Spring Share: Here Comes The Sun

Join us online for the Stars’ spring share – we’ll be streaming via our Facebook page (no account necessary), details below.

 

Wednesday 31st March 2021 at 1pm: DIARY

The Seven Stars Dance Co. have been developing a dance diary alongside our fabulous associate artist Beth Donaldson, expressing their highs & lows week-by-week through healthy, creative movement.

Each piece is a work in progress and represents a month in time. The diary will see continuous growth during Lockdown 3, with the finalised piece being performed live in the autumn.

Watch live online via our Facebook page

 

Wednesday 31st March 2021 at 2pm: FESTIVAL FLOWERS

Artist Allie Walton-Robson gets us all ready for sunny days ahead with a tutorial on creating a festival flower crown or decoration using found materials, recycled packaging, wools, yarn and ribbon. Suitable for all ages.

You will need:

  • Garden OR florist wire
  • Tissue
  • Scissors
  • Raffia OR wool OR garden string
  • Masking tape
  • Green felt pen
  • Tinfoil OR sweet wrappers
  • Ribbon OR fabric scraps

Follow this pre-recorded workshop to create a decoration in your own time via our Facebook page

 

Thursday 1st April 2021 at 1pm: THE STARS CIRCE DE SPAGETTI

Our friends Bell & Bullock have been sharing their marvellous circus skills with The Stars via our interactive online workshops. Join our learning disabled artists live online on 1st April as they showcase their amazing antipasti of tricks & tomfoolery together with videoclips from the workshops.

Watch live online via our Facebook page

 

>> View the Here Comes The Sun flyer

We gratefully acknowledge the generous support of all our funders which recently includes:

  • Architectural Heritage Fund
  • Arts Council England
  • Blyth Town Council
  • Community Foundation
  • Edward Gostling Foundation – RW Mann Trust – Shears Foundation
  • Erasmus+
  • Hadrian Trust – High Sheriff of Northumberland – Rothley Trust
  • Henry Smith
  • Heritage Fund
  • National Lottery Community Fund
  • Northumberland County Council
  • Postcode Community Trust
  • Scope
  • Sir James Knott Trust
  • The 1989 Willan Trust – Wellesley Trust
  • the Coalfields Regeneration Trust
  • This project is part-funded by the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund
  • This project is part-funded by the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund – North of Tyne Combined Authority