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.
Friday 17 November 2023 - 11.30 to 4pm A four hour workshop with artist Brenda Procter exploring the fascinating medium of Cyanotype. This is a photographic technique that doesn’t require sophisticated equipment or a darkroom to process the images. This activity produces images using sunlight to expose shapes on photosensitive paper. We will prepare these … Continue reading Cyanotype workshop with Brenda Procter
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
Saturday 16 September 2023 11.30 - 3.30pm Cost: £17 (£22 for non members)Learning Room at the Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne. A four hour workshop with Northumberland-based artist Katherine Renton. Katherine will give a talk and demonstration on her work in which she uses watercolours that she makes from seacoal and other materials that she sources … Continue reading Workshop by Katherine Renton – Coal, Colour & Castles
Friday 9th June 1.00 - 4:00pm Cost: £15 (£20 for non members)Learning Room at the Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne. Kittie Jones is an award-winning artist based in Edinburgh. Her practice focuses on drawing and printmaking - she produces mixed media drawings on paper out in the landscape, unique multi-layered monotypes and small edition screen prints. … Continue reading Talk/demonstration/workshop by Kittie Jones
Saturday 13th May 11.00 - 3.30 (30 minutes for lunch) Cost: £17 (£22 for non members)Learning Room at the Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne. A practical workshop exploring how to capture landscape in fabric and stitch, participants will work from their own source materials drawings, photos, paintings and magazine images to develop an appliqué image of … Continue reading A practical workshop: This Land of Ours – by textile artist Donna Cheshire MA
The Collagraph Day workshop held in early January was a great success. Brenda Procter (workshop leader) reflects below on the day. We’ve added some mini reviews from some of the people who came along too. Photographs by Jo Cousin. What a great day! And a well-attended workshop. Everybody was enthusiastic and creative. Everyone shared ideas … Continue reading Reflections on our Collagraph workshop
14th January 2023 11.30 - 3.30pm, lunch 12.30 - 1pm. Tea, coffee, and snacks provided.Learning Room at the Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne. All equipment provided, but please bring materials as described below and paper for printing. Collagraph is printing from a textured collage. Each print from the plate will be slightly different because it changes … Continue reading Collagraph day – a workshop presented by Brenda Procter
Curtained Clouds on Inner Farne Islands 29th October 2022, 12.30 - 4 pm. break at 3 pm for tea and cakes.Learning Room at the Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne. Ruth is a well renowned Northumbrian Artist with a large following. Her paintings sell all over the World. She’s recognised for her vivid use of colour and … Continue reading Oil painting workshop with Ruth Bond
We would like your help. We're currently gearing up to restart our more "normal" activities as COVID restrictions lift. We have produced a short questionnaire about the kind of events and activities you might like and be interested in attending in the future. I hope you can spare a couple of minutes to fill in … Continue reading Online survey about future Friends’ activities
To ensure your safety while visiting the Hatton Gallery a number of measures will have been put in place: All high contact areas such as toilets, handrails, etc will be regularly cleaned throughout opening hours. Signage will be installed on the toilet entrance door, lift and closed access, explaining the current measures. Toilets and lifts … Continue reading Health and Safety measures in the Gallery
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