Creativity, your way
Bringing arts and culture to your doorstep.
The Cultural Spring is committed to making arts and culture an accepted and expected part of people’s lives in Sunderland and South Tyneside.
Upcoming events
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Intermediate Ukulele Classes
Wednesdays 21st Aug-4th Dec
Box Youth, Sunderland 9.30am-11.30am
& The Hut, Low Moorsley 2pm-4pm
Hone your developing skills as part of a friendly ensemble of like-minded players, learning well-known songs under the guidance of tutor Sam Burt.
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Cosy Crafts & Warm, Welcome Spaces
From Oct 1st 2024
Various venues across South Tyneside
As the weather gets colder, join us for free craft sessions with local artists. Happening in community venues across South Tyneside.
No money required - just bring yourself!
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The National Gallery Road Trip at 17nineteen
17th November 2024
17nineteen, Sunderland
Nature Forms Workshop: Join art educator and artist Alex Bowie and create your own artwork influenced by the beauty of flowers and nature from the national collection.
The Language of Flowers: Learn about the symbolism and meaning of nature with a talk exploring floriography, the language of flowers, within The National Gallery's collection.
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Celebrate 10 years of The Cultural Spring!
20th November 2024
The Fire Station, Sunderland
It’s our 10th birthday and we’d love to celebrate with you at a special showcase event. Whether you’ve taken part in a workshop, joined us as an artist or audience member, worked alongside us on a project, or supported the work of The Cultural Spring - we can’t wait to welcome you for an evening of music, performance and art.
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The National Gallery Road Trip - Family-Friendly Drop-In
24th November 2024
The Word, South Shields
Join us for a family-friendly drop-in event featuring creative activities inspired by the paintings at The National Gallery, hosted by the Gallery's education team.
FREE event - drop in between 10am and 3pm
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Mixtape Mixmas
4th - 14th December
Various venues across South Tyneside
Infamous cult comedy quiz show Mixtape comes to South Tyneside with a stocking load of comedy sketches inspired by classic Christmas tunes from throughout the eras. Play along in teams to guess the tracks that inspire the sketches to win the highly coveted GOLDEN MIXTAPE!
Current Projects
What We Do
As part of the Creative People and Places programme, our aim is to foster creativity and encourage people to take part in art experiences in the places where they live. We want to create life-long involvement in the arts by engaging, entertaining and educating people in the North East.
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WORKSHOPS
We offer loads of opportunities to get involved, including a range of craft packs, and both online and in-person workshops. From crafts, to writing, music, and drama, there’s something for everyone.
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GO AND SEE
Our Go and See programme aims to ensure that people living in Sunderland and South Tyneside get the chance to experience the best arts and cultural events happening across the North East and beyond.
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GET INVOLVED
As well as taking part in events and workshops, local residents can learn new skills and help to shape our programme by becoming a Community Champion or a Cultural Spring volunteer.
Current Opportunities
Garden Installation Commission
Grindon Church Community Project, as part of The Cultural Spring’s A Space to Create Programme, is seeking proposals from artists and creatives to work with our local community to create an installation which will be permanently displayed in our venue’s community garden. The main theme of the project and finished outcome will be ‘celebrating our environment and the nature that surrounds us’. The fee available is £3000 inclusive of materials. The full brief can be downloaded here.
Deadline for applications, 12pm, Monday 25th November.
