Welcome to Empty Shop. We're an independent arts organisation who deliver exhibitions & events. We also provide opportunity, support and resources for the creative community.
Woolgather Art Prize 2012
A nice opportunity… The Woolgather Art Prize 2012 is a national showcase of contemporary artists and art practice, focused on engaging a wide public audience. Based »
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Glasgow International...
Artist and studio member Susan Mortimer brought this to our attention and following the 2010 GIAB she will once again have a table at the fair. This looks pretty good but »
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Stairwell Gallery:...
January 2012 sees the 3rd exhibition to take place at Empty Shop HQ’s Stairwell Gallery. The work is currently in development and an opening towards the end of January »
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OPEN CALL: 4th Annual...
Empty Shop is now taking submissions for the fourth annual open exhibition. Established in 2009 The Empty Shop Open is a new tradition for the North East art scene and our »
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A Deer For Your Lamb: Good...
A Deer For Your Lamb is one of the exciting new breed of new cultural programmers that can be found in Durham. The alter-ego of artist Shaun Atherton the gig booker/promoter »
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Mini residency kicks of...
This week saw the start of a mini residency here at HQ. We invited artists Edgar Ameti and Justin Cockburn to come and set up base in our workspace for the best part of »
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Matt Sewell’s work...
A lot of you will be familiar with Matt Sewell and his work. We met him a few years back but got to know him a little better when he did some wall work here at HQ. Well, we »
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Praxis Public House: Event...
A little later than planned but here are the rest of the events taking place at Praxis Public House . It’s worth keeping an eye on the official website as new »
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Toby Lloyd: Praxis Public...
We like Toby, he’s a good guy, a very good artist and, as a former FreeBird, we have an irrational bond to him for life – whether he likes it or not. When he left »
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