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Heritage Open Days: Vintage Bus Tour
Free
A single decker bus parked on grass. The bus is green, yellow, and white with the words Sunderland Busways on the front and side. Special and A are being displayed on the front.

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Heritage Open Days: Vintage Bus Tour

13 Sep 2025
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Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens

Washington Youth Theatre (Ages 8-12)

Children and Young People's Activities

Washington Youth Theatre (Ages 8-12)

Saturdays, 10am-12pm

8-12

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Arts Centre Washington

Changing Childhoods Trail
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A child wearing a black and white top, is leaning over a clipboard with a pencil and paper.

Children and Young People's Activities

Changing Childhoods Trail

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Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens

Ian Macdonald - Fixing Time
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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

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Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art

Ian Macdonald: Fixing Time
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A photograph by Ian MacDonald. The black and white photograph shows a group of people gathered around a canteen table with wide windows stretching across the wall to their left.

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Ian Macdonald: Fixing Time

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Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens

Jeremy Deller – The Battle of Orgreave: Screening
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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

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Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art

Washington: Fact, Fiction and Folklore Exhibition
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Washington: Fact, Fiction and Folklore Exhibition

Exhibition organised with Sunderland Indie and Washington Heritage Partnership.

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Arts Centre Washington

North East Speak Their Name Suicide Memorial Quilt
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Three fabric panels covered in squares. In each square is the photo or name of a person. The three quilts are in a large stone room.

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North East Speak Their Name Suicide Memorial Quilt

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Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens

Washington Youth Theatre (Ages 13-18)

Children and Young People's Activities

Washington Youth Theatre (Ages 13-18)

Saturdays, 12:30pm-2:30pm

13-18

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Arts Centre Washington

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Three Artists: Zac Weinberg, Joanna Manousis, and Anthony Amoako-Attah
Free
Three images split across a rectangle. Image one (left side) shows four glass tubes with african inspired patterns. At the top of each tube is a circular shape which is also patterned. The centre image show a green tinted glass object with a large light bulb fixed to the top, the right hand image shows rows of industrial glass and metal bulbs.

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Three Artists: Zac Weinberg, Joanna Manousis, and Anthony Amoako-Attah

Showing in the National Glass Centre Gallery, Balcony Gallery & Research Gallery.

09 Jul 2025 – 10 Jan 2026
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National Glass Centre

Nature’s Tangled Web
Free
A square split into 49 smaller coloured squares. Each has a white letter. the rows spell out birds names.

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Nature’s Tangled Web

Showing in Sunderland Creatives Gallery

09 Jul – 13 Sep 2025
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National Glass Centre

The Power of a Dot
Free
A young school girl with pigtails interacts with a monitor screen. The screen is filled with lots of colourful dots and shapes.

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The Power of a Dot

Showing in Art Lounge, Level 2.

09 – 12 Jul 2025
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Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens

Reflections through the Looking Glass - Melissa Duncan
Free

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Reflections through the Looking Glass - Melissa Duncan

17 Jul – 30 Aug 2025
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Arts Centre Washington

Where Were You Last Summer?
Free

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Where Were You Last Summer?

18 Jul – 30 Aug 2025
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Arts Centre Washington

Preview Event: Ro Robertson and Jill McKnight In-Conversation
Free
An artwork. A curved and oxidised piece of flat metal that is shaped from a wide base to a pointed end. The artwork is placed on a metal stand

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Preview Event: Ro Robertson and Jill McKnight In-Conversation

25 Jul 2025
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Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art

Exhibition Preview - Ro Robertson: The Ribs Begin to Rise
Free
An abstract artwork metal construction made of right angled pieces stands on a square table.

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Exhibition Preview - Ro Robertson: The Ribs Begin to Rise

25 Jul 2025
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Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art

Ro Robertson: The Ribs Begin To Rise
Free
An abstract painting featuring violent different sized brush strokes and blue, green, cream, and grey paint with thinner black strokes.

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Ro Robertson: The Ribs Begin To Rise

Showing in Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art Main Gallery

26 Jul – 06 Dec 2025
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Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art

Jill McKnight: Past and Future Pact
Free
Intricate drawings of 1950s women working at machines making rope. The pencil drawings are coloured blue for the women and shades of brown for the machinery.

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Jill McKnight: Past and Future Pact

Showing in Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art Collection Space

26 Jul – 09 Dec 2025
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Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art

WITCH
Free

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WITCH

12 Sep – 01 Nov 2025
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Arts Centre Washington