Dear Friends We are well into November and the weather is still relatively warmer than normal for this time of the year. I’m sure you are now looking towards Christmas and all the preparation and enjoyment. Things are gradually progressing towards next year. We already have a date for our next exhibition from 31st March … Continue reading Friends’ Bulletin Winter 2024
Advance notice to all Members: The 2025 Annual General Meeting will take place on Saturday 5th April, 10.30 to 12.30 in the Hatton Learning Room. Meeting Agenda and associated documents will be included in the next bulletin.
Building on the success of our July 2023 exhibition we are pleased to give advanced notification of a similar exhibition planned for 2025. This will run from 31 March to 13th April 2025 and held in the same gallery as last year, which was the University’s Ex-Libris Gallery, linked to the Hatton. This notice will … Continue reading The Friends Annual Exhibition, 2025
Members Subscriptions are due from January 2025. Please ensure you are paying the correct membership fee. Fees are currently: Under 25’s and/or student membership £5 Single membership: £15 Family Membership £20
This exhibition (which runs until 11 January 2025) marks the return of Mali Morris to a city that holds a special place in her heart and one where her artistic career began. Arriving from North Wales as a student in 1963, Newcastle, with its wide streets and high-rise bridges, seemed dramatic and different. The whole … Continue reading Mali Morris: Returning – Hatton Gallery
The late Phyllida Barlow spoke of Mali Morris as having ‘extraordinary power as an artist of great authenticity and profound creativity’. Morris cites her influences as many and varied; studying in Newcastle’s Fine Art department in the 1960s, she valued the studio teaching of Rita Donagh and later became friends with painter Ian Stephenson, with … Continue reading Mali Morris – extraordinary power as an artist of great authenticity and profound creativity
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
At the Hatton Gallery we have a full learning programme that runs alongside each exhibition. Primary and secondary schools attend from across the North East and sometimes from further afield such as Cumbria and Yorkshire to participate in tours and art workshops. Further Education groups and students from a selection of universities also attend the … Continue reading Learning at the Hatton Gallery
Saturday 22 February, 1.30pm Charles Danby is an artist, critical art writer, independent curator and Assistant Professor in Fine Art at Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne. His writing explores hidden sensory realms within contemporary painting and tensions in the sensory knowledge of painting being formalised in language. His recent chapter Interspecies Cyborgs: Edges of Contemporary … Continue reading Rescheduled lecture by Charles Danby – Sensory Realms: More than visual stories in contemporary painting
Saturday 11 January, 11- 3 pm. This workshop will take place in the Seminar Room.£20 for Friends, £25 for non-members One of the benefits of ‘making’ is that it provides a focus away from the ‘everyday’ and working with your hands provides a mindful relaxing activity. In this workshop Jean will give a short presentation about … Continue reading Hanging bird decorations – a workshop with Jean Tinsley
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