Culture Awards News Archive

Culture Awards 2010: Yes, it’s going to be tough but let’s be proud of ourselves Mar 29 2011

WITH Arts Council England’s announcement about future funding plans due tomorrow morning, many of those who attended the fifth annual Journal Culture Awards will have had other things on their mind over the last few days and weeks.Read

Culture Awards 2010: Newcomer of the year Mar 29 2011

STAND-up comedian, Chris Ramsey has had rather a good year. Safe to say the Sunderland and South Shields-bred comic, who is in the midst of his 25th year, cranked things up a notch.Read

Culture Awards 2010: Renaissance: North East Museum Award Mar 29 2011

CULTURE Shock may seem to be a local storytelling project … but it just might be the largest digital storytelling project in the world.Read

Culture Awards 2010: Best Arts and Business Partnership Mar 29 2011

THE NewBridge Studio project in Newcastle provides a supportive and communal atmosphere for emerging artists with an emphasis on creative development.Read

Culture Awards 2010: Best Event Teesside Mar 29 2011

THE long-awaited launch of Temenos, a giant artwork designed by world-renowned duo artist Anish Kapoor and structural designer Cecil Balmond did nothing to disappoint.Read

Culture Awards 2010: Best Event Northumberland Mar 29 2011

THE lighting of Hadrian’s Wall attracted more than 50,000 people to various points across its 84-mile expanse and exposed its glowing charms to an estimated audience of 855 million.Read

Culture Awards 2010: Best Event Durham Mar 29 2011

IN 2010 Durham was once again bathed in the sound of brass during this popular summer festival.Read

Culture Awards 2010: Best Event Tyneside Mar 29 2011

AMERICAN artist Jenny Holzer has been text messaging since the days when phones came on the end of flexes and postmen still delivered letters penned in ink.Read

Culture Awards 2010: Best Event Sunderland Mar 29 2011

THIS impressive exhibition brought together an eclectic and fascinating selection of art, artists and artefacts.Read

Culture Awards 2010: Performance of the Year Mar 29 2011

GATESHEAD-based Unfolding Theatre asked 100 local people the question: if you could build your own palace, what would it be?Read

Culture Awards 2010: Visual Artist of the Year Mar 29 2011

A YEAR which saw Laura Lancaster enjoy her first solo exhibition, has won the artist a consecutive Culture Award in this category.Read

Culture Awards 2010: Writer of the Year Mar 29 2011

FORMER Labour MP of 24 years standing Chris Mullin published the second instalment of his highly acclaimed diaries in 2010, Decline and Fall.Read

Culture Awards 2010: Performing Artist of the Year Mar 29 2011

REMARKS on Scott Turnbull’s touching and stand-out portrayal of Adam in the stage adaptation of Richard Milward’s debut novel, Apples, peppered reviews of the production.Read

Culture Awards 2010: Arts Council Award Mar 29 2011

A COLLABORATIVE commission for BRASS: Durham International Festival resulted in a moving performance at Durham Cathedral.Read

Culture Awards 2010: Special Contribution to Arts and Culture Award Mar 29 2011

The century-long history of the People’s Theatre has inspired a couple of books packed with anecdotes which were undoubtedly just a few of those at the disposal of the authors.Read

Culture Awards 2009: Newcomer of the Year Mar 24 2010

SUNDERLAND-based artist Sophie Lisa Beresford is nominated predominantly for her work My Culture is Beautiful, which brought her to wider attention in 2009.Read

Culture Awards 2009: Renaissance Museum Award Mar 24 2010

FOLLOWING a three-year, £27m transformation, the Great North Museum reopened its doors in May, to region-wide applause as a place of entertainment, education, discovery and visitor participation.Read