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Review of our “Sketching Newcastle with a bunch of famous artists”
I spent the day with Katherine Rousselange today, teaching at the Hatton Gallery in Newcastle University for the wonderful folk in the Friends of the Hatton group. It’s always good fun working alongside Katherine - we make a rather formidable teaching duo! We spent the day winding our way through various sketching exercises focused on … Continue reading Review of our “Sketching Newcastle with a bunch of famous artists”
Review of our Ruby Jones bead weaving demonstration
Karen from Ruby Jones Jewellery visited the gallery to give a talk on her beaded jewellery. Her journey started after picking up a kit and getting hooked. As time went by she became proficient in making pieces of jewellery and took the brave step to leave accountancy and set up her own business. Today she … Continue reading Review of our Ruby Jones bead weaving demonstration
Workshop: Tree decorations for your summer garden with Kath Price
Saturday 25 July 2026, 11 - 1pm - £20 for Friends, £30 for non-members. You can also buy tickets for Kath's workshop from our WeGotTickets page. Join artist Kath Price for this fun project that makes use of recycled glass/plastic jars, tin cans, fabric scraps including organzas, lace and sari strips to create a lantern … Continue reading Workshop: Tree decorations for your summer garden with Kath Price
Workshop: Simplify the Landscape in Oils with Lindsey McLaren
Saturday 27th June 11.30 till 2.30 - £20 for Friends, £30 for non-members. You can also buy tickets for Lindsey's workshop from our WeGotTickets page. Stop painting every leaf and start painting the light! Join artist Lindsey McLaren for a focused 3-hour workshop on the art of simplification. You will learn how to cut through … Continue reading Workshop: Simplify the Landscape in Oils with Lindsey McLaren
Friends’ Bulletin Spring 2026
Dear Friends, welcome to our spring bulletin 2026. Welcome to the Spring Bulletin, we hope you will enjoy these articles, the workshops and visit the current exhibition: HAPPY at the Hatton. ‘I can’t draw, I’ve never painted...’ How many times have I heard these phrases when I taught art. And sadly still do from visitors … Continue reading Friends’ Bulletin Spring 2026
Friends’ AGM 2026 and upcoming exhibition
We are currently trying to finalise dates for both our AGM and our upcoming exhibition. Details of both should be in our next bulletin which is due out in May.
New workshop online workshop ticket type
Over the last few years we have had an increasing number of non-members attending our workshops. This is great, BUT it would be even better if these non-members signed up to be fully fledged Friends. So, in a bid to encourage non-members to take out a proper membership we have introduced a new ticket type … Continue reading New workshop online workshop ticket type
Congratulations to Zoe Allen and the L-INK team…
... on the wonderfully curated exhibition HAPPY! The preview on 13th February was very well attended with lots of excited children. It’s an amazing mixture of established artists and budding ones!Members of the Friends of the Hatton Committee
A note form the head of North East Museums
It has been a busy start to 2026 for the wider North East Museums Team with a whole host of new exhibitions opening and welcoming thousands of visitors already. It is not often that a masterpiece by one of the world’s most famous artists comes to South Tyneside so we were delighted to open Monet: … Continue reading A note form the head of North East Museums
Fine Art lecture programme
Newcastle University's Department of Fine Art’s visiting speaker programme hosts a weekly lecture at 12 noon every Wednesday in the Fine Art Lecture Theatre. You can view the programme at the link below: https://blogs.ncl.ac.uk/fineartcommunityboard/visiting-speaker-programme/
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