Saturday 16th March, 1pm Andy Martin's talk this Saturday has had to be cancelled. We are hoping to reschedule the talk for a date in the autumn. ----- Andy works primarily with older, higher quality analogue processes - medium and large format film cameras to tell their stories. He is also one of a handful … Continue reading CANCELLED – Talk by Andy Martin, Photographer, Visual Artist and Filmmaker
Tag: Spring 2024 bulletin
Friends Bulletin Spring 2024
Dear Friends We recently had our first Trustees meeting of this year. We meet four times each year to deal with the management of the Friends of the Hatton’s business. It brings with it a New Year with fresh challenges and opportunities. It’s been a while since our last President retired and we have been … Continue reading Friends Bulletin Spring 2024
Review of our recent workshop by Katie Price
On the 16th December Katie Price conducted a workshop for the Friends of the Hatton. Katie had prepared lots of kits using her supplies of vintage quilts and fabric. She had prepared templates so we could make a selection of Christmas ornaments or fairy houses. She brought many samples of her own work together with … Continue reading Review of our recent workshop by Katie Price
Patchwork Workshop by Louise Underwood
Friday 19th April, 11 till 3 pm Louise is a textile artist based in 36 Lime Street, Newcastle, making unique pieces, working with traditional northeast techniques such as patchwork and quilting, hooky and proggy matting, as well as spinning, embroidery, felting, batik along with upholstery, printing and community yarnbombing. She has collaborated on and co-coordinated … Continue reading Patchwork Workshop by Louise Underwood
A message from our new President: Baroness Joyce Quin
It was a very pleasant surprise to be invited to become the President of the Friends of the Hatton Gallery. I was delighted to accept and be able to meet members of the Committee at their meeting last month. Over the years - indeed since way back in the 1960s! - I have visited the … Continue reading A message from our new President: Baroness Joyce Quin
Featured artist Adele Burdon
Adele graduated from Edinburgh College of Art with a BA Hons in Interior Design and previously and HND from Newcastle College in Spacial design. After a career in Interior Architecture Adele returned to her home town of Hexham in Northumberland to bring up her family. Here she became interested in printmaking and took several courses … Continue reading Featured artist Adele Burdon
Notice of 2024 Annual General Meeting
Notice is hereby given that the Friends of the Hatton Annual General Meeting will be held in the Learning Room in the Hatton Gallery on Saturday, 4th May 2024. The AGM will follow a similar format as in previous years which is as follows: 10.00 Coffee and biscuits 10.15 Show and Talk. We are inviting … Continue reading Notice of 2024 Annual General Meeting
Talk by artist Euan Lynn: An Instant History: The Story Of Instant Photography
11th May, 1:30 pm The concept of a photograph becoming available to us instantly is something we now take for granted – but it was the Polaroid Company who first brought us this miracle in the 1940’s, and then subsequently refined it over the coming decades. Pioneered by Edwin Land, instant photography cut out the … Continue reading Talk by artist Euan Lynn: An Instant History: The Story Of Instant Photography
Talk by Dr Harriet Sutcliffe – Curating Matt Rugg: Connected Form
Saturday 27th April, 1-2pm Connecting Form was the first major retrospective of the work of Matt Rugg (1935 - 2020), a highly regarded British artist and teacher who was at the forefront of radical changes in art education in the UK during the second half of the 20th century. Matt Rugg’s work occupies a distinctive … Continue reading Talk by Dr Harriet Sutcliffe – Curating Matt Rugg: Connected Form
Talk by artist Joanne Coates
6th April, 1:30 pm Joanne Coates is a working class visual artist using the medium of photography. She lives and works across the North East of England. Her work explores rurality, hidden histories, and inequalities relating to low income through photography, installations, and audio. She uses photography to question stories around power, identity, wealth, and … Continue reading Talk by artist Joanne Coates
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