Events & Activities

HAWTHORN DENE PHOTOGRAPHY PROJECT

 Dates: Thursday 16^th and 23rd May, 1-4pm

 Meet at: The Barn at Easington, Thorpe Lea East Farm, Easington Colliery SR8 3UT

Using as inspiration a recently discovered album of photographs that belonged to the Pemberton estate and pictures from local residents, photographer Sharon Bailey will lead a workshop and photography walk around Hawthorn Dene to discover the remains of buildings and gardens including the Coastguard Cottages, Sailor’s Hall and the site of Hawthorn Towers. Most of the remains are buried in undergrowth or literally cast down banks in the woods. But the atmosphere of a lost way of life, still within living memory, is all the more powerful because of its almost hidden traces amongst the proliferation of Nature. Photography can be used as an investigative and creative medium to reflect on and bring these memories back to life.

Aimed at ages 16+

Workshops are FREE – booking required

For further information contact Colin Robson: e. colin.robson@durham.gov.uk t. 07920 295261

A Community Tale with Popples Tales

There’s a new book to be created and it could all be about you, local families and the area of Wheatley Hill!
Grab a spot on the up and coming workshops to help form the storybook for generations to come.
Popple’s Tales is looking to work with local families and individuals to share stories about Wheatley Hill and take part in a variety of creation workshops great for kids and the whole family including Grandparents, to bring together a brand new book unique to Wheatley Hill, for Wheatley Hill.

The designed book will be turned into a real book with copies available for all involved!

There are three different workshops to get involved;
Workshop One: Character Creation sculpture session (Tuesday 28th May – 2-3.30pm / 4-5.30pm)
Workshop Two: Landscape designs marbling and paint session (Thursday 30th May- 1-2.30pm / 3-4.30pm)
Workshop Three: Storytelling and mask design (Friday 31st May – 1-2.30pm / 3-4.30pm)

Space in each workshop is limited and with only two sessions for each workshop, make sure you book your place early

FREE

A Community Tale with Popples Tales

There’s a new book to be created and it could all be about you, local families and the area of Wheatley Hill!
Grab a spot on the up and coming workshops to help form the storybook for generations to come.
Popple’s Tales is looking to work with local families and individuals to share stories about Wheatley Hill and take part in a variety of creation workshops great for kids and the whole family including Grandparents, to bring together a brand new book unique to Wheatley Hill, for Wheatley Hill.

The designed book will be turned into a real book with copies available for all involved!

There are three different workshops to get involved;
Workshop One: Character Creation sculpture session (Tuesday 28th May – 2-3.30pm / 4-5.30pm)
Workshop Two: Landscape designs marbling and paint session (Thursday 30th May- 1-2.30pm / 3-4.30pm)
Workshop Three: Storytelling and mask design (Friday 31st May – 1-2.30pm / 3-4.30pm)

Space in each workshop is limited and with only two sessions for each workshop, make sure you book your place early

FREE

A Community Tale with Popples Tales

There’s a new book to be created and it could all be about you, local families and the area of Wheatley Hill!
Grab a spot on the up and coming workshops to help form the storybook for generations to come.
Popple’s Tales is looking to work with local families and individuals to share stories about Wheatley Hill and take part in a variety of creation workshops great for kids and the whole family including Grandparents, to bring together a brand new book unique to Wheatley Hill, for Wheatley Hill.

The designed book will be turned into a real book with copies available for all involved!

There are three different workshops to get involved;
Workshop One: Character Creation sculpture session (Tuesday 28th May – 2-3.30pm / 4-5.30pm)
Workshop Two: Landscape designs marbling and paint session (Thursday 30th May- 1-2.30pm / 3-4.30pm)
Workshop Three: Storytelling and mask design (Friday 31st May – 1-2.30pm / 3-4.30pm)

Space in each workshop is limited and with only two sessions for each workshop, make sure you book your place early

FREE

A Community Tale with Popples Tales

There’s a new book to be created and it could all be about you, local families and the area of Wheatley Hill!
Grab a spot on the up and coming workshops to help form the storybook for generations to come.
Popple’s Tales is looking to work with local families and individuals to share stories about Wheatley Hill and take part in a variety of creation workshops great for kids and the whole family including Grandparents, to bring together a brand new book unique to Wheatley Hill, for Wheatley Hill.

The designed book will be turned into a real book with copies available for all involved!

There are three different workshops to get involved;
Workshop One: Character Creation sculpture session (Tuesday 28th May – 2-3.30pm / 4-5.30pm)
Workshop Two: Landscape designs marbling and paint session (Thursday 30th May- 1-2.30pm / 3-4.30pm)
Workshop Three: Storytelling and mask design (Friday 31st May – 1-2.30pm / 3-4.30pm)

Space in each workshop is limited and with only two sessions for each workshop, make sure you book your place early

FREE

A Community Tale with Popples Tales

There’s a new book to be created and it could all be about you, local families and the area of Wheatley Hill!
Grab a spot on the up and coming workshops to help form the storybook for generations to come.
Popple’s Tales is looking to work with local families and individuals to share stories about Wheatley Hill and take part in a variety of creation workshops great for kids and the whole family including Grandparents, to bring together a brand new book unique to Wheatley Hill, for Wheatley Hill.

The designed book will be turned into a real book with copies available for all involved!

There are three different workshops to get involved;
Workshop One: Character Creation sculpture session (Tuesday 28th May – 2-3.30pm / 4-5.30pm)
Workshop Two: Landscape designs marbling and paint session (Thursday 30th May- 1-2.30pm / 3-4.30pm)
Workshop Three: Storytelling and mask design (Friday 31st May – 1-2.30pm / 3-4.30pm)

Space in each workshop is limited and with only two sessions for each workshop, make sure you book your place early

FREE

A Community Tale with Popples Tales

There’s a new book to be created and it could all be about you, local families and the area of Wheatley Hill!
Grab a spot on the up and coming workshops to help form the storybook for generations to come.
Popple’s Tales is looking to work with local families and individuals to share stories about Wheatley Hill and take part in a variety of creation workshops great for kids and the whole family including Grandparents, to bring together a brand new book unique to Wheatley Hill, for Wheatley Hill.

The designed book will be turned into a real book with copies available for all involved!

There are three different workshops to get involved;
Workshop One: Character Creation sculpture session (Tuesday 28th May – 2-3.30pm / 4-5.30pm)
Workshop Two: Landscape designs marbling and paint session (Thursday 30th May- 1-2.30pm / 3-4.30pm)
Workshop Three: Storytelling and mask design (Friday 31st May – 1-2.30pm / 3-4.30pm)

Space in each workshop is limited and with only two sessions for each workshop, make sure you book your place early

FREE

Dementia Art Group 

If you have early diagnosis join us for fun, relaxed sessions where you can try ceramics along with other art forms & meet new people.

Come independently or bring a friend, family member or carer.

Where: Spectrum Cultural Hub, Seaham, SR7 7PR

When: initial session dates (with a view to continue): Mondays 10th June, 24th June, 1st July 10am – 12pm

East Durham Creates in partnership with Equal Arts are running a 30 week Creative Age programme in East Durham called Dementia Art Group

Creative Age is a dementia friendly creative programme offering people living with dementia, their families and carers, and those with long term health conditions & memory problems the opportunity to take part in lively and supportive creative sessions led by artists.

Sessions may not run every Monday (depending on artist availability) if you would like to attend please contact Cat Jarman at East Durham Creates on 0191 5185070 or email cat@eastdurhamcreates.co.uk to check session details and to put your name down.

Shotton’s Cultural Hub Presents Little Bo Peep

Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep and doesn’t know where to find them. Her friend Little Boy Blue is doing his best to help find the woolly runaways but he keeps falling asleep.

Meanwhile, The Nursery Rhyme Man is in his kitchen baking a surprise cake for Little Bo Peep’s birthday. As he works a naughty mouse keeps stealing the ingredients.

Sing along to your favourite nursery rhymes; Ten Green Bottles, Hickory Dickory Dock, The Grand Old Duke of York and many, many more. Watch them come to life before your eyes in Sea Legs Puppet Theatre’s fabulous Tenth Anniversary show. Featuring magnificent puppets, fantastic scenery and of course lots of music and singing in a show especially created for children ages 2 – 7.

When: Saturday 15th June 2019 at 11.30 a.m. Running time – 45 minutes + 15 minutes “Meet the Puppets”

Where: Shotton Community Centre

Recommended ages – families/ children age 2 – 7

This event has been commissioned through East Durham Creates Cultural Hub programme.

‘84 MINER’S STRIKE PHOTOGRAPHY PROJECT

Dates: Tuesday 18 and 25 June, 1-4pm tbc

Meet at: The Methodist Church, Seaside Lane, Easington Colliery SR8 3PE

Using as inspiration Keith Pattison’s iconic pictures of the picket lines and police actions in the streets of Easington during August of 1984, local photographer Paul Knox will lead a workshop and subsequent photography walk around the same streets and the Easington Pit Site now. Using cameras both as investigative and creative tools to look both at the history and the changes that have happened since.  All of the Pit buildings and some of the actual streets have been demolished and the site is now a Nature reserve and Memorial Garden. But the place is still alive with the echoes of it’s past. How can photography be used to bear witness to ‘What happened here?’  What signs might there be of the future?

Aimed at ages 16+

Workshops are FREE – booking required

For further information contact Colin Robson: e. colin.robson@durham.gov.uk t. 07920 295261

Dementia Art Group 

If you have early diagnosis join us for fun, relaxed sessions where you can try ceramics along with other art forms & meet new people.

Come independently or bring a friend, family member or carer.

Where: Spectrum Cultural Hub, Seaham, SR7 7PR

When: initial session dates (with a view to continue): Mondays 10th June, 24th June, 1st July 10am – 12pm

East Durham Creates in partnership with Equal Arts are running a 30 week Creative Age programme in East Durham called Dementia Art Group

Creative Age is a dementia friendly creative programme offering people living with dementia, their families and carers, and those with long term health conditions & memory problems the opportunity to take part in lively and supportive creative sessions led by artists.

Sessions may not run every Monday (depending on artist availability) if you would like to attend please contact Cat Jarman at East Durham Creates on 0191 5185070 or email cat@eastdurhamcreates.co.uk to check session details and to put your name down.

‘84 MINER’S STRIKE PHOTOGRAPHY PROJECT

Dates: Tuesday 18 and 25 June, 1-4pm tbc

Meet at: The Methodist Church, Seaside Lane, Easington Colliery SR8 3PE

Using as inspiration Keith Pattison’s iconic pictures of the picket lines and police actions in the streets of Easington during August of 1984, local photographer Paul Knox will lead a workshop and subsequent photography walk around the same streets and the Easington Pit Site now. Using cameras both as investigative and creative tools to look both at the history and the changes that have happened since.  All of the Pit buildings and some of the actual streets have been demolished and the site is now a Nature reserve and Memorial Garden. But the place is still alive with the echoes of it’s past. How can photography be used to bear witness to ‘What happened here?’  What signs might there be of the future?

Aimed at ages 16+

Workshops are FREE – booking required

For further information contact Colin Robson: e. colin.robson@durham.gov.uk t. 07920 295261

Dementia Art Group 

If you have early diagnosis join us for fun, relaxed sessions where you can try ceramics along with other art forms & meet new people.

Come independently or bring a friend, family member or carer.

Where: Spectrum Cultural Hub, Seaham, SR7 7PR

When: initial session dates (with a view to continue): Mondays 10th June, 24th June, 1st July 10am – 12pm

East Durham Creates in partnership with Equal Arts are running a 30 week Creative Age programme in East Durham called Dementia Art Group

Creative Age is a dementia friendly creative programme offering people living with dementia, their families and carers, and those with long term health conditions & memory problems the opportunity to take part in lively and supportive creative sessions led by artists.

Sessions may not run every Monday (depending on artist availability) if you would like to attend please contact Cat Jarman at East Durham Creates on 0191 5185070 or email cat@eastdurhamcreates.co.uk to check session details and to put your name down.