The Committee have put together a Friends’ Code of Conduct statement. As we look to expand our membership post COVID and the fact that we have lots of non-members (potential new members) attending our events, we thought we should lay out the values and principles of the organisation. It’s a short document but it aims … Continue reading Our new Code of Conduct
It’s amazing the breadth, range and quality of reference and research material you can find on the Internet these days. Organisations are digitising their traditional archives and making material available to anyone around the world with access to the Internet who wants to access it. Did you know that the Hatton Gallery has part of … Continue reading Hatton digital resources on the Internet
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
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
South Shields Museum celebrates the rich heritage of South Tyneside and the people who shaped it. The Museum is located in South Shields town centre on the pedestrianised part of Ocean Road. It is spread over two floors where the ground floor has exhibition displays, a shop and café and the first floor is the … Continue reading Spotlight on: South Shields Museum & Art Gallery
For a number of years, the Hatton has worked with a group of young people, called L-INK.Since the summer, L-INK have been working with the Hatton team to curate an exhibition of works from the Jerwood Collection, jerwood.org/Jerwoodcollection/ Through their work with the gallery, their personal research and the development of their collaborative practice, L-INK … Continue reading HAPPY!
We have had a very active Autumn in Learning at the Hatton Gallery this year. The exhibition. ‘Some Kind of Love; Actions and Reactions to Living on a Damaged Planet’ Is by Uta Kogelsberger who is a Professor in the Fine Art Department and an award winning artist. Through a series of interconnected works spanning … Continue reading Learning notes
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
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