Untold Stories Commission “For many years people in communities like ours have thought that art isn’t for them and that nobody cares about their stories – we changed that.” – Rona Hardy, Community Champion Introduction East Durham Creates in partnership Read more…
Our Community Panel is at the heart of East Durham Creates, and guides our projects, ensuring they are beneficial to the local community. In the past our Community Panel has sought a location for our Arts Café, ensured major commissions Read more…
Art Hit: Post Art was an incredible project we ran with artist Eleanor Matthews during the lockdown. We asked people from East Durham and beyond to create postcards that they had designed especially for people feeling isolated, in order to cheer Read more…
East Durham Creates and our Community Panel are looking for an artist to start working this summer with young people in the East Durham area on a project around connection. East Durham Creates began the third phase of delivery of Read more…
East Durham Creates is part of Arts Council England’s Creative People and Places programme. We require an Evaluator for our work across the next three years of project delivery. We are looking for an Evaluator who can provide formative and Read more…
East Durham Creates and our Community Panel have received funding from DCMS to address a challenge facing all of us after a year living in a worldwide pandemic – social isolation and loneliness. East Durham Creates has just commenced our Read more…
EAST DURHAM TAKES ITS PLACE ON THE UK STREET ART MAP AS TWO ARTISTS COLLABORATE TO CELEBRATE DURHAM’S MINING CULTURE On the 27th July a new public artwork will be unveiled in Seaham, Durham. A collaboration between artist Jamie Holman; Read more…
Are You Feeling Isolated or Shielding in East Durham? Connect With People In Your Area East Durham Creates are wanting to bring people together who are feeling isolated during COVID-19 to hear your stories and experiences to inspire a brand Read more…
Following on from our Virtual Go & See Visit to the Serpentine Galleries to see The Most Popular Art Exhibition Ever by artist Grayson’s Perry, you all asked us for more! So the East Durham Creates team have created a Read more…
We, the undersigned from the cultural sector of the North East, declare that silence is not ok and silence is seen as complicity. Racism has no place in a just and humane society. Whilst we cannot undo pain and neglect, Read more…