New Term Starts shortly at The Bridge Centre for Visual Arts
The Bridge Centre for Visual Art is hosting a range of ticketed arts courses for adults, including Painting and Drawing, Jewellery Making and Ceramics, with the new term of courses starting from Monday 27th September 2021. So, if you’re feeling creative why not contact them to see whether places still available.
Creating Unforgettable Experiences
Creative Darlington has been instrumental in supporting Unforgettable Experiences to recruit, design and develop opportunities for older adults to improve their mental health and memory through its extensive network of high-quality artistic practitioners. The pandemic has had a serious impact on people’s mental health with an increase in demand for support from health and social […]
Enviro Bikes at The Head of Steam railway museum until Friday 17 September 2021
There are opportunities for those aged 16 and over with ID to have a go at riding an Enviro-Bike for free at the Head of Steam railway museum, until Friday 17 September 2021, during museum opening hours (10am – 4pm). Bikes can be borrowed and taken out anytime up to 3pm and you can take […]
Build Your Own Clock Tower in Darlington Market Square on Saturday 25 September 2021
There are loads of opportunities to get creative during Darlington Arts Festival 24th to 27th September 2021 – Darlington for Culture including one on Saturday 25 September 2021 for up to 60 people (5 sessions each with a capacity of 12 participants) to get crafting and build your own Darlington Clock Tower using Cabinet of […]
Flags out for Semaphore as Metaphor during a fantastic Darlington Arts Festival 2021
There will be two opportunities to creatively explore semaphore and to make your own flags during Darlington Arts Festival 2021, with drop in activity from 10am on Friday 24 September 2021 in a marquee in the Market Square, and activity at the Head of Steam railway museum on Sunday 26 September 2021. Both drop in […]
Insectopolis in Darlington Town Centre
Neighbourhood Watch Stilts International spent two days in Darlington Town Centre recently sharing Insectopolis city of insects here. Activity included walkabout by ginormous butterflies and bees, a giant jigsaw exploring insect life, planting of flowers and live music (first time I’ve seen an insect playing accordion!). Insectopolis city of insects engaged c 900 people in […]
Some Like It Hot! Sonic-bikes and a Lava Pour at The Head of Steam railway museum this September!
Jo Lathwood will be in the field at the Head of Steam railway museum on Saturday 11th September 12 noon – 2pm to give a live Lava Pour performance demonstrating the recreation of molten rock, forming into a variety of shapes and sizes through heat. The performance will be an incredible storytelling experience for all […]
Song of the Skerne film premiere
The Song of the Skerne film premieres on Thursday 12th August, 7.30pm and will be kept online till 31st August. 2021. I was lucky enough to attend a screening event of the film at Darlington Hippodrome earlier in the year, and if you’re a fan of children’s creativity, music, the natural world, landscape photography, tenacious […]
Can you help? ‘Stolen Glances: Lesbians take Photographs’ exhibition at Darlington Arts Centre 1992
Creative Darlington and Darlington Borough Council Local Studies have been contacted by a curator and researcher interested in both public and press reaction to the touring ‘Stolen Glances: Lesbians take Photographs’ exhibition supported by Arts Council England which was shared at Darlington Arts Centre in 1992. The exhibition was expected to run 13 March – […]
