My thoughts on local arts and culture in the North East
Northumberland Open Exhibition 2026 - Aisling Kavannagh Woodhorn Museum (Entry Charges Apply) Saturday 14th February – Sunday 10th May 2026 The Northumberland Open Exhibition is a large scale art exhibition which takes place at Woodhorn Museum, Ashington and occurs annually in the late winter to early spring. The huge selection of art displayed in this … Continue reading The Northumberland Open Exhibition 2026
Woodhorn Museum, Ashington - Until May 6 2024. Annual ticket - £9.50 Adult / £8.50 Concession On the night of the 27th – 28th September 2023, during storm Agnes – the first named autumn storm, disaster befell Sycamore Gap. The next morning the iconic sycamore tree was discovered to have gone over in the storm … Continue reading Sycamore Gap – Artist’s Responses to the Destruction of the Sycamore Gap tree in the Northumberland Now! exhibition at Woodhorn
Kirknewton, Northern Northumberland. Inside the entrance vestibule to the church of St Gregory the Great in Kirknewton is an artwork commissioned and put in place to commemorate the centenary of the passing of Josephine Butler. Butler, niece of the Whig Prime Minister Earl Grey, was a social reformer who championed women’s rights in the latter … Continue reading The interesting artwork inside the church of St Gregory the Great, Kirknewton.
Aisling on Art 