Building on the rich conversations that started at GIFT 2022, and our online GIFT Exchange in 2021, this year we returned to the heart of Gateshead for a series of events premised on the notion of exchange. Events took a range of formats including workshops, creative walks, conversations, socials and sharings -  all designed to bring artists and audiences together in ways that allowed for connection and a genuine exchange of ideas.

Events in the programme covered topics including friendship, working internationally, through to living precariously, and there were plenty of opportunities to discuss topics and creative ideas that audiences wanted to bring to the GIFT Exchange to explore.