Saturday 7 December, 11am - 3pm - Learning Room at the gallery In this workshop you can decorate a ready-made drawstring bag with a hand stitched robin or a tree made from a piece of vintage quilt, you can create a Scottie dog decoration or wall hanging, try the clippy-mat rag rug technique to make … Continue reading Let’s have fun with fabrics – a seasonal workshop with Kath Price
The lecture scheduled for Saturday 19 October by Charles Danby has had to be cancelled due to ill health. We will try to reschedule the lecture for early in 2025.
Dear Friends At last, the weather has turned and we have some sunshine which helps life our hearts. Our normal summer exhibition hasn’t materialised this year regardless of all our efforts. We can only assume that all the exhibition space is already booked or for some reason, is not available. I’m sure, like us, those … Continue reading Friends’ Bulletin Autumn 2024
This is a further reminder to members that the Chair, Secretary and Treasurer announced at the May AGM that this would be their final year in post. The current Secretary and Treasure (Richard and John) have each occupied their posts for many years and feel it is time for new people to take over. The … Continue reading Upcoming Vacancies in Key Posts
As we go to press, we have not been able to firm up dates for this year’s annual exhibition. We are currently in active talks with the gallery and the university and hope to be able to announce a date soon. If we can agree on dates in a timely fashion, we will send out … Continue reading Future exhibitions
Fellow Friend, painter Harry Bell was surprised and delighted to see that he his painting “Work Yard” had been awarded "Judges Choice for Best in Show" at the Northern Summer Open at Newcastle Arts Centre. Harry says, “I must be doing something right after all!” We say well done Harry, keep up the good work!
A Videocity exhibition took place in June/July in Unit 163 of the Grainger Market. It was co-curated by two of our committee members - Polina Chizhova and James Stephen Wright (along with fellow curator Andrea Domesle). The exhibition featured International artists including: !Mediengruppe Bitnik, Peter Aerschmann, Polina Chizhova and James Stephen Wright, Copa & Sordes, … Continue reading “Playing with Rules” in the Grainger Market
Leila Hogarth is an interdisciplinary artist and designer based in Gateshead. She has recently completed a PhD in Design from Northumbria University, she also has a first class masters in Innovation from the same institution. I’ve always been interested in visual culture. An early interaction with a real Andy Warhol Marilyn on display in a … Continue reading Featured Artist – Leila Hogarth
Jo, a recent facilitator of several craft based workshops for Friends of the Hatton, works under the name of 'Of Threads and Patches'. Along with her ‘crafty’ mum Pat, she will be among the sellers at the Autumn Fayre, 17nineteen Holy Trinity Church in Sunderland on 5 October from 10 - 3pm. This Grade 1 … Continue reading Jo Duncan is exhibiting at 17nineteen
Saturday 30 November 1.30pm Catrin Huber is artist and Professor of Fine Art at Newcastle University. Her large-scale works are often in dialogue with specific places, exploring their contexts and histories, and their architectural features and idiosyncrasies. While working across a range of media, She is interested in how paintings can define or subvert places, … Continue reading Lecture by Catrin Huber – From Expanded Interiors to Screaming and Dreaming
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