10×10 Creative Gateshead

Here are the artists chosen for the 10×10 Creative Gateshead Project, and the organisations they are working with. Keep an eye on here and our social media to...

Frederick Douglass, William Wells Brown and the Spence Watsons

Dingy Butterflies takes its name from J B Priestley’s 1934 book ‘An English Journey’. For research he visited Bensham Grove Educational Settlement, Gateshead in 1933 and sat in...

Statement to denounce racism from the North East Culture Sector

We stand to denounce racism in all its forms.We, the undersigned from the cultural sector of the North East, declare that silence is not ok and silence is...

Supporting our community, looking to the future

Last week we found out that we were successful in getting funding from the Arts Council Emergency Fund. This fund is to support creative organisations to continue their...

Lockdown Gazette

The Lockdown Gazette is here! A newspaper for local people with no or little access to the internet and technology. Thank you to the For Solidarity Network and...

Best of Bensham

Best of Bensham is a collaborative response to COVID-19. During this crisis members and volunteers are out everyday delivering aid and support to be there for the whole...

‘Those Northern Lights, So Pretty’ catalogue

The catalogue for the project Those Northern Lights, So Pretty is now available to buy for £3. It includes specially commissioned texts and photos’ of the project and...

Those Northern Lights, So Pretty

The exhibition, Those Northern Lights, So Pretty, is now showing at the Shipley Art Gallery until the 27th October 2018 presenting the artwork produced from the two residencies...

The Keeper and the Comfrey Project

On Wednesday 18th July, Dominic worked with members of the The Comfrey Project. First the group had a tour of Saltwell Park by Michael of the Friends of...