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Introducing...Fused Glass
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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.

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Introducing...Fused Glass

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19 Jan 2025

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National Glass Centre

Ian Macdonald - Fixing Time
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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. .

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Ian Macdonald - Fixing Time

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Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art

Stained Glass for Beginners
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A rectangle section of stained glass with blue and white glass, inside a dark grey lead frame.

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Stained Glass for Beginners

16 Feb – 13 Apr 2025

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National Glass Centre

Jeremy Deller – The Battle of Orgreave: Screening
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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.

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Jeremy Deller – The Battle of Orgreave: Screening

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Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art

People's Art
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Wally Dogs - White Staffordshire earthenware pottery with gold lustre. The background is bright red.

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National Glass Centre

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

11 Jan – 02 Mar 2025
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Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art

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

Showing in Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art Collection Space & Pop Recs Ltd.

11 Jan – 02 Mar 2025
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Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art

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

11 – 31 Jan 2025
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National Glass Centre

Re-imag(in)ing WORK: Photographs from the IPRN Changing Faces Collection
Free
An abstract forest scene with four pictured in green boiler suits. One man, situated to the left of the picture sits on the woodland floor looking up. The other three men push against a giant pine trunk. In the distance is a red coloured water slide and a pine lodge. The sky is extremely misty.

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Re-imag(in)ing WORK: Photographs from the IPRN Changing Faces Collection

Showing in Sunderland Creatives Gallery

11 Jan – 30 Mar 2025
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National Glass Centre

Menagerie
Free
A grey ceramic elephant stands against a gradient grey background. The elephants head is facing left.

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Menagerie

Showing in the National Glass Centre Gallery

11 Jan – 31 May 2025
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National Glass Centre

Kate Henderson: Each Deep Breath
Free
Abstract monochrome images of sections of a face intertwined with a butterfly.

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Kate Henderson: Each Deep Breath

Showing on National Glass Centre Riverside entrance screen.

11 – 12 Jan 2025
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Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art

Glass Zoo
Free
A gold bird shaped artwork with a clear glass head.

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Glass Zoo

Showing in the Balcony Gallery

11 Jan – 01 Jun 2025
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National Glass Centre

Inga Hamilton: The Things That Nonhuman Animals Make
Free
A ring made of brown glass

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Inga Hamilton: The Things That Nonhuman Animals Make

Showing in the Research Gallery

11 Jan – 09 Mar 2025
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National Glass Centre

Women, Colour and Music: Terry Culkin
Free

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Women, Colour and Music: Terry Culkin

14 Jan – 08 Feb 2025
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Arts Centre Washington

Coal Face
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A person wearing a blue jacket and dark hair leans to look into a display case.

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Coal Face

01 Feb – 15 Mar 2025
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Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens