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| Lindisfarne Gospels exhibition triggers wider Festival of the North East | Lindisfarne Gospels exhibition triggers wider Festival of the North East |
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| The idea for a Festival of the North East, celebrating all things connected with the region, has been around for some time; the question has been finding a suitable time to hold it. | The idea for a Festival of the North East, celebrating all things connected with the region, has been around for some time; the question has been finding a suitable time to hold it. |
| The return of the Lindisfarne Gospels to Durham this summer was seen by many as the ideal moment, so a month-long inaugural festival will take place throughout June in hundreds of venues from the Tweed to the Tees. | The return of the Lindisfarne Gospels to Durham this summer was seen by many as the ideal moment, so a month-long inaugural festival will take place throughout June in hundreds of venues from the Tweed to the Tees. |
| At the launch this week, Anthony Sargent, who chairs the festival as well as being general director of the Sage Gateshead music centre, described the ethos behind the new festival: | At the launch this week, Anthony Sargent, who chairs the festival as well as being general director of the Sage Gateshead music centre, described the ethos behind the new festival: |
| It's not just about arts and culture, as a lot of festivals are; it's science, it's technologies, it's inventions, it's discoveries, it's history, it's heritage – and to get all of that range of different versions of the story of the North East into one festival in 30 days is I think amazing. | It's not just about arts and culture, as a lot of festivals are; it's science, it's technologies, it's inventions, it's discoveries, it's history, it's heritage – and to get all of that range of different versions of the story of the North East into one festival in 30 days is I think amazing. |
| Spread throughout the region will be A History of the North East in 100 Objects, inspired by Neil MacGregor's 100 objects from the British Museum. | Spread throughout the region will be A History of the North East in 100 Objects, inspired by Neil MacGregor's 100 objects from the British Museum. |
| Bill Griffiths of Tyne & Wear Archives and Museums is organising the project, and hopes it will encourage people to find some of the quirkier objects in less obvious places, as well as stimulate debate about the history of creativity in the region. He said: | Bill Griffiths of Tyne & Wear Archives and Museums is organising the project, and hopes it will encourage people to find some of the quirkier objects in less obvious places, as well as stimulate debate about the history of creativity in the region. He said: |
| It's very much "a" history as we won't have everybody's favourite object. All the objects demonstrate creativity or innovation in the North East and are in public collections, although there are some surprising omissions – the Bowes Museum's silver swan, for example. | It's very much "a" history as we won't have everybody's favourite object. All the objects demonstrate creativity or innovation in the North East and are in public collections, although there are some surprising omissions – the Bowes Museum's silver swan, for example. |
| Included in the collection are the world's first windscreen wiper, a miners' banner at the Woodhorn Museum, Joseph's Swan's first electric light bulbs, George Stephenson's miners' lamp, a painting by Oliver Kilbourn – one of the Ashington Group of "Pitmen Painters" - and Turbinia, once the fastest ship in the world. Griffiths is refusing to release the full list until nearer the festival, but hopes the public will nominate their own alternatives. | Included in the collection are the world's first windscreen wiper, a miners' banner at the Woodhorn Museum, Joseph's Swan's first electric light bulbs, George Stephenson's miners' lamp, a painting by Oliver Kilbourn – one of the Ashington Group of "Pitmen Painters" - and Turbinia, once the fastest ship in the world. Griffiths is refusing to release the full list until nearer the festival, but hopes the public will nominate their own alternatives. |
| Near Redcar, where tens of thousands of people used to work in the steel works, Newcastle's Theatre Royal is organising Salamander, a celebration of all things connected to the steel industry, featuring 500 participants, an audience of around 5,000, and music, dance, visual arts, poetry, storytelling and a male voice choir of steel workers. | Near Redcar, where tens of thousands of people used to work in the steel works, Newcastle's Theatre Royal is organising Salamander, a celebration of all things connected to the steel industry, featuring 500 participants, an audience of around 5,000, and music, dance, visual arts, poetry, storytelling and a male voice choir of steel workers. |
| Artist Steve Tomlinson is creating a steel bird public sculpture for the event, which will be permanently sited at Dormanstown. | Artist Steve Tomlinson is creating a steel bird public sculpture for the event, which will be permanently sited at Dormanstown. |
| Northumbrian piper and composer Kathyrn Tickell is a prime mover of the festival, and its artistic adviser. She is organising One Night in Gateshead at the Sage on 14 June, which will include traditional North Eastern folk songs rearranged for the Northern Sinfonia, as well as North Eastern singers, writers, actors, dancers and musicians. Kathryn said: | Northumbrian piper and composer Kathyrn Tickell is a prime mover of the festival, and its artistic adviser. She is organising One Night in Gateshead at the Sage on 14 June, which will include traditional North Eastern folk songs rearranged for the Northern Sinfonia, as well as North Eastern singers, writers, actors, dancers and musicians. Kathryn said: |
| It's always been my vision to create a festival which celebrates the amazing creativity of North Eastern people and one with broad appeal that everybody can enjoy. | It's always been my vision to create a festival which celebrates the amazing creativity of North Eastern people and one with broad appeal that everybody can enjoy. |
| In Dear Angel, artist Stevie Ronnie is encouraging people to write a letter to the Angel of the North as it celebrates its 15th birthday. The artist will collate the letters to create "a distinctive record of how we feel about this place we call home." The final artwork will be shown at Newcastle's Globe Gallery, in Durham and on Holy Island. Letters can be emailed to letters@dearangel.org or tweeted to @_dearangel. | In Dear Angel, artist Stevie Ronnie is encouraging people to write a letter to the Angel of the North as it celebrates its 15th birthday. The artist will collate the letters to create "a distinctive record of how we feel about this place we call home." The final artwork will be shown at Newcastle's Globe Gallery, in Durham and on Holy Island. Letters can be emailed to letters@dearangel.org or tweeted to @_dearangel. |
| Other highlights include the requiem for the foghorn at Souter lighthouse, exhibitions and concerts commemorating the centenary of the death of suffragette Emily Davison, the Riveting Stuff project celebrating engineering achievements on Teesside, Walk On, an exhibition at Sunderland's NGCA looking at artists including Richard Long who make artworks based around walking, the reopening of the National Glass Centre at Sunderland University, and Tyne, a new play by Michael Chaplin to mark the 40th anniversary of Newcastle's Live Theatre. | Other highlights include the requiem for the foghorn at Souter lighthouse, exhibitions and concerts commemorating the centenary of the death of suffragette Emily Davison, the Riveting Stuff project celebrating engineering achievements on Teesside, Walk On, an exhibition at Sunderland's NGCA looking at artists including Richard Long who make artworks based around walking, the reopening of the National Glass Centre at Sunderland University, and Tyne, a new play by Michael Chaplin to mark the 40th anniversary of Newcastle's Live Theatre. |
| • A guide to the festival is here. The Lindisfarne Gospels will be the centrepiece of an exhibition at Palace Green, Durham, from 1 July to 30 September. Tickets can be ordered here. | • A guide to the festival is here. The Lindisfarne Gospels will be the centrepiece of an exhibition at Palace Green, Durham, from 1 July to 30 September. Tickets can be ordered here. |
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