The Old School Gallery

23/10/2026

What we need on a day like today is colour and joy. Our new exhibition- Crumbs by Louise Lockhart is filled with hours of handmade work. Screenprints, collage, risos, canotypes and lots more. This old village school hall is the perfect fit for her work - she takes inspiration from vintage textiles, folk art, children’s books and old print ephemera.

After her successful run in the summer at Yorkshire Sculpture Park this is a perfect chance to see a prolific illustrator and printmaker who has worked for Chronicle Books, Ladybird Books, Bloomsbury, Anthropologie, Design For Today and many more.

We also have a wealth of new work coming in to the gallery ideal for getting your home ready for the lead-up to Christmas, including these new oil pastel pieces by Eva Ray.
After her show at Tappan Collective in LA we welcome her back to rainy Alnmouth. We will be sharing more about her new work next week.

Exhibition open day tomorrow and we are open 7 days a week right across half term. Train station at one end of the road and a beach at the other end. Just need to dodge a few storms.

19/10/2026

We are busy hanging the wonderful work of Louise Lockhart Louise Lockhart this week so the main gallery room is shut. ‘Crumbs’ an exhibition will be open on Saturday 24th October. The perfect half term visit.

15/10/2026

Gift shop update

We are having a reprint of the cunning folk prints we did last year just in time for Halloween - reinterpreted original woodcuts held in public domain libraries and museums.
Woodcuts were the visual language of early modern England. This revolution in publishing coincided the European witch craze a moral panic and collective psychosis that spread through Europe and Scandinavia during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Also

Are you sick of tracking events on different WhatsApp groups? do you need to remember a manicure appointment? 💅🏿
Ditch the phone. You need a big wall planner.

The brilliant Dan at Penfold Press has collaborated on this gorgeous 2027 planner with Angela Harding Angela’s theme focuses on the natural world. Drawing directly from the birds and beasts that inspire her daily practice, each month features an original linocut creature matched to the season.

All available in the shop.

14/10/2026

We are packing up this beautiful print by Moira Frith to send out this morning, the gallery is starting to fill with lots of new work for Autumn.🍂

We’ve had a collection of new original coastal bird paintings by Janine Burrows.
A selection of new gift in the shop including autumn knitwear by Anna-Lisa Smith a top up of prints in the browsers from Andy Lovell Printmaker and Angie Lewin

It’s the last week to see Lela Harrris’ incredible exhibition of Folio drawings of the books of James Baldwin in the main gallery room.

All work available online with delivery.

Come for a coffee and a walk on the beach. Open until 4pm.

08/10/2026

Lela Harris Exhibition Open today until 4pm.

06/10/2026

We’ve had some great photos of the moon from guests staying at the huts this last week. This one was from the front porch of the beach hut.

We’ve had a cancellation for this weekend for St Bede (dog-friendly) and St Oswald huts, which are right next to each other. The weather looks good, so if you fancy some autumn sun, walking the Northumberland coast, visiting the gallery, spending evenings at the village pubs, and gathering round the campfire—this might be just what you need.
Booking link in bio

03/10/2026

Local sculptor Jonathan Price (from nearby Callaly) is building up a sculpture garden in the gallery school yard.
We love these bold Corten and stainless steel abstract forms, durable pieces that are designed to evolve with the elements, developing a rich, textured patina over time.
The collection is available to view and purchase directly from the gallery. Jonathan also provides a full delivery and installation service.
Lela Harris exhibition continues in the main gallery room. Coffee, cake and beach. Open every day until 4pm.

03/10/2026

29/09/2026

What makes Lela’s work so compelling is that these characters don’t exist visually, she has taken the people from Baldwin’s books and brought them to life, building their features directly from the writer’s cues, characteristics, and motivations.
For a self-taught artist to take on a project for The Folio Society doing Baldwin’s writing full justice while pulling it all off in charcoal—is a daunting task. It is an incredible undertaking, and she has absolutely excelled at it. Illustration like this just blows me away. Giving expression to things that are unseen and deeply felt.


Exhibition open today until 4pm