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Convention, Habit or Custom

Carlo — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:44:03 +0000

Friday 26th April sees the start of an exciting project by Newcastle based artists Lloyd and Wilson. Convention, Habit or Custom sees Lloyd and Wilson construct a pub like environment and host a series of events over the next 2 weeks. Details below and for more information, including a schedule of events – click here

Empty Shop do a Pop Up Restaurant!

Carlo — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:23:02 +0000

This weekend sees us giving the Empty Shop treatment to a unit in Bishop Auckland and working along side Oldfields to deliver a pop up restaurant as part of Bishop Auckland Food Festival. We’ve been working all week in an empty high street shop, transforming the former YMCA into a social, communal restaurant space for [...]

Exhibition: Little Steps Big Deal

Carlo — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 10:44:35 +0000

Theresa Poulton is someone we have known since the the early days of Empty Shop and it’s great to see how people evolve as artists. Now doing her MA in Fine Art at Newcastle University, she presents ‘Little Steps Big Deal’; a solo exhibition taking place on Mon 15th April at the King Edward VII [...]

Looking for Empty Space to Exhibit, Perform, Run Arts Workshops?

Carlo — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:18:37 +0000

Durham Creatives are running a session at HQ exposing the potential of the space for the creative community. Sign up to take part here and be introduced to our resources at HQ. Jane from Durham Creatives will also be running a fun filled ideas session to get your creative ideas flowing. Are you looking for [...]

Calling Blues Musicians…

Carlo — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:33:59 +0000

We recently turned our HQ into a more rounded venue and one of the mights we are holdoing is Booze & Blues. The first last month was great and now its regular slot (1st Sat of every month) we want to develop the night. The second Booze & Blues is this Saturday and it would [...]