The Amateur Ancestor and the Tyne Derwent Way
From January to March this year Dingy Butterflies CIC worked with Tyne Derwent Way to develop nine weeks of artist run workshops with the communities from Dunston and...
The Food of Gateshead’s Present
Ben will be talking at the next Food is Storytelling event on Sunday 20 July at Staiths Cafe, 1-3pm about the food of Gateshead’s present . He will...
Bensham Bites
There are still a few places left on the next two Bensham Bites community food and nature project workshops. These workshops are for primarily for organisations and community workers working...
Bensham Bites workshops
Join us for a series of workshops introducing the Bensham Bites community food and nature project. These workshops are for primarily for organisations and community workers working in Gateshead, but...
Ten years!
It was ten years ago on the 18 April 2015, that I signed the paperwork to constitute Dingy Butterflies CIC as a social enterprise. We had actually been...
Dingy Butterflies @ Dunston Staiths
Between January and the end of March 2025, we took up residency in Tyne Derwent Way at Dunston Staiths. We were the first organisation to use this new community...
Dominic Smith
Dominic Smith is our eighth and penultimate artist at Tyne Derwent Way at Dunston Staiths for our FREE drop programme of creative workshops. Make cyanotype photographs inspired by...
Lisa Delarny
Lisa Delarny is our seventh artist at Tyne Derwent Way at Dunston Staiths for our FREE drop programme of creative workshops. Create a ceramic artwork inspired by the...
Angelika Strohmayer
Angelika Strohmayer is our sixth artist at Tyne Derwent Way at Dunston Staiths for our FREE drop programme of creative workshops. Join us for an Intuitive Embroidery Workshop...
Jennie Eyre
Jennie Eyre is our fourth artist at Tyne Derwent Way at Dunston Staiths for our FREE drop programme of creative workshops. Create Gateshead themed bunting for your home....