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Children & Young People’s Activities
![SMWG Trail A child wearing a black and white top, is leaning over a clipboard with a pencil and paper.](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/08/200221A_025-scaled.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Children and Young People's Activities
Changing Childhoods Trail
4+
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens
![Glass Fused Fish Summer Autumn 2024 A glass fused fish made up of white, blue, yellow, navy, red, and green tiles.](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/07/Glass-Fused-Fish-Summer-Autumn-2024.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Children and Young People's Activities
Glass Fused Birds or Fish
6+
National Glass Centre
![220604A_147 A child wearing a yellow sweatshirt holding a piece of paper. There is a glue stick and a selection of craft materials on the table in front of them.](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/07/220604A_147-scaled.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Children and Young People's Activities
Tuesday Museum Club
5 – 11
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens
![Teenage-Craft-Club-scaled-aspect-ratio-16-9](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/08/Teenage-Craft-Club-scaled-aspect-ratio-16-9.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
11-19
Arts Centre Washington
![Celebrate Different at Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens A group of six stand round a table. They are looking at pieces of paper in front of them.](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/07/Celebrate-Different-Takeover-Event-Credit-Colin-Davison-copy.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Children and Young People's Activities
Celebrate Different Collective
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens
![Washington-Young-Film-Makers-Collective-scaled-aspect-ratio-16-9](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/08/Washington-Young-Film-Makers-Collective-scaled-aspect-ratio-16-9.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Children and Young People's Activities
Washington Young Film Makers Collective
11-19
Arts Centre Washington
Exhibitions
![Ian Macdonald Fixing Time Five female canteen staff catch up at the end of their shift at Redcar Blast Furnace, 1983. They are sitting around a rectangle table. THere is a full length window behind them. .](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/08/Ian-Macdonald-Fixing-Time-Web-image-only-570x480-1.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Exhibitions
Ian Macdonald - Fixing Time
Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art
![Jeremy Deller Image A row of terraced houses sit in the background, with a large swathe of green grass in front. On the grass are several police men wearing helmets and carrying shields and batons. They are charging at men dressed in jeans, t-shirts, and sweatshirts.](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/08/Jeremy-Deller-Image.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Exhibitions
Jeremy Deller – The Battle of Orgreave: Screening
Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art
![Washington Fact, Fiction and Folklore](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/08/Washington-Fact-Fiction-and-Folklore.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Exhibitions
Washington: Fact, Fiction and Folklore Exhibition
Exhibition organised with Sunderland Indie and Washington Heritage Partnership.
Arts Centre Washington
![Simon Roberts, Let This Be a Sign, 2008, photographic print. Courtesy the artist and Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art Collection. Simon Roberts, Let This Be a Sign, 2008, photographic print. Courtesy the artist and Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art Collection. A large office space filled with computer screens. A female with blonde hair sit at a desk.](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/08/NGCA-Simon-Roberts.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Exhibitions
Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art Collection Display
Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art
![Bernard Lloyd Collection Dale Chihuly Blue Sea Form Bowl Dale Chihuly Blue Sea Form Bowl. Colours range from very dark blue, through beige, brown, and white](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/08/Bernard-Lloyd-Collection-Dale-Chihuly-Blue-Sea-Form-Bowl.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Exhibitions
Bernard Lloyd Collection
National Glass Centre
![People's Art - Wally Dogs Wally Dogs - White Staffordshire earthenware pottery with gold lustre. The background is bright red.](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/08/Peoples-Art-Wally-Dogs.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Exhibitions
People's Art
National Glass Centre
Adult workshops & Activities
![1463 Sund Culture A group of people sit at a table taking part in craft activities.](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/08/Threads-scaled.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Adult Workshops and Activities
Threads
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens
![Shake-It-Up-aspect-ratio-16-9](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/08/Shake-It-Up-aspect-ratio-16-9.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Adult Workshops and Activities
Shake It Up
55+
Arts Centre Washington
![20240706-Sunderland-Culture-Arts-Centre-Washington-72-scaled-aspect-ratio-16-9](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/08/20240706-Sunderland-Culture-Arts-Centre-Washington-72-scaled-aspect-ratio-16-9.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Adult Workshops and Activities
One Voice Community Choir
Arts Centre Washington
![TOF_3579-copy-aspect-ratio-16-9 A hand holds a brush into blue watercolour paint in a white painting tray that has a variety of other colours in it.](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/08/TOF_3579-copy-aspect-ratio-16-9.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Adult Workshops and Activities
Morning Watercolours
Arts Centre Washington
![20240706 - Sunderland Culture Arts Centre Washington-19](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/07/20240706-Sunderland-Culture-Arts-Centre-Washington-19-scaled.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Adult Workshops and Activities
The B#'s Community Choir
Arts Centre Washington
![TOF_3579-copy-aspect-ratio-16-9 A hand holds a brush into blue watercolour paint in a white painting tray that has a variety of other colours in it.](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/08/TOF_3579-copy-aspect-ratio-16-9-1.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Adult Workshops and Activities
Afternoon Watercolours
Arts Centre Washington
Theatre & Performance
![Who-Cares-1-aspect-ratio-16-9](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/08/Who-Cares-1-aspect-ratio-16-9.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Theatre and Performance
Who Cares?
Moon in the Sky Theatre presents Who Cares?
Arts Centre Washington
![Occupational-Hazard-scaled-aspect-ratio-16-9](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/08/Occupational-Hazard-scaled-aspect-ratio-16-9.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Theatre and Performance
Occupational Hazard
Presented by ACCA
14+
Arts Centre Washington
![OTHELLO-A4-LANDSCAPE-IMAGE-ONLY-scaled-aspect-ratio-16-9](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/08/OTHELLO-A4-LANDSCAPE-IMAGE-ONLY-scaled-aspect-ratio-16-9.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Theatre and Performance
Othello
Presented by Elysium Theatre Company
12+
Arts Centre Washington
![The Hidden Garden](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/07/The-Hidden-Garden.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Theatre and Performance
The Hidden Garden
Presented by Theatre Company Blah Blah Blah
5+
Arts Centre Washington
![Daisy-Donald-aspect-ratio-16-9](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/08/Daisy-Donald-aspect-ratio-16-9.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Theatre and Performance
Daisy Donald
Presented by Blackbird Creative Arts
Arts Centre Washington
![NIGHTMARES-IMAGES-crop-aspect-ratio-16-9 A person wearing a suit in a dark blue room, eyes cast down in sadness. There is a reflection of them at the bottom of the image but it's face is distorted to look goulish.](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/08/NIGHTMARES-IMAGES-crop-aspect-ratio-16-9.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Theatre and Performance
Nightmares
Presented by The Book of Darkness & Light in association with LittleMighty
14+
Arts Centre Washington
Film
![A Passion for Vaux](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/07/A-Passion-for-Vaux.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Films
A Passion for Vaux - Sunderland's Lost Brewery
Presented by Lonely Tower Film and Media
Arts Centre Washington
![Mayor-aspect-ratio-16-9](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/08/Mayor-aspect-ratio-16-9-1.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Films
Sunderland Film Club presents... Mayor
Part of Sunderland Film Club
12+
Arts Centre Washington
![R18RCR81-aspect-ratio-16-9](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/08/R18RCR81-aspect-ratio-16-9.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Films
Sunderland Film Club presents... We Need to Talk About Kevin
15+
City-wide
Music
![20240717-Sunderland-Culture-Winter-Gardens-15-copy-aspect-ratio-16-9 A path and a short bridge curving through dense green trees and plants. There are large boulders to the left of the path.](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/08/20240717-Sunderland-Culture-Winter-Gardens-15-copy-aspect-ratio-16-9.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Music
Root Notes
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens
![FF3-scaled-aspect-ratio-16-9](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/08/FF3-scaled-aspect-ratio-16-9.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Music
First Friday Folk
Arts Centre Washington
![Songs from the City A group of three musicians playing a variety of musical instruments.](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/07/Songs-from-the-City-scaled.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Music
Songs from this City
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens
![A person with red hair sits down to the left and on the right is an open piano.](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/08/Sarah-Beth-Briggs-Carolyn-Mendelsohn-piano-scaled.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Music
Sunderland Piano Society Recital: Sarah Beth Briggs
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens
![Swing-Band-Dance-Night-aspect-ratio-16-9](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/08/Swing-Band-Dance-Night-aspect-ratio-16-9.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Music
Swing Band Dance Night with The Bright Street Band
Arts Centre Washington
![Qween-UK-high-res-Poster-scaled-aspect-ratio-16-9](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/08/Qween-UK-high-res-Poster-scaled-aspect-ratio-16-9.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Music
QWEEN UK
16+
Arts Centre Washington
Special Events
![Vintage Bus Tour A yellow, green and white vintage bus, parked on a piece of grass.](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/07/Vintage-Bus-Tour-scaled.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Special Events
Heritage Open Days: Vintage Bus Tour
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens
![Grayson Perry Guided Tours V2 A group of people stand in a white gallery space. They are all turned to look at a colourful artwork on the wall.](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/07/Grayson-Perry-Guided-Tours-V2.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Special Events
Heritage Open Days: Volunteer History Tours
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens
![Heritage Open Days Image 1 A large pink H sits above the words Heritage Open Days. These words are blue except Open which is pink.](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/08/Heritage-Open-Days-Image-1.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Special Events
Heritage Open Days
National Glass Centre
![Make your own pumpkin Autumn 2024 A glowing hot orange pumpkin with black speckles being heated by a hot blue flame](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/08/Make-your-own-pumpkin-Autumn-2024.png?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Special Events
Glass Pumpkin Demonstrations
National Glass Centre