Stephen Wiper

One of the five priorities within Darlington Culture Strategy 2022 – 2026 is to creatively explore Darlington’s rich railway heritage. Creative Darlington budget has contributed to a number of artist led projects in 2024/25 and 2025/26 which have done just this, including Write on Track, led by writers Ann Cuthbert and Pam Plumb, Bob Beagrie’s […]

Tees Valley Combined Authority, with support from Arts Council England, is developing a new pilot course to help people and organisations in the creative and cultural sectors feel more confident with the financial side of their work.  They’ve asked us to share this through our networks, and anticipate two strands of training, one directed at […]

Future Ready: Digital Support Day for Creative and Cultural Freelancers Are you a creative or cultural freelancer ready to explore how digital tools can support and grow your practice? Join us for a free event where you’ll hear from experts and find out what support is available to help you make the most of digital—whether […]

Whistle Stop, presented by the S&DR200 Festival, gives visitors the chance to step back 200 years in time to see important documents and images from the birth of the modern railway. The exhibition is an introduction to the very start of the S&DR story. This free exhibition will be on display in Darlington Library Art […]

Darlington Orchestra’s next concert takes place on Saturday 5th July 7.30pm at the Dolphin Centre’s Central Hall. In this accessible event, the orchestra will perform a variety of light classical music. The programme also features various styles of dances including The Sleeping Beauty Suite by Tchaikovsky, Dance of the Comedians by Smetana and Two South […]

ETCH have secured funding to offer 20 free places for their Creative Catapult course which is designed for creatives and begins this May, dates below. For further information or to apply for a place please contact:   Maria​​​​ Lannon Creative and Cultural Project Specialist 07731 998129 01642 061062 Maria.Lannon@etchevent.co.uk enterprisemadesimple.co.uk ETCH advise this course is worth over £4000 per person but fully […]

People and Perspectives, Alan Clements new exhibition at Darlington Library, shares photographs taken in Arizona, California, Death Valley, Hong Kong, the Humber Estuary, Iceland, Kyoto, Leipzig, Miajima Island, New York, Oregon, Utah, Venice, Washington State and Whitby. Just pop into the Art Gallery at Darlington Library during standard Library opening times and explore what caught […]

Creative Darlington has received the information below from Maria Lannon at Enterprise Made Simple who runs the ETCH programme. Please contact Maria directly at maria.lannon@enterprisemadesimple.co.uk if you have any questions about their offer or applying for a place on the forthcoming Creative Catapult programme. Have you heard about the Creative Catapult Programme that is taking […]

Jonathan Edward Hodgkin (1875–1953) founded The Darlington Society of Arts in 1922 to stimulate an interest in the creation and appreciation of Art and Craft within the community of Darlington and the surrounding areas, and became an associate of the Royal Society of British Artists in 1926 and a member in 1928. He was an […]

After teaching Computer Design for over 30 years, Alan now concentrates on his three passions: photography, travel and writing. In the last few years, he’s visited New York, Tokyo, Venice, Iceland, Death Valley and Berlin always combining exploration with photography. Alan’s work is focused primarily on events, architecture and landscape; for example, the Venice Carnival, […]