Saturday 9 November, 11.30 till 2.30pm - Learning Room at the gallery During the workshop, Louise will provide you with a brief guide to Fabric Art Memory Books looking at the work of other artists who use this beautiful and engaging technique to create lasting and useable artworks. You will look at the many different … Continue reading Fabric Memory Book workshop with Louise Underwood
We had such a wonderful time making some gorgeous little animals with Jo. Making the woollen hedgehogs and birds was a great choice for some relaxing, mindful crafting. As always Jo guided us expertly through the various steps and it was great to create something so instantly impactful and easily replicable. Sophie Cousin
What a happy way to spend a rainy Saturday in June! This workshop with Edward Hillier did exactly what it said on the tin - inspired us to paint more expressively. We focused on landscape works by David Bomberg and Joan Eardley, beginning with short exercises using charcoal to make bold strokes to outline the … Continue reading Review of our recent workshop by Edward Hillier
Saturday 29 October 1.30pm Charles Danby is an artist, critical art writer, independent curator and Assistant Professor in Fine Art at Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne. His writing explores hidden sensory realms within contemporary painting and tensions in the sensory knowledge of painting being formalised in language. His recent chapter Interspecies Cyborgs: Edges of Contemporary … Continue reading Lecture by Charles Danby – Sensory Realms:More than visual stories in contemporary painting
Saturday 26 October, 11.30 till 2.30pm - Learning Room at the gallery Lindsey McLaren is a North East-based contemporary impressionist artist who has exhibited at the Alnmouth Arts Festival, Arts Centre Washington and the Customs House in South Shields. Her work can be viewed at http://www.lindseymclaren.co.uk and a collection of her oil paintings will be … Continue reading Learn how to paint a loose impressionistic landscape in oils with Lindsey McLaren
Saturday 21 September, 11.30 till 2.30pm - Learning Room at the gallery Leila’s workshop looks like it will be a fascinating and activity packed three hours. In the first part she will introduce her work and research and show some of the objects she has made during recent practice. Following on from this she will … Continue reading Artificial Intelligence and the Artist – a playful talk and workshop with collage by Leila Hogarth
Saturday 28th September 1.30pm Artist, Curator and Academic Dr Narbi Price will talk candidly about his career to date, focussing on how interests and subject matter can coalesce into a cohesive practice. His work takes seemingly everyday scenes which hold additional historical, cultural or personal significance, applying diverse techniques to a photographically derived painting style. … Continue reading Lecture by Dr Narbi Price: – Searching for the Subject – A Painter’s Journey
Date and time: Tue, 16 Jul 2024 18:00 - 19:30 Creative Central NCL pop up is on the corner of Clayton Street and Nelson Street (opposite the back entrance of Eldon Square Food area). Polina Chizhova and James Stephen Wright will be giving a talk about curating the Videocity exhibition 'Playing with Rules', which is … Continue reading ‘A talk by Friends Polina Chizhova and James Stephen Wright about curating their Videocity exhibition ‘Playing with Rules’
Polina Chizhova and James Stephen Wright form the Friends committee have co-curated a public video art exhibition that will take place at Unit 163 in the Grainger Market. The exhibition will be in place from 27th June until 21st July. "The exhibition invites visitors and passers-by to playfully reconsider the normality of everyday actions and … Continue reading ‘Playing with Rules’, a video art exhibition co-curated by Friends Polina Chizhova and James Stephen Wright
Dear Friends We have just had our Annual General Meeting (AGM) which was well attended. We began it with tea, coffee and biscuits and the opportunity to mix with one another. I thanked the Trustees who had served over the last 12 months and welcomed Baroness Joyce Quin who has agreed to serve as our … Continue reading Friends Bulletin Summer 2024
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