4th May to 3rd June. The exhibition in the main gallery draws from a selection of his work from over the last five years taking water as its main theme. We will be displaying examples of his portraits on...
The Shields v The Toon exhibition will tell the history of an almost 600 year battle between North Shields and Newcastle over rights on the River Tyne. Centre stage will be 17th century local hero Ralph Gardner who played...
1st of March to the 31st of June. An installation for the Boat installation by artist Alice Fox. This collection of altered found items and constructed forms are based on objects gathered from northern coastal locations of the British...
Peter Mayne was born in South Shields in 1952. After leaving school he became an apprentice and served his time as a welder and metal worker at the Hawthorn Leslie shipyard in Hebburn on Tyne. He would later move...
The UK’s fishing fleet employs around 12,000 at the start of 2018. That is 12,000 son’s, daughters, mothers and fathers braving the treacherous conditions of life at sea to bring the catch and boat in. By focusing on 12...
We would hate you to be disappointed Due to a private booking, it is sometimes necessary to close our ‘Views From The Happy Hunting Ground’ exhibition gallery. We do not want people to have a wasted journey, therefore if...
Dramatic scenes and figures through the eyes of the artist. Images of North Shields’ commercial fishing industry before the early Victorian period are quite rare. It was probably not until Herman Melville’s ‘Moby Dick’ together with Hemingway’s ‘The Old Man...
Old Low Light is continuing to champion co-production as they plan their summer exhibition “It started with a fish and ended in a pla(i)ce”. The exhibition which is extremely relevant, will aim to tell an honest history of the fish-quay...
Threads of time explored in new textile exhibition It Happens is small group of textile artists based in the North East who work together whilst exploring new ideas and themes for exhibition. ‘Borders Boundaries and Beyond’ has been inspired...
‘Ellen Wilkinson; More Than The Jarrow Crusade’ with Dr Matt Perry Join us as we dive into Women’s History Month with Newcastle University’s Dr Matt Perry on Saturday 04 March at 11:00. Matt will be giving a fascinating insight...