#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 […]
TeesDance Festival
Counting the days until TeesDance Festival, happening on Instagram in two weeks’ time – find out all about our local dance artists and gain an insight into the creative industries It’s here! The full line-up for TeesDance Festival, happening on Instagram from 1 – 14 August to celebrate our dance workforce across the Tees Valley
Call Outs Aplenty – It’s All Happening
Call Out One ‘Our Place’ – a community Art’s Project for Darlington Want to give meaning and purpose to your daily walk? In these strange times, leaving the house at least once a day and getting some fresh air is so important to many of us. Join in a range of weekly creative tasks and really ‘see’ […]
Society of Arts at Home
Darlington Society of Arts have been sharing their work during lockdown through their website.The Arts Society are certainly seeing Lockdown as an opportunity to make work and share, in their words ‘Remember every cloud has a silver lining.’ Members have been invited to create work responding to a common stimulus or to post work they […]
Celebrating Conversations in Painting
Creative Darlington supported Conversations in Painting: Fiesta MK 2 in 2019. It’s great to be able to celebrate this project and view the overall project within the project catalogue, available to view online at here
Stay at Home Stories
Have you ever fancied making a short film? Or are you trying to find a fun way to keep your family entertained? Creative Darlington and Undivided Pictures are looking for short films featuring ‘Lockdown’ as the theme to enter our competition, with the winner to receive £100 worth of vouchers to Darlington Hippodrome. As long […]
Darlo@Home Programme Extended
Tracks in partnership with Creative Darlington and Darlington Borough Council are pleased to announce an additional series of live streamed gigs, bringing a further selection of regional artists to your home in this time of national lockdown. With measures being extended we felt it was important to carry forward our series of live stream gigs so the people of Darlington […]
Open call for artists, creative practitioners and the curious.
The Auxiliary have teamed up with Creative Darlington for our next round of ABODE, an artist-in-own-residence programme. For this project we will be offering five mini-grants of £200, with the hope that it encourages artists to develop new skills and to consider new approaches to their creative practices. The open call is simple. Select a […]
