Things to do in North East England, England: The Best Art Galleries

Pottery painting studio based in Seaham, offering pottery painting parties, 3d castings, commissions and fingerprint/handprint fine silver jewellery.No booking required for groups of six or less. This is a great place to meet friends and enjoy a creative activity together. Prices start from £1.50 and all pieces are professionally glazed and fired and ready for collection within for days.

Award winning artist, Mary Ann Rogers, now opens her beautiful country house gallery Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri 10am-5pm as well as Sunday 2-5pm. You are guaranteed a warm welcome by either Mary Ann, Lisa or Jane who will show you round and leave you to browse in peace OR with a cup of tea or coffee. With over 60 limited edition prints and an ever changing exhibition of original watercolour paintings, as well as cards, stationery, bone china and some rather quirky gift ideas, you will have plenty to see. You enter via the stunning new gallery/studio, which was the subject of a two-part Discovery Channel documentary, and has been featured in many lifestyle and architecture magazines.Much of the rest of the traditional old northumbrian house, where Mary Ann Lives, is also used as gallery, including a dedicated print gallery. Most visitors just love the views from the windows too!

Art & design gallery in the heart of Newcastle upon Tyne. The gallery showcases and sells artwork from over 150 local artists. our wide variety of local art work includes original oil paintings, acrylic paintings and watercolour paintings, as well as limited edition giclee prints and photography. We also have a wide range of glass and ceramic work alongside our range of small gifts like items. Situated on the upper level of Eldon Garden Shopping Centre we are surrounded by Shops and Cafes.

Young people of Leading Link have been working extremely hard together with professional artists to provide some permanent amazing art installations in Plessey WoodsIn partnership with NCC and with funding from the Sita Trust and the Foyer Federation, they have created pieces of eye-catching art such as a 6ft carved owl, willow wonderland for Hobbits and Fairies around a mile long trail.

A small rural art gallery/studio featuring original oil paintings and prints by Sandra Parker, Yorkshire Dales sheep painter. The gallery is situated in Barnard Castle, County Durham and features various fell bred sheep including Herdwicks, Swaledale, Rough Fell and Texel breeds. Full postal service available to send overseas.

Fine art gallery, displaying the original paintings and prints of Paul Stangroom. Paul paints the wild, remote landscapes of the North Pennines, often through the Windows of its long abandoned cottages and barns. Paul also teaches and paints in the gallery. Small gifts available - books, cards, posters. 'My paintings are a response to the beautiful and often stark landscape of The North Pennines - from broad views of the moors and fells, to more intimate views glimpsed through windows in abandoned dwellings. The landscape is littered with the scars of mining and quarrying and I am producing paintings of places as they are slowly being reclaimed by nature. I am constantly amazed at the amount of abandoned dwellings that I keep finding and they are a rich source of inspiration to me,' Paul Stangroom Winner of the Royal Watercolour Society Award, 2009 Please ring if you are making a special visit to the gallery (07968 990552). Approximate opening hours are Mon-Fri 10.00-18.00; Sat 10.00-17.00; Sun 11.00-16.00

The Bob Abley art gallery is made up of both large and small rooms hosting a large selection of sensational and affordable art for sale as well as a fine collection of permanent works demonstrating Spennymoor’s great heritage of mining art. While owned by the Town Council, the gallery is run on a daily basis by hard working and committed volunteers who will happily show you around and explain things for you. The main gallery is the Norman Cornish Room. The exhibition hosts the work of Spennymoor’s most famous artist and includes a selection of original pieces of his work, loaned by Northumbria University, the Town Council and the Cornish Family. There is also a large selection of original work by Norman Cornish for sale as well as a range of framed and unframed prints, books, post cards and posters. With video footage of Norman talking about the area and how and why he painted in the way he did playing throughout your visit, this really is an experience not to be missed.