Art
Veterans into Clay Sunderland
This exhibition showcases ceramic works created by a vibrant community of veterans, their families, and friends over the past six months. Under the guidance of artist and PhD researcher Mary Watson, participants have explored a variety of clay-working techniques, including throwing, slab-building, coiling, and glazing.
- Venue:
- National Glass Centre, Liberty Way, Sunderland, SR6 0GL
- Date:
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Oct 3rd 2024 - Jan 31st 2025
- Opening Times:
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Daily 10:00 - 17:00
- Price:
- Free
Washington Open Exhibition 2024: Spotlight
Washington Open Exhibition shines a spotlight on the talented amateur and professional artists living and working in the region. The theme of the exhibition is “Past Reflections and Future Visions”, inspired by the recent 60th anniversary celebrations of Washington New Town.
- Venue:
- Arts Centre Washington, Biddick Lane, Fatfield, Washington, NE38 8AB
- Date:
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Nov 7th 2024 - Dec 21st 2024
- Opening Times:
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Mon 09:30 - 17:00 , Tue-Sat 09:30 - 20:00
- Price:
- Free
Not What It Seems... From the John Snijders collection
The role of the contemporary art collector is vital to the survival and thriving of any creative scene. Platform A has worked closely with collector John Snijders to curate an exhibition made up of works from his collection to provide insights towards an understanding of the thinking behind what fuels the desire to own particular artworks. This exhibition explores the relationship between gallerist, artist and collector and shares the fascinating thoughts and concepts that lay beneath the surface of these works and underpin their creation.
- Venue:
- Platform A Gallery, Middlesbrough Railway Station, Zetland Road, Middlesbrough, TS1 1EG
- Date:
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Nov 21st 2024 - Dec 19th 2024
- Opening Times:
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Tue-Fri 10:00 - 16:00
- Price:
- Free
Unearthed: Soil Restoration in Northumberland
Incentivised by the increasing cost of artificial fertiliser, Northumbrian farmer Stuart Johnson started to naturally restore the soil on his family farm. By brewing up compost teas, introducing mob grazing and planting over 250 in-field trees, Stuart reduced the chemicals, and his costs, by 90% and won Soil Farmer of the Year 2023. Unearthed: Soil Restoration in Northumberland features photography by Johannah Churchill, who has observed both macro and micro farm life at West Wharmley Farm for the past twelve months.
- Venue:
- The Sill: National Landscape Discovery Centre, Bardon Mill, Hexham, NE47 7AN
- Date:
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Nov 18th 2024 - Jan 12th 2025
- Opening Times:
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Daily 10:00 - 17:00
- Price:
- Free
This Was All Fields: A Project by Julia Heslop
As part of a ten-year project, artist Julia Heslop is exploring the social and environmental impacts of large scale housing development. Recently, she has been looking at the fields around the village of Murton in North Tyneside where 2,700 houses are due to be built, transforming the landscape immensely with lasting implications for local residents – both human and non-human. Understanding how children use, respond to and connect with this landscape is central to Heslop’s work. This display showcases the work created with children from Year 4 at Langley First School in West Monkseaton. After undertaking sensory walks around the fields, the children created monoprints based on what they found, and then developed them into zines exploring how the land has changed over time.
- Venue:
- Farrell Centre, The Sir Terry Farrell Building, Eldon Place, Newcastle, NE1 7RD
- Date:
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Sep 19th 2024 - Dec 20th 2024
- Opening Times:
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Sun and Wed-Sat 10:00 - 17:00
- Price:
- Free
Christmas Show
An exciting and diverse selection of artists, featuring painting, printmaking, jewellery, sculpture & ceramics. Artists include Norman Ackroyd, Jill Campbell, Melvyn Evans, Peter Furlonger, Nicola Gladwin, Imogen Hawgood, Crispian Heath, Albert Irvin, Stephen Jeffrey, Laurel Keeley, Frances Law, Peter Quinn, Ray Richardson, Sarah Ross-Thompson, Lucy May Schofield, Neil Wood, Silverkupe jewellery and a selection of Japanese Woodblock Prints.
- Venue:
- Gallagher & Turner, 30 St Mary’s Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7PQ
- Date:
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Nov 7th 2024 - Jan 4th 2025
- Opening Times:
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Tue-Fri 10:30 - 17:00 , Sat 10:00 - 16:00
- Price:
- Free
Bittersweet Daze - Kitty L M McKay
Kitty L M McKay - originally from Leicestershire, is a North-East based artist currently working in the intersection between painting and sculpture. Mckay takes monochromatic memories of leisure and transforms them into bold nostalgic works. Using plasticine, McKay conveys the playfulness of forgotten leisure and attempts to physically reconstruct memories as the mind would. In this series Mckay explores the duality of loss and hope found in lost lidos dotted around the U.K. From Tynemouth’s old coastal pool, to a Welsh Village’s lido these sites were once widespread across the U.K. then slowly fell out of favour. Despite their atmosphere of decay, there is a poetic nature to their lost grandeur and the ghosts of recreation that haunt them.
- Venue:
- Dry Water Arts Centre, The Workshop, Wellwood Street, Amble, Northumberland, NE65 0FG
- Date:
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Nov 8th 2024 - Dec 14th 2024
- Opening Times:
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8th Nov - 14th Dec 2024 TBC
- Price:
- Free
Secret City: Newcastle
The images captured by Andrew Brooks while exploring sites and rarely seen Newcastle locations will be displayed in an exhibition in at the front of the museum. Andrew Brooks is a photographer, filmmaker and digital artist based on the edge of the Peak District. His photographs capture landscapes, cities and architecture in vivid, atmospheric detail. Through this work he shares the stories of these places, capturing their histories in ways that connect with our modern world.
- Venue:
- Great North Museum: Hancock, Barras Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4PT
- Date:
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Nov 18th 2024 - Jan 5th 2025
- Opening Times:
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Mon-Fri 10:00 - 17:00 , Sun 11:00 - 16:00 , Sat 10:00 - 16:00
- Price:
- Free
Mary Ann Rogers’ Christmas Open Days
Enjoy a truly special christmas shopping experience far from the hustle and bustle. Enter into the spirit of Christmas with a glass of warm mulled wine (or tea/coffee) plus a mince pie, and browse the paintings, prints, cards, throws, bone china, stationery and arty gifts to delight the recipients! Locally made silver jewellery by Linden Craven will be available for sale, also stunning willow hoops with fairy lights created by the very clever Ginette in West Woodburn.
- Venue:
- Mary Ann Rogers Gallery, Leam Cottage, West Woodburn, Hexham, Northumberland, NE48 2SE
- Date:
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Nov 22nd 2024 - Dec 7th 2024
- Opening Times:
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22nd-24th, 30th November 10:00 - 17:00 , 1st, 7th, 8th December 10:00 - 17:00
- Price:
- Free
Angel Wings and Winter Things: A Festive Trail
A brand new indoor festive art trail on the theme of angels. New artworks and installations produced by Ushaw studio artists, local businesses, societies, charities, and community groups will be on display throughout the buildings and chapels, transforming spaces and providing visitors with a host of unique photo opportunities.
- Venue:
- Ushaw: Historic House, Chapels and Gardens, Woodland Road, Durham, DH7 9RH
- Date:
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Nov 23rd 2024 - Dec 22nd 2024
- Opening Times:
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Mon-Sat 11:00 - 16:00
- Price:
- Adults £10 / Children £6 / under 5s free / annual memberships available
The Skin We Live In: Portraits from the NGCA Collection
The inaugural exhibition of artwork from Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art’s (NGCA) collection brought together in a group show exploring contemporary portraiture through photography, painting, sculpture, film, and printmaking. The exhibition features artwork by 28 contemporary artists and photographers who turn the tables on historic associations and practices of portraiture to go beyond ‘skin deep’ delving further into our shared human condition.
- Venue:
- Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, c/o National Glass Centre, Liberty Way, Sunderland, SR6 0GL
- Date:
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Nov 23rd 2024 - Mar 2nd 2025
- Opening Times:
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Daily 10:00 - 17:00
- Price:
- Free
Harry Griffin: My name is Harry, these are my pictures and they are nice
The first gallery exhibition of British photographer Harry Griffin on display across NGCA Collection Space and Pop Recs (172-175 High St W, Sunniside, Sunderland, SR1 1UP). The exhibition comprises hundreds of photographs from Harry’s photographic archive providing a unique insight into Britain’s vibrant comedy circuit, family and friendships, moments of joy, celebration and boredom all shot through with wit, humour and candid moments of life on tour.
- Venue:
- Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, c/o National Glass Centre, Liberty Way, Sunderland, SR6 0GL
- Date:
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Nov 23rd 2024 - Mar 2nd 2025
- Opening Times:
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Daily 10:00 - 17:00
- Price:
- Free
Solid Ground
An exhibition which showcases work from some of the unsung heroes of the Teesside creative community. Solid Ground features a diverse selection of work encompassing sculpture, photography, performance and audio-visual from those artists and organisations who devote the lion's share of their time and energy to supporting and facilitating fellow creatives. We take this opportunity to celebrate the backstage crew, bringing their practice into the spotlight.
- Venue:
- Former B&M Dundas Shopping Centre, Middlesbrough, TS1 1HR
- Date:
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Nov 23rd 2024 - Dec 13th 2024
- Opening Times:
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23rd Nov - 13th Dec 2024 TBC
- Price:
- Free
Ouseburn Open Studios
The Biscuit Factory is excited to open its doors for the highly anticipated Ouseburn Open Studios; a weekend celebration of art, creativity, and craftsmanship with lots of opportunities to source thoughtful and unique gifts! Explore two floors of art and craft in the gallery, meet
talented local artists in the studios below, and immerse yourself in live demonstrations and activities.
- Venue:
- The Biscuit Factory, 16 Stoddard Street, Newcastle, NE2 1AN
- Date:
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Nov 23rd 2024 - Nov 24th 2024
- Opening Times:
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23rd - 24th Nov 2024 TBC
- Price:
- Free
Sheila Fell: Cumberland on Canvas
Sheila Fell RA FRSA (1931 – 1979) was one of Cumbria and, indeed, the 20th century’s most significant artists. Championed by Lowry, her expressionist landscapes showed her native Cumberland beyond the pastoral and picturesque. Though she lived her adult life in London, it was her birthplace that served as inspiration throughout her career. Sheila Fell: Cumberland on Canvas will be the first major retrospective of Fell’s work in over thirty years.
- Venue:
- Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle Street, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA3 8TP
- Date:
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Nov 23rd 2024 - Mar 16th 2025
- Opening Times:
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Mon-Sat 10:00 - 16:00
- Price:
- Adult admission (valid for 12 months) £15/Under 18s Free
Made @ 36 | Studio Members Group Exhibition
A celebration of making within 36 Lime Street. This November the gallery will be transformed into a living space/room set, inhabited by objects designed, made, or recreated by members of Lime Street. The exhibition celebrates the exciting breadth of creativity of their studio holders.
- Venue:
- 36 Lime Street, 36 Lime Street, Ouseburn, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 2PQ
- Date:
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Nov 23rd 2024 - Nov 24th 2024
- Opening Times:
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Sat-Sun 10:30 - 19:30 , Mon-Fri 12:00 - 14:00 , Mon-Fri 17:00 - 20:00
- Price:
- Free
Lizzie Rowe: Life and Works
Lizzie Rowe was a fantastic, highly acclaimed North East artist who sadly died unexpectedly in December 2023. Lizzie started life as a male but as he grew older he became aware of questions around the fluidity of his gender exploring the possibilities of cross dressing and transitioning in his paintings. After studying Fine Art at Reading University in the 1970s he established himself as a powerful artist with a national reputation, winning numerous commissions and awards. This exhibition celebrates the life and works of Lizzie Rowe and charts her transition from male to female through her stunning and at times challenging works.
- Venue:
- Abject Gallery, 47 Fawcett street, Sunderland, SR1 1RE
- Date:
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Nov 23rd 2024 - Dec 6th 2024
- Opening Times:
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Thu-Sat 12:00 - 16:00
- Price:
- Free
Ouseburn Open Studios
A wonderful opportunity to explore and shop. Artists and designers will be present in their studios, eager to meet you. Why not drop by, see their creative processes firsthand, and find out what inspires their creativity? There’ll be incredible gift ideas available to choose from with furniture, paintings, textile and leather products, jewellery, prints, illustrations, items for the home and unique ‘stocking fillers’ all available to buy or commission direct from the artists and designers.
- Venue:
- Mushroom Works, St Lawrence Road, Ouseburn Valley, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE6 1AR
- Date:
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Nov 23rd 2024 - Nov 24th 2024
- Opening Times:
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23rd - 24th Nov 2024 10:00 - 17:00
- Price:
- Free
Hartlepool Art Club’s 77th Annual Exhibition
A showcase of the imagination and skills that have established Hartlepool Art Club’s reputation as one of the leading art societies in the North of England.
- Venue:
- Hartlepool Art Gallery, The Tourist Information Centre, Church Square, Hartlepool, TS24 7EQ
- Date:
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Nov 23rd 2024 - Jan 18th 2025
- Opening Times:
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Tue-Sat 10:00 - 17:00
- Price:
- Free
Santa’s Helpers: Being Santa (Exhibition by Matthew Askey)
A unique collection of portraits of people who've dressed up as Santa Claus, inspired by the enduring legacy of St Nicholas, the patron saint of Newcastle Cathedral. In 2022, Matthew Askey was artist-in-residence at ‘SantaCon London’, where he joined hundreds of others clad in Santa suits, parading the streets. From this ‘non-profit, non-political, and non-sensical Christmas parade’, Askey created these evocative works, reflecting on the timeless appeal of St Nicholas and reminding us of the power of generosity, kindness and community.
- Venue:
- Newcastle Cathedral, Newcastle, NE1 1DF
- Date:
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Nov 29th 2024 - Jan 6th 2025
- Opening Times:
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Mon-Fri 08:00 - 18:00 , Sat-Sun 08:00 - 17:00
- Price:
- Free
Hope as a Radical Act
An exciting new pop up exhibition designed and curated by Paul Warrior and Jimmy Turrell. This exhibition aims to reimagine protest culture, offering a fresh perspective on activism, creativity, and collective hope. Rather than focusing on opposition and destruction, this exhibition invites viewers to explore how protest can be an act of proposition, creativity, and positive change. The exhibition will feature contributions from both local and national artists, including photographers, graphic designers, and street artists.
- Venue:
- The Old School Gallery, Foxton Road, Alnmouth, Northumberland, NE66 3NH
- Date:
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Nov 9th 2024 - Jan 20th 2025
- Opening Times:
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Daily 10:00 - 17:00
- Price:
- Free
Gingerbread Street
A tiny street made entirely from gingerbread will go on display at The Biscuit Factory this December. The edible exhibition is the first of its kind in North-East England and is part of local charity Oasis Community Housing’s Christmas Appeal. Many biscuity buildings will create the Gingerbread Street exhibition, which aims to raise
awareness of homelessness and the community that is needed to make people feel they have a home. All of the confectionery constructions have been built by teams from local businesses and schools. Regrettably, nibbling the exhibit is not allowed!
- Venue:
- The Biscuit Factory, 16 Stoddard Street, Newcastle, NE2 1AN
- Date:
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Dec 3rd 2024 - Dec 27th 2024
- Opening Times:
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Daily 10:00 - 17:00
- Price:
- Free
Eat filaments for breakfast and shine all day | Ella Burgess, Oisin Stanley-Stephenson & Benjamin Belinska
A theatrical exhibition blurring fantastical fiction with mundane reality. An installation to help understand the times we live in through the objects we keep and dispose of.
- Venue:
- 36 Lime Street, 36 Lime Street, Ouseburn, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 2PQ
- Date:
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Dec 6th 2024 - Dec 15th 2024
- Opening Times:
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Sat-Sun 10:30 - 19:30 , Mon-Fri 12:00 - 14:00 , Mon-Fri 17:00 - 20:00
- Price:
- Free
Mani Kambo: Ax·is Mun·di
Mani Kambo’s solo show is a major new commission and will be the artist’s first institutional exhibition. A multidisciplinary artist, Mani Kambo is based in Newcastle upon Tyne and explores the inner spirit by drawing on her own personal totemic symbols. Influenced by her upbringing in a household filled with superstition, prayer, and religious ceremony, Kambo’s practice encompasses textiles, fabric dying and printmaking, and is rooted in her family history within the caste system.
- Venue:
- BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, South Shore Road, Gateshead Quays, Gateshead, NE8 3BA
- Date:
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Dec 7th 2024 - Jun 1st 2025
- Opening Times:
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Sun and Wed-Sat 10:00 - 18:00
- Price:
- Free
4000 Years: Queering Redcar's History
An alternative look at Redcar’s history through a queer lens that stretches back into the deep past and casts a glance forward into our possible futures. The exhibition is based upon themes uncovered through research compiled by a group of 6 local researchers (Matthew Dowell, Meg Warriner, Conner Kacperski, Cai Donoghue, Zowe Sands and Grace Barnes) and interpreted by artists, critiquing the ‘norm’ of what are perceived as traditional histories of Redcar through alternative narratives.
- Venue:
- The Redcar Palace, Palace 28, 28-29 Esplanade, Redcar, TS10 3AE
- Date:
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Dec 7th 2024 - Feb 1st 2025
- Opening Times:
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Tue-Sat 10:00 - 16:00
- Price:
- Free
Losing Track, Holding Traces
An exhibition of work by three artists who connect with the landscape and each other through walking, drawing and making. Jane Gower creates ephemeral sculptures
made in the landscape from natural materials found on her journeys, Omi Pharncote works in felt, often incorporating textures and found materials in her textile works
and Jenny Purrett’s drawings capture the vitality of nature, including tree portraits and delicate drawings using pigment. This exhibition explores how their work has
developed over the course of a year through their shared experiences of places and collaborations with nature.
- Venue:
- Gateshead Central Library, Prince Consort Road, Gateshead, NE8 4LN
- Date:
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Jan 18th 2025 - Mar 29th 2025
- Opening Times:
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Sat 09:00 - 13:00 , Tue-Wed and Fri 09:00 - 17:00 , Mon and Thu 09:00 - 19:00
- Price:
- Free
‘The Dome Wasn’t Built in a Day’
This open exhibition will include a mixture of artists selected anonymously. This will provide the opportunity for North East Artists to have their work shown in a public exhibition. This exhibition is in collaboration with For The Love Of The North.
- Venue:
- Spanish City, Whitley Bay, Tyne & Wear, NE26 1BG
- Date:
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Jan 24th 2025 - Apr 6th 2025
- Opening Times:
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24th Jan - 6th Apr 2025 TBC
- Price:
- Free
Monochrome
An exhibition of EDAN artists' work entirely in black, white and greyscale.
- Venue:
- EDAN Gallery, The Art Block, 74 Church Street, Seaham, County Durham, SR7 7HF
- Date:
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Jan 28th 2025 - Mar 2nd 2025
- Opening Times:
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Tue-Fri 11:00 - 15:00 , Sat 10:00 - 16:00
- Price:
- Free
Coal Face: Sunderland
Explore the stories of Sunderland’s collieries through the faces and the words of 40 of the people who knew them best. ‘Coal Face: Sunderland’ is an exhibition of film and tintype portraiture from local photographer Andy Martin, as well as poetry and prose from writer Dr Louise Powell, both of whom have won awards for their work. Through a dialogue between word and image, Powell and Martin create a compelling narrative about working life in Sunderland’s mines – and what it means to have seen the collieries close.
- Venue:
- Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens, Mowbray Gardens, Burdon Road, Sunderland, SR1 1PP
- Date:
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Feb 1st 2025 - Mar 15th 2025
- Opening Times:
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Sat 10:00 - 16:00 , Mon-Fri 09:30 - 17:00
- Price:
- Free
Graham Vasey Between Land and Sea: The History and Folklore of Hartlepool
Step into a world where the past and present collide, where the echoes of Hartlepool’s rich history and captivating folklore come alive through the lens of renowned photographer Graham Vasey. This exhibition invites you to explore the hidden stories and timeless traditions that have shaped the character of this remarkable coastal town.
- Venue:
- Hartlepool Art Gallery, The Tourist Information Centre, Church Square, Hartlepool, TS24 7EQ
- Date:
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Feb 1st 2025 - Mar 29th 2025
- Opening Times:
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Tue-Sat 10:00 - 17:00
- Price:
- Free
The Lost and Left Behind: The work of Gillian Lee Smith
This exhibition explores connections and memories that are accumulated, embellished, diminished, and sometimes lost and even rediscovered over time. Whilst the work represents and honours our collective heritage, our ancestors, and those who have come before us, we are also invited to view ourselves with the same curiosity and reverence as those we hold dear. What if we were to create/recreate (and even imagine!) stories that are familiar and celebrate our uniqueness - to connect with ourselves, our memories, and our human experience?
- Venue:
- Bailiffgate Museum, 14 Bailiffgate, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 1LX
- Date:
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Feb 4th 2025 - Mar 30th 2025
- Opening Times:
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Sun and Tue-Sat 10:00 - 16:00
- Price:
- Adults £6/conc £5/children £1
