Reflections of Newcastle 30th May – 21st July 2014 Gateshead Old Town Hall GemArts present “Reflections of Newcastle”, a photography exhibition showcasing the work of seven young people from diverse backgrounds, aged 16-25. During this project the young people participated in ten weeks of photography workshops, working alongside regional photographer Harinder Kaur. Many of these young peop...
From the seafront of South Shields, the BBC, in partnership with The Cultural Spring, will undertake an ambitious re-telling of the Passion story on Good Friday 2014 (18 April). This contemporary retelling of the Easter story, will bring together performers and communities from across the North East. GemArts are delighted to be working on this project with world renowned artist, Mohammed 'Aerosol'...
GemArts and Durham University’s Music Department are delighted to welcome acclaimed North Indian tabla virtuoso Vishwanath Shirodkar, who will be leading an intensive one-‐day workshop on Saturday 3rd May 2014. A tabla player of rare sensivity, Vishwanath Shirodkar has travelled extensively both in India and internationally, having performed as a soloist as well as with some of the most ...
Manjiri Asanare-Kelkar, one of the most accomplished and in-demand vocalists in the world of Indian classical music, and musicologists Martin Clayton and Laura Leante of Durham University, join forces with GemArts to host a unique event exploring Hindustani music in performance. Clayton and Leante who have been investigating different aspects of performance for the last decade. Working with many ...
HeLa:Written & performed by Adura Onashile BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead Thursday 5 June 2014 / 19.30 Box Office: BALTIC 1951, Henrietta Lacks walks into the coloured section of a hospital in Baltimore with a pain in her abdomen. A cell sample taken without her permission was used as the raw material for some of the most important scientific discoveries of the past 100 years. Thi...