Shipley Art Gallery

The Shipley Art Gallery is the North East’s leading gallery of craft and design. The Shipley houses one of the most important collections of contemporary British craft, along with fine collections of design and paintings.

The Designs for Life gallery provides a stimulating learning environment in which themes including form and function, materials and manufacturing, pattern, chairs and lighting can be explored in an interactive way.

The Shipley is also home to a fine art collection which includes Tintoretto's Christ Washing the Feet of the Disciples and William Irving's Blaydon Races.

The variety of the Shipley’s collections and quality of our temporary exhibition programme ensures the Gallery can provide a cross-curricular programme of workshops to education groups of all ages.

Recently launched - the Design for Life website is a great website way to get lots of Design and Technology ideas for your visit to the Shipley Art Gallery. Click here to view all the resources and learn more about the project.