5th September 2024
We’re very pleased have been successful with our extension year funding from Arts Council England which will allow us to continue our work across East Lancashire until April 2026!
1st May 2024
The Bill Hunt is a large canal barge which, in previous years, has offered a range of trips, residentials and mobile classroom activities along the canal, with sitting room for 32 people.
12th April 2024
The British Textile Biennial and The Super Slow Way are looking for an individual to join their team as part of the Blackburn Creative Alliance Internship Programme.
7th March 2024
Always wanted to run your own cafe or take away, or expand your current food offer?
20th February 2024
We are looking for an artist to work with the local community in Higher Audley, Blackburn, over the spring and summer of 2024.
17th January 2024
Join us for our newly formed Super Slow Way Blackburn Spaces Advisory Group & Community Forum/s.
15th January 2024
We are looking for an artist/artists to work with communities along The Super Slow Way over the next year to create an audio platform!
22nd November 2023
9th November 2023
Join us at the next This Is Nelson Community Assembly on Saturday 11th November for a social discussion about the arts and culture in Nelson.
7th July 2023
4th June 2023
14th March 2023
We’re looking for proposals for two artist residencies in Burnley and Hyndburn over the spring and summer of 2023!
14th February 2023
Open call for Pendle residents to run food, growing and planting or creative workshops.
3rd November 2022
1st November 2022
We’re now looking for proposals for four unique creative residencies to work with community groups along the canal in Blackburn and Burnley
31st October 2022
21st October 2022
19th October 2022
10th October 2022
2nd September 2022
3rd August 2022
3rd August 2022
30th June 2022
3rd May 2022
26th April 2022
8th April 2022
We are looking for a part time project co-ordinator to set up and run the Ripple Effect project over the next two years.
4th April 2022
24th March 2022
We invite you to join artist Chris Plant to create a temporary light show under Centenary Way, Burnley.
2nd March 2022
24th February 2022
21st February 2022
17th February 2022
17th February 2022
1st February 2022
25th January 2022
10th January 2022
Freelance roles for Pennine Lancashire Linear Park pilot project
3rd December 2021
15th July 2021
Part time Programme Administrator (Maternity Cover)
21st June 2021
Proposed Pennine Lancashire Linear Park to provide opportunities for people to live, play and be inspired along the Leeds & Liverpool Canal
15th June 2021
British Textile Biennial returns in 2021 with new artist commissions, exhibitions and performances
6th October 2020
Invitation to focus groups
5th October 2020
Publica appointed to carry out the feasibility study for the Pennine Lancashire Linear Park concept along the Leeds & Liverpool Canal corridor from Nelson to Blackburn
5th October 2020
British Textile Biennial returns in 2021 with new artist commissions, exhibitions and performances
8th September 2020
Talk to us...
8th July 2020
Local Colour blog post 14 by Claire Wellesley-Smith
21st May 2020
Tina Dempsey wants to hear from you!
18th May 2020
British Textile Biennial Artist in Residence Jamie Holman talks about some of his favourite artists and projects
12th May 2020
Creative Producer and Curator Alex Zawadzki talks about Flashback, her inspiration and some of her favourite artists and projects
6th May 2020
We're very pleased to have been granted another 3 years funding to continue our work in East Lancashire, many thanks to Arts Council England
29th April 2020
Blog post number 13 from Claire Wellesley-Smith and the Local Colour group
23rd April 2020
A New Archive Created To Capture The Memories of Rave Parties Scene In Blackburn, Lancashire
7th April 2020
Blog post number 12 from Claire Wellesley-Smith and the Local Colour group
19th March 2020
COVID-19: support for businesses guidance
18th March 2020
5th February 2020
Laurie Peake, Sheila Maurice-Grey and Hollie Smith-Charles give host Tara Joshi their first impressions
5th February 2020
Blog post 11 from artist Claire Wellesley-Smith and the Local Colour group
4th February 2020
4th October 2019
12th August 2019
Blog post number 10 from artist Claire Wellesley-Smith & the Local Colour group
1st August 2019
The National Festival of Making and British Textile Biennial are inviting Expressions of Interest for one new Art in Manufacturing commission.
23rd July 2019
We’re recruiting volunteers to help us deliver the British Textile Biennial taking place across Blackburn, Accrington, Burnley and Pendle this Autumn.
22nd July 2019
We are Generation Change - a group of 18-22 year olds in Burnley who want to use our voice to make a change in our local area, through a new creative commission
15th July 2019
Share your messages of protest, hope and allegiance with us.
10th July 2019
Blog post number 9 from artist Claire Wellesley-Smith & the Local Colour group
2nd July 2019
Siobhan Forshaw visits Reetu Sattar & Madiha Aijaz film installations in Burnley & Nelson
27th June 2019
Based in Thompson Park pavilion in Burnley
13th June 2019
Are you aged 16-25? Want to collaborate with professional artists and run your own events?
6th June 2019
Blog post number 8 from artist Claire Wellesley-Smith & the Local Colour group
4th June 2019
Organisers of Burnley’s annual Canal Festival announce that the very popular, award- winning event will not take place this year.
15th May 2019
Blog post number 7 from artist Claire Wellesley-Smith and the Local Colour group
10th April 2019
A new play from the people of Lancashire
4th April 2019
Local Colour blog post 6 by Claire Wellesley-Smith
2nd April 2019
Dr Stephen Pritchard's second blog about his experiences of being a “properly critical critical friend” for Creative People and Places project, Super Slow Way
19th March 2019
Creative People and Places symposium in Luton
5th March 2019
Local Colour blog post 5 by Claire Wellesley-Smith
31st January 2019
Blog post number 4 from artist Claire Wellesley-Smith
29th January 2019
The latest blog from artist Jamie Holman
11th December 2018
The latest blog from the Local Colour group and artist Claire Wellesley-Smith
11th December 2018
Jenny Rutter and Amanda Smethurst tell us about their trip to Australia to share Creative People and Places learning and practice
3rd December 2018
29th November 2018
27th November 2018
Products from regional contemporary craft makers, designers, artists and illustrators
27th November 2018
23rd October 2018
The Politics of Cloth & the Lancashire Encounter Parade
11th October 2018
11th October 2018
10th October 2018
10th October 2018
20th September 2018
18th September 2018
18th September 2018
31st August 2018
30th August 2018
Exciting light commission for Blackburn Cotton Exchange
22nd August 2018
Artist Stephen Turner returns for a Heritage Open Day at Finsley Gate Wharf
2nd August 2018
19th July 2018
Volunteers needed for Burnley Canal Festival.
11th July 2018
11th July 2018
21st June 2018
21st June 2018
Kirsten Geekie and Terri Chen writing for Frameweb.com
27th April 2018
Fabrications & Lancashire Encounter co-commission
18th April 2018
Dancing the night away – Memories, mementoes and music from Tony’s Empress Ballroom, Blackburn sought by musician and producer Martyn Ware for Art in Manufacturing
18th April 2018
Artist Dawinder Bansal calls out to communities to contribute to ‘The Making of a South Asian Wedding’, gathering the traditional, family and community making skills that made food, clothing, decoration and more for a typical 80s celebration
11th April 2018
Art in Manufacturing returns with six new artists residencies with manufacturers across Lancashire
3rd April 2018
We're very excited to announce the launch of a new website dedicated to O.K. – The Musical and the many people who have contributed to it over the past four years
3rd April 2018
2018 Dates – Saturday 25 & Sunday 26 August
3rd April 2018
From November 2018 to March 2020, Liverpool Biennial will tour works from its 10th edition, Beautiful world, where are you? to seven locations including Burnley.
7th February 2018
The Circle and The Square, Suzanne Lacy's work made with the residents of Pendle to be shown as part of the Sydney Biennale
22nd November 2017
13th November 2017
21st August 2017
18th August 2017
Shapes of Water Sounds of Hope
27th June 2017
Get involved with our events this Summer!
25th May 2017
Would you like to lend a hand in delivering our wonderful arts programme for 2017?
17th May 2017
Since the beginning of May, the ‘Banner Women’ have been joined by a special guest. Zaneb Khatun, a young textile Artist from Nelson, to create a banner for Pendle.
20th April 2017
New series of events as part of National Festival of Making
3rd April 2017
Call for Makers
30th March 2017
We are looking for an experienced freelancer to cover the Communications Manager function to start immediately through to October, to play a crucial role in supporting the delivery of our activity in Pennine Lancashire.
9th March 2017
2016 was an extraordinary year for Super Slow Way. Read our annual report to find out more about the creative revolution in Pennine Lancashire.
27th February 2017
We are delighted to announce the nine artists who will be taking up residence in local industry as part of the Art in Manufacturing project - part of our commission with the National Festival of Making.
1st February 2017
Artist Chris Kline talks about his project O.K - The Musical with Swedish magazine CultBytes
15th December 2016
2016 has been a fantastic year for Super Slow Way. Watch the highlights in our Best Bits film!
23rd November 2016
We are looking for an experienced Operations and Development Manager for Super Slow Way, to play a crucial role in the delivery and development of our activity in Pennine Lancashire. This is a fixed-term contract January 2017 to December 2017.
15th November 2016
Cath Ford and her Creative Support group are launching an exhibition of 'happy art' and a series of workshops in Blackburn.
11th November 2016
idle women are holding an informal residential gathering for women in December, with special invited guest speakers.
8th November 2016
"I make things with people - that's what really inspires me, using my creativity to work with other people to help them to discover theirs."
3rd November 2016
Super Slow Way is delighted to announce eight new commissions as part of the Festival of Making in 2017. Art in Manufacturing will partner artists with manufacturers in Blackburn for 6 month-residencies.
2nd November 2016
The Academy is an intensive course in professional creative practice – designed to support the needs of local makers, artists and generally creative folk, by giving you the fundamental building blocks upon which to build a solid professional future.
14th October 2016
Following the success of the spoken word poetry project with young men from Hollins Technology College in Accrington, the group are taking to venues across Pennine Lancashire to spread the word of 'looking beyond the label'.
10th October 2016
This year marks 200 years of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal. Join us this week for some special events that celebrate the waterway that fuelled the Industrial Revolution and is now inspiring the Super Slow Way creative revolution in Pennine Lancashire!
5th October 2016
Alwin Reamillo, resident artist with Action Factory and the Canalside Community Centre, will be launching his floating sculpture on Friday 7th October.
27th September 2016
Alwin Reamillo is a Philippine artist who has come to Burnley to work with Action Factory and the Canalside Community Centre, and is working on a floating sculpture to be launched in October.
1st September 2016
US artist Suzanne Lacy, in collaboration with Super Slow Way and In-Situ, is holding a huge banquet in the former Smith & Nephews Mill in Brierfield to celebrate the mill's history and look to its future.
11th August 2016
"I work with people and I make things. Often I do the two things together."
10th August 2016
Super Slow Way and Tate Liverpool are launching an open call for a socially engaged practitioner to deliver a commission in Spring 2017.
3rd August 2016
On August 7th Anthony Schrag's residency in Mill Hill Blackburn is coming to a close and to celebrate his time here he is putting on an event including games, workshops and a tug-of-war.
28th July 2016
Super Slow Way is looking for a resident artist to work with St Silas Church of England Primary School in Blackburn
14th June 2016
Tickets have gone on sale for Super Slow Way: A Rhapsody to the Leeds & Liverpool Canal, which will take place on October 16th 2016 at King George's Hall in Blackburn.
17th May 2016
Arts Council England are holding two free Grants for the Arts advice sessions in Pennine Lancashire supported by Super Slow Way, Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council and Burnley Borough Council. If you are an individual artist or part of an organisation that has been considering delivering a creative project - this session could help bring your project to life.
17th May 2016
We are looking for a freelance Community Projects Assistant for Super Slow Way to play a crucial role in the development and delivery of our activity in Pennine Lancashire.
11th April 2016
The Jinnah Centre in Burnley is looking for an artist to work with them on community outreach.
9th March 2016
Super Slow Way are delighted to support voluntary arts groups in Pennine Lancashire by providing 25 grants for organisations to hold events as part as Voluntary Arts Week 2016
9th March 2016
Respected musicologist Ron Pen is the latest US expert in the field to come to Pendle to participate in the ground breaking project Shapes of Water / Sounds of Hope
17th February 2016
The Bureau in Blackburn is looking for a creative with architectural experience to help them reimagine the space in their beautiful Grade 2-listed building.
11th February 2016
11th February 2016
10th February 2016
29th January 2016
LA-based artist Suzanne Lacy is coming to Pendle next week to begin work on an ambitious mass participation project for the community.
28th January 2016
Super Slow Way is inviting artists, illustrators and designer-makers to submit merchandise ideas to celebrate the bicentenary of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal.
4th December 2015
Creative People and Places Partners are inviting artists and creatives to participate in a new and unique professional development opportunity.
26th November 2015
We are offering travel expenses to artists and creatives in the Super Slow Way area who want to attend With For About.
26th November 2015
idle women is seeking an artist to spend three months in residence in their floating arts centre in Spring 2016.
24th November 2015
The Civic Arts Centre and Theatre in Oswaldtwistle is looking for an artist or group to join them in creating a vision for next year's carnival.
20th October 2015
Friday 23 October 6.30 - 7.30pm
11th September 2015
A conversation on the value of time in collaborative practice.
8th September 2015
We are calling out to the fugitives, the witches, wise women, dakus and dreamers.