Newcastle Contemporary Art

How to get to NCA via: 📍Monument The nearest Tyne and Wear Metro station is Monument. Take a short journey down Grey Street and turn right onto High Bridge to find us at High Bridge Works. 📍Newcastle Central Station We are a short five-minute walk from Newcastle central station, go up Grainger Street and across Bigg Market onto High Bridge. See you on floor 4!

Enquire now on our website or via the link in bio: /weddings Situated in the beating heart of Newcastle’s historic city centre, NCA offers a unique and versatile venue to host your wedding. See our website for more details and images. Photography: @silver_and_light_weddings Celebrant: @joanne_celebrantofthenorth Florist: @wildflower_ouseburn Caterer: @lubberkitchen

Please join us to celebrate the catalogue launch for 𝙇𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙑𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙍𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨 with a piano recital by Steve Luck and storytelling from Newcastle University students. Copies of the catalogue will be available to purchase at the event. 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱. 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 This exhibition and community art program explored the vital role rivers play in sustaining communities and ecosystems. Drawing on Amazonian Indigenous philosophies and practices, the exhibition connected to initiatives in the North East of England on healthy rivers and rainforest curricula, addressing ecological sustainability, Indigenous knowledge, and community participation. 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗲 4:30 pm - Refreshments served and networking. 5:00 pm - Introduction by curator Harriet Sutcliffe, artists duo Walker & Bromwich, curator Jamille Pinherio Dias, and curator Giuliana Borea. 5:15 pm - Storytelling by student Emma Harry followed by piano recital by Steve Luck. 5:30 pm - Storytelling by student Euan Keelan followed by piano recital by Steve Luck. 5:55 pm - Storytelling by student Emma Hogg. 6:00 pm - event closes. For more information about 𝙇𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙑𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙍𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨, go to: /exhibitions/listening-to-the-voices-of-the-rivers @gustavo.caboco denilson_baniwa @rember_yahuarcani @harry.pinedo @danna_gaviota @brusrubio @cordeliasanchez__pesinkate @tayna_satere @walkerbromwich @_ailtonkrenak @lillybaniwa

Come along to the Late Shows for the closing event for The Sheer Brass Neck! The event will include a performance by The Wino Halibut Quartet in the gallery at 9pm. Free entry, everyone welcome. Also taking place from 6 - 9pm, High Bridge Works Open Studios. • Arcadea Disability Arts / Hub Studio Arcadea is disability arts charity working to develop and represent artists with learning disabled artists via the Hub Studio and our ICEbox youth project. Arcadea CIO, Ground Floor East,, Grainger Town Car Park, Waterloo Square, Newcastle, NE1 4AU, 07869 713203 / • The Wino Halibut Quartet The Wino Halibut Quartet involves the fusion of bizarre electronic noise and dark, disturbing reflections about making sense of growing up disabled towards the end of the 20th Century. ‘It Ruined the Holiday for Everyone Else’ is a half-hour soundscape backing a personal and confrontational critique of societal attitudes towards disability, especially the tendency to view it solely as a negative or abnormal state. It challenges conventional assumptions and expresses joy for the unique perspective and insight gained through resistance to the imposition of the non-disabled’s banal expectations. It involves some sweary words. The Wino Halibut Quartet comes from Whitley Bay and Blyth. • DJs Not Pjs at the Hub Studio Hubba hubba! For one night, Arcadea Disability Arts’ Hub Studio flips into a buzzing dancefloor. Live on Nova Radio, studio members take over the decks, dropping their own selections and setting the pace, while the space is transformed with an environment that glows, pulses, and wraps the room in colour. There’s a bar, there’s movement, there’s bass you can feel — and an atmosphere built by the artists themselves. Come to dance, connect and be part of a night where access, creativity and club culture meet. Everyone’s welcome! #thelateshows #newcastle #northeast #artexhibtion #newcastlecontemporaryart

Check out the amazing prints produced during the Creative Print Making Workshop with @theresameaston It’s the final week of The Sheer Brass Neck exhibition presented by NCA and @arcadeaarts in partnership with North East Museums. Marking 30 years since the introduction of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, and 35 years since NorDAF (Northern Disability Art Forum) was established. #newcastlecontemporaryart #northeastart #newcastleartgallery #northeast

Last chance to see The Sheer Brass Neck, a show featuring Acarcadeas Hub artists 1-3. Terry Doherty Untitled 2025- 2026 Textile embroidery on acrylic mesh 85 cm x 70 cm 4. Terry Doherty Untitled 2025- 2026 Textile embroidery on acrylic mesh and sequins 74 cmx 136cm Check link in bio for more information Open Thursday, Friday, Saturday 12-5pm + late opening on Saturday for the Late Shows ✨

Celebrate your day surrounded by art, light, and timeless architecture. At NCA, every wedding is thoughtfully curated to reflect your story, beautifully and uniquely. Enquire now to begin planning your gallery wedding. ✨ • Contact us via email: [email protected] • For more information: /weddings #northeastwedding #weddingvenue #weddinginspo #artgallerywedding #weddingplanning Photography: @silver_and_light_weddings & @clairemcgowanweddings

Our Space ✨ • Foyer From the moment guests arrive, they are welcomed through the venue’s foyer and reception area, complete with a personalised vinyl graphic on the front window to mark your special occasion. • Gallery One/Two & Rooftop The venue’s two spacious top-floor gallery spaces provide a flexible blank canvas, allowing couples to bring their dream wedding vision to life. These galleries connect directly to a stunning rooftop terrace, where guests can relax with a drink while enjoying unique skyline views across the city. • Level One For couples seeking a more intimate atmosphere, the Level 1 space offers a stylish New York loft-apartment feel. This area can host smaller celebrations or provide additional flexibility when planning larger events. 📲Enquire now! Link in bio #northeastwedding #weddinginspiration #weddingplanning #newcastlevenues #summerwedding Photos by: @silver_and_light_weddings @clairemcgowanweddings

The Sheer Brass Neck (Gallery 2) Mass Observation and the NorDAF Archive An exhibition bringing together the NorDAF archive and new work by Arcadea’s Hub Studio Artist. Alan Don | Richard Thomas | Terry Doherty | Luke Scott | Marylin Haddock | Jayne Tate | Alex Taylor | Grace English | Charlotte Frank | Beth Nixon | Jason Thomas | Juary Delgado Lima | Jeremy Chan | Tracey Beaty | Daniel Rae The Sheer Brass Neck marks 30 years since the introduction of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and 35 years since the founding of the Northern Disability Arts Forum (NorDAF) in 1991. Presented by Newcastle Contemporary Art and Arcadea CIO in partnership with North East Museums, the exhibition reflects on the fundamental role disabled artists and activists have played in shaping the narrative concerning the struggles for equality, access, and cultural representation in the UK. 📍The Sheer Brass Neck is on view at Newcastle Contemporary Art until 9 May 2026. 🔗 Click the link in our bio for more information

The Sheer Brass Neck (Gallery 1) An exhibition bringing together the NorDAF archive and new work by Arcadea’s Hub Studio Artist. Alan Don | Richard Thomas | Terry Doherty | Luke Scott | Marylin Haddock | Jayne Tate | Alex Taylor | Grace English | Charlotte Frank | Beth Nixon | Jason Thomas | Juary Delgado Lima | Jeremy Chan | Tracey Beaty | Daniel Rae The Sheer Brass Neck marks 30 years since the introduction of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and 35 years since the founding of the Northern Disability Arts Forum (NorDAF) in 1991. Presented by Newcastle Contemporary Art and Arcadea CIO in partnership with North East Museums, the exhibition reflects on the fundamental role disabled artists and activists have played in shaping the narrative concerning the struggles for equality, access, and cultural representation in the UK. 📍The Sheer Brass Neck is on view at Newcastle Contemporary Art until 9 May 2026. 🔗 Click the link in our bio for more information

We’re excited to announce The Sheer Brass Neck opening next week! We’re currently behind the scenes installing… keep an eye out for sneak peaks. ⭐️17th April - 9th May 2026 Open: Thursday - Saturday 12 - 5pm Quiet Hours: 12 - 2pm Preview: 16th April, 5 - 7pm #TheSheerBrassNeck #DisabilityArts #ExhibitionOpening #NewcastleArts #BehindTheScenes

We’re excited to announce details of The Sheer Brass Neck, an exhibition that brings together the NorDAF archive and new work by Arcadea’s Hub Studio Artists.  17th April – 9th May 2026  Open: Thursday - Saturday, 12 - 5pm  Quiet hours: Fridays, 12 - 2pm  Preview: 16th April, 5 - 7 pm  The exhibition draws on the never before released archive of material from NorDAF, an influential disabled-led organisation active in the North East during the 1990s, later established as the charity Arcadea in 2004. The archive documents a period when disabled artists in the region were organising, publishing, performing and reshaping cultural spaces on their own terms. The exhibition celebrates the legacy of the late Geof Armstrong, who was instrumental in the formation of NorDAF. He later returned as Director to Arcadea in 2010 and developed it into the vibrant studios they have today. Alongside this archival material, Arcadea’s Hub Studio Artists present new work responding directly to the archive’s activist energy. Working across disciplines including portraiture and embroidery, they explore what has changed over the past three decades — and what barriers around access, representation, authorship and power within the arts still remain. Links to more information about the exhibition and events can be found in our bio. #TheSheerBrassNeck #DisabilityArts #NewcastleContemporaryArt #NorthEastArts #NewcastleExhibitions