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Tuesday Museum Club
An female adult stands next to a teenage girl and a small boy, aged approximately eight years old. The children are planting seeds into pots. The adult looks on

Children and Young People's Activities

Tuesday Museum Club

09 Sep – 07 Oct 2025

Ages 5 – 11

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Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens

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

Threads
Free
Five women sit around a table. They are knitting. All the women look to be retirement age. They are smiling.

Adult Workshops and Activities

Threads

09 Sep – 07 Oct 2025
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Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens

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

One Voice Community Choir

Adult Workshops and Activities

One Voice Community Choir

Tuesdays, 5:30pm-7pm
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Arts Centre Washington

Teenage Craft Club
Free

Children and Young People's Activities

Teenage Craft Club

Tuesdays (Fortnightly), 6pm-7:30pm

11-19

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Arts Centre Washington

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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

18 Aug – 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

18 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.

18 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

18 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.

18 Aug – 04 Oct 2025
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Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art

Where Were You Last Summer?
Free

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Where Were You Last Summer?

19 – 30 Aug 2025
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Arts Centre Washington

Reflections Through the Looking Glass - Melissa Duncan
Free

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Reflections Through the Looking Glass - Melissa Duncan

19 – 30 Aug 2025
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Arts Centre Washington

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
Free

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WITCH

12 Sep – 01 Nov 2025
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Arts Centre Washington