Projects
Super Slow Way work with communities along the Leeds & Liverpool Canal exploring how radical and ambitious art programming by the people of Pennine Lancashire working alongside a wide range of artists can develop creativity, strength and connectedness across and within communities.
Current Projects
Yes and…
For many young people, creative ideas are often met with a “Yes, but…” Yes and… seeks to provide a positive space for those ideas to be developed.
The Nasheed Choir
Renowned Nasheed singer Hussnain Hanif is looking for singers aged 8 to 20 to form a group for a unique multi-cultural collaboration.
Local Colour 2019
Claire Wellesley-Smith works with the local community at Elmfield Hall, and experimented with dyeing techniques that were pioneered at the hall almost 100 years ago.
Past Projects
Art in Manufacturing 2019
Artists collaborate with industry for a third time as five artists meet five manufacturers for The National Festival of Making’s unpredictable, collaborative art commissioning series
Jamie Holman: Live The Dream
Through out 2018 and 2019 we will be working with Blackburn based artist Jamie Holman on a co-commission with Lancashire Encounters Festival
Our Textile Town
Join us for FREE family textile workshops inspired by Padiham's world-class Gawthorpe Textiles Collection
Fabrications 2017
A celebration of textiles through the eyes of artists in Pennine Lancashire September 2017
St Silas CE Primary School
Bristol-based artist Marina Moreno spent the academic year with St Silas CE Primary School in Blackburn. She staged creative interventions in the school and worked with the children on photography, dance, drama, drawing, yoga and much more.
