Little Artists
Why not come along and try our sessions for all pre-schoolers?
Each week we will make things, sing, listen to a story, have juice and biscuits, play and learn lots about things in the gallery and around us.
Get to meet lots of new friends and have lots of fun! There will be a charge of 50p per child for each session. No need to book just come along!
10.15 - 11.45am
Little Artists does not take place during the school holidays (so there will be no session on 16 February).
Date: 19 Jan 2010 - 19 Dec 10, 10.15am - 11.45am
Venue: Laing Art Gallery
Location: Laing Art Gallery
More information: www.twmuseums.org.uk/laing 
From Time to Time
FROM TIME TO TIME: strikingly colourful artwork made at Killhope by Jane Foale during her Residency at the museum. Jane’s images respond to the processes and cycles of the area’s mineralogy and mining legacy and are shown alongside some of the objects, stories and materials which inspired and went into making them.
Date: 30 May - 31 Oct 2010, 10.30am - 5.00pm
Venue: Killhope, The North of England Lead Mining Museum
Location: Killhope - The North Of England Lead Mining Museum
More information: http://www.Killhope.org.uk
In the Long Run - 30 Years of the Great North Run
In The Long Run marks the 30
th anniversary of the BUPA Great North Run and explores the history and significance of the world’s most popular half-marathon.
The exhibition captures the community spirit behind the Great North Run and documents thirty years of runner’s stories, recollections and memories. It explores the North East’s long tradition of road running and uncovers the organisational effort behind the Run.
Date: 17 Jul - 17 Oct 2010
Venue: Great North Museum
More information: http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/greatnorthmuseum/
DinoMites - The A-Z of Dinosaurs
Travel back 150 million years and come face to face with baby and juvenile dinosaurs in
DinoMites - The A- Z of Dinosaurs – from the Armour that protects plant eaters like Polacanthus, to Zoos, with captive breeding programmes that try to prevent the extinction of today’s species.
DinoMites shows 15 species, including children’s favourites such as T. rex and Triceratops, and less well-known dinosaurs such as Gallimimus and Oviraptor. Each display and interactive exhibit explores a different aspect of the prehistoric world, and takes the visitor through the lives of these animals, from hatching out of their eggs to a peaceful forest death.
Date: 12 Jun - 26 Sep 2010
Venue: South Shields Museum & Art Gallery
More information: http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/southshields/
Contemporary Art Society Centenary Exhibition
An exhibition by artist Michael Dean. Dean grew up in Newcastle upon Tyne and was strongly influenced by his visits to the Laing as a child, in particular his interest in David Bomberg’s Sunset, The Bay, North Devon, 1946. Dean will be exhibiting his work in conversation with this painting.
Date: 15 May - 24 Oct 2010
Venue: Laing Art Gallery
More information: http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/laing/
Lucy Skaer
To complement
Japanese Wave, the Laing will be showing works by Turner Prize nominee Lucy Skaer, whose work is inspired by Hokusai’s most famous print
Under the Wave, off Kanagawa.
Date: 08 May - 12 Sep 2010
Venue: Laing Art Gallery
More information: http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/laing/
William Armstrong - a spark of inspiration
Celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Tyneside industrialist and inventor Lord Armstrong, this new exhibition will track Armstrong’s life and achievements.
Date: 10 Jul 2010 - 16 Jan 2011
Venue: Discovery Museum
More information: http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/discovery/
British Sporting Art
This fabulous exhibition will explore the genre of Sporting Art in Britain, from horseracing and hunting to boxing, football and ratting! Central to the story is John Bowes, founder of the Museum and the first man to lift the renowned Triple Crown. Exhibits include work by George Stubbs, Sir Alfred Munnings, George Morland & J F Herring Snr & Jnr.
Date: 11 May - 10 Oct 2010, 10.00 - 5.00
Venue: The Bowes Museum
Location: Temporary Exhibition Gallery
More information: www.thebowesmuseum.org.uk
