Gallery North

The School of Arts & Social Sciences is due to open Gallery North in October 2008, an important new addition to Newcastle’s burgeoning art scene.  The Gallery plans to offer an exciting programme of art by emerging home grown talent including staff, researchers and alumni.  This work will also be shown alongside international artists such as James Hugonin and Sean Scully who will exhibit together as part of the Gallery’s inaugural exhibition of abstract painting.  Gallery North’s exhibition programme will relate to aspects of teaching within the School that demonstrate ideas and visual thinking, covering cutting-edge new art as well as exhibitions of a broader, more historical nature.  

The exhibition programme will offer both traditional and contemporary art that will contribute to the lively dialogue within both the cultural and academic sectors.  It aims to ensure that the excellence of learning and teaching is exemplified in exhibitions of staff, students and prestigious alumni.

Gallery North will be located in Squires Building and will support the culture of the North East and contribute to the energy of artists emerging from within the region.

A full programme of exhibitions for 2008-09 will be posted shortly.

For more information please contact:
Helen Baker-Alder
Squires Building
Northumbria University
Sandyford Road
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 8ST
e-mail helen.baker-alder@northumbria.ac.uk