Rebecca Huggan Director of The NewBridge Project

Rebecca Huggan is the Director of The NewBridge Project, an active and vibrant artist-led community in Newcastle and Gateshead. Established in 2010, The NewBridge Project supports artists to create ambitious new work through a programme of exhibitions, commissions, events and artist development. Rebecca has been with the organisation for the last 4 years as Programme Director, and Studio and Programme Coordinator, and recently became Director in September 2018. In addition to her role at NewBridge she has worked on a number of freelance projects alongside local communities in Northumberland, partners on these projects have included bait (Creative People and Places), Woodhorn Museum and BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art. Through her career she has also worked for organisations including AV Festival, Northern Film and Media, Vane and Project Space Leeds.