The third Newcastle Gateshead Art Fair will feature an initiative aimed at helping emerging young artists from the North East.

'Rainbow' by Heather Campion

It takes place at The Sage Gateshead from October 2-4 when 15 northern artists will have stands next to work from all over the world.

Supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England and following the initial success of the 2008 emerging artists’ section, this year will feature North East galleries Locus+, Vane, Globe and Northern Print.  They have selected work from emerging artists they believe have the potential to develop their careers in the arts.

Andy Balman, co-director of the Art Fair said: “This will be a great opportunity to catch these up and coming artists at an early and affordable stage of their career. This year’s section is bigger and better than the first one and we are trying to give emerging artists the coverage they deserve as often they just need the right level of exposure to move on to the next stage in their careers.  The emerging artists’ section provides a great opportunity for buyers to preview the work of artists before they become famous.”

Locus+ selected Iris Priest, Karl Nattress, Oliver Beck and Anne Vibeke Mou to showcase their works. Vane chose Hannah Campion, Helen Schell, Adam Hogarth and Sebastian Trend. Globe opted for Joseph Steele, Nick Kennedy, Daniel Jagger and Daniel Wilde and Northern Print chose Mikhak Mirmahmoudi, Cindy Robinson-Begg and Deborah Snell.

Vane chose four artists who it has worked with in different capacities over the past year: Hannah Campion approached Vane to assist her with a group show titled ‘Helicopter’ that she curated at St Ann’s Quay on the riverside in Newcastle earlier this year. Her work consists primarily of painting and drawing, but she has recently started to extend this into sculptural installation work.

Adam Hogarth and Sebastian Trend are both graduates of the Fine Art BA course at Northumbria University and have recently shown work at the gallery in the group show ‘Score’, which consisted of work by students, graduate fellows, graduate studio Northumbria artists and staff from the Fine Art department at Northumbria University. Hogarth works mainly in print, photography and video. Trend works in painting, print, photography and object-making and Helen Schell’s current work depicts rocketry and time machines in the form of large drawings and glass installations. She is working on a series of projects called ‘Escape Velocity’. She moved to Sunderland in 2006 to do an MA in Glass at Sunderland University.

Andy Balman added: “The NewcastleGateshead Art Fair will give an audience an opportunity to see and invest in works from fifteen artists at the very start of their careers; artists who could well be making an important contribution to the art world in the not-so-distant future.”

The NewcastleGateshead Art Fair will be a must for all visitors, art lovers and collectors along with those interested in browsing for their first investment.

The emerging artists will be located in the Northern Rock Foundation room in the Sage Gateshead. For further information visit www.ngartfair.com

Enquiries – 0191 241 2423 Box Office – 0191 443 4661. Opening times:

Friday October 2: 11am to 6pm
Saturday October 3: 11am to 5pm
Sunday October 4: 11am to 5pm

Tickets £5 advance booking weekend ticket £6 on the door weekend ticket