Shieldfield Art Works Blog
Advent + Adventure – sneak peek
29th November 2012

Andrew Barker, Approach, 2012 My, my! Advent is nearly upon us and we’re *almost* ready to start warming that mulled wine! There’s some real gems in this exhibition and we’re pleased with the way the lovely ladies of Situation Rhubarb have put it all together. It’s a really diverse collection of work with some profound and challenging […]

Invitation to Advent + Adventure
15th November 2012

I know we’ve been harping on about this. But we wanted to officially invite you the exhibition preview for ADVENT + ADVENTURE, on Friday, November 30, at 6:00pm, for which you can look forward to some great art, music, mulled-wine, and seasonal treats. Artists from all backgrounds have been invited to explore the Christmas season through themes of waiting, expectation, and preparation. This […]

PlayToon & PlayOut – Outside/IN
16th May 2012

Sebastian Messer of Northumbria’s School of the Built & Natural Environment installs the exhibition. Image Courtesy PlayToon. This week marks the official launch of Outside/IN. The PlayToon exhibition is installed in the Sanctuary and preparations for this weekend are going forward. The official launch of the project will be this Friday at 6pm and the PlayOut event will run […]

‘Our Newcastle’ + Richard Fish
25th April 2012

Richard Fish, Photographer. from Richard Hirst on Vimeo. Preparations for ‘Our Newcastle,’ THB’s photography project with local photographers, Richard Fish and Louise Todd, and students from Christchurch Shieldfield and St. Catherine’s Primarys, are coming along nicely. Cameras have been collected from both schools and are getting ready to be sent off! Enjoy this short film Fish […]

Recreation Exhibition 1st-18th April
26th March 2012

Owen Daily, Artist’s Proof: Gravity. Here at the Holy Biscuit, we’ve been so busy getting things ready for the Recreation conference, that it might seem that we have forgotten to promote our three week exhibition of the same name. Curated by Morphé Arts, the show will feature some fabulous work by London-based artists, Liza Cucco, Alastair Gordon, and Lucinda Metcalfe, […]

Interview: Julia Tryon
16th January 2012

  THB recently did a studio visit and interview with Newcastle-based artist, JULIA TRYON and talked about her upcoming site-specific installation at Open Shop’s Stairwell Gallery, opening this Friday, January 12, at 6pm.   Julia Tryon’s work often blurs the distinction between photography, sculpture and painting, through the deconstruction and reconstruction of photographs of the […]

Advent Exhibition
9th December 2011

Thanks again to everyone who came to the opening last Thursday evening! The word was that it was quite a busy night, with around four to five other openings around town. Check out some photos by Louise Todd The show’s up for about another week before it moves up to Wooler. Check out work by: […]