Dates

Until 11 July

About

Taking geometric shapes as inspiration, young designers from Northumbria University's BA Fashion course present unique and intriguing re-imaginings of an age-old fashion staple: the white shirt.

Until 11 July

About

Taking geometric shapes as inspiration, young designers from Northumbria University's BA Fashion course present unique and intriguing re-imaginings of an age-old fashion staple: the white shirt.

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All details on the Shipley Art Gallery website

Dates

Until 8 August

About

In celebration of drawing, Speculations: making thinking drawing brings together archival material with the work of contemporary artists in order to explore the ingenious and imaginative ways in which ideas, materials, space and structure can be evoked and investigated on the flat plane of the paper’s surface.

Speculations: making thinking drawing forms part of the inaugural exhibitions of ‘drawing?’ - a series of exhibitions, discussions, publications, lectures and events based around the theme of drawing, which will take place in various museums and galleries in the North East over the forthcoming year.

Exploring the creative process in art, design, science & technology.

All details on the Hatton Gallery website

Dates

Until 8 August

About

Widely known for his sculptures, installations and public artworks Gormley’s work is usually large scale. This small group of drawings from 2002 – 2014 reveal how drawing and sculpture have been in continuous dialogue throughout the artist’s career. Drawing is a means of moving away from the slow process of sculpture and of thinking and feeling beyond the body, into the abstracted condition of architecture.

In the words of the artist:

“I have been trying to reconcile the body with its habitat or architecture with anatomy and this show brings together drawings that try to make body volumes into chambers or frames and then locate them within a wider matrix.

“The drawings of the body as a space within space took me underground, above ground, any and everywhere. The paradox was that in attempting to 'define' an absolute crystallisation of human space in space, I ended up floating in indeterminacy”.

The exhibition forms part of the ‘Year of Drawing’ - a series of exhibitions, discussions, publications, lectures and events based around the theme of drawing, which will take place in various museums and galleries in the North East over the forthcoming year.

Exploring the creative process in art, design, science & technology.

All details on the Hatton Gallery website

Dates

Until 8 August

About

See the latest collection of work by the Friends of the Hatton.

Find out more about the Friends of the Hatton

All details on the Hatton Gallery website

Dates

Until 5 September

About

This truly magical, life-sized knitted garden was created in 2011 by over 2,500 knitters and crocheters in Dorset. People from the age of 2 to 99 created elements of the garden, complete with woolly flora and fauna, garden gnomes and small creatures. An exhibition guaranteed to put a smile on your face!

All details on the Shipley Art Gallery website

Dates

Until 19 September

About

Opening up an extraordinary documentary narrative, this exhibition is the first major account of the AmberSide Collection started by a group of like-minded students at Regent Street Polytechnic in London in 1968. With a resolve to collect documents of working class culture, Amber Collective moved to the North East of England the following year in 1969 and in 1977 opened Side Gallery where it remains today.

In 1982 a Channel 4 franchise enabled Amber to grow its ambitions in filmmaking and 45 years later it’s still producing, commissioning, supporting and collecting. The Amber films and photographs of collective member Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen have been recognised by UNESCO, and, for the first time since its beginnings, this major exhibition at the Laing celebrates the full story.

Photographs by Graham Smith, Chris Killip, Martine Franck, John Davies, Tish Murtha, beginning in the 1970s and continuing through to the present are shown alongside the contemporary international work Side has collected and exhibited. This includes Sander, Doisneau, Weegee, Russell Lee, Susan Meiselas, Eugene Richards and Graciela Iturbide, amongst others. Rooted in documenting the vernacular and cultural life of working class and marginalised communities in North East England, this remarkable archive is a conduit for engaging with international documentary photography and film and socially excluded communities worldwide.

‘For ever Amber’ is a partnership between Amber Film and Photography Collective and Laing Art Gallery, with support from Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums.

The title of the exhibition is taken from an inscription by Henri Cartier-Bresson on a photograph that he donated to the Amber collection.

All details on the Laing Art Gallery website

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Dates

Until 27 September

About

This exhibition from the British Library takes a look back at 10 of the most iconic children’s books that have been illustrated and re-illustrated throughout the 20th century.

From beautiful and rare first editions to original artwork by the likes of Quentin Blake, Michael Foreman, Peggy Fortnum and Lauren Child, the exhibition revisits much loved stories and characters that have been re-illustrated and reinterpreted for different generations of children. The exhibition reveals, through these unique and changing styles and techniques, a new way in which to appreciate some of the most familiar British children’s books.

Featuring at least four illustrated editions or pieces of artwork for each title, the exhibition focuses on 10 classics - Just So Stories, The Iron Man, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Wind in the Willows, Paddington Bear, Peter Pan and Wendy, The Hobbit, The Borrowers, The Secret Garden and The Railway Children, many of which are published by The Folio Society in beautifully illustrated cloth-bound editions.

Book online or at the Laing ticket desk on the first floor.

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All details on the Laing Art Gallery website

Dates

Until 20 February

About

Whether it’s sharing a meal with a loved one, having a pint in the pub, making music or dressing up for a night out, people have always found ways to celebrate life and enjoy themselves. Eat, Drink and Make Merry is all about these celebrations.

It’s the culmination of a partnership project with Gateshead University of the Third Age (U3A), with the selected works chosen by the volunteers together with the curator.

If you would like to know more about volunteering at Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums, or about joining the U3A in your area, please contact us. Email: info@shipleyartgallery.org.uk.

All details on the Shipley Art Gallery website

Dates

Until 11 July

About

Taking geometric shapes as inspiration, young designers from Northumbria University's BA Fashion course present unique and intriguing re-imaginings of an age-old fashion staple: the white shirt.

Image result for northumbria university logo

All details on the Shipley Art Gallery website

Dates

Until 8 August

About

All details on the Shipley Art Gallery website

Dates

Until 19 September

About

Opening up an extraordinary documentary narrative, this exhibition is the first major account of the AmberSide Collection started by a group of like-minded students at Regent Street Polytechnic in London in 1968. With a resolve to collect documents of working class culture, Amber Collective moved to the North East of England the following year in 1969 and in 1977 opened Side Gallery where it remains today.

In 1982 a Channel 4 franchise enabled Amber to grow its ambitions in filmmaking and 45 years later it’s still producing, commissioning, supporting and collecting. The Amber films and photographs of collective member Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen have been recognised by UNESCO, and, for the first time since its beginnings, this major exhibition at the Laing celebrates the full story.

Photographs by Graham Smith, Chris Killip, Martine Franck, John Davies, Tish Murtha, beginning in the 1970s and continuing through to the present are shown alongside the contemporary international work Side has collected and exhibited. This includes Sander, Doisneau, Weegee, Russell Lee, Susan Meiselas, Eugene Richards and Graciela Iturbide, amongst others. Rooted in documenting the vernacular and cultural life of working class and marginalised communities in North East England, this remarkable archive is a conduit for engaging with international documentary photography and film and socially excluded communities worldwide.

‘For ever Amber’ is a partnership between Amber Film and Photography Collective and Laing Art Gallery, with support from Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums.

The title of the exhibition is taken from an inscription by Henri Cartier-Bresson on a photograph that he donated to the Amber collection.

All details on the Laing Art Gallery website

Book now

Dates

Until 27 September

About

This exhibition from the British Library takes a look back at 10 of the most iconic children’s books that have been illustrated and re-illustrated throughout the 20th century.

From beautiful and rare first editions to original artwork by the likes of Quentin Blake, Michael Foreman, Peggy Fortnum and Lauren Child, the exhibition revisits much loved stories and characters that have been re-illustrated and reinterpreted for different generations of children. The exhibition reveals, through these unique and changing styles and techniques, a new way in which to appreciate some of the most familiar British children’s books.

Featuring at least four illustrated editions or pieces of artwork for each title, the exhibition focuses on 10 classics - Just So Stories, The Iron Man, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Wind in the Willows, Paddington Bear, Peter Pan and Wendy, The Hobbit, The Borrowers, The Secret Garden and The Railway Children, many of which are published by The Folio Society in beautifully illustrated cloth-bound editions.

Whether it’s sharing a meal with a loved one, having a pint in the pub, making music or dressing up for a night out, people have always found ways to celebrate life and enjoy themselves. Eat, Drink and Make Merry is all about these celebrations.

It’s the culmination of a partnership project with Gateshead University of the Third Age (U3A), with the selected works chosen by the volunteers together with the curator.

If you would like to know more about volunteering at Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums, or about joining the U3A in your area, please contact us. Email: info@shipleyartgallery.org.uk.

All details on the Shipley Art Gallery website

Dates

Until 8 August

About

Explore the awesome world of invertebrates in our new colourful and immersive family friendly exhibition Spineless.

Spineless is the first major natural history exhibition at the museum since it reopened in 2009.

Created by the museum’s own team, Spineless showcases specimens from the museum’s extensive natural history collections not currently on display, with live specimens including the world’s heaviest stick insect and largest spider.

With loans from the Natural History Museum in London including the world’s only venomous crustacean.

Find out more about the MFA degree.

All details on the Hatton Gallery website

Dates

Until 19 September

About

Opening up an extraordinary documentary narrative, this exhibition is the first major account of the AmberSide Collection started by a group of like-minded students at Regent Street Polytechnic in London in 1968. With a resolve to collect documents of working class culture, Amber Collective moved to the North East of England the following year in 1969 and in 1977 opened Side Gallery where it remains today.

In 1982 a Channel 4 franchise enabled Amber to grow its ambitions in filmmaking and 45 years later it’s still producing, commissioning, supporting and collecting. The Amber films and photographs of collective member Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen have been recognised by UNESCO, and, for the first time since its beginnings, this major exhibition at the Laing celebrates the full story.

Photographs by Graham Smith, Chris Killip, Martine Franck, John Davies, Tish Murtha, beginning in the 1970s and continuing through to the present are shown alongside the contemporary international work Side has collected and exhibited. This includes Sander, Doisneau, Weegee, Russell Lee, Susan Meiselas, Eugene Richards and Graciela Iturbide, amongst others. Rooted in documenting the vernacular and cultural life of working class and marginalised communities in North East England, this remarkable archive is a conduit for engaging with international documentary photography and film and socially excluded communities worldwide.

‘For ever Amber’ is a partnership between Amber Film and Photography Collective and Laing Art Gallery, with support from Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums.

The title of the exhibition is taken from an inscription by Henri Cartier-Bresson on a photograph that he donated to the Amber collection.

All details on the Laing Art Gallery website

Book now

Dates

Until 27 September

About

This exhibition from the British Library takes a look back at 10 of the most iconic children’s books that have been illustrated and re-illustrated throughout the 20th century.

From beautiful and rare first editions to original artwork by the likes of Quentin Blake, Michael Foreman, Peggy Fortnum and Lauren Child, the exhibition revisits much loved stories and characters that have been re-illustrated and reinterpreted for different generations of children. The exhibition reveals, through these unique and changing styles and techniques, a new way in which to appreciate some of the most familiar British children’s books.

Featuring at least four illustrated editions or pieces of artwork for each title, the exhibition focuses on 10 classics - Just So Stories, The Iron Man, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Wind in the Willows, Paddington Bear, Peter Pan and Wendy, The Hobbit, The Borrowers, The Secret Garden and The Railway Children, many of which are published by The Folio Society in beautifully illustrated cloth-bound editions.

Explore the awesome world of invertebrates in our new colourful and immersive family friendly exhibition Spineless.

Spineless is the first major natural history exhibition at the museum since it reopened in 2009.

Created by the museum’s own team, Spineless showcases specimens from the museum’s extensive natural history collections not currently on display, with live specimens including the world’s heaviest stick insect and largest spider.

With loans from the Natural History Museum in London including the world’s only venomous crustacean.

All details on the Great North Museum: Hancock website

Dates

Until 12 December

The Hatton Gallery is taken over by seven contemporary artists who reveal the unseen and unnoticed facets of our everyday environment.

Matthew Flintham presents a new installation revealing the hidden, virtual geometries of military airspaces that are all around us.

Rachel Garfield screens the second film in her trilogy The Struggle, commissioned by Beaconsfield, acknowledging unspoken ideologies saturating society.

Aaron Guy draws attention to how the layers of our environment are being shaped by invisible forces, changing the way we interact with the urban landscape.

A series of prints by Autumn Richardson and Richard Skelton trace the origins of familiar words to unearth their forgotten roots in the British landscape.

Matthew Tickle’s What the eye can’t see the heart can’t grieve for samples background radiation from the big bang which washes over and through our bodies.

Commissioned to accompany Unsensed, Yelena Popova uses the Hatton Gallery as a stage to present an installation of new ‘invisible’ paintings evoking the transience of visual images in the digital age

This exhibition has been supported by money raised through Arts Council England’s Catalyst Arts: capacity building and match funding scheme.

All details on the Hatton Gallery website

Dates

Until 20 February

Newcastle University alumnus Laurence Kavanagh presents a new art work in the Hatton Gallery's glass entrance, commissioned to respond to the legacy of Basic Design teaching at the University led by Victor Pasmore and Richard Hamilton in the 1950s and 1960s. Working with the Star and Shadow Cinema co-operative, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Kavanagh has created a collage which represents the cinema screen as a sculptural object, examining the relationship between the real space we inhabit when looking at the art work, and the imagined filmic space that the screen reflects.

Laurence Kavanagh is the 2014/2015 Warwick Stafford Fellow at Northumbria University.

This commission has been supported by money raised through Arts Council England’s Catalyst Arts: capacity building and match funding scheme.