Daydreaming is Stoke-on-Trent College’s 2025 end of year art exhibition at the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery. A vibrant mixture of students’ work will take you into a world of surrealism, imagination and different perspectives.
Short films created by students will be shown. A presentation, “The Plastic Ocean”, will raise your awareness of plastic pollution and highlight its impact on marine ecosystems.
The exhibition runs until Sunday, 31st August.
North Staffordshire Heritage is starting the week with a lighthearted and amusing video. It tells you how to make Anglo-Saxon Oatcakes. We hope our ancestors who lived in medieval Tunstall enjoyed eating these oatcakes with their breakfast on Sundays. What do you think?
It’s Friday again. How quickly time flies.
We have had a busy week planning a series of talks and posts about Tunstall’s history. Our plans include talks about Tower Square, the Jubilee Buildings and the Memorial Gardens.
Have a good weekend. Relax and keep safe. We’ll see you again on Monday.
A Post Industrial Picturesque, an exhibition at Newcastle’s Brampton Museum, runs until Sunday 7th September. The exhibition highlights the artist’s response to the fascination of derelict industrial buildings in the urban landscape.
Free Admission. The exhibition is open 10am to 5pm (Tuesday to Saturday), and from 1.30 to 5pm on Sunday.
Arthur Berry, who has been called Stoke-on-Trent’s Poet Laureate and the Potteries’ Lowry, was an artist, author, playwright and poet. In this video, he shares his unique and sometimes controversial views about the people he painted and wrote about. Use our Comments section to share your memories of Arthur.
This aerial view of Longton showcases its distinctive industrial landscape and rich architectural heritage. How many buildings and places featured in this video do you recognize? If you live or work in Longton, please use the Comments section below to share your memories with us. Let us know about your family and friends, the schools you went to, the games you played and your hobbies. Tell us about your first job and your working life.
Longton’s Architectural Heritage will help to make North Staffordshire’s Industrial Landscape a World Heritage Site.
Appetite has organised an open-air pop-up exhibition to celebrate the life of Arthur Berry.
Berry was a playwright, poet and painter. The exhibition explores his life and the impact he had on art and culture in the Potteries.
The exhibition opens in the City Centre on August 4th. It runs there until September 14th. Then it moves to Newcastle-under-Lyme. It reopens there on September 20th and runs until October 1st.
For the Love of Stoke is an exhibition of Donald Morris’s photographs of the Potteries at the Spode Museum
Taken in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, Donald’s photographs capture the atmosphere and character of Stoke-on-Trent as it was. His pictures show us a way of life that no longer exists. They record a cityscape that has undergone dramatic changes over the years.
Factories and canals, bottle ovens and gas lamps, corner shops and public houses were included in his comprehensive photographic survey.
Admission Free. Open from 10:00 to 16:00. Contact the Museum for more details
“A Century of Us” is an art exhibition that celebrates Stoke-on-Trent’s Centenary.
“A Century of US”, an exhibition at the Potteries Centre, runs until Tuesday, September 30. It showcases work by local artists and honours Stoke-on-Trent’s rich heritage. The exhibition features original 2D and 3D artwork, including paintings, drawings, photographs, textiles, ceramics, and sculptures, linked to the Potteries.
Amy Whittaker, The Potteries Centre’s Director, said: “This exhibition is a celebration of our city’s centenary. We’re excited to showcase the talent of local artists while honouring the history, culture and people that have shaped Stoke-on-Trent over the past 100 years.”
Admission Free. The exhibition is open from 10:00 to 17:00.
Go to Middleport Pottery on the 23rd or the 29th of July and paint your own Stoke-on-Trent Centenary Mug.
When you have finished painting your mug, leave it at the pottery. It will fire your mug in its kiln, and you can collect it when it has been fired.
This is a free activity suitable for people aged 16 and above. Pre-booking required. For more details, contact Middleport Pottery.
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