Visual arts
Listed on this page are organisations delivering visual arts
activity in Allerdale, with support from Allerdale Borough
Council.
CA15
c/o 47 Crosby Street, Maryport, Cumbria CA15 6DS
Tel: 01900 816952 Email: donaldson0@btinternet.com
CA15 (external link)
are Maryport's community arts organisation, which was set up
in February 2002. They run a number of projects and events aimed at
promoting the arts and participation in the arts. Examples
of CA15's work include the creation of murals, regular art
workshops for children, film projects with young people, painting
classes and training in the use of new media for adults, and trips
to places such as Glasgow and Edinburgh. CA15 have also
supported a residency for a professional artist, and local artists
can register with them. Visit their website for more details.
Crazy Art Club
c/o Sheila Fielder, Harrington Youth Club, Church Road,
Harrington, Workington, Cumbria CA14 5PT
Tel: 01946 831152 Email: sheila@fielder.worldonline.co.uk
The Crazy Arts
Club (external link) is based at Harrington Youth Club,
Workington and runs regular art club sessions for children
aged 8 and over on Saturday mornings. The club provides
opportunities for children to use quality art materials, and access
a wide range of skills which may not be available to them at home.
For more information visit their website.
Keswick Museum & Art Gallery
Fitz Park, Station Road, Keswick, Cumbria, CA12 4NF
Tel: 017687 73263 Email: keswick.museum@allerdale.gov.uk
Keswick
Museum and Art Gallery hold regular exhibitions of visual art
and crafts between 1st April and 31st October. Contact the
museum or visit their web page for more information.
Matrix Art Projects
(MAP)
Top Floor, Atlas Works, Nelson Street, Carlisle, Cumbria CA2
5NB
Tel: 01228 510982 Email: info@matrixartprojects.org
MAP is an independent artist-led organisation based in North
Cumbria. They offer support for visual arts practice in
the region, and are committed to the development of high quality
art projects to increase critical awareness of and access to
contemporary arts practice in Cumbria. MAP devise, manage and
deliver projects to commission for the public and private sectors
and also generate their own initiatives. They
also contract experienced, freelance artists to work with
them, maintain an artists' database, facilitate artists'
events, residencies and workshops. Past projects include a
regeneration initiative focused on the marina site of the small
community of Harrington on the edge of Workington in West Cumbria.
They were commissioned by Harrington Marina Regeneration Action
Group to devise, manage and deliver a project which involves the
local community in practical artwork, generates enthusiasm for
public artworks at the marina site, and helps state the case for
investment in the marina.
New Arts North
New Arts North is a community
arts social enterprise specialising in music and visual art. We
adhere to a strict ethic of sensitive community engagement, whilst
promoting and developing a high standard of artistic output. Our
main aim is to work within a community setting (schools, youth
groups, community groups) to create original music and art, with an
emphasis on personal and group creativity, skills building, and
creative community development. We work with children, young people
and adults, helping them to explore their creativity, and to elect
to take part in their own learning and direction, through the
creation and performance of original music, singing, theatre and
visual art. Our work is focused on giving disenfranchised people
and communities opportunities to take part in music and arts
activities.
Painting Club
c/o Sheila Fielder, Harrington Youth Club, Church Road,
Harrington, Workington, Cumbria CA14 5PT
Tel: 01946 831152 Email: sheila@fielder.worldonline.co.uk
This painting group for adults is a leisure class based at
Harrington Youth
Club (external link). The club is open to all, and has
tutor support. Classes are held every Thursday 10am - 12noon,
and cost £4 per session.
Solway Arts Society
Nigel Sidaway - Secretary, The Gill House, Bromfield, Aspatria,
Cumbria CA7 3ND
For tickets/details, tel Wigton Library: 016973 66150 or Billy
Bowman's Music Shop: 01900 826708
Email: tchaycock@aol.com
Solway Arts Society is a voluntary charity which has been
promoting professional arts for the public in Allerdale since 1978.
The Society's aim is to make the arts socially, economically
and geographically accessible to the rural communities within the
Solway Plain area of Allerdale. Their programme includes art and
craft exhibitions including Silloth Art Exhibition,
displayed in participating shop windows around the town. The
range of other events ranges from puppet shows, theatre
performances and poetry readings to big band, classical,
jazz and folk concerts. Today Solway Arts
Society organises around 70 events throughout the year in
village halls, churches and schools and in the market towns of
Wigton, Aspatria, Silloth and Cockermouth.