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Exhibition
Wed-Sun

Joanne Coates Middle of Somewhere

Green landscape with rolling green hills in the background and green bushes and trees in the foreground.
11 May – 17 Nov 2024
Recipient of The Vasseur Baltic Artist Award, Joanne Coates tells stories of rurality, hidden histories and inequalities relating to low income.
Exhibition
Wed-Sun

Franki Raffles: Photography, Activism, Campaign Works

Woman wearing a head scarf and blue shirt chopping lettuce.
18 May 2024 – 16 Mar 2025
Feminist, activist and social documentary photographer Franki Raffles documented the lives of women across the world 1984-94.
Exhibition
Wed-Sun

Hannah Perry Manual Labour

Large industrial structure with lights and scaffolding and a large screen showing a pregnant woman.
22 Jun 2024 – 16 Mar 2025
Hannah Perry presents a major body of new work for our Level 4 gallery that considers labour, motherhood and class.
Exhibition
Wed-Sun

Leap Then Look Play Interact Explore

12 Oct 2024 – 1 Jun 2025
Featuring large, tactile sculptural objects and colourful assemblages, everything in this exhibition is interactive.
Baltic Shop
Pop-Up Shop

Happy Mart (Artist Pop-Up Shop)

12 Oct 2024 – 2 Mar 2025
Happy Mart pop-up shop is a collaboration between textile artist Bianco Perry and ceramicist Alex Sickling.
Building Exterior

Yoko Ono: IMAGINE PEACE

19 Sep – 29 Dec 2024
During a time of significant and destabilising conflict, we have re-staged Yoko Ono’s IMAGINE PEACE  artwork with the artist’s blessing.
Exhibition

Foundation Club Artist Commission

trees with a golden glow
1 July – 17 Nov 2024
In 2023, two artists, Axel and Blossom were commissioned to make new work to display at Baltic as part of their Foundation Club residencies.
Exhibition

Heartwood (Sycamore Gap)

Print from the sycamore tree
23 Oct 2024 – 26 Jan 2025
An exhibition of five bespoke prints created from a disc of the trunk of the felled Sycamore Gap tree, created by printmaker Shona Branigan.
Family Activity
School Holidays

Cereal Disco

26 Oct – 3 Nov 2024 | 10:00
Fancy starting your day with a cereal disco in the school holidays? Join us every morning Wednesday to Sunday.
Celebration
Half Term

Big Days Out: 5 Days of Shapes

30 Oct – 3 Nov 2024 | 10:00-18:00
Big Days Out is back at Baltic for October Half Term with five days of shape-inspired activities, games and workshops.
Front Room Activity

Swap & Share: Books

Two books being held
3 Nov & 8 Dec 2024 | 10:00
Ready for a new novel? Come along to our Swap & Share Books community event, all day in Front Room.
Baltic x Northumbria University Institute

Celebrating Franki Raffles: Panel Discussion

Black and white portrait of a woman stood outside some terrace houses,
6 Nov 2024 | 17:45
Presented by Baltic x Northumbria University. This special evening event will celebrate the life, work and legacy of photographer Franki Raffles.
Baltic Shop
Make & Take Home

Baltic Shop Creates | Risograph Prints & Printing

Person flicking through prints
7 Nov, 30 Nov, 1 Dec 2024 | 13:00 & 18:00
Foundation Press are your go to guides when it comes to creating your own colourful risograph prints to take home.
Teacher Event

How to... Draw with Primary Pupils (Teachers CPD)

7 Nov 2024 | 16:00
Develop your skills and knowledge to deliver engaging and creative art lessons with our 'How to...' series for KS1 and KS2.
Creative Workshop
Make & Take Home

Baltic Shop Creates | Drink & Draw

Thu 7 Nov 2024 | Booking essential
North East Illustrator Rachael Spiers hosts a guided 3hr workshop encouraging you to draw in a friendly and relaxed setting.
Talk

Byker and Beyond with Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen Lunchtime Talk

13 Nov 2024 | 13:00
Originally an outsider like Franki Raffles, Konttinen reflects on her work and its impact — illustrated throughout by her photography.
Artist Event

Joanne Coates presents Rural Realities (Film Screening)

14 Nov 2024 | 17:45
Joanne Coates presents a screening of Andrew Black’s experimental documentary On Clogger Lane, 2022 and Warren Harrison’s documentary film The Creek,…
Fundraising

Maggie's x Baltic: Walk on Fire

Zoomed in shot of person walking bear foot on hot calls and nighttime.
14 Nov 2024 | 18:00
Maggie's x Baltic invite you to Walk on Fire. Do something daring this autumn and raise funds for people with cancer.
Creative Workshop
Make & Take Home

Baltic Shop Creates | A Festive Banner

Thread and material on a table, around which people cut up bits of fabric into letters
16 Nov 2024 | 10:30-16:30
An evening session where you will get to make your own banner with textile artist, Bianco Perry.
Creative Workshop
Make & Take Home

Baltic Shop Creates | Rubber Stamp Relief Printing

17 Nov 2024 | 13:00
Kath Bell leads a fun and informative session learning how to transfer your own design onto a rubber stamp and carving out the stamp with relief cutting…
Film Screening

Franki Raffles Screenings Tish

20 Nov 2024 | 18:30
Newcastle-based photographer documents the impact of deindustrialisation on working-class communities in the North East in the 70s and 80s.
Exhibition

Baltic Neighbourly Showcase We all came here from somewhere

People sat together sharing a meal.
23 Nov 2024 – 9 Feb 2025
A showcase of artwork and objects made in collaboration with the communities we know, welcome, value and create with.
Teacher Event

A guide to... Ceramics (Teachers CPD)

28 Nov 2024 | 16:00
A practical 2-hour session led by one of our Freelance Artist Team on delivering engaging and creative art lessons to upper KS2-KS3
Market

Winter Makers Market

30 Nov 2024 | 10:00-17:00
Get ready for the gifting and festive season with Endless Love Creative's curated market of 60+ independent maker stalls.
Celebration

Winter Warmer Saturday

30 Nov 2024 | 10:00-18:00
Embrace the season with a day packed full of activities, exhibitions, shopping, gingerbread decorating and more.
Baltic Shop
Make & Take Home

Baltic Shop Creates | Monster Head Plant Pot

Monster clay pot with cactus
30 Nov 2024 | 10:00 & 14:00
Learn a variety of hand-building techniques that will form the basis for your pot.
Front Room Activity

Gingerbread Decorating

Plate of gingerbread biscuits decorated with white icing
30 Nov – 24 Dec 2024 | 10:00-18:00
A truly wintry tradition, enjoy free gingerbread decorating (and eating!) in Front Room.
Baltic x Northumbria University Institute

One Play At A Time with Catrina McHugh MBE

A dark room with spotlights highlighting posters
4 Dec 2024 | 17:45
A discussion on inequality, gendered violence, disability, activism and sisterhood with Catrina McHugh MBE, joint CEO, Artistic Director of Open Clasp…
Exhibition Preview

Baltic Preview: Mani Kambo: Ax·is Mun·di

Fri 6 Dec | 18:00-20:30
All are welcome to join us to celebrate the opening of Mani Kambo: Ax·is Mun·di
Exhibition

Mani Kambo Ax·is Mun·di

7 Dec 2024 – 1 Jun 2025
Newcastle-based artist Mani Kambo explores the inner spirit by drawing on her own personal totemic symbols, influenced by her upbringing in a Sikh household.
Talk

Homes for all with Prof. Helen Jarvis Lunchtime Talk

11 Dec 2024 | 13:00
Helen Jarvis, Professor of Social Geography, Newcastle University, will ask how and why we should deliver ‘people-powered’ homes for all.
Front Room Activity

Front Room Festive

12 Dec 2024 | 13:00-16:00
We're coming together to say thank you to our community partners.
Front Room Activity

Pop-up Pantry

27 – 29 Dec 2024 | 10:00-18:00
We're stocking up! Pop by for what you need.
Talk

Marginalised Bodies with Phyllis Christopher Lunchtime Talk

15 Jan 2025 | 13:00
Photographer Phyllis Christopher, whose career has focused on documenting marginalised and politicised bodies, discusses Raffles' work.
Film Screening

Franki Raffles Screenings Icarus (After Amelia)

22 Jan 2025 | 18:30
Icarus (after Amelia) is a gendered labour study. Beginning in the clouds above the city of Glasgow and continuing to the workplace below.
Teacher Event

How to... Paint with Primary Pupils (Teachers CPD)

30 Jan 2025 | 16:00
Develop your skills and knowledge to deliver engaging and creative art lessons with our 'How to...' series for KS1 and KS2.
Exhibition

Koestler Arts North East Showcase

Reworked painting of Van Gogh's starry night with the Angel of the North.
February 2025
Koestler Arts & Baltic are partnering to present a showcase of art made in criminal justice settings in North East England.
Teacher Event

A guide to... Printmaking (Teachers CPD)

12 Feb 2025 | 16:00
A practical 2-hour session led by one of our Freelance Artist Team on delivering engaging and creative art lessons to upper KS2-KS3
Film Screening

Franki Raffles Screenings Vegabond (Sans Toit ni Loi)

26 Feb 2025 | 18:30
Mona Bergeron is dead, her frozen body found in a ditch in the French countryside. This film documents the weeks leading up to her death.
Teacher Event

A guide to... Photography (Teachers CPD)

19 March 2025 | 16:00
A practical 2-hour session led by one of our Freelance Artist Team on delivering engaging and creative art lessons to upper KS2-KS3
Tour
Wed-Sun

Exhibition Spotlight Tour

Two visitors looking at artwork
Every Wed-Sun | 11:30, 13:30, 15:30
The perfect way to find out more about our exhibitions is to join a free, bitesize Spotlight Tour.
Tour
Every Thursday

Quayside Tour

Crew talking to visitors and looking at ipad
Every Thu | 10:30
A relaxed tour of our Quayside and local history.
Tour
Every Wednesday

Wonder & Wander Tour

Child Playing
Every Wed | 10:30
Join Kitty the Kittiwake with your little one, for a Wonder & Wander around one of our current exhibitions.
Family Activity
Every Wednesday

Toddler Time

Children playing
Every Wed | 10:00-18:00
Join Toddler Time, where your under 5s can explore the world around them through imaginative play.
Front Room Activity
Every Thursday

Baltic Sewing Bees

Embroidered bee on fabric
Every Thu | 11:00-13:00
Join us in Front Room for a session of all things sewing.
Creative Workshop
Every Saturday

ArtMix Workshops

Young person crafting
Every Sat
Get close to art and join ArtMix, a free creative group open to all young people aged 13-19 years old.
Family Activity
Every Sunday

Meet & Make

Young people and adult, crafting
Every Sun | 14:00-16:00
Take part in free artist-led workshops, inspired by our exhibitions and perfect for families with children aged 5-12.
Tour
Every Sunday

Behind the Scenes Tour

Two adults looking down the staircase
Every Sun | 11:00
What’s happening behind the scenes at Baltic? Discover areas that are normally out of bounds in this free exclusive, behind the scenes tour of Baltic.
Creative Workshop

Foundation Press | Brief Opportunities

Two worksheets on top of each other. The top worksheet shows fashion design sketches.
First Fri of each month | 15:00
Monthly opportunities for all adults to get creative at Baltic!
Front Room Activity

Baltic Book Club

Every six weeks on Sun | 14:00
Come together every 6 weeks to discuss a work of fiction.
Front Room Activity

Creative Climate Club

Fourth Sat of each month | 14:00
A monthly meeting for people who care about nature and are interested in responding creatively to the world around us.
Front Room Activity

Language Cafe

Colourful drawings on table
First Sat of each month | 14:30
Language Cafe is a free, fun, friendly place to meet new people and informally practice English speaking and listening.
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