The Ashington Group's permanent collection is now housed at the Woodhorn Museum which has recently been absorbed into the North East Museums group. In 1936 though they featured in an exhibition at the Hatton Gallery. This is how it happened!Twelve months ago I had no particular interest in art.Today, Art Appreciation is an essential thrill … Continue reading The Ashington Group exhibition at the Hatton, 1936
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Featured Artist – Kath Price
Originally from the West Midlands, Kath moved to Sunderland in 1977 to take up a teaching post at a local college and eventually tutored for the Open University for 20 years. An interest in traditional clippy and hooky mats led Kath to undertake courses with various textile artists in the mid 90’s. After the turn … Continue reading Featured Artist – Kath Price
Featured Artist – Steve Pardue
Steve is an artist and designer, living and working in Northumberland. He combines a love of walking and nature with his art and fills his notebooks with poetic and immersive responses to nature and the world around him. He is also leading a workshop in Creative Nature Journaling for us on 13 Sept. In recent … Continue reading Featured Artist – Steve Pardue
Extraction Echoes – an international Videocity exhibition
Extraction Echoes is an international exhibition by Videocity and Forum Sudut Pandang. It is supported by the British Council and co-curated by Friend Polina Chizhova. It takes place in 3 different locations around the world, Newcastle upon Tyne, and Jakarta and Palu in Indonesia. The collaborative exhibition project “Extraction Echoes” brings together Indonesian and British … Continue reading Extraction Echoes – an international Videocity exhibition
Featured Artist – Theresa Poulton
Theresa Poulton was born in Everton, United Kingdom, 1963, she lives and works in the North East of England. Theresa is a Newcastle University MFA graduate, a freelance art tutor, hard-edged, abstract, geometric and text-based artist with a range of skills and knowledge in painting, drawing, composition, colour relationships, collage and theory. Magen David – … Continue reading Featured Artist – Theresa Poulton
Featured Artist – Hannah Forsyth
Hannah Forsyth is a Monotype Artist. I moved to Northumberland 25 years ago from Hertfordshire with the intention of staying for a year or so, 25 years later I have truly put down lasting roots and Northumberland is definitely my home. I studied art at foundation level, went on to study Sculpture at Brighton and … Continue reading Featured Artist – Hannah Forsyth
New international Videocity exhibition
Committee members Polina Chizova and James Stephen Wright are connected to Videocity; an international public art project founded in 2013 in Basel, Switzerland. There is an exhibition in March at NewBridge Books (the bookshop in The NewBridge Project) in Newcastle! The exhibition, is called “Delicate Liminalities”, and presents the work of three UK and three … Continue reading New international Videocity exhibition
Featured Artist – Jean Tinsley
Willow and driftwood basket by Jean Tinsley Handmade books by Jean Tinsley Baskets by Jean Tinsley Embroidered flowers by Jean Tinsley Celtic design by Jean Tinsley Linocut by Jean Tinsley Jean Tinsley is a multi-media artist and maker based in Stocksfield, Northumberland where she enjoys sharing her skills running art and craft workshops using a … Continue reading Featured Artist – Jean Tinsley
Upcoming Vacancies in Key Posts
This is a further reminder to members that the Chair, Secretary and Treasurer announced at the May AGM that this would be their final year in post. The current Secretary and Treasure (Richard and John) have each occupied their posts for many years and feel it is time for new people to take over. The … Continue reading Upcoming Vacancies in Key Posts
Future exhibitions
As we go to press, we have not been able to firm up dates for this year’s annual exhibition. We are currently in active talks with the gallery and the university and hope to be able to announce a date soon. If we can agree on dates in a timely fashion, we will send out … Continue reading Future exhibitions








