Curation

BRASS TACKS 2: Counterweight

Using timeless crafts such as textiles, ceramics and stonework, the artists in this exhibition engaged with symbology and structure, etching their shared perspectives and personal mythologies into history with a North-East localised practice.

BRASS TACKS 1: In The Round

‘In The Round’ was a group exhibition exploring ideas of home, emptiness, and the spaces in-between. Collaboratively, the artists tell shared stories of strange spaces, neglected nostalgia and abandoned nautical nightclubs.

BRASS TACKS

A six-month programme of events, exhibitions and skills development opportunities for emerging and established local artists. Led by Jed Buttress, supported by the Creative Central: NCL programme, and funded by the North of Tyne Combined Authority and Newcastle City Council.

Peter Hanmer: Seeking Armageddon

‘Seeking Armageddon’ brought together over 10 years of apocalyptic musings in sculpture, installation, and ink from award winning Northeast-based visual artist Peter Hanmer.

Liz Atkin: Drawings, collage and writing - a retrospective

An exhibition showcasing the eclectic practice of the late Liz Atkin (1951 - 2018). This exhibition collected drawings, collage and poetry, displayed alongside writings and personal artefacts belonging to the artist.

Jed Buttress: Boy Detective

A solo gallery exhibition that combined the roles of artist, detective and curator - a collection of five years of found objects, hand-crafted tools and supernatural evidence.

Anja Percival & Joanna Bourne: This Common Place

An exhibition of two talented printmakers, exploring the different atmospheres that light creates in our environments - translating the seemingly mundane into something unmistakably beautiful.

Jed Buttress: CLUES

A small-scale exhibition, showcasing a collection of found objects and artefacts pertaining to a multitude of local mysteries - installed within a glass window display.

Rory Spencer: Free Art

This exhibition was an experimental display of drawings by Glasgow-based artist Rory Spencer, that sought to encourage audience participation whilst challenging the muddy concept of art ownership.