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Almost Home

Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead

19 February – 11 May 2025

Koestler Arts and Baltic Centre for Contemporary Arts are excited to be partnering for a showcase of artwork made in criminal justice settings in the North East of England, co-curated by a group of learners from HM Prison Low Newton.

The Koestler Arts team spent a week working with 6 women in the prison’s art class, looking through hundreds of paintings, sculptures, poems and more entered into the 2024 Koestler Awards from secure settings in the North East. The show features 70 works from the region. The selected works reflect the women’s viewpoint, looking outwards and forwards towards freedom and home. Many works portray movement and journeys – some difficult, but all hopeful – while others depict rural landscapes, city skylines, places of worship, comfort food and pets, in recognition of what ‘home’ can mean to different people.

Visitors can expect to see an array of fine art, design, writing and music on display, from prisons, secure hospitals and probation services in the North East. Feedback cards will be available in the space for visitors to write comments on their favourite pieces in the exhibition, which will be sent on to the artists. There will also be opportunities to purchase exhibited artwork from the Koestler Arts website.

“I have enjoyed and I am truly grateful for the incredible opportunity to have helped co-curate Koestler Arts’ exhibition. Art is alive. It has a soul and carries energy. Each piece is a reflection of what the artist holds inside of them, in their heart and mind. I hope the visitors can feel that wonderful creative energy.” – Exhibition co-curator

About Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art
Baltic is a world leader in the presentation and commissioning of contemporary visual art and the UK’s largest dedicated contemporary art institution. Housed in a historic, renovated flour mill on the Gateshead bank of the River Tyne, Baltic opened in 2002 to present a dynamic, diverse and international programme of contemporary visual art, with an ever-changing calendar of exhibitions and activities. Having gained an international reputation for commissioning cutting-edge temporary exhibitions, Baltic has presented the work of over 460 artists of 60 nationalities in 220 exhibitions to date.

Learn more – www.baltic.art