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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
![Paint a Glass Postcard Two square pieces of glass sit against a white surface. Postcard one has a green tree with a blue sky and a field, the second postcard shows a harbour wall with blue sea lapping against it and a red and white striped lighthouse](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/08/Paint-a-Glass-Postcard.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Children and Young People's Activities
Glass Painted Postcard
4+
National Glass Centre
![Portraits Station Two children sit at a white table and draw with coloured pencils on white paper.](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/08/Portraits-Station-scaled.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Children and Young People's Activities
Portrait Station!
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens
![Create a Ceramic Coaster A young boy with blonde hair wearing a a red t-shirt looks at a desk with a piece of paper. He is drawing. He looks engaged in what he is doing.](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/08/Create-a-Ceramic-Coaster.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Children and Young People's Activities
Create A Ceramic Coaster
Drop in activity, no booking required
4+
National Glass Centre
![Earth Day Activities at Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens Two children smile holding up colourful drawings, one of a hedgehog and the other of a puffin.](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/07/Earth-Day-copy.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Children and Young People's Activities
Arty Fridays
4+
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens
![2 Girls Involved in Craft Course Two young girls look directly into the camera ahead of a crafting course. Both girls have blonde hair, the girl on the left smiles, she is wearing a navy blue cardigan and white t-shirt, the girl on the right is frowning, she is wearing a blue t-shirt.](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/08/2-Girls-Involved-in-Craft-Course.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Children and Young People's Activities
“Stained Glass” Dragonfly
6+
National Glass Centre
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
![Canteen staff catching up on the day at the end of their shift, Redcar Blast furnace, Autumn 1983 - Ian MacDonald A photograph by Ian MacDonald. The black and white photograph shows a group of people gathered around a canteen table with wide windows stretching across the wall to their left.](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/07/Canteen-staff-catching-up-on-the-day-at-the-end-of-their-shift-Redcar-Blast-furnace-Autumn-1983.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Exhibitions
Ian Macdonald: Fixing Time
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens
![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
The film contains strong language and re-enactments of violent clashes.
Viewer discretion is advised.
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
Adult workshops & Activities
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Adult Workshops and Activities
Acrylic Painting and Collage
Arts Centre Washington
![Here to There](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/08/Here-to-There.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Adult Workshops and Activities
Here to There
55+
Arts Centre Washington
![Relaxed-Life-Drawing-in-the-Granary-1-scaled-aspect-ratio-16-9](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/08/Relaxed-Life-Drawing-in-the-Granary-1-scaled-aspect-ratio-16-9.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Adult Workshops and Activities
Relaxed Life Drawing in the Granary
18+
Arts Centre Washington
![Creative Age](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/08/Creative-Age.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Adult Workshops and Activities
Creative Age
Arts Centre Washington
![Stained Glass and Copper Foiled Botanicals Autumn 2024 Three stained glass flowers, with brightly coloured petals, sit in orange ceramic pots](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/07/Stained-Glass-and-Copper-Foiled-Botanicals-Autumn-2024.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Adult Workshops and Activities
Stained Glass and Copper Foil Botanicals
16+
National Glass Centre
![Ceramics Courses at National Glass Centre Two hands covered in wet clay push down on a potters wheel containing clay that is being moulded into a pot or dish](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/07/Ceramics-Courses-at-National-Glass-Centre.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Adult Workshops and Activities
One Day Introduction to Ceramics: Handbuilding Technique
16+
National Glass Centre
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
![James and the Giant Peach](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/07/James-and-the-Giant-Peach-scaled.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Films
James and the Giant Peach + Make Your Own Giant Peach
Arts Centre Washington
![Summer-of-Soul-aspect-ratio-16-9](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/08/Summer-of-Soul-aspect-ratio-16-9.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Films
Sunderland Film Club presents... Summer of Soul
12+
Arts Centre Washington
![I9O0KLNV-aspect-ratio-16-9](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/08/I9O0KLNV-aspect-ratio-16-9.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Films
Sunderland Film Club presents...Morvern Callar
15+
City-wide
![SSFF-25-Event-Posters-13-SSFF-24-WINNERS-SCREENING-SQUARE-No-text-aspect-ratio-16-9](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/08/SSFF-25-Event-Posters-13-SSFF-24-WINNERS-SCREENING-SQUARE-No-text-aspect-ratio-16-9-2.png?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Films
Sunderland Shorts Film Festival - Winners Showcase Screening
Arts Centre Washington
![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
12+
Arts Centre Washington
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
![Mr-Draytons-Record-Player-Made-in-Washington-aspect-ratio-16-9](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/08/Mr-Draytons-Record-Player-Made-in-Washington-aspect-ratio-16-9.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Music
Mr Drayton's Record Player - Made in Washington
16+
Arts Centre Washington
![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
![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
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Special Events
Hot Glass Studio Sale
National Glass Centre
![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