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Featured Artist – Ruth Bond
Born in Zambia, raised there and in Northumberland, Ruth trained in fashion before founding an award-winning interior design business in Newcastle. Her deep love of colour, texture, and form found a natural evolution in painting, and today she works primarily in oils-always painting from life, memory, and lived experience. Having travelled and worked across the … Continue reading Featured Artist – Ruth Bond
Spotlight on: Woodhorn Museum
and the Northumberland Open Exhibition Woodhorn Museum is located in what was once the largest pit village in the world, the former colliery now welcomes thousands of people each year, telling the story of what daily life was really like for Northumberland’s mining communities. The museum houses an impressive banner collection, chronicles the life of … Continue reading Spotlight on: Woodhorn Museum
Happy! An exhibition curated from the Jerwood Collection by the Hatton’s young people’s group, L-INK
The Jerwood Collection (jerwood.org/Jerwoodcollection/) is a preeminent collection of modern British art, offering the group an unparallelled opportunity to work with a range of major artworks by British artists. Unlike most other professions or vocations every artist becomes an artist in different ways and at different times in their life. Some artists are art-makers all the … Continue reading Happy! An exhibition curated from the Jerwood Collection by the Hatton’s young people’s group, L-INK
Review of our Festive Folk Art workshop led by Kath Price
On the 6th December I attended a workshop held by Kath Price on Festive Folk Art using vintage fabrics. Kath provided pre-cut designs of festive trees, angel wings, Dala Horses and wild stars. We were invited to rummage in her stock of bits and bobs to find beads, button, charms etc to decorate the Christmas … Continue reading Review of our Festive Folk Art workshop led by Kath Price
Review of our Reinvigorating Crafting projects workshop led by Louise Underwood
When you thought January was never going to end, looking forward to a friends of Hatton workshop is so important for your mental wellbeing and Louise delivered on making the session an uplifting experience! Throughout the year we start projects, are introduced to new skills and share our ideas but one thing you can be guilty … Continue reading Review of our Reinvigorating Crafting projects workshop led by Louise Underwood
Workshop: Impressionistic Mountain Landscapes in Water Based Oils paints with artist Ruth Bond
7 March 2026. 11am-3pm - £20 for Friends, £30 for non-members. You can also buy tickets for Ruth's workshop from our WeGotTickets page. 11-12pm Demonstration, 12-3pm Workshop and demo continues. Ruth trained in fashion before founding an award-winning interior design business in Newcastle. Her deep love of colour, texture, and form found a natural evolution … Continue reading Workshop: Impressionistic Mountain Landscapes in Water Based Oils paints with artist Ruth Bond
Friends’ Bulletin Winter 2025
Dear Friends, welcome to our winter bulletin 2025. The Friends of the Hatton exists for ‘ the education of the public by the promotion of art, and ...the support of the Hatton Gallery’. The Hatton gallery is open to all; it welcomes students, residents and visitors alike. As Friends we actively support the gallery and … Continue reading Friends’ Bulletin Winter 2025
Are your email details up to date?
I hope you received your email invitation to the private view of Uta Kögelsberger’s exhibition “Some Kind of Love: Actions and Reactions to Living on a Damaged Planet” in September. We will be sending out invitations to future previews via email. If you didn’t receive one this time, your email details may not be up … Continue reading Are your email details up to date?
New membership structure and costs for 2027
After much discussion the committee have decided to restructure and simplify our membership. We are also introducing a new lifetime membership for £250. More details will follow in future bulletins. Student and under 25 £10Individual £20Individual + friend (same address) £30Lifetime membership (new) £250.00 Please note: These changes will come into force in … Continue reading New membership structure and costs for 2027
Our new Code of Conduct
The Committee have put together a Friends’ Code of Conduct statement. As we look to expand our membership post COVID and the fact that we have lots of non-members (potential new members) attending our events, we thought we should lay out the values and principles of the organisation. It’s a short document but it aims … Continue reading Our new Code of Conduct
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