Get Into The Christmas Spirit at Baltic Winter Warmer
Hunt out the jumpers and embrace the winter season with a day out at Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead
Winter Makers Market
Baltic and Endless Love Creative are teaming up to bring you a market featuring the best art, craft and design. More than 60 stallholders will showcase one-of-a-kind pieces and handcrafted treasures from emerging and established independent makers and crafters. Find ceramics, textiles, prints and more as unique Christmas gifts or for yourself. £2 entry.
Gingerbread Decorating
Baltic’s Front Room invites you to take part in the classic tradition of free gingerbread decorating whilst you relax, and chat with family and friends. Take a trip to Baltic Kitchen for lunch and seasonal hot chocolates and coffee.
Tree Stories
On Level 5 view five bespoke tree prints created from a disc of the trunk of the felled Sycamore Gap tree. Commissioned by the National Trust and created by printmaker Shona Branigan, Heartwood shows every tree ring, groove and detail from the cross-section of the heart shaped trunk of the iconic tree.
In Tree Stories, discover more about the secret world of trees with local tree expert, Mark Shipperlee from Living Woods. Storyteller Justine Boussard, the amateur ancestor, will also take visitors on a 300-million-year-old story about Sycamore Gap.
Happy Mart Pop-up Shop
Discover handmade decorative pieces for the home from textile artist Bianco Perry and ceramicist Alex Sickling in Happy Mart Pop-up Shop. Guaranteed to help you secure a quirky Christmas gift or two, the range includes handmade Christmas tree decorations, ornaments – and mini ceramic coals for anyone that has misbehaved!
