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
The hand in date for your works for this year’s Summer Exhibition is Saturday 15th July. Hand in your work between 10:30am and 12:30 in the Ex Libris Gallery at the university. There will also be the opportunity to sign up for invigilations slots (usually 2 hours long) during the two week run of the … Continue reading Hand in date for the 2023 Summer Exhibition
Following on from out Featured Friend with Maggie Bassendine earlier this month, the exhibition in Australia of her late husband’s work she has been working on opens next week. The exhibition runs from the 27th May to 17th June at Defiance Gallery, Sydney, New South Wales.
Dear Friends At the time of writing this article the weather is continuing to be on the cold side for late April, let’s hope the summer is much warmer and sunnier. We had our Annual General Meeting in April which was well attended. We managed to get a couple of new Trustees, as well as … Continue reading Friends Bulletin May 2023
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