Our workshops offer the chance to experience a range of media and techniques: from printmaking to pinhole camera workshops, to textiles and pen & ink sessions. For enticingly low fees, anyone can participate.
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
Saturday 8 February, 11:30am - 2.30pm. £20 for Friends, £25 for non-members If you missed out on the first workshop this is a chance to join in and learn about AI art in a relaxed participatory session. You don’t need any prior experience with technology, this is a playful artistic look at artificial intelligence. If … Continue reading Artificial Intelligence and the Artist (part 2) a workshop with Dr Leila Hogarth
Saturday 7 December, 11am - 3pm - Learning Room at the gallery In this workshop you can decorate a ready-made drawstring bag with a hand stitched robin or a tree made from a piece of vintage quilt, you can create a Scottie dog decoration or wall hanging, try the clippy-mat rag rug technique to make … Continue reading Let’s have fun with fabrics – a seasonal workshop with Kath Price
Saturday 9 November, 11.30 till 2.30pm - Learning Room at the gallery During the workshop, Louise will provide you with a brief guide to Fabric Art Memory Books looking at the work of other artists who use this beautiful and engaging technique to create lasting and useable artworks. You will look at the many different … Continue reading Fabric Memory Book workshop with Louise Underwood
Saturday 26 October, 11.30 till 2.30pm - Learning Room at the gallery Lindsey McLaren is a North East-based contemporary impressionist artist who has exhibited at the Alnmouth Arts Festival, Arts Centre Washington and the Customs House in South Shields. Her work can be viewed at http://www.lindseymclaren.co.uk and a collection of her oil paintings will be … Continue reading Learn how to paint a loose impressionistic landscape in oils with Lindsey McLaren
Saturday 21 September, 11.30 till 2.30pm - Learning Room at the gallery Leila’s workshop looks like it will be a fascinating and activity packed three hours. In the first part she will introduce her work and research and show some of the objects she has made during recent practice. Following on from this she will … Continue reading Artificial Intelligence and the Artist – a playful talk and workshop with collage by Leila Hogarth
My speculative creations, called Data Oracles below, were exhibited at Northumbria Design School in March and April. This was part of a celebration of women designers and creative technologists for International Women's Day. My current work is concerned with how our ethics and values are represented in emerging technologies, such as generative AI. And how … Continue reading Friend Leila Hogarth is planning an AI/collage based talk and workshop in the autumn
Saturday 17 August, 11 till 3 pm - Learning Room at the gallery Have fun trying out clippy and hooky rag rug techniques; then select one of these methods to create a clippy flower brooch or a hooked coaster using, amongst other materials, some colourful recycled sari fabric. No experience is necessary and we shall … Continue reading Kath Price – Introducing Traditional Clippy and Hooky Matmaking
Saturday, 20 July - 11.30 till 3.30pm - Learning Room at the gallery In this Summer-inspired workshop, Jo Duncan will demonstrate how to make appealing wool hedgehogs, using a simple pompom method which guarantees perfect results. In the second part of the workshop, we’ll create some little yarn birds which can be customised as standing, … Continue reading Woolly Creatures Workshop with Jo Duncan
Saturday 29 June - 11.30 - 3.30pm - Learning Room at the gallery Photographs are one of the richest sources of inspiration for landscape painters and almost all artists will use them at some point to create work. This workshop will help participants gain a deeper understanding of the potential of this way of working … Continue reading Painting Expressive Landscapes from photographs inspired by the work of David Bomberg and Joan Eardley – Edward Hillier
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