DUAS Loop

Our second newsletter for  DUAS Loop is here!   Each month we will be posting a newsletter updating you on: What's been on -  where you can find out about art-related activities that have been going on within the society and further afield! What's going on  -  events and activities that are happening that you can get involved with! What's "in" -   recommendations of podcasts, books and exhibitions we think you might enjoy! 2 weeks ago we released our first interview with local creative Eleanor Matthews , who is based in Seaham. Read her interview here .  What's been on?  Thursday Sessions   Thursdays have started off this term amazingly, covering Self-Portraits, Views from your Windows and a spooky Halloween-themed session! Some amazing artwork has been produced which you can check out on the @duthursdaysessions Instagram page. To get involved with these, look out for the notices on Instagram and Facebook , and the link for the Zoom will al...

Each month as part of DUAS Loop we are introducing a local creative, based in the North East. For our first edition we present Eleanor Matthews, an artist and organiser of Street Gallery, based in Seaham, East Durham. After studying at Durham Johnston School she studied American Studies at the University of Nottingham and then later completed an Art Foundation at Central Saint Martins, while she was working at the art college.  Amana: Eleanor, would you mind starting off by telling me a bit about you? Eleanor: We [my husband and I] moved to Seaham from London around three years ago because I was pregnant, and we knew we wanted to be somewhere near the coast and near my family. I got an art studio when we moved up here, which is a great thing I could never afford to do in London. I think because I had my son - and now I’ve got a daughter too - it was a big, on my part, conscious thing of “I’ve got to keep going with my work.” So, strangely, I have done more work in the last few year...

Welcome to the first release of our new blog, the DUAS Loop . Each month we will be posting a newsletter updating you on: What's been on - where you can find out about art-related activities that have been going on within the society and further afield! What's going on - events and activities that are happening that you can get involved with! What's "in" - recommendations of podcasts, books and exhibitions we think you might enjoy! In addition to this we will be doing a monthly interview with a local creative, based in the North East, so keep your eyes peeled. But first, a word from our president... Hello DUAS members, welcome back to Durham and the society! I hope that you have had chances to get involved in some form of art activities in these strange times. Due to COVID-19 guidelines, it is very likely that our traditional array of weekly sessions will not be possible. As well as virtual workshops and talks, we are hoping to run some life drawing sessions i...