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Northumberland Open Exhibition 2025

22nd February – 1st June 2025 | Woodhorn Museum | Annual Ticket Charge Applies Northumberlaand Open Exhibition – Workshop Galleries – Woodhorn. Image: Aisling I popped along to the Northumberland Open Exhibition at Woodhorn early in March 2025, soon after the exhibition opened to the public.  Unlike previous years offerings, this iteration of the exhibition doesn’t have a theme, the artwork…

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Vane Gallery – Gateshead – Free 16th to 18th January 2025 This exhibition taking place in Vane is a collection of works created by MA students who are responding to to themes relating to culture and identity. The opening night of the exhibition on 15th January was very well attended with the gallery being quite busy. It was inspiring to see all of the different people interacting with this…

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Frankie Raffles: Photography, Activism, Campaign Works

Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art – Ends 16 March 2025 – Free Franki Raffles Exhibition at Baltic – Picture: Photo By Amey A short history of Franki Raffles and her life in retrospective Franki Raffles (1955-1994) contributed a lot to both the field of photography and to female art during her relatively short lifetime; she passed away during childbirth aged just 39.  Her career emerged in the…

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Kyffin Williams Drawing Prize 2024. 

The Kyffin Williams Drawing Prize is a wonderful exhibition, well worth looking at if you are nearby.

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 what I am likely to experience, and the range of artworks almost always blows me away. …

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New Light Art Prize Exhibition 2023 / 2024

The new light art prize is one of the most fantastic exhibitions to be shown in the North in a few years! Truly impressive

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 some of the best and most original art from across northern England. …

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Louisa Waterford Sketch of Charlotte Canning's Wedding

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 their vows.   This print, produced by Swan Electric Engraving of Newcastle…

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The New Geordie Lamp Sculpture

A gathering of people for the unveiling – Photo: Photo By Amey On Wednesday 20th March 2024, a new sculpture was ‘unveiled’ in the Killingworth / West Moor area of North Tyneside.  The day was a bit grey, the drizzle departing, and a small crowd of onlookers turned out to witness the event.   There were reporters, bloggers, dignitaries, and people from the local history society present among…

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Sycamore Gap – Artist's Responses to the Destruction of the Sycamore Gap tree in the Northumberland Now! exhibition at Woodhorn

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 during the night.  It didn’t take long for the news to be disseminated almost globally…

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Northumberland Now!

The exhibition Northumberland Now at Woodhorn museum is an absolute delight!

Northumberland Open Exhibition – Woodhorn Museum Annual museum ticket £9.50 adult / £8.50 concession. The Northumberland Open Exhibition is an annual event at the Woodhorn Museum, in Ashington.  The exhibition organisers set a different theme each year, this year it is ‘Northumberland Now’, and artists were invited to submit works for inclusion within the exhibition.  As always for this…