Workshop by Katherine Renton – Coal, Colour & Castles

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

Reviews of our recent talk by Lindsay Roberts

Skeins of wool and pieces of fabric

Our recent demonstration and talk by The Border Tart (Lindsay Roberts) was really interesting. Here are some short reviews of the session which included a spinning demonstration and the opportunity to see examples of some gorgeous embroidered, printed and block printed fabrics… I originally came across Lindsay, The Border Tart, at an Edinburgh Yarn Festival … Continue reading Reviews of our recent talk by Lindsay Roberts

Talk/demonstration/workshop by Kittie Jones

Friday 9th June 1.00 - 4:00pm Cost: £15 (£20 for non members)Learning Room at the Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne. Kittie Jones is an award-winning artist based in Edinburgh. Her practice focuses on drawing and printmaking - she produces mixed media drawings on paper out in the landscape, unique multi-layered monotypes and small edition screen prints. … Continue reading Talk/demonstration/workshop by Kittie Jones

A practical workshop: This Land of Ours – by textile artist Donna Cheshire MA

Summer in Glen Rosa by Donna Cheshire

Saturday 13th May 11.00 - 3.30 (30 minutes for lunch) Cost: £17 (£22 for non members)Learning Room at the Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne. A practical workshop exploring how to capture landscape in fabric and stitch, participants will work from their own source materials drawings, photos, paintings and magazine images to develop an appliqué image of … Continue reading A practical workshop: This Land of Ours – by textile artist Donna Cheshire MA

Talk: Women Artists of the North East Library with founder Holly Argent

Women Artists North East Library - Workplace Gallery

Saturday 1st April, 12:30pm.Learning Room at the Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne. Women Artists of the North East Library The Women Artists of the North East Library is a growing library collection, an itinerant public programme of events and artist commissions, setting up contexts and perspectives for exploring artistic legacies of women and non-binary artists associated … Continue reading Talk: Women Artists of the North East Library with founder Holly Argent

Talk & demonstration by The Border Tart, Lindsay Roberts

Skeins of wool and pieces of fabric

Friday 24th February, 1-2pm,Learning Room at the Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne. Lindsay describes herself as a dyer, a stitcher, a maker, a sharer and a lover of words. Lindsay trades as The Border Tart (www.tartsart.co.uk). She graduated from the Scottish College of Textiles (now part of Heriot Watt University), bought a wooden floor loom and … Continue reading Talk & demonstration by The Border Tart, Lindsay Roberts