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No hot glass demos on Saturday 16th & Sunday 17th November.

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Veterans into Clay Sunderland
Free
A red brown ceramic pot. The lid, which is the same colour, is being lifted off by a white hand

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Veterans into Clay Sunderland

Showing in National Glass Centre Learning Gallery

16 Nov 2024 – 31 Jan 2025
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People's Art
Free
Wally Dogs - White Staffordshire earthenware pottery with gold lustre. The background is bright red.

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People's Art

16 Nov – 01 Dec 2024
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Children & Young People’s Activities

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Festive Fusing
Limited Availability
Glass tiles with red, blue, orange, and green mosaics sit alongside small pots containing red and blue glass.

Children and Young People's Activities

Festive Fusing

24 Nov – 15 Dec 2024

6+

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Reindeer Alert Light
Two glass crafted into Christmas lights. The first light has a night time scene with blue dark sky and a sleigh, the second has a green Christmas tree and red and yellow baubles.

Children and Young People's Activities

Reindeer Alert Light

23 Dec 2024

4+

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Animal Glass Painting
2 smiling girls crafting at NGC

Children and Young People's Activities

Animal Glass Painting

03 Jan 2025

4+

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Animal Fusing
Two glass fused birds decorated with coloured squares of glass

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Animal Fusing

04 Jan 2025

Age 6+

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Adult workshops & Activities

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Make your own Christmas Bauble
Limited Availability
A red mottled glass Christmas bauble hangs on a tree, attached with a red ribbon. The tree has small white globe shaped lights on every branch.

Adult Workshops and Activities

Make your own Christmas Bauble

16 Nov – 22 Dec 2024

Age 12+

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Fused Glass Christmas Decorations
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Four Christmas themed glass decorations.

Adult Workshops and Activities

Fused Glass Christmas Decorations

17 Nov 2024

16+

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1 Day Introduction to Ceramics: Handbuilding Technique
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Two hands covered in wet clay push down on a potters wheel containing clay that is being moulded into a pot or dish

Adult Workshops and Activities

1 Day Introduction to Ceramics: Handbuilding Technique

This session is sold out. Join our waitlist and we will let you know if any places free up or when future sessions are announced. Please include your full name and contact number in the email.

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30 Nov 2024

16+

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Fused Glass Christmas Wall Art
A painted robin with an orange breast, brown wings and wearing a red crown stands on a brown branch

Adult Workshops and Activities

Fused Glass Christmas Wall Art

01 – 14 Dec 2024

16+

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Chainmaille Bracelet Making
Limited Availability
A chunky metal chainmaille bracelet with silvers, golds and blue

Adult Workshops and Activities

Chainmaille Bracelet Making

01 Dec 2024 – 26 Jan 2025

16+

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Flameworked Christmas Decorations
Sold Out
Flameworked transparent glass Christmas decoration shimmers against a black background

Adult Workshops and Activities

Flameworked Christmas Decorations

07 – 15 Dec 2024

16+

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Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art

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Exhibition Preview: The Skin We Live In & Harry Griffin: My name is Harry...
Free
Vinca Petersen, Untitled from the series Raves and Riots, 2000, photograph. Courtesy of the artist

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Exhibition Preview: The Skin We Live In & Harry Griffin: My name is Harry...

21 Nov 2024
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The Skin We Live In: Portraits from the Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art Collection
Free
A barrel of a cannon points from left to right. The whole cannon has been covered in a shiny pink cloth. A female, also dressed completely in pink, bends at a right angle and sticks her head into the cannon. The cannon and the female are standing on very dry grass.

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The Skin We Live In: Portraits from the Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art Collection

23 Nov 2024 – 02 Mar 2025
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Harry Griffin: My name is Harry, these are my pictures and they are nice
Free
The comedian Joe Lycett stands in front of a theatre dressing room mirror. There are lights around the mirror. He is reflected reading a prompt card. He is using is mobile phone. Tour manager and photogrtapger Harry Griffin sits at the back of the room taking a photograph of Joe. Coats and clothing are hung up at the back of the room

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Harry Griffin: My name is Harry, these are my pictures and they are nice

23 Nov 2024 – 02 Mar 2025
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Hetain Patel: Come As You Really Are
Free
A colourful abstract mosaic of red, salmon pink, yellow and orange

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Hetain Patel: Come As You Really Are

Main Gallery

22 Mar – 06 Jul 2025
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Daily glass making demonstrations

Experience the heat of our 1000-degree furnace and watch our expert glassmaking team craft works of art right before your eyes.

Glass making – 12:00, 13:45, 15:00 daily*

Flameworking – 11:00, 15:45. Not available on Tuesday or Sunday.

*Check out website alerts for schedule changes before visiting.

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Craft Fair
Free
Four images of people dressed in warm clothes, looking at various crafted objects at National Glass Centre's Craft Fair.

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Craft Fair

16 – 17 Nov 2024
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