February Newsletter

A brief look back over the month just gone, and what’s on the horizon…

Sally Madge: Nowhere Better Than This Place

Currently showing at Newcastle Contemporary Art, this retrospective exhibition celebrates the work of renowned north-east contemporary artist Sally Madge (1946-2020). Her rich multimedia output embraces ceramics, painting, sculpture, collage, film, installation and performance in countless contributions and collaborations in solo and group shows at home and abroad.

The show will run from January 28th to February 25th.
Opening hours are Thursday - Saturday between 12 and 5pm.

You can find out more about the exhibition by clicking HERE >

Related Events

Claytopia / Pedagogic Practices: How did Sally facilitate?
Tuesday 7th February, 6.30-8pm

A tacit workshop exploring processes of making, facilitating, learning, creating and community, facilitated by Foundation Press and Dr Judy Thomas, Assistant Professor in Fine Art, Northumbria University.

You can book tickets for this event HERE >

Feminist Practices: What do we know about how Sally made work?

Tuesday 21st February, 6.30-8pm

A Conversation exploring how women artists make work between and about our domestic and professional spaces with Dr. Particia Zakreski, Senior Lecturer in Victorian Literature and Culture, Exeter University and Dr. Caroline Gausden, writer and discursive curator based in Glasgow.

You can book tickets for this event HERE >

Wor Seahorse Spectacle

As part of Moving Parts upcoming Puppetry Festival, studio holder Chloe Rodham has been involved in facilitating workshops to make giant seahorse puppets, which will be paraded through Newcastle as part of the Puppet Parade on April 8th!

The workshops will continue to take place over the next couple of months, and you can find out more and even get involved yourself HERE >

You can also see more of Chloe's work by clicking HERE >

Reception Exhibition

We moved from 2022 to 2023 with a glorious display of artworks by our building community adoring our reception area.
This exhibition offered an eclectic mix of work created within the High Bridge Works walls - and provided a lovely backdrop for our building Christmas party to boot!

You can find out more and see links to the websites of all those involved HERE >

Altogether Studio Redesign

Having recently celebrated a fantastic win for Brand Curation of the Year at the North East Marketing Awards, it's good news all round for Altogether as they now enjoy an exciting revamp of their studio, designed for them by Studio Kind.

If you'd like to take a look at the work that goes in this glamorous space, you can see more from Altogether HERE >

Fridge of Sisyphus 2

This exhibition featuring a film by Roman Vaughan-Williams of NCA and Susie Davies of Kaleidoscope was recently screened at the Newbridge Project. The show was well received, and we always love seeing members of our building community collaborate!

You can see more from Susie HERE > and Roman HERE >

Gresham Wooden Horse

In November and December Newcastle Contemporary Art hosted Gresham Wooden Horse, an exhibition co-created over several years by artist Isabel Lima, with residents and community stakeholders in the neighbourhood of Gresham, Middlesbrough. You can read more about this exhibition HERE >

You can see some beautiful shots of the installation alongside a fascinating interview with the artist in this film produced by Kaleidoscope, available HERE >

Studio Holder Spotlight

Adam Pointer

This month we welcome a new artist to the shared painting studio.
Adam's work takes a playful look inside the mind - capturing the: manic anxiety, shifting emotion and colourful chaos that lies within.

You can see more of his work HERE >

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