@pmalowaniec.bsky.social @pmalowaniec.bsky.social 
Sunny Bank Mills @sunnybankmills.bsky.social An inspirational commercial and cultural destination in the heart of the local community of Farsley, Leeds with an Art Gallery, 100 independent businesses and Museum & Archive. Website: www.sunnybankmills.co.uk; Facebook and Insta @SunnyBankMills.
Melissa Harker @melissa.green 29, 🏳️⚧️, 🏳️🌈 & ♾️
Green Party Councillor in Gateshead, GPC member & LGBTIQA+ Greens Co-Chair.
Tyne Derwent Way @tynederwentway.bsky.social Gateshead's green getaway. Discover nature, art and history on your doorstep. Enjoy it, experience it and get involved in shaping it - your way.
tynederwentway.co.uk
#TyneDerwentWay
Walter Jenkel @walterjenkel.bsky.social When you hate me you will start to love me 🩸🖤
REAL ARTISTIC PHOTOGRAPHY, NO AI
Newcastle Uni Special Collections & Archives @ncllibspeccoll.bsky.social Newcastle University Special Collections & Archives is an Accredited Archive Service, home to Newcastle University's archive and rare book collections.
Find out more: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/library/special-collections/
J0nny_t @j0nnyt.bsky.social NewcastleGateshead
Matt James Smith @mattjamessmith.bsky.social Artist & filmmaker working within the deindustrialized landscapes & communities of North East England.
https://mattjamessmith.com/links
GemArts @gemarts.bsky.social Award winning Arts organisation based in the North East. We produce and programme South Asian and culturally diverse arts.
Sofia Barton @sofiabarton.bsky.social ✹ Workshops ✹ Design ✹ Murals
www.sofiabarton.co.uk
The Crack Magazine @thecrackmagazine.bsky.social THE CRACK is a music, art and culture listings magazine/website that resides in the North-East of England
Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art @balticgateshead.bsky.social Contemporary art gallery ✨
Open Wed-Sun 10am-6pm
Free entry, no booking needed
Gateshead Quays, South Shore Road, Gateshead NE8 3BA
https://baltic.art/
Northumbria University @northumbriauni.bsky.social A research-intensive university that unlocks potential for all, changing lives regionally, nationally and internationally. #TakeOnTomorrow
The Cultural Peeps Podcast @culturalpeeps.bsky.social The Cultural Podcast series is part of an ongoing project which explores different careers across the cultural sectors.
Listen at: https://linktr.ee/culturalpeeps
Blog: https://culturalpeeps.wordpress.com/
Kate Sweeney @sweeneykate.bsky.social artist
drawings, animation, video
Dr Susan Jones @susandrjonesarts.bsky.social Independent arts researcher and commentator on artists’ livelihoods and arts policy interrelations www.padwickjonesarts.co.uk
Arts Professional @artsprofessional.co.uk The UK's leading arts management journal and independent voice of the culture sector.
Pup and Tiger @pupandtiger.bsky.social Queer art, culture, and exhibitions. If you're interested in getting involved, supporting, or creating a network for this vision, let’s connect.
Also: roll call of artists and people making amazing work. #QueerArt #QueerCulture #ArtCommunity #ArtForChange
Morten Schelde @mortenschelde.bsky.social Visual artist, currently based in Aarhus, Denmark
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Newcastle Uni @hassfacultyncl.bsky.social Sharing news on research, teaching & engagement activity in the creative arts, humanities & social sciences at Newcastle University. Monitored Mon-Fri (9am-4pm).
Newcastle University @newcastleuni.bsky.social Official page for Newcastle University UK, a founding member of the Russell Group of Research intensive universities, and a Global Top 140 university. #WeAreNCL
Mel Burgess @melbeewrites.bsky.social Project Manager - Education Improvement at North East Combined Authority
School governor
Education, culture, books, craft, music, being outsmarted by my own kids
Views my own
Rainbow Home North East England @rainbowhomene.bsky.social Rainbow Home supports LGBTQ+ people in the North East who are seeking asylum. We walk the journey with you.
Selma Makela @selmamakela.bsky.social Visual Artist based in Ireland
Painter
www.selmamakela.ie
Jared Pappas-Kelley @pappas-kelley.bsky.social Artist, lecturer, author - @manchester_university_press and @delere_press #Canterbury
Looking to build more queer spaces haha and also gigs
www.pappaskelley.com/author
https://pupandtiger.co.uk/donate
Lesley Bunch @lesleybunch.bsky.social Artist, London UK
www.lesleybunch.com
Joint Secretary @paintbritain.bsky.social and member The London Group
Summer Night Air @summer-night-air.bsky.social Blissed-Out Dreampop/Ambient/Drum n Bliss/Electronica. Since 2003.
Talking Northeast @talkingnortheast.bsky.social Interview-based journalist from Northeast England's cultural scene. Check it out at https://talkingnortheast.substack.com/
Roman Vaughan-Williams @romansartwork.bsky.social London Based Artist/Curator
Royal Drawing School-Drawing year 2024
I make artworks to map the impasse, trying to escape but failing.
Website: https://romanvaughanwilliams.wordpress.com/recent-work/
@paintbritain.bsky.social @paintbritain.bsky.social 
daztraction @daztraction.bsky.social Man 2 Man Meets Man Parrish stan account. He / him. ALAB
liz blum @lizblum.bsky.social Multidisciplinary artist. Squeezing the digital. Abstracting art from technology as it relates to the environment, ecology, and the climate crisis. You can find me on the Lizzy line.
https://lizcooperblum.com/
Ian Goncharov @gonch.bsky.social Painter currently based in Edinburgh
Director of the curatorial project Painting at the End of the World (currently on Hiatus)
www.iangonczarow.xyz
@katestreetstudio.bsky.social @katestreetstudio.bsky.social 
Bettina and Max @bettinamax.bsky.social MAX TURN ON THE PEBBLES 
@gilliannicol.bsky.social @gilliannicol.bsky.social 
SPUD HEAD @spudhead2025.bsky.social Mostly mincing round art galleries 
Stuart Sandford @stuartsandford.bsky.social stuartsandford.com
Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social 📸 Photographer | capturing life's candid moments with my camera 📸
🌍 https://rupertrivett.photoshelter.com 🌍
#RealStreetPhotography #Photojournalism|
Skilled in unobtrusive, authentic #storytelling
📣NEW SUBSTACK 📔
👇📸👇📸👇📸👇📸
https://rupephoto.substack.com/
Mel Ashby @melashby.bsky.social Artist, developer, queer ouroboros.
“Leave the door open for the unknown, the door into the dark” — Rebecca Solnit
Building Culture @buildingculture.bsky.social Ground up, practice-led creative organisation. A blend of producing, advisory and strategic placemaking.
#culture #community #placemaking
🔗 https://linktr.ee/build_cultr
Fiona Hale @fionahaha.bsky.social Global health, HIV, rights, equality.
Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin @ripb.bsky.social 🔥 The must-see event in Paris and Berlin dedicated to new cinema & contemporary art 🌱
#movingimage #newcinema #contemporaryart #paris #berlin
We post en FRANÇAIS, in ENGLISH, auf DEUTSCH y en ESPAÑOL
Amanda Holiday @amandaholiday.bsky.social 
Anne-Marie Creamer @amcreamer.bsky.social Exploring the interstitial spaces of #Artist-Researcher-Patient. Or, knowing from the body’s edge lands
Dear Friend -Soane Museum
R&D 🗣️Ghostbodies
IRL-Lived Experience Lab UAL
Better Making CSM
EURORDIS xERDERA Open Academy
https://amcreamer.net
Olivier Cornet Gallery @oc-gallery.bsky.social Independent contemporary art gallery based in Dublin, Ireland. Current show: https://www.oliviercornetgallery.com/bloomsday-group-show-2026
https://www.oliviercornetgallery.com/
Altogether Creative @altogethercreative.bsky.social Brand communications studio. Creating award winning work, with & for inspiring organisations & communities.
Not-for-profit | Arts | Culture | Heritage | Community | Education
altogethercreative.co.uk
Sarah Tempest @sarahtempest.bsky.social Co-Founder + Strategy Director. Old Low Light Trustee. Visiting Professor University of Sunderland. Ladies Wine & Design leader. Design. Culture. Heritage. Community.
altogethercreative.co.uk
Mimei Thompson @mimei.bsky.social Artist based in London, UK. Interested in art, dreams, nature, science, surrealism, energy, kindness. www.mimeithompson.com 
Lady Lucy Dr Lucy Woollett @ladylucyart.bsky.social Artist, lecturer, researcher, rollerskater
Neurodivergent
http://www.beingll.com
Using this like a notebook 📓
Barbara Howey @bachowey.bsky.social Visual Artist working in painting. 
Matt Davis @matt--davis.bsky.social Painter and Web Developer based in Berlin
Keith Merrin @keithmerrin.bsky.social Director - North East Museums.
Trustee - Virgin Money Foundation.
Blooloop50 Museum Influencer 2024.
Museums, arts, music, heritage, football and stuff.
Views and opinions all my own.
Durham University Collections @ducollections.bsky.social Collections from @durham-university.bsky.social museums, art collection, biosciences, archives and special collections. Not monitored 24/7. @dulib.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/DUCollections 
Claire Malcolm @clairemalcolm.bsky.social CEO of New Writing North, proud publisher of The Bee. Literary entrepreneur and innovator. Here for truth, love and understanding.
Art Monthly @artmonthly.bsky.social Contemporary art magazine based in London; follow for the latest artist interviews, news, reviews and more.
Art Monthly – taking art apart since 1976
https://www.artmonthly.co.uk
Poppy is always dancing... 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 @poppyisdancing.bsky.social Silver Vixen
she / her
Artist and curator
Trans woman, I'm queer, I’m glorious & I'm always dancing.
Michael Petry @mapetry.bsky.social I am an artist, author, curator and Director of Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) London
www.michaelpetry.com
www.moca.london
PaulXThompson @paulxthompson.bsky.social Comics and Games sometimes. Printing and Photography sometimes. Sits and Thinks sometimes. Just Sits sometimes.
Narbi Price @narbiprice.bsky.social Artist, curator, Gateshead UK.
www.narbiprice.co.uk 
Meg 💋🍒 @megmcart.bsky.social The OG Council Estate Princess
Artist, icon, diva
Follow @megmcart on instagram!
Desmond Bullen @desmondbullen.bsky.social Mental Health Nurse and Chief Arts Correspondent at Northern Soul
Peter Hanmer Art - MRSS @peterhanmer.bsky.social Air Gallery Award 2023, North East Young Sculptor of the Year 2017. Newcastle MFA Alumni.
Mark Ferguson MP @markfergusonmp.bsky.social Labour MP for Gateshead Central and Whickham.
Email: mark.ferguson.mp@parliament.uk
edwin mingard @edwinmingard.bsky.social artist/filmmaker/activist
edwinmingard.com
Abdullah Qureshi @abdullahqureshi.bsky.social Artist, Curator, Educator 🌈🍉✊🏿
Currently working on my doctoral project, Mythological Migrations: Imagining Queer Muslim Utopias at Aalto University, Finland
📍 Tiohtià:ke / Montreal
www.abdullahqureshi.org
Chi Onwurah @chionwurah.bsky.social Labour Member of Parliament for Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West. Chair of the House of Commons Science, Innovation and Technology Committee.
Jorn Ebner @jornebner.bsky.social sound & vision
artist, based in Berlin
SJ Watkinson @sjwatkinson.bsky.social Theatre producer & accidental Brummie working with Altered Skin, Nat Bellingham & In Good Company
Board member Independent Theatre Council
Fond of chickens, maps & the Shipping Forecast
www.outercirclearts.co.uk
PARIAH PRESS 🍷 @pariahpress.bsky.social A British contemporary art press.
Publisher of critical dialogues, innovative lit & photography. Slow, often archival
🌎 Distro
Antenne & Central
The Provinces / Stepney | Est. 2014 M/cr
#AnthonyBurgess #MelissaLeeHoughton #LindenArchives
Stuart Linden Rhodes @stuartlindenrhodes.bsky.social Collected photographer on Instagram as @Linden_Archives. Archived by John Rylands Library. Books & Prints published by www.pariahpress.com Printed in the Guardian, Attitude magazine and other publications. ©StuartLindenRhodes www.stuartlindenrhodes.com
Bradford Culture Company @bradfordculture.co.uk This is Bradford. Unfiltered. Unstoppable. Unmissable.
We were the UK City of Culture in 2025.
Inpress Books 📚 @inpressbooks.bsky.social Reaching readers on behalf of 50+ independent publishers. Funded by Arts Council England. Follow us on socials @inpressbooks📚 linktr.ee/inpressbooks 
Sandy @sandyw-l.bsky.social Solo Musician & Performer based in Newcastle upon Tyne also with Rosie Palms’ Hawaiian Serenaders and co-promoter of How Mountain Girls Can Love.
Landlocked Festival
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/landlocked-4-tickets-1526774075359
North East Museums @northeastmuseums.bsky.social Art and heritage at the heart of North East England. 12 museums and galleries for you to enjoy.
(Formerly known as Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums)
northeastmuseums.org.uk
Connected Voice @connectedvoice.bsky.social Connecting People and Supporting Action across Newcastle and Gateshead since 1929
https://connectedvoice.org.uk/
Orbis Community @orbiscommunity.bsky.social Orbis Community champions collaboration between creatives and communities
Gateshead
Prof. Chris Ashford @lawandsexuality.bsky.social Professor of Law + Society Northumbria University. Deputy Faculty Pro Vice Chancellor R&KE. Queer theorist. Research: sex, sexuality and law. Also interested in HE policy & strategy. 🏠/🏢 Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. 🏳️🌈He/Him.
Slow Hand Creative Studio @slowhandcreative.bsky.social We are a hands on creative studio with a focus on contemporary textiles, bespoke gifts and dynamic workshops and projects Newcastle/Gateshead/London
Gateshead @gateshead.bsky.social Gateshead Metropolitan Borough of Tyne and Wear, England. 
Gateshead Council @gatesheadcouncil.bsky.social For customer services telephone 0191 433 3000
Thom Sansom @thomnstuff.bsky.social HE/HIM
● Animation Lecturer & Freelancer
● 3D & 2D Animaton Genralist
● Motion Graphics Designer
● Happy go lucky scamp
● Geordie Lad from Newcastle, UK
Website: thomnstuff.com
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