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Coal Face Family Backpacks
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A child wearing a dark green and white striped top, holding a pair of scissors.

Children and Young People's Activities

Coal Face Family Backpacks

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Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens

Canny Coal Trail
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A child wearing a white and black striped top, sitting down and writing with pencil and paper.

Children and Young People's Activities

Canny Coal Trail

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Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens

The Skin We Live In: Portraits from the Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art Collection
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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 Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art Collection

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Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art

Re:Style: Clothes Upcycling Event
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Re:Style: Clothes Upcycling Event

Part of Bright Lights: Youth Arts Festival 2025

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Arts Centre Washington

Coal Face Study Day: Photographing the Coal Face
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Two people exploring a white walled exhibition space. They are looking at a selection of black and white photographs of hands on the wall.

Adult Workshops and Activities

Coal Face Study Day: Photographing the Coal Face

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Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens

Coal Face Study Day: Writing the Coal Face
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A person with long brown hair and a dark jumper and blazer. They are standing in front of a hand painted black and white sign with a verbatim poem on it.

Adult Workshops and Activities

Coal Face Study Day: Writing the Coal Face

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Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens

Chainmaille Bracelet Making
A chunky metal chainmaille bracelet with silvers, golds and blue

Adult Workshops and Activities

Chainmaille Bracelet Making

06 Sep – 13 Dec 2025

16+

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National Glass Centre

Menagerie
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A grey ceramic elephant stands against a gradient grey background. The elephants head is facing left.

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Menagerie

Showing in the National Glass Centre Gallery

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National Glass Centre

Glass Zoo
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A gold bird shaped artwork with a clear glass head.

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Glass Zoo

Showing in the Balcony Gallery

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National Glass Centre

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Where Were You Last Summer?
Free

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Where Were You Last Summer?

16 – 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

16 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

16 – 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

16 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.

16 Aug 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

16 Aug – 13 Sep 2025
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National Glass Centre

Peter Roman: My Testosterone Journey
Free
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.

16 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

Exhibition Preview: Going Back Brockens
Free
A beautifully detailed painting of a stormy sky with deep navy blue and white clouds. In front of the clouds protruding from the base of the painting are swaithes of criss-crossing steel girders that make up structural supports.

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Exhibition Preview: Going Back Brockens

11 Sep 2025
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Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens

WITCH
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WITCH

12 Sep – 01 Nov 2025
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Arts Centre Washington