The winners of this year's Journal Culture Awards were announced at Northern Stage Newcastle on Monday March 31, 2008. Our panel of judges had the difficult task of deciding upon the overall winner for each of the award categories. The winners and finalists for each category are as follows:
Artist of the Year
- Winner - Liv Lorent, Tyneside-based choreographer
- Emma Holliday, Tyneside-based painter
- Julian Germain, Northumberland-based photographer
Performance of the Year
- Winner - The Pitman Painters, Live Theatre, Newcastle
- Tattercoats, Northern Stage, Newcastle
- Tonic, Open Clasp Theatre Company, regional tour
Newcomer of the Year
- Winner - Katie Doherty, singer
- Nikita Asher, classical Indian dancer
- Paul Knox, photographer
Best Event Durham
- Winner - Durham Literature Festival 2007
- Art Garden Exhibition & Festival
- Illuminate 2007
Best Event Northumberland
- Winner - Picture House @ Belsay
- Berwick upon Tweed Film Festival 2007
- Northumberland Lights
Best Event Sunderland
- Winner - The City Sings
- Re-launch of Monkwearmouth Station Museum
- Snow Domes at the National Glass Centre
Best Event Tees Valley
- Winner - BBC Proms in the Park
- Mima Opening Event
- Stockton Riverside Fringe Festival 2007
Best Event Tyneside
- Winner - EAT! NewcastleGateshead
- Launch - a maverick showcase of contemporary design
- The Late Shows
Best Overall Event
- Winner - Picture House @ Belsay
Renaissance North East Museums Award
- Winner - Monkwearmouth Station Museum for Sunderland to Saigon
- Discovery Museum for Punk ’76
- Dorman Museum, Middlesbrough, for Tudor Lives
Best Arts & Business Partnership
- Winner - Newcastle Building Society and Seven Stories
- Blackett, Hart & Pratt and Darlington Civic Theatre centenary
- Connecting Through Culture and Tyne & Wear Museums
Arts Council Award
- Winner - The Novocastrian Philosophers' Club at Newcastle Lit & Phil
- Clown Doctors programme in hospitals
- The Couple sculpture, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea
Culture Club Event of the Year
- Winner - Art in the Garden at Crook Hall
- The Novocastrian Philosopher's Club
- Behind the Scenes at Northern Print
Click here to view a photo gallery of the presentation of the awards at Northern Stage Newcastle.
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