CREATING A HULLABALOO WITH THE LAUNCH OF FREE BABY PLAY PACKS
Theatre Hullabaloo, the children’s arts charity based in The Hullabaloo on Borough Road, Darlington have created baby play packs for families and babies in Darlington and in other parts of Tees Valley to play together. The free Hullabaloo Baby Play Packs aimed at babies 12 months and under have been created with support from Darlington […]
Listen up for five new Workhouse Sessions beginning 2 October 2020
Creative Darlington and a business have supported Darlington for Culture’s fantastic small arts grants scheme, which offers grants of up to £500 to successful programmes delivered hereabouts. The scheme has supported a broad variety of activity to date and is currently open to new proposals. Not so long back DJ Alan Rees – The Workhouse […]
Darlington Wonders ….
Since starting in the Creative Darlington role on a fairly frequent basis I’ve discovered more about wonderful people who’ve lived here, and been inspired by those who are living or have had some connection with this place today. I’ve also found out more about how the built and natural environment has or hasn’t changed. It’s […]
#Now Then Darlo … the chalk lingers on
A short while ago Creative Darlington offered some support to artist, curator, explorer Paul Theo Murray to research a proposal for a programme of guerilla graffiti interventions in Darlington Town Centre betwixt July 2020 and beyond. The programme quickly secured media attention, including within The Northern Echo. Various locations and themes have been explored, stencils, […]
Unforgettable Experiences: Call Out
Unforgettable Experiences have put out a call out for service providers to work on a pilot programme they are leading, and Creative Darlington has offered budget to part support the fees of artists selected to work on the pilot programme and some preparation time. We understand those selected will be paid at Artists Union rates, […]
Congratulations and celebrations, Cornerstone Arts opens over August Bank Holiday weekend
On Friday 28 August 2020 I had the opportunity to explore Cornerstone Arts which was open for much of the following Bank Holiday weekend, sharing exhibitions, film screenings, comfy couches and elements of the unexpected (nice to find out more about the Vikings through a chat with a re-enactor). Cornerstone provided an opportunity to meet […]
Fun and fulfillment at The Foundry
ODDMANOUT is a new writing theatre company rooted in Darlington. Darlington Hippodrome, Creative Darlington and Arts Council England helped them pilot The Foundry training programme. Activity ensued, and a year of training with Scott Young, Katy Weir, and a range of professional artists was undertaken. Around 75 people participated in this. What did people get […]
Saturday 29 February 2020, 10am – 4pm, Wool Fair in Darlington Town Centre
Darlington Market is partnering with local artist Becky Sunter from the Weaving Rooms to facilitate a new Wool Fair in the North East. Darlington wool expert Becky has been running the Weaving Rooms in town since 2017 and has been spinning her magic for over 20 years. Specialising in weaving, dying and spinning techniques to […]
New In Town update
Late last year we promoted the New In Town call out, which attracted fourteen fantastic proposals from different parties, artists, producers, creative enterprises and organisations. Thanks to everyone who submitted a proposal, the standard was very high, and sadly we couldn’t support them all. I met with colleagues from Darlington Borough Council and we agreed […]
Brilliant banner’s back on the rails
Some time ago Creative Darlington selected five artist’s work to display to brighten the day of those visiting or passing alongside Darlington Library through a Crown Street Call Out. On my way into work earlier this year I noticed one of banners we created as a result, using Stuart Langley’s brilliant image, Neon and Glass, […]
