Hartlepool Art Gallery sits centrally within the cultural quarter of the town and is part of the Church Street innovation and Skills Quarter (ISQ). It is a stunning and beautifully restored Grade II Victorian church, formerly known as Christ Church which was built in 1858. The gallery opened 1996 and is within a minutes’ walk from Hartlepool Railway Station and close to Hartlepool Town Centre, the Middleton Grange Shopping Centre, National Museum of the Royal Navy Hartlepool, and Town Hall Theatre. Church Street and Church Square are the centre of the towns revitalisation with it moving towards a cafe culture and thriving daytime economy based around the new campus for Cleveland College of Art and Design The Northern School of Art since 1879.
The gallery has two exhibition spaces available The Main Gallery and The Apse Gallery. It has an extensive exhibition programme which aims to be ambitious and creatively diverse. The gallery’s programming group strive to ensure the exhibition line-up chimes with the town, is inspiring for future artists but also the audience feels that there is something there for them. This is achieved through a programme mix of in-house curated exhibitions, open artist proposals and exhibition developed in partnership.
Get in touch via email hpooltic@hartlepool.gov.uk
![Own Art Member, Craft NI [@CraftNIGallery] are delighted to partner with the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust [@QESTCraft] to bring to you the QEST Northern Ireland Showcase Exhibition!
⏰Opening Times: Monday – Saturday: 10am – 5pm
📍 Location: 115-119 Royal Avenue, Belfast, County Antrim, BT1 1FF
QEST supports the training and education of talented and aspiring craftspeople across the UK through Scholarships, Emerging Maker Grants and Apprenticeships.
Craft audiences in Northern Ireland will be able to see the work of 17 QEST Alumni who are based in or from the island of Ireland, representing a range of crafts including glass, handloom weaving, luthierie, willow sculpture, wrought iron putter making and silversmithing. The exhibition will be on until 10/05/24.
QEST Scholars exhibiting:
Aaron Leach @swiftsforge – wrought iron putter making
Alexandra Pengelly – textile design & knitwear
Andrea Spencer @aspencerglass – glass
Annemarie O’Sullivan – basket making
Bob Johnston @bob_johnston_willow_sculpture – basket making and willow sculpture
Cara Murphy @silverlandscape – silversmithing
Caitlin Murphy @caitlinmurphymaker – silversmithing
Damien McKeown – handloom weaving
James Adair – saddlery & leatherwork
Kurtis Scott @pictguitars – guitar making
Laura Quinn @lauraquinndesign – glass
Lucy Cushley @theirishsaddler – saddlery
Mario Sierra @mournetextiles – handloom weaving
Patrick Davison @p.e.davison – goldsmithing & silversmithing
Stephen McClenaghan @hawthorne.lutherie – musical instrument making
Tara McArtney @irishartisanyarn – textile design and making
Scott Benefield @benefield_spencer_glass – glass
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