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Places to go & things to do: embarking on our Family Adventures!

Shipley Art Gallery
Posted by administrator on March 16, 2016     Permalink     Leave a comment

At the second Exhibition Explorers session we were delighted to find so many of the group had been on a Family Adventure to a museum or gallery, and returned with their completed scrapbook page to share their discoveries. Exhibition Explorers is an… Read more

Wor Life Poppy Project

Art   Discovery Museum   Education   Exhibitions   Hatton Gallery   Laing Art Gallery   Local History   Segedunum Roman Fort   Social History   South Shields Museum & Art Gallery   World War 1
Posted by administrator on April 30, 2015     Permalink     Leave a comment

As part of our Wor Life project, commemorating the role of the North East in the First World War, we have been involving schools, families and community groups in creating poppies in our venues.  The poppies have been interpreted differently… Read more

Summer Hols and Sandy Beaches

Art   Collections & Objects   Collections Management   Laing Art Gallery   Volunteering
Posted by administrator on July 3, 2014     Permalink     Leave a comment

Summer has come at last and with it some new student placements from Northumbria University Conservation Course. It’s great to have new people to work  and exchange knowledge with. At the moment I have one student on placement and two ex… Read more

The A.I.A. and Art For Everyman

Art   Collections & Objects   Laing Art Gallery   Military History   Social History
Posted by administrator on April 25, 2014     Permalink     Leave a comment

And your starter for ten this week is ….  What do the following British 20th Century artists all have in common? – Clifford Rowe, James Boswell, Carel Weight, James Holland, Edward Ardizzone, Pearl Binder, Eric Gill, Victor Pasmore and Ben Nicholson?… Read more

Lost Ralph Hedley pictures

Arbeia South Shields' Roman Fort   Art   Exhibitions
Posted by administrator on July 22, 2013     Permalink     Comments (17)

Papers, notebooks, press cuttings, sketches and photos relating to the Tyneside artist Ralph Hedley were left to the Laing Art Gallery by the artist’s great-grandson Julian Brown. Some of the sketches are on show in the exhibition Ralph Hedley: Painting… Read more