A new exhibition is set to go on display celebrating emerging North East artists at one of the North East's most eccentric stately homes.
Seaton Delaval Hall in South East Northumberland was home to notorious Georgian pranksters the Delaval family, and a £7m plus restoration saw it reopen in 2022 with an upside-down room and mirrored spheres and cubes alongside its landscaped gardens. Its latest addition is an exhibition of the inaugural North East Emerging Artist Award, which opens on Wednesday.
The award's aim is to showcase site specific contemporary art in a historic context, and also aims to provide opportunities for emerging and early career artists and creatives in or from the North East. For the four artists who are having their work showcased, it has been a long process to get to this point, as applications started in November 2021 and the shortlisting process took place last summer.
