The Bargoed ‘Big Idea’ is an ambitious and dynamic project to revitalise Bargoed as a modern and sustainable 21st Century town centre. The partnership project has breathed new life into a dilapidated Grade II listed chapel, creating a state-of-the-art community hub at the heart of Bargoed. Like many industrial towns, Bargoed had suffered years of [...]
Creating a welcome for visitors and an outlet for local creativity
A 1970’s style cafeteria within an iconic Grade 2 listed building was converted into an award-winning modern visitor destination, which showcases local products and arts-based businesses.
‘Summer Spark’ celebrated its 5th year at King Street Workshops, Pateley Bridge on 10-19 June and was a chance to view work by North Yorkshire’s finest designer-makers. This year, painter Maureen Little exhibited as part of the North Yorkshire Open Studios and resident designer-makers showed sculpture, glass, paintings and prints, textiles, jewellery and millinery, all [...]
Rural Arts Summer 2011 programme at the Courthouse in Thirsk is underway featuring workshops and exhibitions. Get online Free internet classes continue to run every Monday, 10.00am – 12 noon. If you want to learn how to email, shop, or do research online then this course is for you. Gain confidence and open up a [...]
The Art of Yorkshire Garden from Welcome to Yorkshire has won a Silver medal at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. The garden celebrates Yorkshire’s artists and those that have used Yorkshire as their muse such as Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore, J M W Turner, David Hockney and Andy Goldsworthy. Gary Verity, chief executive of Welcome [...]
Space to create in Barnard Castle A former car showroom has been transformed by Barnard Castle Vision into NeST Business and Community Hub – an art gallery, cafeteria and hot-desk work-hub for creative and digital businesses. The gallery and cafeteria opened in August 2010, followed by hot-desking space for digital and creative businesses. Later in [...]
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