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Three Artists: Zac Weinberg, Joanna Manousis, and Anthony Amoako-Attah
Free
Three images split across a rectangle. Image one (left side) shows four glass tubes with african inspired patterns. At the top of each tube is a circular shape which is also patterned. The centre image show a green tinted glass object with a large light bulb fixed to the top, the right hand image shows rows of industrial glass and metal bulbs.

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Three Artists: Zac Weinberg, Joanna Manousis, and Anthony Amoako-Attah

Showing in the National Glass Centre Gallery, Balcony Gallery & Research Gallery.

08 Aug 2025 – 10 Jan 2026
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Nature’s Tangled Web
Free
A square split into 49 smaller coloured squares. Each has a white letter. the rows spell out birds names.

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Nature’s Tangled Web

Showing in Sunderland Creatives Gallery

08 Aug – 13 Sep 2025
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Jill McKnight: Past and Future Pact
Free
Intricate drawings of 1950s women working at machines making rope. The pencil drawings are coloured blue for the women and shades of brown for the machinery.

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Jill McKnight: Past and Future Pact

Showing in Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art Collection Space

08 Aug – 09 Dec 2025
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Children & Young People’s Activities

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Glass Painting
A child sits at a desk covered in newspaper. On top of the newspaper is a rectangular piece of glass. The child is painting red a and yellow onto the glass to make a picture.

Children and Young People's Activities

Glass Painting

08 – 29 Aug 2025

Ages 4+

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Ceramic Coiled Pots
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Children's hands making clay pots

Children and Young People's Activities

Ceramic Coiled Pots

11 – 18 Aug 2025

Ages 6+

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Collaborative Collage
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An elevated view of two children in same pink apron mixing paint on a wooden palette with paint brushes.

Children and Young People's Activities

Collaborative Collage

11 – 30 Aug 2025
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Glass Fusing
Two adults and two children sit at a table. On the table are a number of paints, colourful beakers and four rectangular pieces of glass. They are painting pictures onto the glass

Children and Young People's Activities

Glass Fusing

12 – 26 Aug 2025

Ages 6+

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Animal Sandcasting
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Glass fused cat in green and yellow

Children and Young People's Activities

Animal Sandcasting

13 – 27 Aug 2025

5+

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Adult workshops & Activities

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

Adult Workshops and Activities

Chainmaille Bracelet Making

09 Aug – 06 Sep 2025

16+

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Stained Glass and Copper Foil Botanicals
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Three stained glass flowers, with brightly coloured petals, sit in orange ceramic pots

Adult Workshops and Activities

Stained Glass and Copper Foil Botanicals

16 Aug 2025

16+

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Glass Tableware Taster Session
Glass artifacts - a bowl with two tone blue patternation, a plate with green and yellow colours, and a selection of glass pictures - are placed on a grey surface.

Adult Workshops and Activities

Glass Tableware Taster Session

23 Aug 2025

16+

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Five-Week Kiln Formed Glass Course
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.

Adult Workshops and Activities

Five-Week Kiln Formed Glass Course

5 week course running on Thursdays

28 Aug 2025

16+

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Flameworked Marbles
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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

Adult Workshops and Activities

Flameworked Marbles

29 Aug – 26 Sep 2025

16+

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One-Day Introduction to Ceramics: Handbuilding Technique
A hand pushes down on a piece of modelling clay

Adult Workshops and Activities

One-Day Introduction to Ceramics: Handbuilding Technique

30 Aug 2025

16+

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Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art

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Ro Robertson: The Ribs Begin To Rise
Free
An abstract painting featuring violent different sized brush strokes and blue, green, cream, and grey paint with thinner black strokes.

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Ro Robertson: The Ribs Begin To Rise

Showing in Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art Main Gallery

08 Aug – 06 Dec 2025
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Jill McKnight: Past and Future Pact
Free
Intricate drawings of 1950s women working at machines making rope. The pencil drawings are coloured blue for the women and shades of brown for the machinery.

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Jill McKnight: Past and Future Pact

Showing in Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art Collection Space

08 Aug – 09 Dec 2025
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Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art

Peter Roman: My Testosterone Journey
Free
Peter Roman wears a sleeveless black t-shirt. He has tattoos. HIs hair is waving and quite floppy. He has two lower lip piercings. He is holding a small bottle of testosterone

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Peter Roman: My Testosterone Journey

Showing on National Glass Centre Ground Floor Screen.

08 Aug – 04 Oct 2025
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Glassmaking demonstrations

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

Glassmaking – 12:00, 13:45, 15:00 Monday – Saturday*

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

*We would recommend checking website alerts for schedule changes before visiting.

Special Events

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Hot Glass Studio Summer Sale
Free
Beautiful glass ornaments and glasses. The ornaments are decorated with mottled patterns of blue, yellow, and white.

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Hot Glass Studio Summer Sale

National Glass Centre Shop

23 – 25 Aug 2025
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Craft Fair - Winter 2025
Free
A stall holder smiles at a visitor. The visitor is dressed in warm clothes, looking at various crafted objects at National Glass Centre's Craft Fair.

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Craft Fair - Winter 2025

22 Nov 2025
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