an update from Lindsey McLaren Lindsey McLaren hosted our painting impressionistic landscape in oils workshop in 2024. She originally trained in illustration and graphic design but her creative journey took a personal turn when she inherited her father’s oil paints. Since then, she has embraced painting as her primary medium, developing a style that celebrates … Continue reading Capturing Light, Landscape and Life
This workshop was both practical and fun. Hannah, our enthusiastic and inspiring tutor for the session, said that all we needed to bring was a disposition to ‘play’ and that, was how it worked out. Hannah combined artistic insight with thorough organisation to unleash the creativity of our group. This was a high energy ‘print … Continue reading Review of our Monotype/Monoprint workshop led by Hannah Forsyth
Steve’s workshop on nature journaling was complete revelation in how to look at nature and the methods to record them. His patience when explaining then individually sitting with each of us to develop our journals was incredible. Steve came with examples and ideas, his knowledge was phenomenal he definitely knew his stuff. I learnt new skills … Continue reading Review of our Nature Journaling workshop led by Steve Pardue
Saturday 28 February, 11-3pm. £20 for Friends, £25 for non-members. You can also buy tickets for Katherine and Luke's workshop from our WeGotTickets page. Learning skills and approaches to sketching, from JMW Turner and other great artists who have all tackled Newcastle as a subject. Local artists Luke McTaggart and Katherine Renton team up for … Continue reading Sketching Newcastle with a bunch of famous artists led by Katherine Renton & Luke McTaggart
Saturday 31 January 2026, 11-2 pm. £20 for Friends, £25 for non-members. You can also buy tickets for Louise's workshop from our WeGotTickets page. Started a textile craft project and haven't finished it? Are you looking for the motivation to get back into making? Then why not bring your crafting 'work in progress' (WIPS), unfinished … Continue reading Workshop: Reinvigorate your crafting WIPs and UFOs with Louise Underwood
Saturday 21 February 2026, 12.30 - 2pm, £20 for Friends, £25 for non-members. book online wegottickets.com/event/683467 or contact josephinecousin@googlemail.com to reserve a place. Join Karen of Ruby Jones Beadwork for an introduction to the heritage craft of Bead Weaving and Bead Embroidery. Karen’s demonstration will cover techniques, tools, materials and inspiration as well as her … Continue reading An Introduction to Bead Weaving with Ruby Jones
The final year Fine Art students at Newcastle University are organising an Art Auction to raise funds for their degree shows in the summer of 2026. The auction takes place in the King Edward VII Building of Newcastle University, NE1 7RU.on Friday 21 November. For further details, check out the Auction Instagram @nclartauction Newcastle Fine … Continue reading Newcastle University Art Auction 2025
Dear Friends Welcome to our Autumn Bulletin. The appointment of new committee members at the reconvened AGM means that the Friends of the Hatton is able to continue. When the possibility of closure threatened the group, I decided to volunteer as Chair. As a past manager of a charity, I know how important members, trustees … Continue reading Friends’ Bulletin Autumn 2025
Last year, our Chair (Bill Jackson), Secretary (Richard Thompson) and Treasurer (John Dance) all retired their posts. Bill has been Chair for three years and Richard and John have been in post since 2012, a whopping thirteen years! We’d like to take this opportunity to thank Bill, Richard and John for their untiring efforts managing, … Continue reading Special thanks again to Bill, Richard and John
After asking the question, it seems like quite a few of us do! So, we have decided to give it a go too, with our events schedule. We are trialling online ticket agent We Got Tickets to sell some tickets for this quarter’s workshops. We have set up a Friends of the Hatton page at … Continue reading Do you buy your event tickets online?
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