Culture Awards News Archive

Culture Awards 2011: Awards show the vitality of our lively cultural scene Apr 17 2012

NOMINATIONS had been made, shortlists had been hammered out and all that was left to do was reveal the worthy winners of The Journal Culture Awards 2011.Read

Culture Awards 2011: Newcomer of the year Apr 17 2012

WINNER: Alison Gangel, writer - A childhood spent in care offered Alison Gangel a rich, if often awful, tapestry from which to draw inspiration for her debut literary offering, The Sun Hasn’t Fallen From the Sky.Read

Culture Awards 2011: Best arts and business partnership Apr 17 2012

WINNER: The Lit and Phil and Brewin Dolphin - LAST February, Newcastle’s Lit and Phil launched a £1m appeal to both secure its future and develop what it has to offer.Read

Culture Awards 2011: Renaissance museum award Apr 17 2012

WINNER: The Anglo Saxon Princess Exhibition at Kirkleatham Museum, Redcar - A STUNNING collection of mid-seventh century jewellery found in a royal Anglo-Saxon burial site in the North East put Kirkleatham Museum in Redcar on the international map.Read

Culture Awards 2011: Best event Durham Apr 17 2012

WINNER: Lumiere - DURHAM was once again bathed in a wonderful glow when Lumiere returned.Read

Culture Awards 2011: Best event Northumberland Apr 17 2012

WINNER: The Electric Estate - CRAGSIDE was seen in a different light for a second year running when it became a thoroughly Electric Estate.Read

Culture Awards 2011: Best event Sunderland Apr 17 2012

WINNER: The Split Festival - IT's third time lucky for the Split Festival which enjoyed its third incarnation in 2011.Read

Culture Awards 2011: Best event Teesside Apr 17 2012

WINNER: Last Record in Teesside: Sound It Out (UK) premiere at the Georgian Theatre, Stockton - A DOCUMENTARY chronicling the day-to-day doings of the last independent record shop in Stockton caught the imagination of the nation, and so deserved a rather lovely screening it its home town.Read

Culture Awards 2011: Best event Tyneside Apr 17 2012

WINNER: The Turner Prize at BALTIC - THE excitement and curiosity which greeted the announcement that The Turner Prize 2011 was to be held in the North East escalated when the exhibition opened at BALTIC in November.Read

Culture Awards 2011: Performance of the year Apr 17 2012

WINNER: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Northern Stage - ONE may have thought this drama, set in one room with four characters, was crying out for the intimate treatment.Read

Culture Awards 2011: Visual artist of the year Apr 17 2012

WINNER: Richard Forster - mima hosted a stunning exhibition by homegrown artist Richard Forster from July to November last year.Read

Culture Awards 2011: Performing artist of the year Apr 17 2012

WINNER: John Hodgkinson, actor - STUPENDOUS! Superb! Amazing! Brilliant! Phenomenal! Outstanding! Wow!Read

Culture Awards 2011: Writer of the year Apr 17 2012

WINNER: David Almond - DAVID Almond’s first novel for adults, The True Tale of the Monster Billy Dean, conjured up a dystopian world inhabited by an illiterate ‘Aynjel Childe’.Read

Culture Awards 2011: Arts Council award Apr 17 2012

WINNER: The Turner Prize at Baltic - VISITOR figures never tell the full story of the impact of an event – but they’re not a bad place to start.Read

Culture Awards 2011: Special award Apr 17 2012

EARLIER this year the Gateshead-born writer Peter Straughan won a Bafta and was nominated (jointly, with his late wife Bridget O’Connor) for an Oscar for his screenplay of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.Read

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