Hearth News Blog

Jill, Mandy, David and Cathy will be opening their studios this Sunday from 11am to 4pm as part of the 2011 Art Tour. All have new work and one off pieces made especially for the Art Tour. Of course life will go on at the Hearth afterwards and there will still be chances to see work and meet the resident artists, but the atmosphere is always a bit festive during the Art Tour.

Local people have taken the tissue paper off their wedding dresses and accessories, and brought their albums and other ephemera in to be shown in an evocative exhibition in the church. There are dresses from the 30s and before as well as from the last 40 years. There are the patterns used to create them, matching shoes, favours, photos, cakes and even Ken and Barbie make an appearance. This will be on Sunday afternoons on the 12th, 19th, and 26th of June and the 3rd July.

For the next few Sundays - June 12th, 19th, 26th and July 3rd - four of our artists will be hosting open studios and showing new work at the Hearth as part of the Network Artists 2011 Art Tour

We are delighted that we are to be one of the venure for the Hexham Gathering at The Hearth on Friday 27 May, at 7pm for 7.30pm

Headlining will be Sam Sweeney and Hannah James. Hannah and Sam are members of the Demon Barber Roadshow and Bellowhead and were nominated for the Horizon Award at the 2010 BBC Folk Awards. They play predominantly English songs and tunes on Accordion and Fiddle- with bursts of Hannah's celebrated clog dancing.
 
Plus performances by a host of other young performers from across the region and beyond.

Tickets £6 Concessions £4 from the Hearth Café  01661 853563, on the door or from the Queens Hall Box Office.

Bar selling wine beer and soft drinks