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Exhibitions

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People's Art
Free
Wally Dogs - White Staffordshire earthenware pottery with gold lustre. The background is bright red.

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People's Art

10 Sep – 01 Dec 2024
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Children & Young People’s Activities

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Fantastic Fusing
A hexagon shaped tile with an amazing pattern containing red, blue, orange, yellow, green and white glass grains and glass spaghetti.

Children and Young People's Activities

Fantastic Fusing

14 Sep – 28 Oct 2024

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Gruesome Glass Painting
Two square glass frames, one painted with a haunted house design, the other with an orange and black pumpkin with a crooked smile

Children and Young People's Activities

Gruesome Glass Painting

29 – 30 Oct 2024

4+

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Haunted House Glass Fusing
Two rickerty house shapes decorated with green and brown tiles on house one, and orange, brown and yellow tiles on house two

Children and Young People's Activities

Haunted House Glass Fusing

31 Oct 2024

6+

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Spiderweb Bad Dream Catcher
A crafted dream catcher made of a paper plate and purple and blue feathers

Children and Young People's Activities

Spiderweb Bad Dream Catcher

01 Nov 2024

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Felt Hand Puppets
A child's felt tiger hand puppet with orange and navy blue felt.

Children and Young People's Activities

Felt Hand Puppets

02 Nov 2024

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Festive Fusing
Glass tiles with red, blue, orange, and green mosaics sit alongside small pots containing red and blue glass.

Children and Young People's Activities

Festive Fusing

24 Nov – 15 Dec 2024

6+

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Adult workshops & Activities

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Autonomy's Summer Social
Free
A stack of coloured rectangular card sat on orange tissue paper. In the background are teenagers working on craft activities.

Adult Workshops and Activities

Autonomy's Summer Social

Creative activities for autistic adults (16-25) and their carers

12 Sep 2024

Autistic adults (16-25)

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10 Week Ceramics Course
One ceramic pot and one ceramic mug. Both are mottled with green, cream, and beige patterns.

Adult Workshops and Activities

10 Week Ceramics Course

17 Sep 2024

16+

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Introducing...Fused Glass
A selection of coloured pieces of glass are placed on a white surface. There is also a flat circular glass with an image of a wave in light and dark blue.

Adult Workshops and Activities

Introducing...Fused Glass

21 Sep 2024 – 19 Jan 2025

16+

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Stained Glass for Beginners
Limited Availability
A rectangle section of stained glass with blue and white glass, inside a dark grey lead frame.

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Stained Glass for Beginners

22 Sep – 08 Dec 2024

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Kiln Formed Glass
A series of decorated glass tiles. The designs are from left to right; a sunflower, five brown fish swimming in a sky blue sea, a dog, a butterfly, an orange cat, seven green rectangles, and a navy blue and pink fish swimming between sea plants.

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Kiln Formed Glass

5 week course running on Thursdays

26 Sep 2024

16+

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Flameworked Marbles
Three glass marbles, one with green patterns, the second with blue and purple, and the third with turquoise and purple glimmer against a white background

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Flameworked Marbles

28 Sep 2024 – 18 Jan 2025

16+

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Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art

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Ian Macdonald - Fixing Time
Free
Five female canteen staff catch up at the end of their shift at Redcar Blast Furnace, 1983. They are sitting around a rectangle table. THere is a full length window behind them. .

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Ian Macdonald - Fixing Time

10 Sep – 03 Nov 2024
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Jeremy Deller – The Battle of Orgreave: Screening
Free
A row of terraced houses sit in the background, with a large swathe of green grass in front. On the grass are several police men wearing helmets and carrying shields and batons. They are charging at men dressed in jeans, t-shirts, and sweatshirts.

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Jeremy Deller – The Battle of Orgreave: Screening

10 Sep – 03 Nov 2024
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Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art Collection Display
Free
Simon Roberts, Let This Be a Sign, 2008, photographic print. Courtesy the artist and Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art Collection. A large office space filled with computer screens. A female with blonde hair sit at a desk.

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Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art Collection Display

10 Sep – 30 Dec 2024
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The Skin We Live In: Portraits from the NGCA Collection
Free
A barrel of a cannon points from left to right. The whole cannon has been covered in a shiny pink cloth. A female, also dressed completely in pink, bends at a right angle and sticks her head into the cannon. The cannon and the female are standing on very dry grass.

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The Skin We Live In: Portraits from the NGCA Collection

23 Nov 2024 – 02 Mar 2025
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Harry Griffin: My name is Harry, these are my pictures and they are nice
Free
The comedian Joe Lycett stands in front of a theatre dressing room mirror. There are lights around the mirror. He is reflected reading a prompt card. He is using is mobile phone. Tour manager and photogrtapger Harry Griffin sits at the back of the room taking a photograph of Joe. Coats and clothing are hung up at the back of the room

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Harry Griffin: My name is Harry, these are my pictures and they are nice

23 Nov 2024 – 02 Mar 2025
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Daily glass making demonstrations

Every day at 12:00, 13:45, 15:00*

Experience the heat of our 1000-degree furnace and watch our expert glassmaking team craft works of art right before your eyes.

*Check out website for schedule changes before visiting

Special Events

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Heritage Open Days
Free
A large pink H sits above the words Heritage Open Days. These words are blue except Open which is pink.

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Heritage Open Days

14 – 15 Sep 2024
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Glass Pumpkin Demonstrations
Free
A glowing hot orange pumpkin with black speckles being heated by a hot blue flame

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Glass Pumpkin Demonstrations

21 – 31 Oct 2024
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