Proposed Exhibitions

Suddenly we have a full diary (to be confirmed): 

Oct 3rd - 8th Nov 2026        Hartlepool Art Gallery

Jan 2027                                Heritage Gallery, Cargo Fleet

Feb - April 2027                    Land Of Iron, Skinningrove

2028                                       Darlington Library

2026 Challenges

 Every couple of months we are holding to Challenges, which members can join in with if they wish:

So far, we have had:

January

 Quick Portrait Challenge - people were asked to contribute to a portrait of Norma, our senior member

Norma

April 

Fantastic Creatures Challenge - produced a varied selection of subjects, styles and materials

Rob

Rob

Rob

Les S

Gill P

Julia

Kate

Marjorie

Group 

More Challenges Coming Up

June 2nd             Shared Still-Life

July 14th            Life Model

August 25th        Still Life In Collage     

2026 Events - Jacqui Lomax Workshop

 

This is what we have organised so far. Watch this space for more.

10th March	Jacqui Lomax Workshop	Animal portraits, using graphic pencils
16th June	Visit to Yorkshire Sculpture Park	Exhibition by contemporary native American artists

These are photos from Jacqui Lomax's excellent workshop, showing some of the results

2025 Round-up 3

Although our planned trip to the Hepworth Gallery had to be cancelled, our September visit to Newcastle was a great success. We started at the Northern Summer Exhibition, held at the Newcastle Arts Centre, which also has an excellent art shop. We followed it up with visits  to the Laing Gallery and The Biscuit Factory, which always has an eclectic mix of contemporary work. No visit to Tyneside would be complete without including The Biscuit Factory Cafe.

Here are some of the pictures we saw - no details available (sorry!):

       Arts Centre

 Biscuit Factory

Biscuit Factory

Biscuit Factory

Also in September, the Heritage Gallery held its first Teesside Fringe Exhibition, to which most of our members contributed work. We hope that this will become a regular feature of the calendar.

 Kate Geelan

 Karol Nielsen

 Julia Cutter

 Gill Place

 Les Southerton

Although this was our last major event of 2025, we finished the year with an entertaining session making Christmas decorations, followed by Lunch at th Cart House Cafe.

2025 Round-up 2: Dave Mercer Workshop

 Dave showed us how he starts his paintings without a clear idea of the oucome and develops his compositon on the canvas, then encouragewd us to do likewise:

Dee and Kate respond to Dave's ideas:

2025 Round-up 1

 Time for a belated roundup of 2025: 

st-10th January	Yorkshire Land and Sea Exhibition by Ruth Davies and Kate Geelan	Heritage Gallery, Cargo Fleet
18th March	Proposed visit to Hepworth Gallery	Cancelled owing to transport problems
27th March - 25th April	For The Love Of Art Exhibition	Heritage Gallery
3rd June	Dave Mercer workshop	Abstract and imaginative landscape painting
3rd September	Newcastle Visit	Newcastle Art Centre Laing Gallery Biscuit Factory
8th September - 10th October	Teesside Fringe Exhibition	Heritage Gallery (Most members have submitted work)

Ruth and Kate's Yorkshire Land and Sea Exhibition got us off to a great start, and was, as usual, beautifully hung by Jodie Athey at The Heritage Gallery. The same was true of the group's 'For The Love Of Art' Exhibition, which took place in March and April.

Here are a few examples of work from the Exhibition:

To be continued

For The Love Of Art Exhibition - Heritage Gallery April 2025

 

This felt a particularly special exhibition, with up to 5 paintings from each artist, and a collection of potter from Les Southerton. A big thank you too Jodie Athey fo an inspired hanging.