All Bright and beautiful

November 2, 2011

Here is our new volunteering area to help with all our up coming events and projects.

We have a new cutting area being used by Our new volunteer Penny.

Say hello to Monica how is making use of your cutting area.

We are up and running and now open Wednesday thought to Saturday after a fantastic opening night with a great turn out.

We have also had some t-shirts made up here’s a couple of the guys showing them off

Heres mike looking pretty sharp!

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A leaving message on the ideas black board.

We have said a fond farewell to sam and Maddy last week, we’ll miss his physiological chats on painting. We have a new face at the globe a big hello to leah who has been helping out with the promotion of the up coming events.
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Posted by Stephen Pritchard. Posted In : Exhibitions & events

Walls are going up everywhere

October 4, 2011

we have walls going up on all three floors for all the up and coming exhibitions.
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All go at the globe

October 4, 2011

This week is all go as we get ready for the arts fair at the sage. Building work is still ongoing but we are now painting anything and every thing white.

Holly getting ready to do some seri...

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From grime to glamour

September 15, 2011

Renovation is in full swing on all floors of the gallery. To create a welcoming environment for disabled guests the once gloomy basement entrance has been cleaned up, the walls painted white, and the floor in non-slip grey.

Volunteer Holly cleaning up the basement.

jonathan unblocking ...

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Chalking it up to teamwork!

September 15, 2011

Volunteers Maddy and Hannah coming up with ideas.

We have continued renovating the volunteer space. A blackboard has been added to the first floor giving volunteers a space to map out ideas.

Volunteer Bex and her kitchen blackboards.

Circular blackboards were also painted in the volunteer kitchen should inspiration take us when we're on our lunch break!

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Volunteer space in progress!

August 16, 2011

This week we began making over the first floor of our new gallery in Blandford Square. The space will be used as an area for volunteers to work on projects and catalogue past exhibitions. We began the room's 'new look' by putting together a montage of flyers and posters to create a visual link between the new gallery space and our previous Globe location.
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Investors in Globe fundraising event a massive success!

April 23, 2011

Photograph courtesy of Colin Davison (www.rosellastudios.com).

Thanks to everyone who came along to our opening event on Friday 15th April. More than 450 visitors came along with many investing time, skills, equipment and money to become Investors in Globe.

Franko B performed for more than 2 hours in our main gallery space, mesmerising the audience. Paul Grimmer's video installation brought serenity to the back stair well whilst Richard Phipps' perpetually spinning roulette wheel immersed vie...
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Investors in Globe Gallery Fundraising Launch

April 4, 2011

Banking on your support
An invitation to our fundraising preview evening at our new city centre arts venue

Friday 15th April 2011, 5.30pm to 8pm

The Globe Gallery, 53-57 Blandford Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4HZ
(opposite The Discovery Museum)

FREE ADMISSION

The event includes a live performance from world famous artist FRANKO B and installations by Chris Dreier & Frank Lohmeyer (Berlin), Ben Jeans Houghton (Newcastle), Paul Grimmer (Newcastle) and Richard Phipps (Newcastle).

There will als...

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nähdä unta by Ben Jeans Houghton - full video...

March 7, 2011

nähdä unta by Ben Jeans Houghton. This is the full video as shown during our Story Telling installation in North Shields which ended on 27th February 2011.