What a delightful way to spend a Saturday afternoon! Vivien’s workshop was brilliant! In 2 hours we managed to make a beautiful ribbon picture. We were guided step by step how to construct our picture, starting with the background leading up to the flowers and the grass. Vivien shared her expertise and tricks of the trade with … Continue reading Review of our Ribbon Embroidery workshop
I spent the day with Katherine Rousselange today, teaching at the Hatton Gallery in Newcastle University for the wonderful folk in the Friends of the Hatton group. It’s always good fun working alongside Katherine - we make a rather formidable teaching duo! We spent the day winding our way through various sketching exercises focused on … Continue reading Review of our “Sketching Newcastle with a bunch of famous artists”
Karen from Ruby Jones Jewellery visited the gallery to give a talk on her beaded jewellery. Her journey started after picking up a kit and getting hooked. As time went by she became proficient in making pieces of jewellery and took the brave step to leave accountancy and set up her own business. Today she … Continue reading Review of our Ruby Jones bead weaving demonstration
We are currently trying to finalise dates for both our AGM and our upcoming exhibition. Details of both should be in our next bulletin which is due out in May.
Over the last few years we have had an increasing number of non-members attending our workshops. This is great, BUT it would be even better if these non-members signed up to be fully fledged Friends. So, in a bid to encourage non-members to take out a proper membership we have introduced a new ticket type … Continue reading New workshop online workshop ticket type
... on the wonderfully curated exhibition HAPPY! The preview on 13th February was very well attended with lots of excited children. It’s an amazing mixture of established artists and budding ones!Members of the Friends of the Hatton Committee
It has been a busy start to 2026 for the wider North East Museums Team with a whole host of new exhibitions opening and welcoming thousands of visitors already. It is not often that a masterpiece by one of the world’s most famous artists comes to South Tyneside so we were delighted to open Monet: … Continue reading A note form the head of North East Museums
Newcastle University's Department of Fine Art’s visiting speaker programme hosts a weekly lecture at 12 noon every Wednesday in the Fine Art Lecture Theatre. You can view the programme at the link below: https://blogs.ncl.ac.uk/fineartcommunityboard/visiting-speaker-programme/
Third year has appeared as one of the most intense and formative chapters of my academic journey so far. The shift in expectations is palpable: the dissertation demands sustained critical engagement, rigorous research, and conceptual clarity, while studio practice requires equal commitment to experimentation, refinement, and articulation of ideas. Navigating both simultaneously has meant learning … Continue reading My experience: as a third-year fine art student
and the Northumberland Open Exhibition Woodhorn Museum is located in what was once the largest pit village in the world, the former colliery now welcomes thousands of people each year, telling the story of what daily life was really like for Northumberland’s mining communities. The museum houses an impressive banner collection, chronicles the life of … Continue reading Spotlight on: Woodhorn Museum
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