East Durham Creates

‘If These Wall Could Talk” is a one day pop up art trail in surprising and unusual locations in Horden, created with the local East Durham community and artists Sally and Nicola. Commissioned by East Durham Creates major commissioning scheme “This Place We Call Home”, the exhibitions focus on everyday life and what home means to people. They feature artwork created with individuals who are primarily aged over 55, weaving in snippets and stories that add humour, warmth and a very personal look at life within their home.
The event will run continuously from 9am until late, with impromptu small scale performances throughout the day.

More sneak peeks of our next major Commission If These Walls Could Talk. Our artists Sally and Nicola have been working across the East Durham community ahead of their finale pop up arts event (save the date, 14th May in Horden!).

Some more fantastic pottery work taking place Horden Hub House as part of East Durham Creates current major commission If These Walls Could Talk!

Congratulations to all of our young people involved in No More Nowt Happens. Over the course of a year almost 100 young people have been involved in organising and staging 5 major art events across East Durham which over 550 people attended. We celebrated their achievements on Friday and had some special performances from Lisette Auton, Barry Hyde and Rowan McCabe- Poet.
Throughout the project the young people have learnt how to manage and organise large art events; a live music gig, a major photography exhibition, a comedy night, a digital-art exhibition and a spoken word night. Most of the young people involved had never been to an event like this before and were taken on various Go & See trips to help them to learn how to stage an art event.
Thank you to County Durham Community Foundation for funding this amazing project.

Huge thanks to Sir Nicholas Serota, Chair of Arts Council England for visiting East Durham Trust today to talk about the journey of East Durham Creates, particularly looking at the role of East Durham Trust as the new lead organisation.
Thanks to our Critical Friend Tony from TheForge NorthEast and Sally from Beamish Living Museum of the North and Sinead from Arts Council England for coming to support us in telling the story.

Great to see East Durham Trust's 'Yes You Can' art group learning about East Durham Creates and ways they can get involved in our projects. They even got to meet artist's Sally and Nicola who are working on our major commission If These Walls Could Talk and design a teacup. We are excited to have you involved in our future events and projects.
Arts Council England

Here is Apollo 50 from last night. It will be on again Tonight from 6.30. It is truly special live. #durham19

We at East Durham Creates are proud to support the Apollo 50 celebration! Keep an eye on our social media for more about the activities around Apollo 50 in the next few months and remember you can still visit the Pavilion until 9.30pm tonight and from 6.30-9.30pm tomorrow!

Not long now until the unveiling of Apollo 50! Hope to see you there 😁

Great to see the No More Nowt Happens' groups coming together. They attended a workshop with Rowan McCabe to create something special to present for the No More Nowt Happens Showcase. The group have been reflecting on the experience of the project and how it has changed their perceptions of art.
This project has been funded by County Durham Community Foundation

We have been at Visit Durham #Durham19 event this afternoon promoting East Durham and all the wonderful art projects happening in our local community. Great to see our friends at Beamish Museum making teacups for our If These Walls Could Talk project.
How beautiful is Durham Town Hall? Thank you for having us today, it was great to see all the other cultural projects happening throughout County Durham. :)

Check out these super creative pieces of clay work made at Horden Hub House yesterday as part of a If These Walls Could Talk workshop!

Fantastic to see If These Walls Could Talk working with participants from East Durham Trust Horden Hub House yesterday!

The Lubetkin Theatre presents Paul Edis (piano) & Graham Hardy (trumpet/ flugel)
A concert that includes music by Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Miles Davis alongside original material from the duo.
When: Wednesday September 11th 1-2pm
... Tickets £5.00. Tickets can be purchased at www.lubetkinjazz.com
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The Lubetkin Theatre presents Summer Special - Jambone & Friends
A special concert celebrating young North East jazz talent featuring innovative 14 piece band Jambone directed by Paul Edis; vocal jazz classics from stunning young vocalist Mollie McKeown; and a solo guitar feature from Joe Pass inspired Nathan Lawson.
When: Thursday, June 27th - 7pm
... Tickets: £5/ Under 18s £1. Tickets can be purchased at www.lubetkinjazz.com
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The Lubetkin Theatre presents Zoe Gilby & Andy Champion Voice/ Double Bass Duo
"a great selection of songs, changing tempo and tone, improvising and embellishing at will. ”
When: Wednesday May 1st 1-2pm
... Tickets: £5.00 and can be purchased at www.lubetkinjazz.com
For more information: www.zoegilby.co.uk
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The Lubetkin Theatre presents Spring Special: Landermason
When: Thursday, April 4th Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start
Tickets: £10.00 / £5 (under 16s)/ £26 family ticket. Tickets can be purchased from www.lubetkinjazz.com
... "A unique blend of roots, folk & jazz" "A stunning blend of diverse musical influences which captivated our audience from the very first few seconds..."
For more information: www.landermason.com
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