From March 2024, we are delighted to present a series of lectures on photography and lens-based media. The series will be started by Prof Wolfgang Weileder, who introduced us to his public art practice back in September. Wolfgang hoped to also mention his photography practice (or sculpting in time as he referred to it), but … Continue reading Spring Lecture Programme – Focus on Photography
Unfortunately, due to unforseen circumstances, Dr Crawshaw's talk has had to be cancelled. We will confirm the rescheduled date and time as soon as we can. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
25 November - 1:30pm - The Learning Room of the Hatton Gallery Unbeknown to many, Gateshead Riverside Park is the birthplace of cultural regeneration in the UK. Experiencing the economic and social impacts of post-industrial decline, in the late 1980s the town embarked on what is now a typical path of cultural regeneration. It hosted … Continue reading Talk: Prof Vee Pollock – Public Art and Urban Cultural Regeneration in the UK: Gateshead Riverside Park
28 October - 1pm - The Learning Room of the Hatton Gallery. If you would like to reserve a place for Dr Crawshaw's talk please use the Eventbrite link below. The talk is free for members and £5 for non-members which will be requested on the day. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/foh-lectures-practice-placements-and-planning-by-dr-julie-crawshaw-tickets-738528477557?aff=oddtdtcreator If you are interested in attending, please … Continue reading Talk: Dr Julie Crawshaw – reserve your ticket
28 October - 1pm - The Learning Room of the Hatton Gallery In relation to artists’ placements and the role of artists in urban and rural planning this talk will explore what we might mean by ‘practice’ and the potential of practice(s). To trace practice as it takes place in different formations and scales this … Continue reading Talk: Dr Julie Crawshaw – Practice, placements, and planning
Saturday 4 November 2023 - 11.30 till 3.30pm, The Learning Room at the Hatton Gallery Robert Newton Talk and painting demo “This is a talk about my becoming an artist. I will show some early/recent work, then move onto my paints and materials. I’ll give an overview of my sketches and how I translate and … Continue reading Talk and demonstration by artist Robert Newton
In autumn 2023, the Friends of the Hatton lecture programme is focussing on art in public space and the role of artists in planning and urban design. In September we are looking forward to welcoming Prof Wolfgang Weileder, who will speak about the changing and challenging relationship between art and architecture, followed by a lecture … Continue reading Autumn Lecture Programme
30 September - 1.00pm, The Learning Room at the Hatton Gallery Contemporary art has always had a changing and often challenging relationship with public space, the surrounding architecture, as well as the urban context and the people therein. The temporary time-based and site-specific works of Wolfgang Weileder offer a new approach to question our understanding … Continue reading Talk: Wolfgang Weileder – visual artist and sculptor
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
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
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