My thoughts on local arts and culture in the North East
Oriel Môn, Llangefni, Anglesey, Wales. Free Entry | 23 March 2024 – 07 July 2024 Kyffin Williams Drawing Prize Exhibition at Oriel Môn It has been a couple of months since I last attended an exhibition open to public submission. These are by far my favourite type of exhibition as I never know in advance … Continue reading Kyffin Williams Drawing Prize 2024.
Rheged, Penrith 14th March - 2nd June; The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle 29th June - 22nd September; Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate 12th October - 31st December | Free Entry The New Light Art Prize exhibition is a biennial exhibition – it takes place every two years. The exhibition has been designed to bring together and showcase … Continue reading New Light Art Prize Exhibition 2023 / 2024
Louisa Stuart was just seventeen years of age in September of 1835 when her sister Charlotte Stewart married Charles Canning in the church of St Martin in the Field in London. During the wedding, Louisa, who almost always kept a sketchpad close at hand, created a quick sketch of her sister and soon-to-be husband taking … Continue reading Louisa Waterford Sketch of Charlotte Canning’s Wedding
St Nicholas Cathedral, Newcastle, 20-22 February 2024. The recommended donation when buying a ticket is £7, but it gives the option to pay what you wish or can afford to pay. St Nicholas Cathedral has opened its doors for a couple of evenings this week for people to experience the cathedral in a different light. … Continue reading Twilight Tranquility: Newcastle Cathedral After Dark
Hexham Abbey - February - November 2024 At Hexham Abbey, they seem to like hanging things from their ceiling. Stars for Eternity is the third installation to hang in a year. The installation was created as part of the abbey's 1,350th anniversary year alongside other events over the coming weeks. There are approximately 4,000 stars which have … Continue reading Stars For Eternity
Henry Perronet Briggs, 1823, 149 x 199 CM Henry Perronet Briggs - The discovery of the gunpowder plot (1823) This painting was produced by Henry Peronet Briggs an artist who came from County Durham; who had learned his trade at the Royal Academy in the early nineteenth century. Briggs died of tuberculosis in London in 1844 … Continue reading The discovery of the gunpowder plot.
Hatton Gallery, Newcastle Upon Tyne. Until 13 January 2024 - Free Entry The Connecting Form Exhibition showcases a retrospective of Matt Rugg's (1935-2020) work, it has been open for a few weeks within the Hatton Gallery, which is at Newcastle University. It's not a gallery I visit often as I tend to forget it's there. … Continue reading Matt Rugg: Connecting Form
Hexham Abbey 29 September - 11 November. £3 Adult / £1 Child The Museum of the Moon is an exhibition that moves from place to place, usually between historic and important places. This mock-up of the moon can be viewed in multiple contexts if someone is patient enough to keep visiting it in various locations. … Continue reading The Museum Of The Moon
Just to the north of the Central Lowlands in Scotland, the Romans built their northernmost border wall, The Antonine Wall. Around mid-way along the route of the wall, there is a sculpture of a Roman soldier’s head that can be considered nothing less than monumental in its scale. The sculpture is sited at Croy Hill, … Continue reading Silvanus!
Hexham Abbey - 17 April - 13 June 2023 The exhibition of wedding gowns which are currently being displayed really is stunning. The dresses are positioned all around the Abbey Church, making walking around the exhibition easy and intuitive. The collection included a range of wedding dresses spanning from the early 1900s to the early … Continue reading A Century Of Wedding Gowns
Aisling on Art 