A line up of five artists has been recruited to explore the industrial heritage which has shaped the North Pennines landscape and its people. The North Pennines National Landscape team has awarded four community arts bursaries and appointed an artist-in-residence as part of its new Land of Lead and Silver project. It will run until …
Summer sees the flowers blooming at Seaton Delaval Hall along with the annual display of contemporary art, courtesy of the North East Emerging Artist Award. As the work of the latest three winners is unveiled at the National Trust property, so the eight contenders for next year’s commissions begin vying for the public vote. Can …
If you have visited Auckland Castle over the past few years, there’s a good chance you’ll have peered over the wall at the gardens laid out on the slopes below. It’s a feature of this Walled Garden that the surrounding wall — or at least the one running along the top — doesn’t thwart prying …
Change isn’t something to be undertaken lightly at a place like the Bowes Museum which has had since 1892 to embed itself in the affections of a great many people. But times do change and even a museum, however subtly, has to move with them if it’s to reach new audiences and remain relevant. It’s …
A pop-up cinema is coming back to Gosforth Central Park in June. Last year, The Royalty proved a success, offering families the chance to enjoy some favourite films in the open air while raising money to help with the ongoing work to improve the park where it popped up. On June 8 and 9, the …
“It’s amazing. This is such a big thing for me,” says fine art student Blanka Olejniczak. “I’m just starting in this field and I’m so proud.” That’s understandable. We’re standing beside Blanka’s contribution to the latest exhibition at Hartlepool Art Gallery which features works by Andy Warhol, Édouard Manet, Barbara Hepworth and others. Drawing attention: …
You’ve heard the phrase before. A term used to describe the unwavering dedication of a football fan: ‘Newcastle is their middle name’. In the case of Jamie Boyle — lead singer of The K’s — this is precisely the case. Jamie Newcastle Boyle has had the kind of year most musicians can only dream of: …
You might envy the Northumberland neighbours of Fiona Ellis and Cinzia Hardy, writer and director respectively of a new touring show called Frognal & Fox — A Life in Song. Before getting to grips with the script, actors Jane Holman and Zoe Lambert had to learn the songs promised in the title. “We’ve had the …
A Ukrainian textile artist whose work helped her recover from cancer will unveil her first solo exhibition on Wearside. Born and raised in Kyiv, Lena Archbold moved to the UK after a fruitful student exchange in 1994, and marrying a Jarrow man in 1998. Her career in economics and tech was interrupted in 2010 when …
Next year will see the 200th anniversary of an event in the North East which was to help change the world. Thousands of onlookers and hundreds of passengers turned out on September 27, 1825, as the steam engine Locomotion No.1 set off to officially open the Stockton and Darlington Railway. It was the first to …
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