Cool stuff in and around our Neighbourhood.
Currently compiled as a blog by our Team. This list is ongoing and not exhaustive.
(During Covid - 19 venues will be closed, please check their websites)
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Cobalt Studios
Studios and Venue, Newcastle
Image: The ChronicleCobalt Studios
10 Boyd St,
Shieldfield,
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 1AP
Check Cobalt's social media or website for openig times and events
Cobalt has 14 affordable studios, an arts and music venue and a co-working project space. It runs exciting events most days/nights , including: life drawing classes, other art based workshops, music nights....
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Ernest
Bar/cafe, Newcastle
Ernest
1 Boyd St,
Shieldfield,
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 1AP
Open:
Sunday - Thursday, 10am - 11.30pm
Friday and Saturday, 10am - 2am
Ernest is a cafe and bar that was set up and is ran by artists, makers and designers. They pride themselves on homemade, quality food and drink. Ernest runs music nights, and life drawing sessions.....
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Side Gallery
Photographic gallery, Newcastle
Image: The ChronicleThe Side Gallery
5-9 Side,
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 3JE
Open: Tuesday - Sunday, 11am-5pm
The Side Gallery is renound for exciting photography exhibitions. They are dedicated to showing the best in documentary photography from the North East of England and further afield. This usually....
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Hartlepool Art Gallery
Hartlepool
Hartlepool Art Gallery,
Church St,
Hartlepool,
TS24 7EQ
Open:
10am - 5pm, Tuesday - Saturday
Hartlepool Art Gallery is a beautiful restored Victorian church, built in 1854 and designed by the architect Edward Buckton Lamb.
It has a great programme of local artists work on show, in both group and solo exhibitions. The links to the Northern School of Art.....
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The Bowes Museum
Art gallery, Barnard Castle
Image: https://www.thebowesmuseum.org.ukThe Bowes Museum,
Newgate,
Barnard Castle,
DL12 8NP
Open: 10 - 5 daily (closed 25, 26 December & 1 January)
This gallery is not free entry, and prices range (info on website)
The Bowes Museum has a huge collection of artworks. The collection was started by John Bowes and Joséphine Bowes in the late 1800's, and includes Goya, El Greco, a huge collection of furniture, stained glass and the Silver Swan.
The 240 year-old....
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MIMA
Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art
Image: Teeside UniversityMIMA
Centre Square,
Middlesbrough
TS1 2AZ
Free entry.
MIMA gallery is closed on Mondays.
Open:
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday from 10:00 – 16:00,
Thursday 10:00 – 19:00
Sunday 12:00 – 16:00.
Our cafe MIMA Kitchen is open Monday to Friday 8.30 – 16:00, Saturday 9.30 – 16:00 and Sunday 12:00 – 16:00.
A fantastic gallery in the heart of Middlesbrough, MIMA has a great permanent collection of artworks, that feature in different, rolling displays throughout the year. There is also...
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The Woon Gallery of Asian Art
Northumbria University, NewcastleOpen: 10am - 4pm, Monday to Friday
Created through the generous support of the Woon Brothers Foundation, the new gallery space houses 47 rare and unique items from the Woon Brothers Foundation’s collection to support research and public exhibition in the region. Each item....
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Hatton Gallery
Art gallery, Newcastle
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Star and Shadow Cinema
Cinema, Newcastle
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Conny Art Fest
Art festival, Consett, Co. Durham
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iAMi creative and updog artStay home stay queer by Melody Sproates & pals
Download your free copy here:
https://curiousarts.org.uk/projectsA new project curated by trans / non-binary theatre maker & facilitator, Melody Sproates. With thanks to...
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The Shipley Art Gallery
Art Gallery, Gateshead
Image: The ChronicleThe Shipley Art Gallery,
Prince Consort Rd,
Gateshead,
NE8 4JB
OPEN:
Tuesday - Friday: 10am - 4pm
Saturday: 10am - 5pm
The Shipley Art Gallery is one of the leading galleries for contemporary craft in the North of England. There are five....
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Bad Spirits
Gateshead
Bad Spirits
80 Woodbine Street
Gateshead
Tyne and Wear
NE8 1SS
Bad Spirits is ran by Paul Stewart and Dawn Bothwell from their home in Gateshead. They create environments that support collaboration...
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The Auxiliary
Art Gallery, Studios, Tool and AV Library and Workshop. Middlesbrough
The Auxiliary,
31 station Street
Middlesbrough
TS1 1SR
OPEN: Thurs - Sat, 12-4pm
The Auxiliary Project Space is an 11,000 sq.ft. warehouse in Middlesbrough. Consisting of two galleries...
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The Free Trade Inn
Pub, Newcastle
Image: The ChronicleThe Free Trade Inn,
St Lawrence Road,
Byker,
Newcastle upon Tyne,
NE6 1AP
OPEN: Monday - 11.00 - 23.00
Tuesday - 11.00 -23.00
Wednesday - 11.00 - 23.00
Thursday - 11.00- 23.00
Friday - 11.00 - 00.00
Saturday - 11.00 - 00.00
Sunday - 11.00 - 23.00
The Free Trade Inn is a traditional looking pub, but is anything but traditional when you get inside, with loads of....
