Embroidery and basket making
After the visit to the Shipley we were back at the Comfrey Project to finish working on our Cyanotype prints that were made last year. With the fabric...
Weaving for Wellbeing at the Shipley Art Gallery
Bringing in the New Year we are starting the second set of ten sessions for Weaving for Wellbeing, supporting creative wellbeing and nature-connectedness, for women who attend the Comfrey...
Flax making
Weaving for Wellbeing has continued every week running workshops exploring natural materials to create artwork. This week was an exciting session where we introduced the group to Rosie...
Weaving for Wellbeing in November
Weaving for Wellbeing has continued every week running workshops exploring natural materials to create artwork. The last three weeks the group has walked around the Comfrey gardens and...
Weaving for Wellbeing starts
This is the first blog post about our year long project Weaving for Wellbeing, working with artists Savannah Rios-Wills and Saya Naruse in collaboration with The Comfrey Project....
Weaving for Wellbeing
We are delighted to let you know that we have been successful with an Arts Council Project Grant application for our project Weaving for Wellbeing. This project is...
Weaving for Wellbeing
Weaving for Wellbeing is a fourteen month project supporting wellbeing and nature-connectedness through creative practice, for women who attend the Comfrey Project. Working with artists Savannah Rios-Wills and...
Bensham Bites Free workshops
Join us for two FREE workshops for residents of Gateshead exploring food, growing, preservation and nature. You can book on via the QR code or the below link....
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...
Earth and bee walks
For our project launch and Platinum Jubilee event on Sunday 5 June, Climate Action North and Natural History Society of Northumbria will be running a couple of walks...
Gateshead Artist walk
A evening riverside walk and social event for Gateshead creative people. Friday 20 May, 6-7pm Book on via this link – Ambulation walk. Led by artist Tim Shaw,...