Posts by Angela Reed

The Inspired by Lindisfarne exhibition is on the move. After a successful five-week run at The Customs House in South Shields, the artwork created by my weekly calligraphy groups is…

What do you take as gospel? That was the prompt for the amateur calligraphers in my weekly groups, who are exhibiting their work for the first time at The Customs…

Well, this year has certainly been less dramatic than the last one. With Covid-19 restrictions still in place for most of 2021, my last review of the year featured remote…

My calligraphy groups are half-way through their Inspired by Lindisfarne project. Over the last five weeks, we have been working with guest artists Yvette Ja and Carrie Dennison to make…

The Lindisfarne Gospels are back in their native north east. The manuscript, produced in the Northumberland island monastery of Lindisfarne at the end of the seventh century, is considered one…

I’m delighted to announce that my weekly calligraphy groups have been successful in accessing funding from Arts Council England to run a project inspired by the Lindisfarne Gospels. The money,…

An exhibition of Northern Typography is currently on show beneath the iconic dome of Whitley Bay’s Spanish City. The complex – once a funfair – is home to For the…

Spring is a time for new beginnings. So, I’m taking some time out from the usual hustle and bustle of running a creative business to make some plans for the…

A note scribbled by an orphaned boy in church almost 125 years ago has inspired a letter writing project in Sunderland. Dear Friend has been launched by Seventeen Nineteen at…

Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums (TWAM) has announced further details of the highly anticipated return of the Lindisfarne Gospels to the north east this year. Tickets are now on…