Exploring community creativity in Middlesbrough

Creative Lives is carrying out work on behalf of Middlesbrough Cultural Partnership to find out about volunteer and community-led creative activity in Middlesbrough.

We want to find out what’s going on locally, what creative groups need and how people might be supported to be creative.

All feedback to the partnership will be via Middlesbrough Council and will remain anonymous.

To support this work Creative Lives is running a series of events to gather views and insights as well as carrying out interviews and field work.

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Events 1 & 2 - For creative groups and participants 

If you organise or take part in a choir, festival or music night, are part of a sewing group, run a photography session, a studio or attend a book group in your spare time then we want to hear from you about your experiences in Middlesbrough.

In these workshops you’ll have an opportunity to discuss:

• What informal creative opportunities are available in Middlesbrough
• Who takes part in creative activity in Middlesbrough and who doesn’t
• How groups, organisations and councils could work more collaboratively
• How we could use creativity to enhance the wellbeing of our local community

There will also be an opportunity to:

• Talk about what creative activity in Middlesbrough
• Take part in a creative activity
• Meet new people
• Enjoy free tea, coffee and biscuits

Event 1

When: Wednesday 7 June 2023, 10.00-12.00
Where: The Auxiliary Project Space CIC, 31 Station Street, TS1 1SR

To sign up to this FREE workshop please register via Eventbrite.

Event 2

When: Wednesday 7 June 2023, 18.00-20.00
Where: The Masham, 27 Linthorpe Road, Middlesbrough, TS1 1RL

To sign up to this FREE workshop please register via Eventbrite. 

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Event 3: For creative practitioners and professionals

Are you a professional creative practitioner or artist living or working in Middlesbrough? If you work in the creative sector to support the community in Middlesbrough we want to hear from you.

In the workshop you’ll have an opportunity to discuss:

• What informal creative opportunities are available in Middlesbrough
• Who takes part in creative activity in Middlesbrough and who doesn’t
• How groups, organisations and councils could work more collaboratively
• How we could use creativity to enhance the wellbeing of our local community
• The Cultural Partnership's aims and ambitions

There will also be an opportunity to:

• Talk about grassroots and community led creativity activity in Middlesbrough
• Meet new people
• Explore ways to network

When: Tuesday 20 June 2023, 9.00-10.30
Where: Online, via Zoom 

To sign up to this FREE online workshop please register via Eventbrite. 

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If you have any questions, please contact [email protected]