01 Andrew Murie Houses Acrylic on board
02 Charlotte Kerr Winter Lion Acrylic on paper
03 Cheryl Cordier Journey Through the Valley of Beauty Fineline pen on paper
04 Fiona Goodlad Flower Fields Pen and Watercolour
The Art Gallery at Darlington Library is normally open to the public free of charge during standard Darlington Library opening hours (Monday & Tuesday 9am – 6pm, Wednesday 9am – 5pm, Thursday 10am – 6pm, Friday 9am – 5pm and Saturday 9am – 4pm, closed Sunday.
Forthcoming exhibitions in the Art Gallery at Darlington Library
- Group Exhibition, the Community Arts Project , 23rd July – 6th August 2024
- and and and also, Sophie Seita, 9th August – 14th August 2024
- Places In Time, The Art of Kenneth Steel, 17th August – 26th September 2024
- Birchallreality, Roger Birchall Retrospective Exhibition, 28th September – 7th November 2024
- Recycled, Reused, Revealed, Helen Winthorpe-Kendrick, 9th November – 19th December 2024
- Group Exhibition, Darlington Society of Arts, 21st December 2024 – 7th February 2025
Our next exhibition will share work from the artists whose images are shared above, alongside other members of the Community Arts Project (CAP). We’re delighted to welcome CAP back to the Art Gallery, at Darlington Library. Their previous exhibitions have always proven popular with visitors, and their new exhibition, whilst short, will share a fantastic variety of original work, from their artists.
More about The Community Arts Project
The Community Art Project is part of Darlington Borough Council’s Day Opportunities within the Adult Learning Disability Service. It provides an opportunity for people with learning disabilities to try out and pursue various visual arts activities with guidance and encouragement from a professional artist.
People normally attend one day each week and its open to anyone who has an interest in trying out arts activities, even if they have never done so before. It’s geared towards each person’s needs and interests and aims to encourage people to make their own choices and decisions, to work at their own pace and the best of their abilities. Service users are encouraged to develop and expand their work and level of ambition as their confidence grows. The sorts of activities that Cap involves are; oil, acrylic and watercolour painting, drawing, sculpting, pottery, printing, lino-cut and mono-printing, photography and digital art but it aims to facilitate as far as possible, whatever ideas people generate and express.
CAP regularly stage exhibitions which provide genuine motivation and momentum to the project. Seeing their work presented in a professional manner gives people a real sense of achievement and participation in a wider world along with a visible presence in the community. CAP service users have had their work exhibited locally, nationally and internationally, in locations including Billingham, Bishop Auckland, Brighton, Darlington, Glasgow, London, Middlesbrough, Munich, Newcastle, Newton Aycliffe, New York, Stockton, and Woking ……. so far. CAP are always interested in hearing about and discussing new opportunities to display their work in different settings and formats, see contact details below
CAP artists won first and second prizes in the 2019 Outside In National Open Exhibition – judged by Grayson Perry amongst others and five artists formed part of the Earth Vision project that toured various venues in Germany, Austria and Italy. CAP artwork has also been included in numerous online exhibitions and galleries and publications including ‘Outside In; Exploring the Margins of Art’ by Marc Steene. CAP artist Victoria Bowman has recently been nominated and shortlisted for the Paul Hamlyn Artists Awards.
Following relocation from The Bridge Centre for Visual Arts in March 2024, The Community Art Project is now based at:
- Links, Brinkburn Road, Darlington, DL3 6DY
and
- Foundations, Salters Lane, Darlington, DL1 3DT
Contact and further information for The Community Arts Project
Telephone 01325 468877
Email Laurence.ward@darlington.gov.uk
Visit the website www.darlington.gov.uk/communityart
