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News: Blyth Celebrates Fund

Blyth Celebrates fund reopens to support new creative opportunities

Wed 22 Apr 2026 | VIEW

Preview: The Sheer Brass Neck @ Newcastle Contemporary Art

Newcastle exhibition The Sheer Brass Neck, taking place at Newcastle Contemporary Art from 17th April, marks 30 years since the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, bringing the radical history of disability arts in the North East into dialogue with new work by disabled artists today

Wed 15 Apr 2026 | VIEW

Preview: My Body Temperature is Feeling Good/Starting Lines @ BALTIC

This March and April, BALTIC Gateshead unveils two major exhibitions — a posthumous celebration of Milly Thompson’s boundary‑pushing work and Foundation Press’s collaborative project Starting Lines

Fri 27 Mar 2026 | VIEW

Preview: Fusako Yoshikawa – Japanese Woodblock Prints @ Northern Print

Fusako Yoshikawa brings her meticulous Japanese woodblock prints back to Northern Print from 18th March to 8th May

Tue 17 Mar 2026 | VIEW

News: Rebel Women of Sunderland @ Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

An exhibition celebrating the bold, brilliant and boundary‑breaking women who shaped Sunderland has opened at Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens.

Mon 16 Mar 2026 | VIEW

News: North East Emerging Artist of the Year @ Seaton Delaval Hall

Eight emerging artists have been shortlisted for the award’s fifth year, with visitors invited to vote for their favourite proposal before three are selected to create new work for Seaton Delaval Hall, to be exhibited in spring 2027.

Tue 10 Mar 2026 | VIEW

Preview: An Attempt At Exhausting A Year’s Worth of Overheard Mobile Phone Calls @ 36 Gallery

Newcastle artist Kate Stobbart’s new show at 36 Gallery, running 13th-22nd March) explores how we communicate via overheard mobile phone calls

Mon 9 Mar 2026 | VIEW

Preview: Document H.E.T. @ The Newbridge Project

From 7th March, The NewBridge Project presents For Solidarity: Document H.E.T., Alternative Publishing and Community Undercurrents by Newcastle-based artist and designer Niall Greaves.

Tue 3 Mar 2026 | VIEW

Six Of The Best: Jon Tait

Northumberland-born, Carlisle-based writer Jon Tait gives us his six of the best as he releases his latest book, Raiders Along The Anglo-Scottish Border

Fri 27 Feb 2026 | VIEW

Preview: Debbie Todd @ Bishop Auckland Town Hall

Award-winning photographer Debbie Todd to debut first solo show at Bishop Auckland Town Hall from 16th February to 15th May

Mon 16 Feb 2026 | VIEW