Jo Pickering workshops are planned at The Bridge Centre for Visual Arts this summer and during the October half term holiday
Jo Pickering is running workshops for children and adults at The Bridge Centre for Visual Arts this summer and a workshop there for children interested in painting in acrylic this Autumn Half Term. Jo has taught Art to secondary school students for over 25 years and is currently Head of Art at a Stockton secondary […]
Crossing the Tees Book Festival 2022 coming soon
The Crossing the Tees Book Festival, present a fantastic programme across Tees Valley from 11th-17th June 2022, brought to you by Stockton, Middlesbrough, Hartlepool, Darlington and Redcar & Cleveland Library Services, backed by funders including Creative Darlington. Darlington’s newly-refurbished Cockerton Library hosts an afternoon of inspiring authors on Wednesday 15th June, with everything you need […]
theoddconversation – a sister brother podcast
Julia and Phillip’s sibling relationship encouraged them to create a conversational podcast reminiscing about their childhood and areas of their lives, including schools days in Darlington, where they have longstanding family connections. The podcasts can be heard at https://www.theoddconversation.com/ . Darlington Arts Festival 2022 saw both back in the borough recently, and we’re happy to […]
Darlington Arts Festival 2022: Friday 20th – Sunday 22 May 2022
Not long now until Darlington Art Festival 2022 comes to Darlington Town Centre, there will be a marquee in the Market Square sharing fantastic creative work with free entry, and opportunities to enjoy exhibitions and events in various Town Centre locations, including The Friends Meeting House on Skinnergate. The Darlington Arts Festival programme includes events, […]
April workshop for children celebrating aspects of Nigerian culture well received
Earlier this year Victoria Eniola approached contacted Creative Darlington having recently relocated to the town, regarding her ambition to stage an event for families which celebrated aspects of Nigerian culture. The event was held in April 2022 in Darlington Baptist Church and attracted 37 people, including parents and children, who enjoyed activity as well as […]
Artists work on display soon in the Friends Community Hub as part of Darlington Arts Festival 2022
Creative Darlington has allocated support to Darlington Friends to install boards to display exhibitions in a community focused space they expect to open soon on Skinnergate in the former Footprints unit close to the Friends Meeting House. The boards and space will host an exhibition by Darlington artists Artofmistakesuk (@artofmistakesuk) • Instagram photos and videos […]
Find out more about ‘Opening the Closet Doors’
Hello! My name is Sarah Li and I am a Scouse artist based in Newcastle upon Tyne. I am very excited to finally be able to introduce myself and to you all and what I am doing with Creative Darlington. ‘Opening the Closet Doors’ is an art and film project that I am working on […]
Book now for Summer Term creative courses at The Bridge Centre for Visual Arts in Darlington
Do you want to try drawing, painting, ceramics, jewellery making, portraiture, life drawing or trying a new creative course for fun in Darlington, then why not explore the Summer programme of courses at The Bridge Centre for Visual Arts above or at https://thebridgedarlington.org.uk/courses/term/ Most of the Summer Term Arts Courses run one session per week […]
Interested in the arts and crafts, have financial skills and time to volunteer, then you might want to take them to
The Bridge Centre for Visual Arts is a Darlington charity and we looking for a volunteer who is interested in any aspect of arts or crafts and who could look after our finances. We run courses in painting, ceramics, photography and many other different media, aiming to help the mental health and well being of […]
Semaphore as Metaphor artwork online
In this short video specially made flags, are used by people in Darlington, who work from an originally designed interface to communicate things which have helped shape or currently contribute to our culture. From various points around the town, people signal letters and words using the visual ship to ship communication method of ‘Semaphore’. This […]
