After Brenda Procter’s initial printing workshop in the spring, participants wanted to produce a collaborative picture. It was not easy gathering everybody together but we managed to meet on Friday 5th May and produced a Collaborative Picture on the theme of trees. The picture was mounted exhibited in the Friends’ recent Summer Exhibition. We hope … Continue reading Collaborative Workshop
This time, our “Featured” section is a little different. This Time we’re featuring local photographic artist Alison Hall. Alison is based in Northumberland, now retired from a career in office administration with the Open University. She enjoys being able to dedicate more time to her interest in photography and exhibits her work at various events … Continue reading Featured Artist – Alison Hall
Friday 17 November 2023 - 11.30 to 4pm A four hour workshop with artist Brenda Procter exploring the fascinating medium of Cyanotype. This is a photographic technique that doesn’t require sophisticated equipment or a darkroom to process the images. This activity produces images using sunlight to expose shapes on photosensitive paper. We will prepare these … Continue reading Cyanotype workshop with Brenda Procter
28 October - 1pm - The Learning Room of the Hatton Gallery In relation to artists’ placements and the role of artists in urban and rural planning this talk will explore what we might mean by ‘practice’ and the potential of practice(s). To trace practice as it takes place in different formations and scales this … Continue reading Talk: Dr Julie Crawshaw – Practice, placements, and planning
Saturday 4 November 2023 - 11.30 till 3.30pm, The Learning Room at the Hatton Gallery Robert Newton Talk and painting demo “This is a talk about my becoming an artist. I will show some early/recent work, then move onto my paints and materials. I’ll give an overview of my sketches and how I translate and … Continue reading Talk and demonstration by artist Robert Newton
This year’s exhibition, was held in the Ex Libris Gallery at the university, and ran for two weeks at the end of July. We had 48 works submitted by 27 artists. The works on display presented a wide variety of subjects and different media too including painting (watercolour, oil, acrylic and gouache), drawing (pencil, ink, … Continue reading Summer Exhibition 2023
In autumn 2023, the Friends of the Hatton lecture programme is focussing on art in public space and the role of artists in planning and urban design. In September we are looking forward to welcoming Prof Wolfgang Weileder, who will speak about the changing and challenging relationship between art and architecture, followed by a lecture … Continue reading Autumn Lecture Programme
30 September - 1.00pm, The Learning Room at the Hatton Gallery Contemporary art has always had a changing and often challenging relationship with public space, the surrounding architecture, as well as the urban context and the people therein. The temporary time-based and site-specific works of Wolfgang Weileder offer a new approach to question our understanding … Continue reading Talk: Wolfgang Weileder – visual artist and sculptor
Saturday 16 September 2023 11.30 - 3.30pm Cost: £17 (£22 for non members)Learning Room at the Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne. A four hour workshop with Northumberland-based artist Katherine Renton. Katherine will give a talk and demonstration on her work in which she uses watercolours that she makes from seacoal and other materials that she sources … Continue reading Workshop by Katherine Renton – Coal, Colour & Castles
Our summer exhibition opens on 17th July. We are hosted again in the Ex Libris Gallery at Newcastle University. The exhibition runs for two weeks, finishing on 28th July. The exhibition is primarily a selling exhibition. We hope you’ll be able to pop in and have a look round what promises to be a varied … Continue reading Friends’ Summer Exhibition 2023
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