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![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
Children & Young People’s Activities
![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
![Fantastic Fusing A hexagon shaped tile with an amazing pattern containing red, blue, orange, yellow, green and white glass grains and glass spaghetti.](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/07/Fantastic-Fusing-Larger.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Children and Young People's Activities
Fantastic Fusing
6+
National Glass Centre
![Gruesome Glass Painting Autumn 2024 Two square glass frames, one painted with a haunted house design, the other with an orange and black pumpkin with a crooked smile](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/08/Gruesome-Glass-Painting-Autumn-2024.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Children and Young People's Activities
Gruesome Glass Painting
4+
National Glass Centre
![Haunted House Fusing Autumn 2024 Two rickerty house shapes decorated with green and brown tiles on house one, and orange, brown and yellow tiles on house two](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/07/Haunted-House-Fusing-Autumn-2024.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Children and Young People's Activities
Haunted House Glass Fusing
6+
National Glass Centre
![Make A Spiderweb Bad Dream Catcher 2024 A crafted dream catcher made of a paper plate and purple and blue feathers](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/08/Make-A-Spiderweb-Bad-Dream-Catcher-2024.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Children and Young People's Activities
Spiderweb Bad Dream Catcher
4+
National Glass Centre
![Felt Hand Puppets Autumn 2024 A child's felt tiger hand puppet with orange and navy blue felt.](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/08/Felt-Hand-Puppets-Autumn-2024.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Children and Young People's Activities
Felt Hand Puppets
4+
National Glass Centre
Adult workshops & Activities
![SEND-Image-3-aspect-ratio-16-9 A stack of coloured rectangular card sat on orange tissue paper. In the background are teenagers working on craft activities.](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/08/SEND-Image-3-aspect-ratio-16-9.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Adult Workshops and Activities
Autonomy's Summer Social
Creative activities for autistic adults (16-25) and their carers
Autistic adults (16-25)
National Glass Centre
![Ten Week Ceramics Course Starting Sept 24 A four sided blue pot with brown stripes up each side.](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/07/Ten-Week-Ceramics-Course-Starting-Sept-24.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Adult Workshops and Activities
10 Week Ceramics Course
16+
National Glass Centre
![Fused Glass Summer Autumn 2024 A selection of coloured pieces of glass are placed on a white surface. There is also a flat circular glass with an image of a wave in light and dark blue.](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/07/Fused-Glass-Summer-Autumn-2024.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Adult Workshops and Activities
Introducing...Fused Glass
16+
National Glass Centre
![Stained Glass for Beginners Image 3 A rectangle section of stained glass with blue and white glass, inside a dark grey lead frame.](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/08/Stained-Glass-for-Beginners-Image-3.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Adult Workshops and Activities
Stained Glass for Beginners
16+
National Glass Centre
![Kiln formed glass designs A series of decorated glass tiles. The designs are from left to right; a sunflower, five brown fish swimming in a sky blue sea, a dog, a butterfly, an orange cat, seven green rectangles, and a navy blue and pink fish swimming between sea plants.](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/07/kiln-formed-glass.jpeg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Adult Workshops and Activities
Kiln Formed Glass
5 week course running on Thursdays
16+
National Glass Centre
![Flameworked Marbles Summer Autumn 2024 Three glass marbles, one with green patterns, the second with blue and purple, and the third with turquoise and purple glimmer against a white background](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/07/Flameworked-Marbles-Summer-Autumn-2024.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Adult Workshops and Activities
Flameworked Marbles
16+
National Glass Centre
Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art
![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
![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
![The Skin We Live In Walker & Bromwich_ Love Cannon_2006_Courtesy of the artist 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.](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/08/The-Skin-We-Live-In-Walker-Bromwich_-Love-Cannon_2006_Courtesy-of-the-artist.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Exhibitions
The Skin We Live In: Portraits from the NGCA Collection
Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art
![Harry Griffin First night of tour, Plymouth Pavilion, March 2023_Courtesy of the artist 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](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/08/Harry-Griffin_First-night-of-tour-Plymouth-Pavilion-March-2023_Courtesy-of-the-artist.jpeg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Exhibitions
Harry Griffin: My name is Harry, these are my pictures and they are nice
Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art
![National Glass Centre](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/07/090816-NGC-26-copy.jpg?resize=1992%2C1245&gravity)
Daily glass making demonstrations
Every day at 12:00, 13:45, 15:00*
Experience the heat of our 1000-degree furnace and watch our expert glassmaking team craft works of art right before your eyes.
*Check out website for schedule changes before visiting
Special Events
![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