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** NEW DATE DUE TO WEATHER **

Catch us here on Sunday 24th May with some of the original Arches team on hand to help get you started with some music and art!
Come and get involved!
All activities are free to access.

UPDATE - this event has been postponed to Sunday 24 May, 11am to 3pm.

This Sunday 12 April, this space will be packed as we celebrate the launch of the Gateshead arches and our newest event space🌞

We know lots of people have been talking about it already and we're buzzing that we can now share the full line up!

Between 11am and 3pm, join us for 👇

🎨 Street art sessions with Mark One87 Sune and ida4_ncl
🎶 DJ lessons by Northern Pulse
🖌 crafts with Orbis Community, Bianco Perry, Bloomhead and Life and Limb Puppets
🍕 food and drinks by Gateshead Food Partnership, Integration Station, Samosa sisters Women's Empowerment, Cakeaholics by Claire and Sun Of Seitan
💃 entertainment by Gateshead College, the Good Vibes and Arches.2 DJ groups

We'll see you there 😎

North East Combined Authority

The Arches Project is looking to help create opportunities for young people in Gateshead, working with the PCC and Young Futures to reduce anti social behaviour and increase progression routes.

The Arches Project - Gateshead 2026 The Arches project offers creative engagement for young people, with links into education, further training, broadcasting, performance and the creative indus...

Absolutely buzzing to announce the legendary Arches project will return to Gateshead this year, albeit at a new location, with some new faces and plenty of the Arches OGs.

We are proud to be partners in this years The Bridge : UK Hip Hop festival.
Click here to book free tickets to the various public workshops.

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Big thank you to Huws Gray for their support getting us boards to paint at Less Stress Fest last weekend. Sun was shining and the boards came out great! Check the pics in comments below...

Monsters & Rockets graffiti jam today at the studio!!
20 artist hitting the spots plus an extended Method Radio broadcast with some special guests.
Thanks to Graeme Thompson, Archer Andrew and Danny Mcconway for all their hard work prepping spots yesterday.
Not much sun forecast but no rain either!
Let’s paint the toon!

Was chuffed to bits to be invited to give a talk and demo to year 2 students at the local school this week, especially as it meant my son got to be my assistant!

The Bridge : UK Hip Hop Panel talk - What's the name of my DJ

peep® Open Mic. Lost Arts. Hip Hop Hidden DJ Heroes. The Bridge 4 Newcastle Open Mic Lost Arts. The Bridge 4 Newcastle Panel talks hop Hop hidden DJ heroes in ‘What’s the Name Of My DJ’ Filmed by peep magazine featuring Normski, DJ S...

Young T is smashing it right now!
Big ups lad 👊

11-Year-Old Color Blind Graffiti Artist Displays Artwork in the UK - Frank151.com Like many artists, some are lucky enough to find their passion and hone into their skill-sets at an early age. That includes graffiti artists. Taye Benjamin, known artistically as Terox, is making a name for himself as the youngest artist ever to exhibit work at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary

Cool video we made for Newcastle Youth Justice team working with participants from the TurnAround project and artists Toby Heaps (characters) and ArtbyMarf (animation) plus some excellent narration from Andi Down.

TurnAround Project - Newcastle Promotional video for the Youth Justice TurnAround project with artwork created by participants from Newcastle Children's Services working with local artist ...

New slots coming up on Method Radio from September onwards for DJs/Presenters interested in doing live shows.
No pre recorded DJ mixes.
House, Jungle, Footwork, DNB, Techno, Hip Hop, Broken Beats, UKG
Get in touch if you're interested.