, £3.95 concs, £9.95 Family.



Jerwood Drawing Prize 2007

19th April - 21st May 2008

 This year's exhibition was selected by: Paul Bonaventura, Senior Research Fellow in Fine Art Studies, Ruskin School of Drawing & Fine Art, Oxford University; Avis Newman, Artist; and Catherine de Zegher, Art Historian and Curator.

Hatton Gallery
The Quadrangle, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne. 0191 2226059
www.ncl.ac.uk/hatton Mon-Sat 10-5, Sun 2-5, free.


CHARLOTTE HODES: DRAWING SKIRTS NEW PAPERCUTS

18 April – 30 May 2008

It was almost inevitable that Charlotte Hodes, who has worked with ceramics as a counterpoint to her paintings for nearly a decade, should find herself appointed the Wallace Collection’s first Associate Artist, for the last two years.

Drawn to the collection’s 18th century paintings and particularly the Sèvres porcelain vases with their wild Rococo sculptural elements, Hodes’ synthesis of the fine and decorative arts reveals how exciting these works of ‘utility and ornament’ are, and how well they lend themselves to modern reinterpretation through her own intricately designed ceramics and papercuts.

Closed Sundays)

University Gallery and Baring Wing
University of Northumbria, Sandyford Road, Newcastle upon Tyne. 0191 2274424
www.northumbria.ac.uk/universitygallery Tues - Sat 10-5, free.


Love

Saturday 19 April to Sunday 13 July

Flirtation, disappointment and intimacy are among the themes explored in this new National Gallery touring exhibition, which looks at the ways artists have responded to the pains and pleasures of love over the centuries.

Work by artists including Tracey Emin, David Hockney Johannes Vermeer and The Singh Twins will be on show. The Laing's Marble Hall will also be home to Marc Quinn's spectacular sculpture, Kiss.

 

Land & Sea

Saturday 16 February to Sunday 27 July

Marine and landscape views, including local scenes,
by Charles Napier Hemy, Bernard Hemy and Thomas Hemy.

 

The Laing
New Bridge Street, Newcastle upon Tyne. 0191 2327734
www.twmuseums.org.uk/laing ...Mon-Sat 10-5, Sun 2-5, free.


The Biscuit Factory
Stoddart Street. Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne. 0191 2611103
www.thebiscuitfactory.com.....Mon and Sun 11-5, Tues-Sat 10-8, free.


THE ROMA JOURNEYS

Joakim Eskildsen

Saturday 19 April to Saturday 14 June

 

Between 2000 and 2006 Joakim Eskildsen travelled in seven different countries photographing the life of the Roma and the conditions they face. The journeys, in India, Romania, Russia, Hungary, Greece, Finland and France, came about as a result of chance, coincidence and personal contact, rather than any process of meticulous planning. What the journeys open up on is somewhere and something beyond nations. I

Side Gallery
Side, Newcastle upon Tyne. 0191 2322208
www.amber-online.com Tues-Sun 11-5, free.


 

Caroline Coode

IMPRESSIONS AND RECOLLECTIONS

A retrospective exhibition of prints and watercolours

Newcastle Arts Centre April 25 - May 31 2008

OPEN 9-5 MONDAY TO SATURDAY

This solo exhibition by Caroline Coode is a way of marking her 70th year.

The work reflects her constant themes of landscapes, natural forms, water and light.

There are limited edition prints made in a variety of techniques, collages and watercolours.

Turning 70 is proving an important marker for her: "I am finding it fascinating looking back at the work I have made over the past 25 years reflecting, as it does, the progress of my artistic life. I see it with fresh eyes and feel quite affectionate towards it, remembering the circumstances in which it was conceived and the ensuing toils of its making"

While caring for her family and bringing up five sons Coode maintained her childhood love of painting and drawing. In 1988, at the age of 50, she graduated from Sir John Cass College in Whitechapel, London.

She set up adult education classes in London, which ran for six years, and after her move to Newcastle, taught at Newcastle College, Higham Hall, Cumbria and Northern Print.

Between 1993 and 2003 Coode led eight painting treks to Nepal. The culmination of these visitswas a touring exchange exhibition with Nepalese artists, which she curated in 2000-2002. Venues included Newcastle, Taunton, Letchworth, Antrim, Edinburgh and Nepal.

For six years she chaired The Friends of the Hatton Gallery, Newcastle, running printmaking workshops as part of the events programme. Coode has had several solo shows; exhibited regularly with The Printmakers Council, The National Society of Painters, Sculptors and Printmakers; was commissioned by P&O to produce two works for their new liner ‘Oriana’ and has work in a number of public collections.

Now based in the North East, Coode is concentrating on exhibiting in the area, and is delighted to be having this 25 year retrospective in the gallery at Newcastle Arts Centre.

Many works will be for sale from £50 with 10% of sales going to cancer research.

Newcastle Arts Centre

67 Westgate Road near the Central Station 0191 2615618
Monday to Saturday 9am – 5pm


Mushroom Works,
St Lawrence Road, Ouseburn, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 1AR

www.mushroomworks.com


 Tyneside Cinema Stairwell Gallery
10 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne. 0191 2328289

Closed for refit
www.tynecine.org Approx. 10-8.30 Mon-Sun.


David Fry Pottery Studio
Black Swan Court, Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, 0191 261 7512
Open Tues - Sat, 11am to 4pm. Closed Christmas Day, New Years Day & Jan 2nd. Entrance Free.
More today than yesterday

Saturday 12th April to Saturday 3 May 2008

A glimpse into the future of British Contemporary art featuring the work of 12 talented recent graduates from Newcastle University, Northumbria University, Glasgow School of Art, Norwich School of Art and Design and Goldsmiths College, London. The exhibition spanning the 4th Floor at Globe City Gallery, showcases a diverse range of work including installation, painting, sculpture and video. Artists featured are;

Jennifer Allison, Susan Bowman, Angus Braithwaite, Rachael Clewlow, Edmund Francis, Ben Jeans Houghton, Bridget Kennedy, Nick Kennedy, Laura McFarlane, Tuesday Nesbitt, Inês Rebelo, Sunghoon Son

Globe City
Curtis Mayfield House, Carliol Square, Newcastle upon Tyne.
0191 2221666
www.globegallery.org Wed-Sat 11.30-5


OPUS
Shakespeare Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne. 0191 260 3399
www.opus-art.com Mon- Sat 10am- 5.30pm, free.


Red Box Gallery

St. Nicholas Chare, Newcastle. 01912457121


Buddle Arts Centre, Wallsend, Newcastle - Upon - Tyne.


Gateshead



BARRY MCGEE

21 January - 27 April 2008

They Don’t Make This Anymore

 Barry McGee’s first major UK solo exhibition includes a selection of existing and new works in an installation created specifically for BALTIC’s Level 2 gallery. Rooted in the spontaneity and immediacy of graffiti culture, McGee’s direct approach considers both the melancholy and humour of life. Disrupting ideas of property, surveillance and control, his uncontained practice incorporates damaged surfaces, flash movies and hundreds of ‘tape’ paintings to question the privatisation of public space.
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MONA MARZOUK

20 February - 27 April 2008

The Bride Stripped Bare By Her Energy's Evil
picture

BALTIC presents Egyptian artist Mona Marzouk’s first UK solo exhibition. Marzouk tackles universal themes in her work. She reassembles varied influences including architectural histories, mythology and technology. Marzouk imagines an alternative to cultural difference, a “hybridised future”. For the exhibition at BALTIC Marzouk will produce a new site-specific installation.

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Last of The Dictionary Men

2 April - 5 May 2008

Stories from the South Shields Yemeni Sailors

BALTIC debuts Bridge+Tunnel Productions’ Last of The Dictionary Men. This multimedia exhibition is based around the lives and history of the Yemeni community based in South Shields, a coastal town in Tyne and Wear, England.

 

Baltic
South Shore Road, Gateshead. 0191 4781810
www.balticmill.com ...Mon-Wed and Fri-Sun 10-6, Thurs 10-8, free.
Closed Christmas Day & Boxing Day, New Years Eve & New Years Day. Entrance Free


Shipley Art Gallery
Prince Consort Road, Gateshead. 0191 4771495
www.twmuseums.org.uk/shipley....Mon-Sat 10-5, Sun 2-5, free.


Sunderland
‘Fragile Democracy’ new international photography

2 May - 21 June 2008

Preview: Thursday 1 May 6:00 - 8:00pm

"The rules of classic democracy do not in fact confer political equality on all... equal political rights in effect confer a major advantage on those who command the greatest resources to mobilise in defence of their interests."

Frank Parkin, 'Class Inequality and Political Order', 1971

'Fragile Democracy' brings together a selection of photographers and artists from around the world who use the camera to document communities, micro-societies and subcultures in a state of economic and political transition, or who use the camera in an ethnographic idiom. All of the contemporary works have either been made especially for 'Fragile Democracy' or are shown here for the first time in the UK.

Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art
City Library and Arts Centre, Fawcett Street, Sunderland. 0191 5141235
www.ngca.co.uk Mon and Wed 9.30-7.30, Tues, Thurs and Fri 9.30-5, Sat 9.30-4, free.


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Reg Vardy Gallery
Sunderland University, Ashburne House, Ryhope Road, Sunderland.
0191 5152128
Tues 10-8, Wed-Fri 10-6, Sat by appointment, free.


Glorious Glass
Ongoing

A showcase of local glass-making skills.

Launched on Weardale
Ongoing

A celebration of Sunderland's ship-building tradition, allowing visitors to see how the process worked between 1880 and 1950.

20th Century Sunderland
Ongoing

An exploration of changes in lifestyle, fashion and politics over the last century.

Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens
Mowbray Gardens, Burdon Road, Sunderland. 0191 5532323
www.twmuseums.org.uk/sunderland Mon-Sat 10-5, Sun 2-5, free.


 Art Forms from the Ocean

11 April - 31 August 2008

 

National Glass Centre
Liberty Way, Sunderland. 0191 515 5555
www.nationalglasscentre.com Daily 10am-5pm, free.


The Art Studio
Hind Street, St.Micheals Way.. 0191 5677414
Wed - Fri 11am - 3pm. Free.

South Shields


South Shields Museum and Art Gallery
Ocean Road, South Shields. 0191 4568740
www.twmuseums.org.uk/southshields Mon to Sat 10am to 5.30pm, Sun 1pm to 5pm, free.


Customs House
Mill Dam, South Shields. 0191 4541234
www.customshouse.co.uk Mon-Sat 10-8, Sun 12-8, free.


North Shields

Globe Hub
97 Howard Street, North Shields.01912592614
www.globegallery.org Wed-Sat 11.30am-5pm, Free.


County Durham

 

Bowes Museum
Barnard Castle, County Durham. 01833 690606
www.bowesmuseum.org.uk11am - 5pm. £7.00/£6.00 Concs, free for under 16's.


The Lamplight Arts Centre
Front Street, Stanley, County Durham. 01207 218899
www.derwentside.org.uk/whatson 9am - 5pm, Free


Northumberland
Open Tues - Sun. 10am to 5pm. Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day & New Years Day. Entrance Free.
Crown Studio Gallery
Elsdon, Northumberland 01830 520144 - www.corwnstudio.co.uk

Fi Fie Fo Fum Gallery
Newton, Off A69, Northumberland.
01661 843778
www.fifiefofum.com
Wed-fri 11am to 5pm, Sat 10am to 5pm, Sun 11am to 4pm.  Free.


The Dial Gallery
5 Dial Place, Warkworth, Northumberland, NE65 0UR 0166571082


Teesside

Museum of Hartlepool
Museum of Hartlepool, V & A Museum of Childhood, Maritime Avenue, Hartlepool, TS24 0XZ 01429 860077


Based on Paper

29 February - 11 May 2008

Based on Paper brings together an encyclopaedic collection of western avant-garde art from the 1960s and early 1970s.

 

Mima ( Middlesbrough Museum of Modern Art)
Middlesbrough, TS1 2YB

www.visitmima.com

 

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