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Animal Sandcasting
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Glass fused cat in green and yellow

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Animal Sandcasting

20 – 27 Aug 2025

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National Glass Centre

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

Showing in Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art Collection Space & Pop Recs Ltd.

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Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art

Autonomy
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Four framed colour portraits of teenagers and young adults. The pictures framed. The frame is black. They hang on a wall in a gallery. behind the portraits is a large blue block colour.

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Autonomy

Showing in the Learning Gallery

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National Glass Centre

Winter Sparks: Puppet Making
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A cheerful puppet with vibrant colours stands in the foreground, waving enthusiastically. The puppet has a yellow face with exaggerated features, including a large red nose, wide eyes, and a big open smile with visible teeth. It wears rainbow-striped overalls, a white ruffled collar, and a party hat with multicoloured pom-poms. The background features a festive scene with gold tinsel, a blue table, and green and blue curtains, creating a lively atmosphere.

Children and Young People's Activities

Winter Sparks: Puppet Making

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Ceramic Animal Art
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Hands hold up a ball of clay. In the right hand there is a small brush. The clay has several holes. In the background, there are a number of school children. They have been blurred.

Children and Young People's Activities

Ceramic Animal Art

Part of Bright Lights Youth Arts Festival 2025

11+

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National Glass Centre

Stained Glass Suncatchers
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Children and Young People's Activities

Stained Glass Suncatchers

Part of Bright Lights: Youth Arts Festival 2025

11-19

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Arts Centre Washington

Playing on the Screen: Kasia Parker - The Land of Oak and Iron
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A forest scene with lots of green foliage. A stone wall is covered in moss.

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Playing on the Screen: Kasia Parker - The Land of Oak and Iron

Showing on National Glass Centre Ground Floor Screen.

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Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art

Bright Lights: Youth Arts Exhibition 2025
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Bright Lights: Youth Arts Exhibition 2025

Part of Bright Lights: Youth Arts Festival 2025

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Arts Centre Washington

Inga Hamilton: The Things That Nonhuman Animals Make
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A ring made of brown glass

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Inga Hamilton: The Things That Nonhuman Animals Make

Showing in the Research Gallery

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National Glass Centre

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Where Were You Last Summer?
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Where Were You Last Summer?

14 – 30 Aug 2025
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Arts Centre Washington

Ro Robertson: The Ribs Begin To Rise
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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

14 Aug – 06 Dec 2025
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Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art

Reflections Through the Looking Glass - Melissa Duncan
Free

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Reflections Through the Looking Glass - Melissa Duncan

14 – 30 Aug 2025
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Arts Centre Washington

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

14 Aug – 09 Dec 2025
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Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art

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.

14 Aug 2025 – 10 Jan 2026
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National Glass Centre

Nature’s Tangled Web
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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

14 Aug – 13 Sep 2025
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National Glass Centre

Peter Roman: My Testosterone Journey
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Peter Roman wears a sleeveless black t-shirt. He has tattoos. HIs hair is waving and quite floppy. He has two lower lip piercings. He is holding a small bottle of testosterone

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Peter Roman: My Testosterone Journey

Showing on National Glass Centre Ground Floor Screen.

14 Aug – 04 Oct 2025
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Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art

Change Grow Live - Wear Recovery
Free

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Change Grow Live - Wear Recovery

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04 – 27 Sep 2025
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Arts Centre Washington

WITCH
Free

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WITCH

12 Sep – 01 Nov 2025
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Arts Centre Washington

Going Back Brockens: Monuments and Rhetoric After the Miners' Strike
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A painting of the back yard windows of a council house. There are six watering cans hanging below the two window sills.

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Going Back Brockens: Monuments and Rhetoric After the Miners' Strike

12 Sep 2025 – 03 Jan 2026
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Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens