JournalLive - Culture - Arts

Exhibition: Simon Nicholas paintings at Northumbria University Gallery

JournalLive — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

BACK in October 2001 – which is to say 10/11, the month after 9/11 – Simon Nicholas’s paintings caused a flurry of concern when they went on display in Newcastle.

Exhibition: Storm Thorgerson album artwork at Opus art gallery, Newcastle

JournalLive — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:28:00 GMT

AN ARTIST who created some of the defining album covers of the 70s – including Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon – will show off his greatest triumphs in a new solo exhibition.

Preview: Absolute Elvis at Phoenix Theatre, Blyth

JournalLive — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

ELVIS is back in the building .... in the convincing shape of one Johnny Lee Memphis anyway.

Shakespeare in Art exhibition at the Laing Art Gallery

JournalLive — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

SHAKESPEARE wrote 38 plays but inspired many more artists. David Whetstone views work by just a few of them.

Pupils learn Holocaust is still relevant

JournalLive — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Pupils devised a series of powerful posters to warn of the dangers of persecution, reports DAVID WHETSTONE

Exhibition: Black Cloud at the Lit & Phil

JournalLive — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

THE Byker scrapyard fire, which was seen from more than 30 miles away as smoke billowed over the city last year, inspired a project which culminates this evening in a special event at the Lit & Phil in Newcastle.

Interview: Children's illustrator Vanessa Cabban

JournalLive — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

VANESSA Cabban likens working as a children’s illustrator to being the front man in a band – implying that it’s not possible to be a star performer without lots of people slaving away quietly in the background.

Preview: Joseph Hillier exhibition, Darlington

JournalLive — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

THE profile of North East artist Joseph Hillier has been on the rise. Recently, it was announced that his sculptures had been bought by Newcastle University.

Artists help to usher in Year of the Dragon

JournalLive — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 08:28:00 GMT

WELCOMING in the year of the mythical dragon are three artists, exhibiting together in Newcastle’s Chinatown.

Exhibition: Designer Bookbinders UK at Newcastle City Library

JournalLive — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:30:00 GMT

AS THE delivery of information becomes quicker, slicker and more prone to instant disposal, a timely exhibition focuses on the painstaking art of creating truly beautiful books.

Preview: AV festival at Newcastle, Gateshead, Sunderland and Middlesbrough

JournalLive — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

NOW if you were planning to belt through this article at breakneck speed, squeezing it between one crucial task and another, think again.

Weekend of events to mark 150th anniversary of New Hartley pit disaster

JournalLive — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

IT was 150 years ago this month that a mining disaster at New Hartley pit left 204 men and boys dead.

Newcastle illustrator creates art for Life Science Centre solar system show

JournalLive — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:30:00 GMT

THE story behind the stars, as imagined by cultures from around the world, is being told in a new Planetarium show at Life Science Centre in Newcastle.

National Glass Centre in Sunderland plans a makover

JournalLive — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:30:00 GMT

THINGS are stirring beside the River Wear in Sunderland where one of the region’s most eye-catching cultural venues is scheduled for a makeover.

Nationl Glass Centre director James Bustard tells of passion

JournalLive — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

JAMES Bustard recalls that as an 18-year-old in 1973 he had decided to study economics at university before a dramatic change of heart.

Exhibition: Jane Bown: a Life in Black and White at DLI Museum and Durham Art Gallery

JournalLive — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

IN these days of fast movement and instant, push-button technology, there’s something to be said for a moment of still and silent contemplation.

Final weekend for Turner Prize exhibit

JournalLive — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

A high attendance is predicted at Baltic as the Turner Prize exhibition enters its closing weekend. DAVID WHETSTONE talks to director Godfrey Worsdale

Exhibition: Once Upon a Time at The Customs House, South Shields

JournalLive — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 08:30:00 GMT

THE Materialistics. Despite what you might think, this is not an association for people lucky enough to be able to replace their sofa every year. It is a community-minded group of predominantly women who work collaboratively to produce incredible works of textile art.

Preview: The Sleeping Beauty at Theatre Royal Newcastle

JournalLive — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

AN opulent version of The Sleeping Beauty coming to the Theatre Royal completes a Fairytale Trilogy for Scottish Ballet.

Shows all aimed at youngsters

JournalLive — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Can you be a parent of young kids and have live performance (as well as tantrums) in your life? Yes, answers TAMZIN LEWIS in a brief review of this year’s shows for children