Previews Wednesday 8 October 5-8pm! ‘What the Others Built’ reimagines the surrealist game of chance, Exquisite Corpse, bringing together the diverse work of Peter Hanmer, Paul Raymond and Stuart Mel Wilson. www.vane.org.uk/exhibitions/... @orbiscommunity.bsky.social @gatesheadcouncil.bsky.social

Sunday 7 September 2025 10am - 4pm. People and Place: Creative Relay. Free drop-in community-led creative celebration to mark (and on the route of) the AJ Bell Great North Run 2025. www.vane.org.uk/exhibitions/people-and-place-creative-relay @orbiscommunity.bsky.social @gatesheadcouncil.bsky.social

Closing event Saturday 2 August, 4-7pm! Last chance to see, ‘Death Magic’, a solo exhibition by Sofia Barton for GemArts Masala Festival. www.vane.org.uk/exhibitions/... @sofiabarton.bsky.social‬ @gemarts.bsky.social‬ @orbiscommunity.bsky.social @gatesheadcouncil.bsky.social

New exhibition! 14 July – 2 August: ‘Death Magic’, by Sofia Barton for GemArts Masala Festival, a contemplation on the connections between life and remembrance. www.vane.org.uk/exhibitions/... @sofiabarton.bsky.social‬ @gemarts.bsky.social‬ @orbiscommunity.bsky.social @gatesheadcouncil.bsky.social

Previews Tuesday 10 June 5-8pm! ‘Voices Of Pride’ brings together five LGBTQ+ artists working in North East England to mark Pride month: Chris Fleming, Will Hughes, Meg McWilliam, Davey Powell, Bethany Stead. www.vane.org.uk/exhibitions/... @orbiscommunity.bsky.social @gatesheadcouncil.bsky.social

Thanks all who joined us yesterday for the opening of the 2025 Northumbria University BA Fine Art Graduate Exhibition. Presented with Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art & Gallery North. Open 12-6pm to Sunday 25 May. @northumbriauni.bsky.social @balticgateshead.bsky.social @orbiscommunity.bsky.social

Vane is jointly presenting the 2025 Northumbria University BA Graduates’ work with Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, and Gallery North, Northumbria University, Newcastle. @northumbriauni.bsky.social‬ @balticgateshead.bsky.social @orbiscommunity.bsky.social @gatesheadcouncil.bsky.social

Tonight! Saturday 17 May 2025 6-10pm. The Late Shows, art & creativity across two Gateshead town centre Orbis Community venues, 65 High St & West St, + many others within walking distance. thelateshows.org.uk @orbiscommunity.bsky.social @northeastmuseums.bsky.social @gatesheadcouncil.bsky.social

Saturday 17 May 2025 6-10pm. BEE DJ in the North. Part of The Late Shows, a performance by Berlin-based Jorn Ebner using bee sound samples with a bee waggle dance workshop for visitors. www.vane.org.uk/exhibitions/... @jornebner.bsky.social @orbiscommunity.bsky.social @gatesheadcouncil.bsky.social

Previews Wednesday 7 May 5-8pm! ‘Lead in the Pipes’ is an amalgam of liminal, surrealist and thought-provoking artworks by current Newcastle University Fine Art students. www.vane.org.uk/exhibitions/lead-in-the-pipes @orbiscommunity.bsky.social @gatesheadcouncil.bsky.social @newcastleuni.bsky.social

Wednesday 2 April 6-7.30pm. To coincide with their exhibition at Vane, ‘Being’, Ali Cook and Kate Sweeney discuss their work in the gallery. Admission to the talk is free but booking is required. www.vane.org.uk/news/ali-coo... @orbiscommunity.bsky.social @sweeneykate.bsky.social

Previews Wednesday 12 March 5-8pm! ‘Being’, two artists who employ the figure as a carrier and transgressor of narratives. www.vane.org.uk/exhibitions/being Image: Kate Sweeney, Monkey, 2024, rotten elderberry, salt, rust on paper, 205x150cm @orbiscommunity.bsky.social @gatesheadcouncil.bsky.social

Previews Wednesday 5 February 5-8pm! ‘The Urbanites’, five artists who depict the urban landscape they inhabit. www.vane.org.uk/exhibitions/... @orbiscommunity.bsky.social @gatesheadcouncil.bsky.social Image: Jack Coates, Bottom of Dean Street, Newcastle, 2023, pencil, watercolour, on board, 50x50cm

Nick Fox is showing with Amanda Holiday in ‘Gloam’, Vivienne Roberts Projects, London, 7 January – 6 February 2025. viviennerobertsprojects.com/exhibitions/... Image: Nick Fox, Circle of Love, 2024, cyanotype, water-based size, pencil and 24 carat gold on paper, 84x119cm @amandaholiday.bsky.social

David Fox is showing in ‘Contrasts’, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin, Ireland, 18 December 2024 – 15 March 2025. www.oliviercornetgallery.com/contrasts-winter-group-show Image: David Fox, Caravan, Slieve Bloom Mountains, 2023, oil on canvas, 70x100cm @oc-gallery.bsky.social

Previews tonight Wednesday 15 January 6-8pm. ‘CULTR.’ is a cohort of 8 art & design students at The Northern School of Art, Hartlepool, who are presenting work under the theme of ‘culture and identity’. www.vane.org.uk/exhibitions/... @orbiscommunity.bsky.social @gatesheadcouncil.bsky.social

Looking back: August 2024. ‘Latrine’s Haus of Art’, part of Pride in Gateshead, Chris Fleming (aka stencil artist IDa4 / drag artist Latrine Lurka) curated a collection of artists to celebrate queer excellence. www.vane.org.uk/news/latrine... @orbiscommunity.bsky.social @gatesheadcouncil.bsky.social

Looking back: May 2024. ‘People and Place’, a project across two venues of Orbis Community, for The Late Shows 2024, with work by Gateshead College, Newcastle University and Northumbria University students. www.vane.org.uk/news/the-lat... @orbiscommunity.bsky.social @gatesheadcouncil.bsky.social

Looking back: November/December 2024. ‘In League with Devils’, solo exhibition by Michael Petry, consists of bronze sculptures and more recent works that deal with historic and current belief systems. www.vane.org.uk/exhibitions/... @orbiscommunity.bsky.social @gatesheadcouncil.bsky.social

Looking back: October 2024. ‘The Human Spaceship – Sea of the Edge’, solo show by Helen Schell, coinciding with World Space Week, work inspired by the challenges of twenty-first century human space exploration. www.vane.org.uk/exhibitions/... @orbiscommunity.bsky.social @gatesheadcouncil.bsky.social

Looking back: June/July 2024. ‘When Earth Speaks’, solo show by Miranda Whall, offers a timely critique on how we understand and manage the complex interrelationship between nature, scientific data, and humans. www.vane.org.uk/exhibitions/... @orbiscommunity.bsky.social @gatesheadcouncil.bsky.social

Looking back: May/June 2024. ‘We were never meant to survive’, solo show by Abdullah Qureshi, uses gestural, poetic, and hybrid methodologies to address autobiography, trauma, and sexuality. www.vane.org.uk/exhibitions/... @maq39.bsky.social @orbiscommunity.bsky.social @gatesheadcouncil.bsky.social

Looking back: May 2024. ‘je suisse (or not)’, performance by Collettivo Treppenwitz / Camilla Parini. Presented as part of GIFT, North East England’s platform for contemporary performance. www.vane.org.uk/exhibitions/... @orbiscommunity.bsky.social @gatesheadcouncil.bsky.social

Looking back: February/March 2024. ‘Not in Service’, exhibition by Jock Mooney and John Mooney, son and father, features a mixture of drawing and sculpture in response to the creative prompt ‘Not in Service’. www.vane.org.uk/exhibitions/... @orbiscommunity.bsky.social @gatesheadcouncil.bsky.social

Looking back: February 2024. ‘You know you want to’, group exhibition by Thomas Allison, Rolina Blok, Alex Schady, Elizabeth Wright & others, transforms the gallery into a public studio. www.vane.org.uk/exhibitions/... @orbiscommunity.bsky.social @gatesheadcouncil.bsky.social

Our first post too! Vane is a proud member of the Orbis Community. Come join us at Unit 9, Interchange Centre, West St, Gateshead NE8 1BH to celebrate some of the many creatives that contribute to Orbis Community... and maybe display your own creative talents in one of the workshops!