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Thursday, February 28, 2008

The Journal

The Journal
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Helen Smith, the founding creative director of Waygood at the press announcement that building work will commence in a few weeks

Helen Smith, the founding creative director of Waygood at the press announcement that building work will commence in a few weeks
Originally uploaded by WYGD

Waygood Gallery & Studios

Waygood is changing

Waygood and Newcastle City Council have appointed Rok building Limited as the
redevelopers of our building on High Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

Work will begin this spring to create a new city centre cultural venue comprising of
Galleries, artists studios, a learning centre, café bar and club and office space.
More more details and to see an animation of the redevelopment see

www.waygood.org

Waygood Gallery Redevelopment Animation on YouTube

The capital redevelopment programme has been generously supported by both national
and regional funding sources including Tyne Wear partnership, via Single Programme
Funding from ONE NorthEast, lottery arts funding through Arts Council England, part
funded by the European Regional Development Fund, Newcastle City Council, Northern
Rock Foundation, the Sir James Knott Trust and The Barbour Trust.

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Born Slippy

Born Slippy
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Born Slippy by Mary Renner is a reproduction of a painting, the original size being 15" by 15", acrylic on canvas. The artist has chosen to sidestep the visual language of billboards and advertising in favour of painting, using colour washes to build formal colour relations while retaining a flatness of surface, it has semi transparent layers that unify the surface and create form.

"The title hints at the painting's kinship to music (second cousin, twice removed). While avoiding all narrative it is an evocative representation of people, emotional experience and memories of specific events" Mary Renner

Wednesday, January 2, 2008

January 2008 - Sharon Wilson

January 2008 - Sharon Wilson
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January Harker Herald

Think Las Vegas by Sharon Wilson is a temporary memorial to the closure of Swan Hunters shipbuilding plant at Wallsend. The Hammerhead cranes are about to be severed from their historic location and sold to the Indian shipbuilding company Bharati. As the industrial landscape is reshaped, impacts on the community are not only economic but also about loss and nostalgia.

This playful yet melancholic image attempts to deal with the post industrial present by looking at the edifices of urban regeneration and imagining new meanings. The iconic machinery is restaged as an impossible fairground attraction" Sharon Wilson

With help from audio artist Tim Hutchinson and photographer Derick Henderson.

Haker Herald will continue throughout 2008 with monthly posters from twelve more studio artists.

Look out for artworks from Mary Renner, Jock Mooney, Laura Lancaster, Rachel Lancaster, Mick Davies Sarah Wales, Carol McGuigan, Mike Collier, Karen Davies, Stephen Palmer, Lynda Dodsworth and Joe Woodhouse

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* * Wednesday 30 January 6-8pm * *
* * * Hanging Wall Private View * * *

* * Think Las Vegas by Sharon Wilson * *
* & Speculative Research by Brian Degger *

* * RSVP here or freekstar1@mac.com * *

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