Past
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Emii Alrai: Reverse Defence - Closing Brunch
8 Oct 2022 Come and join us for our Closing Brunch celebrating the end of Emii Alrai's solo exhibition Reverse Defence at Workplace Foundation. This is the last chance to see Alrai's immersive... Read more -
In Conversation: Emii Alrai & Sabrina Henry
27 Sep 2022 In Conversation: Emii Alrai & Sabrina Henry 27nd September 2022 6:30 - 7:30pm Continuing our In Conversation series, next week will be hosting artist Emii Alrai and Curator and Costume... Read more -
In Conversation: Karanjit Panesar and Benjamin Cook
22 Sep 2022 In Conversation: Karanjit Panesar & Benjamin Cook 22nd September 2022, Online 6:30 - 7:30pm Following on from our recent exhibition Karanjit Panesar: Parts of Wholes, we are pleased to host... Read more -
Saturday Drop-In
Vessel Making Workshop with Emii Alrai 10 Sep 2022 Free event No booking required Suitable for all ages Emii Alrai will be hosting a vessel making workshop with air dry clay, which she uses to make her work. During... Read more
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Reverse Defence Events Programme
29 Jul - 8 Oct 2022 Throughout the duration of the exhibition we will be hosting a free-to-attend events programme including: Saturday drop-in: Clay workshop with Emii Alrai 10 September, 2-4pm No booking required Emii... Read more -
Karanjit Panesar: Parts of Wholes - Closing Brunch
9 Jul 2022 Come and join us for a Closing Brunch to celebrate the end of Karanjit Panesar's solo exhibition Parts of Wholes at Workplace Foundation. This is the last chance to see... Read more -
Saturday Drop-in
11 Jun 2022 Drawing Workshop with Karanjit Panesar Free event No booking required Suitable for all ages Karanjit Panesar will be hosting a drawing workshop suitable for all ages and abilities. The practical... Read more -
Tess Denman-Cleaver: Return - Closing Brunch | Live Reading
9 Apr 2022 Join us for a Closing Brunch to celebrate the end of Tess Denman-Cleaver’s solo exhibition Return at Workplace Foundation. As part of the event, Tess will perform a live reading... Read more
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Saturday Drop-in Workshop
26 Mar 2022 Saturday 26th March, 2-4pm Free event Suitable for all ages No booking required Workplace Foundation 12 Blandford Square Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4HZ Alongside her current exhibition Return, Tess Denman-Cleaver... Read more -
In Conversation: Tess Denman-Cleaver and Rachael Allen
17 Mar 2022 In Conversation: Tess Denman-Cleaver and Rachael Allen 17th March 2022 6:30 - 7:30pm Our next In Conversation is between artist Tess Denman-Cleaver and poet and editor Rachael Allen as part... Read more -
In Conversation: Tayo Adekunle and Arike Oke
ONLINE EVENT 27 Jan 2022 In Conversation: Tayo Adekunle and Arike Oke 1st December, 8-9pm TW: This video includes references to sensitive topics including: slavery and racism. Following on from our digital exhibition Tayo Adekunle... Read more -
Nina Chua: Permanent Marker - Finissage
15 Jan 2022 Brunch Finissage Saturday 15th January 2022 12-3pm Come and join us for a brunch Finissage to celebrate the end of Nina Chua’s solo exhibition Permanent Marker. Pink Lane Bakery will... Read more
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In Conversation: Nina Chua and Mary Doyle
11 Jan 2022 In Conversation: Nina Chua and Mary Doyle 11 January 2022 Following on from our exhibition Nina Chua:Permanent Marker, we are pleased to host our next In Conversation with artist... Read more -
Saturday workshop: Family Drop-in
11 Dec 2021 Pen on Paper - a workshop led by Nina Chua Free event No booking required Nina Chua will be hosting a workshop using marker pen on paper that is suitable... Read more -
Dark Matter Finissage
6 Nov 2021 Dark Matter Finissage November 6th 2021 12-3pm Come and join us for a brunch Finnisage to celebrate the end of our first exhibition Dark Matter, in our new location. Pink... Read more -
Saturday Workshop: Family Drop-in
2 Oct 2021 Free event No booking required Artist Cath Campbell will be hosting a free family drop-in workshop that is suitable for all ages. Running alongside the current exhibition Dark Matter, the... Read more
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Artist Tour: Tayo Adekunle
20 Jul 2021 Artist Tayo Adekunle leads a tour of her first online solo exhibition at Workplace Foundation. TW: This video includes references to sensitive topics including: slavery and racism. Tayo Adekunle 10th... Read more -
In Conversation: Noel Clueit and Maria McLintock
ONLINE EVENT 8 Apr 2021 In Conversation: Noel Clueit and Maria McLintock Thursday 8th April 8 - 9:30pm ONLINE TALK Read more -
In Conversation: Nina Chua and Kwong Lee
ONLINE EVENT 14 Jul 2020 In Conversation: Nina Chua and Kwong Lee Tuesday 14th July 8pm-9pm ONLINE TALK Please register for your free ticket to receive the link to the Zoom event. This week artist Nina Chua will be taking about her work with producer and curator Kwong Lee About Nina Chua: Nina Chua makes drawings that are determined by the capacities and constraints of the materials and tools that she uses. Since 2011 she has predominately been working with marker pen on paper. Each series of drawings explores a different nuance in the process, for example the amount of ink in a marker pen, the permeability of cheap A4 or the resilience of paper pulled from a roll. Read more -
In Conversation: Rachel Lancaster and Paul Smith
ONLINE EVENT 30 Jun 2020 This week artist Rachel Lancaster will be taking about her painting practise with Paul Smith, vocalist for Maxïmo Park and solo artist. Read more
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In Conversation: Magnus Quaife and Professor Andrew Hunt
ONLINE EVENT 16 Jun 2020 Join us for our second 'In Conversation' event as artist Magnus Quaife unpicks the relationship between haptic, indexical mark of the painter’s presence and its reproduced equivalent and discusses his wider practice with Andrew Hunt, Professor of Fine Art and Curating at Manchester Metropolitan University. Read more -
In Conversation: Catherine Bertola and Marie-Anne McQuay
ONLINE EVENT 9 Jun 2020 This week artist Catherine Bertola discusses her current exhibition 'Below The Salt' at Temple Newsam, Leeds and her wider practice with Marie Anne McQuay, Head of Programme at Bluecoat, Liverpool Read more -
In Conversation: Claire Dorsett and Jes Fernie
ONLINE EVENT 26 May 2020 For our first online 'In Conversation' event, artist Claire Dorsett will be talking about her recent work with Independent curator Jes Fernie. Together they'll be covering a range of subjects pertinent to Claire's work including humour, pretension, confidence, awkwardness, indulgence, geography, dealing with lockdown, productivity overload, and Claire's recent solo exhibition at Workplace Foundation. Please join us for an informal and entertaining conversation Tuesday evening at 8pm LIVE via Zoom! Read more -
Parham Ghalamdar in conversation with Jenny Eden
20 Feb 2020 Artist Parham Ghalamdar will discuss their practice and current exhibition at Workplace Foundation with lecturer, researcher and artist, Jenny Eden. Read more
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Simeon Barclay in conversation with Adam Carr
7 Nov 2019 Artist Simeon Barclay will discuss his current exhibition at Workplace Foundation and his practice with curator and writer Adam Carr at Workplace Foundation, Gateshead. Read more -
20 Guilders
TOPH@WORKPLACE 31 May 2019 Infinity Mirror Records presents: 20 Guilders (Japan) Featuring Suzuki Junzo/スズキジュンゾ (Overhang Party, Miminokoto) and TABATA MITSURU (Zeni Geva, Acid Mothers Temple, Boredoms) Acid rock/folk duo from Tokyo. Both Junzo and... Read more -
Dirty Electronics & Max Wainwright – Radical Chip Party
TOPH@WORKPLACE 23 May 2019 Dirty Electronics & Max Wainwright launch their Radical Chip for the Mute Synth 4.0 and stand-alone DIY circuit that explores a music made from mini microprocessors and raw electronics that... Read more -
PREVIEW: MATT ANTONIAK
10 May 2019 Workplace Foundation is delighted to present a solo exhibition of new and existing works by Newcastle based artist Matt Antoniak. Exhibition preview: Friday, 10th May 2019, 6pm – 8pm Exhibition... Read more
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Glands Of External Secretion // Twig Harper // Posset
TOPH@WORKPLACE 3 May 2019 TWIG HARPER Veteran noise maker, ex-member of Nautical Almanac, circuit manipulator, vocalist, and expanded consciousness enthusiast. Unpredictable and unexpected. SOUNDS LIKE: https://hansonrecords.bandcamp.com/album/twig-harper https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnXqR5MykBU GLANDS OF EXTERNAL SECRETION Field recordings, sound... Read more -
Robert Ridley Shackleton / Chelsea Hare / Mariam Rezaei
TOPH@WORKPLACE 20 Apr 2019 Robert Ridley Shackleton Cardboard glory and smooth moving mintness Chelsea Hare Epic lushness and vocal wranglings Mariam Rezaei Turntable phasing and wretched skratches Read more -
Arma Agharta / Fritz Welch / Greta Buitkutė
TOPH@WORKPLACE 1 Mar 2019 ARMA AGHARTA is the sound performance artist and promoter from Lithuania devoted to improvised and experimental music. S ince 2007 he has done nearly 500 performances all over the world,... Read more -
Human Head/Ant Macari/Rene McBrearty at TOPH
TOPH@WORKPLACE 26 Jan 2019 HUMAN HEADS Multi-media artists, deep-thinkers and succulent performers Human Heads (Ben Knight & Hannah Ellul) bring their singular electronic sound to Gateshead’s Old Police House on Saturday 26th January. Ben... Read more
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Drooping Finger + 1727
TOPH@WORKPLACE 17 Dec 2018 Drooping Finger The surprisingly beautiful ambient soundscapes of Grim Mill overlord Jonas Halsall. His most recent album 'Arthur's Hell' received an outstanding review from TQ Zine: 'Believe me, I am... Read more -
Guttersnipe/DĖUTZ at TOPH
TOPH@WORKPLACE 30 Nov 2018 TOPH welcomes the return of Leeds-based power duo GUTTERSNIPE, accompanied by Cologne's DĖUTZ. On previous visits they've shredded minds in the leisure-class purgatory of the Sage (for TUSK Festival), and... Read more -
Coding in GE: Mayuko Hino, Mariam Rezaei, 1727 - TOPH
TOPH@WORKPLACE 16 Nov 2018 IKLECTIK in collaboration with TOPH Gateshead present, < /coding in GE> : MAYUKO HINO +Mariam Rezaei +1727 MAYUKO HINO Mayuko Hino resumed her music activity in 2011 after a pause... Read more -
PREVIEW : EMILY HESSE
The Taste of this History: a Church in My Mouth 2 Nov 2018 Workplace Foundation is delighted to present The Taste of this History: a Church in my Mouth a solo exhibition of new and existing works by Emily Hesse. Do you remember... Read more
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DRONE ENSEMBLE FINAL PERFORMANCE
27 Oct 2018 Hear Drone Ensemble perform within their installation Lyres of Lemniscate for the last time at Workplace Foundation, Gateshead. Lyres of Lemniscate was commissioned by Workplace Foundation and Tusk Festival supported... Read more -
DRONE ENSEMBLE WORKSHOP
27 Oct 2018 Free Workshop Read more -
Id M Theft Able at TOPH
TOPH@WORKPLACE 25 Oct 2018 Maine-born and bred, the mountain-man I DM THEFT ABLE is the master of fast-paced looney-tune grabble and skoff. Amplified objects battle with groaning, moaning and sound poet zoning. Sometimes Theft... Read more -
Drone Ensemble in conversation with John Bowers
TUSK Festival 2018 13 Oct 2018 To co-incide with TUSK Festival weekend Drone Ensemble will discuss their new installation Lyres of Lemniscate with Professor John Bowers. Lyres of Lemniscate was commissioned by Workplace Foundation and Tusk... Read more
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Tusk Fringe x Wrest
TOPH@WORKPLACE 13 Oct 2018 WREST (aka Jamie Stuart) brings together an epic line up, keeping it suitably local and loud. XAZZAZ http://xazzaz.bandcamp.com/ CULVER http://discogs.com/artist/316539-Culver DEPLETION http;//soundcloud.com/depletion-1 DROOPING FINGER http://droopingfinger.bandcamp.com Read more -
Drone Ensemble
TUSK Festival 2018 opening performance 12 Oct 2018 To mark the opening of TUSK Festival 2018 Drone Ensemble will perform within their new installation Lyres of Lemniscate. Lyres of Lemniscate was commissed by Workplace Foundation and Tusk Festival... Read more -
Manchester Contemporary 2018
Matt Antoniak, Simeon Barclay, Louise Giovanelli, Emily Hesse 12 - 14 Oct 2018 Matt Antoniak Simeon Barclay Louise Giovanelli Emily Hesse Stand 132 - Workplace Foundation For Manchester Contemporary 2018 we are delighted to present works by 4 artists who each have a... Read more -
TOPH x Tusk Fringe: Lee Patterson Artist in Residence
TOPH@WORKPLACE 12 - 14 Oct 2018 TOPH are proud to present a program of work with the first TUSK FRINGE Artist in Residence, Lee Patterson. Patterson has a repertoire that spans the depths of the natural... Read more
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Ultimate Voice Training: Kazehito Seki Workshop
TOPH@WORKPLACE 11 Oct 2018 Kazehito Seki is visiting us. He will be performing his unique vocal noise (VOIZ) over TUSK Fringe and before that he and we invite you to take part in this... Read more -
DRONE ENSEMBLE
Lyres of Lemniscate - Exhibition preview and performance 28 Sep 2018 We are delighted to announce an exhibition of new commissioned work by Drone Ensemble at Workplace Foundation, Gateshead as part of TUSK Festival 2018. The exhibition was selected through an... Read more -
Closing Party!!!
Women Artists of the North East Library 8 Sep 2018 !! PARTY PARTY PARTY !! WOMEN ARTISTS OF THE NORTH EAST LIBRARY CLOSING EVENT With Helen Collard (DJ) To celebrate a flipping awesome Summer of Women Artists of the North... Read more -
TALK: Sam Ainsley
Women Artists of the North East Library 6 Sep 2018 We are incredibly excited to invite artist and educator Sam Ainsley for a talk about her practice and many years of experience working in arts education. Born in North Shields,... Read more
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FILM SCREENING: EYELINER
WOMEN ARTISTS OF THE NORTH EAST LIBRARY 3 Sep 2018 Eyeliner presents a selection of single screen short form works by artists and filmmakers associated with the North East of England. Ranging from documentary to gallery installation, a deliberately eclectic... Read more -
Harriet Sutcliffe - A Performative Lecture
Women Artists of the North East Library 1 Sep 2018 Expanding on the work Harriet Sutcliffe's 'Archival-Constructions' (2018) currently in the exhibition 'Women Artists of the North East Library' at Workplace, Harriet will be giving a performative lecture about her... Read more -
FILM SCREENING: LIVING ORGANISM
Women Artists of the North East Library 30 Aug 2018 Kate Liston, Holly Argent and Tess Denman Cleaver As part of the exhibition Women Artists of the North East Library at Workplace Foundation curated by Holly Argent, this screening situates... Read more -
PERFORMANCE EVENT: SHE RIFFS
Women Artists of the North East Library 23 Aug 2018 Tess Denman-Cleaver, Nicola Singh and Sophie Buxton She Riffs brings three artists together to present re-worked versions of performance or drawing. Tess Denman-Cleaver will perform Of Bensham and the Return... Read more
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FILM SCREENING: VERONICA 4 ROSE (1982)
Women Artists of the North East Library 21 Aug 2018 Selected by Holly Argent from Cinenova’s Archive as part of the public programme for Women Artists of the North East Library at Workplace… Veronica 4 Rose follows the lives of... Read more -
EXHIBITION + LESBIAN SEMIOTICS with Jade Sweeting and Janina Sabaliauskaite
Women Artists of the North East Library 15 - 21 Aug 2018 During this week of the exhibition, artists Jade Sweeting and Janina Sabaliauskaite will bring a collaborative work into the exhibition at Workplace. The new screenprint, ‘Key Study 1’ marks the... Read more -
TALK: ZONE GALLERY with Michelle Hirschhorn-Smith
Women Artist of the North East Library 11 Aug 2018 Zone Gallery was an acclaimed independent gallery in Newcastle upon Tyne committed to presenting contemporary lens-based work by established and emerging artists. From it’s opening in 1992 through to its... Read more -
EXHIBITION + A MONTAGE - SOPHIE BUXTON
Women Artist of the North East Library 6 - 12 Aug 2018 In this week of the exhibition at Workplace, Sophie Buxton will bring her studio practice into the exhibition ‘Women Artists of the North East Library’. Using the exhibition and archive... Read more
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Louisa Hodgson: A Curator's Perspective - TALK with Becky Gee
Women Artists of the North East Library 4 Aug 2018 Becky Gee, curator of Louisa Hodgson: A New Perspective at the Hatton Gallery (open until 11/08/18) will be talking about her research into Tynemouth born artist, Louisa Hodgson and how... Read more -
TOPH X Ilan Volkov
TOPH@WORKPLACE 27 Jul 2018 TOPH X ILAN VOLKOV New Music / Improv / Film / DJs Ilan Volkov Swarm Front Gwilly Edmondez David Terry John Hails Mark Wardlaw Film by Jerry Hunt Zitherung... Read more -
Women Artists of the North East Library
Launch event 22 Jun 2018 Join us to celebrate the launch of Women Artists of the North East Library, an evolving exhibition and public programme presenting the work of women artists associated with the North East, exploring influence regionally and further afield. Read more -
All Fleshe Is Grasse: Holzkopf/Bowers/Plastiglomerate/Haughie
TOPH@WORKPLACE 21 Jun 2018 HOLZKOPF JOHN BOWERS (UK) works with modular synthesisers, home-brew electronics, reconstructions of antique image and sound-making devices, self-made software, field recordings and esoteric sensor systems. He makes performance environments which... Read more
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PRIVATE VIEW : 3-PHASE: WE CAN'T FLOAT HERE
Larry Achiampong, Mark Esses, Nicola Singh 26 Apr 2018 Thursday 26th April 2018 Exhibition preview: 6pm - 8pm Afterparty 8pm - late (DJ's Larry Achiampong + Mark Essen + Special Guests) Read more -
Yeah You // Depletion // Performative Sportswear
TOPH@WORKPLACE 9 Apr 2018 Massive TOPH faves coming together for a massive Monday night bill: YEAH YOU Yeah You is Elvin Brandhi and MYKL JAXN. The project grew from a desire to make something... Read more -
SWARM #2
TOPH@WORKPLACE 24 Mar 2018 TOPH all-dayer. Featuring: 4.15pm TREF Shamanic portastudio levitator brings the open-hearted acid shred. 5.00pm FRITZ WELCH Fritz Welch is a drummer, percussionist and vocalist determined to stretch the escalator of... Read more -
Formal Fictions
Future Shock Trauma Clinic 22 Feb 2018 'O austere mathematics, I have not forgotten you since your wise lessons, sweeter than honey, filtered into my heart like a refreshing wave... Thank you for the countless services you... Read more
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Feeling yr thoughts
TOPH@WORKPLACE 7 Feb 2018 ❍ feeling yr thoughts (another Wild Pop night) ❍ Please join us at the (new) old police house for the second in an ongoing series of music / performance /... Read more -
Will Guthrie, David Terry, Laurie Tompkins and TOPH DJs
TOPH@WORKPLACE 26 Jan 2018 The enigmatic Will Guthrie. Nuance, vibrations and mystic vibes to the percussive max https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4Fa-lI_oJ0 Support from: Hella sublime and intense, lashings of doom by David Terry: https://soundcloud.com/bongdoom/fleeting-moments-of-joy Boundless joy and... Read more -
Delpine Dora & Mocke / Ben Pritchard & Sholto Dobie / Late Girl
TOPH@WORKPLACE 22 Jan 2018 Le corps défendant (2017) was recorded during a long-term, long(ish)-distance collaboration between Delphine Dora who lives in french deep countryside and Mocke who is based in Brussels. It was released... Read more -
The Mud Formed A Finger, Pointed & Raft
20 Dec 2017 The Mud Formed A Finger, Pointed & Raft Two live 20-30 minute performances with a 30 minute intermission. The Mud Formed A Finger, Pointed explores creation myth and Messy Play,... Read more
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Touche, Éclat artist's talk
Nina Chua, Daniel Davies, and Joanne Masding in conversation with Dean Hughes 14 Dec 2017 Nina Chua, Daniel Davies, and Joanne Masding will talk about their work currently showing in Touche,Éclat at Workplace Gateshead. The event will take place in the gallery and will be... Read more -
WORKPLACE CHRISTMAS PARTY
14 Dec 2017 SPECIAL GUEST DJ'S FESTIVE FOOD AND DRINK ALL WELCOME Read more -
TOPH =(x) SLIP: Still House Plants & loads more
TOPH@WORKPLACE 8 Dec 2017 TOPH =(x) SLIP: STILL HOUSE PLANTS IMPOSSIBILITY KNOX LAURIE TOMPKINS MJ DENTON, A(35) TOM ROSE *PLUS SLIP n TOPH DJS THROUGHOUT ***TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN*** TOPH is bringing... Read more -
AUTONOMY AND AUTOMATION - FREEDOM/LABOUR/AI
Future Shock Trauma Clinic 29 Nov 2017 What consequences will current and future developments in Artificial Intelligence have on our society and the way we live our lives? This is a question that many researchers and thinkers... Read more
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The Manchester Contemporary 2017
Manchester Central 27 - 29 Oct 2017 About WORKPLACE Workplace was founded by Miles Thurlow and Paul Moss in 2002 in the Northeast of England as an artist-led group. In 2005 we opened Workplace Gallery in Gateshead... Read more -
TUSK and WORKPLACE present CLUB PONDEROSA
30 Sep - 15 Oct 2017 TUSK and WORKPLACE present CLUB PONDEROSA two weeks of art and performance at Workplace Gateshead as part of TUSK Festival 2017. Club Ponderosa is a temporary hybrid space originally designed... Read more -
Ben Woodard’s CHRONOMANIACS - Timing in Horror and Horror in Time.
WORKPLACE GATESHEAD. FREE EVENT Hosted by FTSC (Future Show Trauma Clinic) 14 Sep 2017 FSTC is thrilled to announce Event 3 Ben Woodard’s Chronomaniacs. Timing in Horror and Horror in Time. Please join us for an evening of talk and discussion with Ben Woodard,... Read more -
Louie Rice and Luciano Maggiore DUO, Pinnel, Rust Ruus
Doors: 8:00pm, £5, BYOB / Quiet Show 12 Aug 2017 Louie Rice and Luciano Maggiore DUO Pinnel Rust Ruus Saturday 12th August Workplace Galley, Gateshead NE8 1AD (just round the corner from Old Police House and Tesco) Doors: 8:00 pm,... Read more
