BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art
Gateshead / Free Admission
BALTIC 39
Newcastle upon Tyne / Free Admission
FABRICE HYBER
Until 2 June 2013 / Using those already in popular circulation as starting points - found photographs, movies, posters, newspaper illustrations - his paintings naturally inherit the social and political implications of their source material.
GETTING TO BALTIC
Click here for directions, transport links information and a map for getting here. BALTIC is free entry and open seven days a week 10.00-18.00 except Tuesdays 10.30-18.00.
Schools & Colleges
We offer many opportunities for schools and colleges, from group visits and artist-led sessions to work based placements within our Learning team.
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
BALTIC is on a winning streak! In 2012 BALTIC was named winner of the National Lottery Awards Best Arts Project, the Gold Award for Large Visitor Attraction at the North East Tourism Awards and the Times Higher Education Awards for its partnership with Northumbria University.
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BALTIC is one of the most iconic buildings in the north east and offers a stylish and unique location for civil ceremonies, wedding breakfasts and receptions.
We need your support to keep BALTIC free for everybody to enjoy.
With nearly 1,000 people every day coming through the doors, there is a clear appetite for cutting edge, contemporary visual arts in the North. We need your help to satisfy this hunger.
NOW OPEN: MATT CALDERWOOD
For his solo exhibition at BALTIC 39, the first in a UK public gallery, Matt Calderwood has created a series of ambitious new sculptures, works on paper and video. Now open Wed-Sun.
PRODUCT OF THE MONTH
GRAYSON PERRY / RELIQUARY PENDANT
Own your very own piece of art history with this Reliquary Pendant by Turner Prize winning artist Grayson Perry. A unique and original relic of his work.
Vote for BALTIC in National Lottery Award finals
BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead has reached the final round of the National Lottery Awards and we are urging local people to get behind us and vote!
The National Lottery Awards recognise the positive impact that Lottery-funded projects – both big and small – make to local communities. BALTIC is one of only three projects and the only one in England to make it through in the Best Arts Project category in the annual search to find the UK’s favourite Lottery-funded projects.
Watch a video about BALTIC's finalist position.
Voting is open now and can can be done one of three ways:
- vote online at lotterygoodcauses.org/awards
- telephone 0844 836 3 671
- vote at BALTIC- we have votings stations set up on Level 5, as well as boxes to post your votes on Level 2 and Ground Floor Information Desk.
Voting closes on 28 October 2012. Please help us spread the word by forwarding this e-flyer to your friends, family and colleagues.The winner in each category, decided by public vote, will be announced on a special BBC One programme later in the year.
Calls cost no more than 5p from a BT landline. Calls from other networks may vary; calls from mobiles could cost considerably more. Callers are advised to check with their telephone network provider to be certain of the cost. No profit will be made from the cost of the phone vote by The National Lottery.All voting will be independently adjudicated and verified by Electoral Reform Services.
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