Counterweight, Newcastle Arts Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne, 2024

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Newcastle Arts Centre unveils its newest gallery exhibition. ‘Counterweight’ is a group exhibition exploring ideas of rituals, landscape and myth.

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Curated by Jed Buttress, this open call exhibition showcases four local artists in the newly-refurbished Gallery at the Arts Centre, combining drawing, painting and sculpture.

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Using timeless crafts such as textiles, ceramics and stonework, the artists engage with symbology and structure, etching their shared perspectives and personal mythologies into history with a North-East localised practice.

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Featuring artworks by Sean Alec Auld, Mani Kambo, Laurie Powell and Bethany Stead, this is the second of two exhibitions from the ‘Brass Tacks’ project; a six-month programme of events, exhibitions and skills development opportunities for emerging and established artists in Newcastle upon Tyne.

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Supported by the Creative Central: NCL programme, funded by the North of Tyne Combined Authority and Newcastle City Council.