New workshops added to accompany our ‘Water and People’ exhibition! Water & People Exhibition 2024 WATER AND PEOPLE Exhibition dates: 23rd March – 13th April 2024 The Gallery and The Show Case Due to the popularity of our ‘Water and People’ exhibition, we’ve added two new sessions to the accompanying ‘Confluences’ programme – a series of creative workshops bringing people together to discuss the material, social, cultural, and political aspects of our relationship with water. ‘Water and People’ is a group exhibition exploring our ways of seeing, experiencing, and relating to water. Throu ..read more

On display at the Assembly House… Open Day and Drop-In Viewings 11am – 2pm Tuesday 19th March Growing Room a street level experiment. You may have noticed its progress in our Assembly House window on Westgate Road. This 3 metre high architectural structure has been grown using mycelium (the root network of fungus) and knitted wool and is part of a programme of research by the Hub for Biotechnology in the Built Environment at Newcastle University and Northumbria University. Head down to the Assembly House, 55 Westgate Road anytime between 11am-2pm on Tuesday 19th March for a chance to see thi ..read more

Loud With The Sound of Hands We invited award-winning writer Joe Zadeh to visit and respond to our latest gallery exhibition. In the rear gallery of Newcastle Arts Centre, I visited the exhibition, ‘Counterweight’ – a group show by Sean Alec Auld, Mani Kambo, Laurie Powell and Bethany Stead that explored ideas of rituals, landscape and myth. The objects in the room were precious and painstakingly made, all sharing a certain aura. I felt like I was wandering around a collection of cultural and spiritual artefacts from some ancient and forgotten society; artefacts that once held symbolic ..read more

plus ‘Confluences’ creative workshop programme – details coming soon! Exhibition dates: 23rd March – 13th April 2024 Monday – Saturday 9am – 5pm in the Gallery at Newcastle Arts Centre. Featuring Christie Chan, Aidan Doyle, Ellen Harrold, Maura Hawkes, David de la Haye, Hazel Soper, Sue Spence Curated by Helen Underhill and Cat Button ‘Water and People’ is a group exhibition exploring our ways of seeing, experiencing, and relating to water. Through painting, sculpture, poetry, sound, and embroidery, the artists explore how we communicate about water, and whose voices are heard in ..read more

12 noon on Saturday 9th March in the Gallery at Newcastle Arts Centre Jonathan’s Beanery Series can be seen at Newcastle Arts Centre from 6th – 16th March 2024 Newcastle Arts Centre is very excited to host a special unveiling for Jonathan Marshall’s newest work in his epic Beanery Series. This latest piece pays homage to the city’s popular cabaret and drag venue Boulevard, and celebrates its much loved artists. Jonathan’s work is vast, detailed and incredibly compelling, so we’re thrilled to have him at the Arts Centre once again and to host this outstanding work. Join us on Saturday 9th fo ..read more

Mycelium Knitting – Growing Room a street level experiment. Growing a three metre high structure using mycelium (the root network of fungus) and knitted wool, which will be on display as part of the Edinburgh Science Festival at the National Museum of Scotland (30 March – 14 April 2024) You can see this progress in a shop window on Westgate Road, although currently under wraps to keep a constant temperature, the structure will hopefully be revealed from 15th to end of March along with some other ‘Living Textiles’ Growing Room at the Assembly House owned by Newcastle Arts Centre is part of a ..read more

Counterweight curated by Jed Buttress. Photo credit Matt Denham. On a bright, blue-skied yet bitter Wednesday morning, I weave my way through the streets, heading towards Newcastle Arts Centre. Wrapping my scarf around my ears and turning my face towards the sun, I soon arrive at the bourbon-biscuit shaped building, and hop inside. Its warmth makes me sigh, and I feel a growing excitement in my chest as I walk through the Craftshop, reaching the gallery at the back of the building. Here, in this white-washed room, sits, stands and hangs, the work of four Newcastle-based emerging artists in the ..read more

COUNTERWEIGHT A Brass Tacks Exhibition Newcastle Arts Centre 20th January – 24th February Monday – Saturday, 09:30 – 17:00 Preview: Friday 19th January 5pm Featuring Sean Alec Auld, Mani Kambo, Laurie Powell and Bethany Stead Curated by Jed Buttress This January, Newcastle Arts Centre unveils its newest gallery exhibition. ‘Counterweight’ is a group exhibition exploring ideas of rituals, landscape and myth. Curated by Jed Buttress, this open call exhibition showcases four local artists in the newly-refurbished Gallery at the Arts Centre, combining drawing, painting and sculpture. Usi ..read more

Newcastle Arts Centre’s mini display space, The Showcase, hosts a new exhibition by Seeun Kim. In Kim’s own words: “Seeun Kim is a UK-based South Korean artist. She has been dealing with various social issues in our global society. In this shocase, Kim is showing the public her Climate Change Agenda Project. The global world of the 21st century, where we live today, has faced various social issues. In particular, the issues related to climate change in recent years have had a lot of influence on our daily lives. In the past, humans have coexisted with nature and received many beneficial bene ..read more

Tour and Talk: ‘From Mansion House to Art House’ Assembly House, 55 Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, NE1 1SG Join us for part of NE1’s festive ’24 Doors’ Christmas countdown heritage event, and enjoy a tour and discussion of a very special building. An important part of the City’s heritage, now owned by Newcastle Arts Centre, 55 Westgate Road stands on the line of the Roman wall and was for many years a centre of power and cultural development. From the street it appears to be a rather dull grey building, but the front is hidden at the back where it stands facing south, lo ..read more