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AMBER SECURES HERITAGE LOTTERY FUND INVESTMENT
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Cutaway of re-imagined Side Gallery spaces by Xsite Architecture
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We are extremely happy to announce that we have received a confirmed grant of £1,121,200 from the Heritage Lottery Fund for our project, The AmberSide Collection: Access & Engagement.
It provides the key element in a £1.6m, three year programme of work. Securing a remarkable documentary film & photography collection, it supports:
- The capital redevelopment of Side Gallery on Newcastle’s Quayside, delivering full access, increased/enhanced exhibition spaces; a study centre with digital access to the collection and a library; improved work, exhibition development and conservation facilities;
- A major exhibition at Newcastle’s Laing Art Gallery opening in June 2015, while Side Gallery is closed, exploring the rich narrative of the collection;
- A programme of volunteer involvement that will help to digitise over 7,000 images, 2,000 minutes of film & video as well as audio tapes and documents;
- The redesign and rebuild of Amber-Online, delivering access to the digitised collection and the rich network of connections between the different films and photographic bodies of work;
- 18 projects working with the collection and the possibilities of documentary with primary schools, secondary schools, colleges, community groups and individuals - particularly in the communities whose histories have been captured in Amber / Side Gallery’s documentary works.
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T Dan Smith and his wife Ada, 1939, watching the match at St James’ Park from the rooftop of the International Friendship League, Leazes Park, the day before war broke out. The project will see the digitisation of photographs, video, documents and audio from an extensive T Dan Smith archive. It will also see the digitisation of a filmed interview with Mary Lowther on the Socialist Cafe, a key leftwing meeting place in Newcastle’s Royal Arcade.
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Ivor Crowther, Head of the Heritage Lottery Fund North East, said:
“Documenting the lives of working class and marginalised communities in the North East over the last 40 years, the AmberSide collection is of significant local, national and international importance. HLF’s grant will not only conserve the historic building where the collection is housed, it will also drastically improve access and, by digitising the majority of items, create even more opportunities for people everywhere to learn about key moments in our history, including the decline of industry along the Tyne in the 70s, the redevelopment of Newcastle in Byker and images of Durham’s mining communities.â€
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Fairground Arts, 96 slides documenting artwork at Newcastle’s Hoppings in 1972.
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THANK YOU!
We would like to thank you for your continued support, it is very much appreciated by all of us at AmberSide and has kept us moving forward through financially difficult times. We can't wait to make these plans a reality for you to enjoy, but for now we are off to the pub for a quick celebratory pint, before concentrating all of our efforts on fundraising for the the remaining match funding required for this project. We promise to keep you updated on our progress and ways you can get involved.
Regards
Kerry, Graeme, Sirkka, Peter R, Bryan, Peter S, Ellie & Annie.
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