Laing Art Gallery
Location: New Bridge Street, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
Contacts: Tel 0191 232 7734 Fax 0191 222 0952
Minicom 0191 221 2129/2127
Admission: Free
Essential info: The North's premier art gallery with extensive collections of watercolours, costume, silver, glass, pottery and sculpture. Giftshop & Cafeteria.
Permanent Displays: The gallery's award winning display Art On Tyneside explores the history of the region's art and craft traditions, while the Proctor & Gamble Children's Gallery takes an innovative look at art, especially for the under-5's.
Access: Disabled access to all levels, Disabled Toilets, Guide Dogs allowed,
Staff knowledge of BSL
The Customs House
Location: Mill Dam, South Shields
Contacts: Tel 0191 454 1234 Fax 0191 456 5979
Website: www.customshouse.co.uk
Admission: Free
Essential info: Theatre, cinema and gallery in a historic setting.
Access: Disabled access to first floor, lift gives access to second floor. Main gallery is fully accessible, limited access to Fusion Gallery.
Queen’s Hall Arts Centre
Location: Beaumont Street, Hexham
Contacts: Tel 01434 652 476 Fax 01434 652 478
Essential info: The arts centre has operated since 1983, holds a 400 seat theatre, two gallery spaces, two classrooms and a café/bar. It shows small to medium-scale touring productions, mainly one-night stands.
Access: Partially accessible: Disabled Loos, access to galleries via lift, ramped access.
Shipley Art Gallery
Location: Prince Consort Road, Gateshead
Contacts: Tel + minicom 0191 477 1495 Fax 01434 652 478
Admission: Free
Essential info: Home to one of the largest collections of contemporary craft in Northern England. Also shows old master paintings, most notably by Tintoretto and Terniers.
The Shipley shop sells gifts. Tea + coffee available.
Permanent Displays: The gallery's nationally renowned Contemporary Craft Collection is a dazzling display of the latest glass, ceramics, textiles and furniture. Made in Gateshead takes a look at the town's industry, its people and their skills. There's also a craft reference library.
Access: Disabled Access, Disabled Toilets, Guide Dogs allowed
South Shields Museum & Art Gallery
Location: Ocean Road, South Shields
Contacts: Tel + minicom 0191 456 8740 Fax 0191 456 7850
Admission: Free
Essential info: Gift shop and coffee point.
Permanent Displays: Visit the fascinating reconstruction of William Black Street where famous novelist Catherine Cookson grew up. In Land, River, Sea discover how the area's natural environment and industrial history has been shaped through lively hands-on displays
Access: Disabled Access, Disabled Toilets, Guide Dogs allowed, staff knowledge of BSL
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Hatton Gallery
Location: The Quadrangle, University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
Contacts: Tel 0191 222 6059 Fax 0191 222 6059
Email: hatton-gallery@ncl.ac.uk
Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/hatton
Admission: Free
Essential info: The aim of the Hatton Gallery is to be a nationally recognised and accessible centre for both exciting contemporary art and broad ranging shows of historical art from across the world. There are gallery talks every Tuesday at 1pm on the theme of the current exhibition. There is a gallery shop.
Waygood Gallery
Location: 31 High Bridge Street, Newcastle, NE1 1EW
Email: art@waygood.org
Contact: 011 265 6857
Website: www.waygood.org
Admission: Free
Essential info: Whilst Waygood Gallery & Studios awaits a major multi-million pound redevelopment, artists films and videos are being screened in the Little Jewel Cinema, a former empty shop on High Bridge Street & an art billboard on Shields Road, Byker.
Access: Little Jewel Cinema, 10am-10pm daily, films change fortnightly on a Thursday. Harker Herald, 24 hours view from street, changes monthly.
University Gallery
Location: University of Northumbria, Sandyford Road, Newcastle
Contacts: Tel 0191 227 4424 Fax 0191 227 4718
Admission: Free
Essential info: The University Gallery is recognised as a public gallery with an annual average attendance of 80,000 visitors. It presents a programme of temporary exhibitions by artists of national and international reputation, as well as exhibitions by lesser known, promising artists.
Permanent Collection: Over 200 paintings, drawings and prints by leading contemporary British artists including, for example, Norman Adams, Peter Greenham, Sean Scully, Albert Irvin and Victor Pasmore.
The Art Works Galleries
Location: The Art Works Galleries, Stepney Bank, Ouseburn, Newcastle, NE1 2NP
Contacts: Tel: 0191 261 9922 E-mail: info@theartworksgalleries.com
Admission: Free
Website: www.theartworksgalleries.com
Essential info: The Art Works Galleries is the North of England's largest single-floor commercial art gallery. With five separate galleries under one roof it is an innovative space to see, buy, display, enjoy and talk about art.
Access info: A five minute walk from NewcastleGateshead quayside and less than ten minutes from Newcastle's city centre. There are on-street and off-street parking areas adjacent to the gallery and full disable access.
