NewBridge Gallery is currently closed—you can still shop NewBridge Books.
We will reopen Friday 16 October, 5pm for the preview of Form and Display!
Join Lady Kitt for an interactive session on designing and delivering creative workshops. This event is also open and free to members of the Kaleidoscope Network.
In this session, you will learn essential logistics, design, and delivery skills to reach communities effectively. The focus will be on confidently facilitating sessions and safeguarding practices. You will gain practical knowledge in:
Important things to know
If you opt to attend remotely, a member of staff will contact you on the day of the workshop with a Zoom link and more info about the session and a digital code of conduct. If attending in person, arrive by 5:45pm for a prompt 6pm start.
This is an interactive session, and we encourage you to ask questions, share your suggestions, and actively participate in activities and discussions. If you prefer to listen, that’s perfectly fine too!
There will be an opportunity for some diagnostic thinking if you have led a workshop before but want to improve, or if you simply aren’t sure where to start and need help.
This is a hybrid event and will take place both online and in real life.
What you need
Please bring your existing workshop ideas or a sample of a workshop plan you have led before. If you have not led a workshop, feel free to share your thoughts on a workshop you have attended.
We will provide paper and pens. Feel free to bring your laptop, tablet, phone, or your preferred device.
Please ensure you have a ticket for this session. Book one below!
Lady Kitt (they/them) is a disabled sculptor and drag king. Kitt works on long term, collaborative endeavours driven by insatiable curiosity about the social functions of art. Most regularly working with, Drag House DGA, Disabled artist-led kin collective and their two children
Kitt is member of the MIMA Advisory Board and founding member of disabled artist led art rabble “kin collective” (North East Culture Awards “Newcomer of the Year” winner 2022). They were a Visual Artist of the Year finalist in the NE Culture Awards, 2024.
Projects are usually punctuated by the creation of large-scale, vibrant installations (or sites for exchange) crafted from recycled paper, reused plastics and raw clay, which Kitt calls folk-art shrines or “Neo Folk-oco” (in reference to Neo- Rococo).
UpSkill is an exciting programme of workshops focused on how to thrive as an artist; from writing to self-employment, network building to promoting yourself online and curating to designing your own workshop!
Wednesday 30 April 2025
6–8pm
Free for members / £3 for non-members
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.
