Enjoy free tea, coffee, and snacks and meet new people in our community, catch up with friends or take some time to relax!
Workshop
Events
NewBridge Gallery is now closed until Friday 16 October.
You can join us on 5 September and 3 October for Saturday Social. You can still shop NewBridge Books throughout the weekdays!
Enjoy free tea, coffee, and snacks and meet new people in our community, catch up with friends or take some time to relax!
Join us in creating a vibrant tablecloth by exploring printmaking techniques with NewBridge artist Beth Stead. Beth will draw inspiration from the cloth she developed in collaboration with Memory Cafe.
This workshop is suitable for all ages, and no prior experience is needed – just drop in!
Working across drawing, painting, sculpture and textiles, Beth Stead makes visual stories of image and object to form reimagining in response to socio-political barriers. Her practice attempts to explore bodily awkwardness, both biological and artificial, the history of bodily health, human connections to costume, the notion of worship and religion, and our relationship with the none-human sphere through the lens of class.
Saturday Social is an exciting drop-in workshop suitable for all ages and enjoy a delicious free lunch from Big River Bakery. Come hang out in our gallery, where you can catch up on our current exhibition, grab a cuppa and have a chat!
Saturday Social is for adults and families who would like to enjoy a lunch, try something creative or chat with other people from Shieldfield.
Unfortunately, Saturday Social is not for members of our youth programme to attend unsupervised.
Saturday Social started as a way to get to know more people from our community and use our gallery as a social space. We understand galleries can be intimidating spaces, so the idea of Saturday Social is that (with a bit more going on, like pies and printmaking) the gallery will seem less intimidating.
“It’s been a good day” — Jed
“It’s nice to do something social and get out of the house” — Chris
“That was really enjoyable. I’m very happy with my prints and it really was a social because I made a new friend!” — Matthew
The gallery is wheelchair accessible. There is a variety of seats and benches, including comfy ones with arms and backs. Coffee morning can be quite a noisy space and has natural light. Someone in the bookshop will meet you and take you to the event space.
If it’s your first time, someone can meet you; if you want to chat about the event, please get in touch with Elaine at elaine@thenewbridgeproject.com / 07708 195 800.
We aim to make your visit pleasant and comfortable; please let us know if there is anything we can do to improve your experience.
Saturday 7 December 2024
1–4pm
Free
The NewBridge Project
Shieldfield Centre
4-8 Clarence Walk (off Stoddart Street)
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 1AL
The NewBridge Project is accessible. You can find out more here, or feel free to contact us prior to visiting if you require additional information regarding access and facilities.
The NewBridge Project is a charity, registered charity no. 1173849.
We are grateful to our funders, including Arts Council England, Newcastle City Council, Garfield Weston Foundation, Jerwood Foundation, Community Foundation North East, Newcastle University and the The North East Mayoral Strategic Authority.
We are proud to be a Gallery of Sanctuary.
