It all began as Loveartnortheast in 2013 with twelve buil artists and one small monthly arts' event at Jesmond Dene at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Within a few months we had doubled in size and began popping up at several other venues in Newcastle city Centre. They included monthly and annual arts fairs and exhibitions at Central Station, St Nicholas' Cathedral and Grey's Monument/Grainger Street.  This all continued until covid lockdowns, when we took our fairs online and set up virtual artists' studios in a bid to keep things going. We began attracting artists from further afield, which led to our name change and building The Tin Shed.

The online studios are now home to around 50 artists and makers from across the north of England and southern Scotland. We also have several pop-up live events at exciting and beautiful new venues across Northumberland and the Scottish Borders.

Please visit our Events' pages to find out more and head to our Artists' Studios directory to meet our online residents. Click the images to visit each artist's studio.