Workshops
We organise workshops, classes and courses in a range of art forms; including photography, creative writing, singing, calligraphy and much more.
These sessions take place in local community venues, churches and other centres and aim to provide local residents with the opportunity to have fun, meet new people and take part in a new activity on their doorsteps.
To book your place on to any of our workshops, email booking@theculturalspring.org.uk or call 0191 427 8197.
Click here to see our new autumn creative programme or click the image below
Places on workshops are limited, so book early to guarantee your place. All ages are welcome on our workshops, but under 16’s must be accompanied by an adult.
In order to make our activities as accessible as possible, we heavily subsidise the cost to attend. We do still ask for a voluntary donation to help support the costs of the artists, venues, materials and transport. If you’re not able to make the voluntary donation you’re still welcome to join us.
Take a look at the video below by Roar Motion when they recently visited our Calligraphy, Screen Printing and Upcycling Furniture workshops to see what’s in store at our workshops:
Search our range of workshops, classes and courses below:
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Beacon and Bents
19oct10:00 am- 1:00 pmSongwriting Workshop
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Always wanted to try your hand at songwriting? Come along and meet other aspiring songwriters and learn the basics of writing and
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Time
(Saturday) 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Location
The Fire Station
High Street West, Sunderland, SR1 3EX
Organizer
The Cultural Spring
22oct6:00 pm- 9:00 pmGlass and Copper Foiling Workshop
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Celebrate All Hallows in style this year by coming along to this coloured glass copper foiling workshop. Working with local glass artist
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Time
(Tuesday) 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location
Marsden Road Health & Wellbeing Centre, Marsden Road, South Shields, NE34 6RE
Organizer
The Cultural Spring
22oct6:00 pm- 8:30 pmIntroduction To Stage Make Up Workshop
Event Details
Join Theatre Space North East in this fun introduction to stage makeup session. You’ll learn how to create realistic bruises, wounds and gashes, as well as hairy warts and bursting
Event Details
Join Theatre Space North East in this fun introduction to stage makeup session. You’ll learn how to create realistic bruises, wounds and gashes, as well as hairy warts and bursting spots! All equipment provided. Suitable for 10 years and older, but under 16s must be accompanied by an adult.
Tuesday 22nd October and Tuesday 5th November
6pm – 8.30pm
Grindon Church Community Project, Grindon URC Church, Galway Square, Grindon, SR4 8JZ
£3 per session
To book your place on to any of our workshops, email booking@theculturalspring.org.uk or call 0191 427 8197.
Time
(Tuesday) 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Location
Grindon Community Project, Grindon United Reformed Church, Galway Square, Grindon, SR4 8JZ
Organizer
The Cultural Spring
25oct6:00 pm- 10:00 pmHeart of the House
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Take a journey through time and get ready to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of The Customs House with this FREE outdoor visual spectacle Heart of the House designed by the
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Take a journey through time and get ready to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of The Customs House with this FREE outdoor visual spectacle Heart of the House designed by the world-class team at NOVAK.
Heart of the House celebrates The Customs House’s 25 years as a cultural venue and will showcase this through exciting projections on the outside of the building.
Do you remember your first visit to The Customs House? Heart of the House will be a true celebration of the building’s past and present, and you’ll be taken on an enchanting journey of nostalgia, fun and illusion.
Expect to see everything from shipbuilding and coal mining to music and performance with South Tyneside icons and pantomime characters popping up. The projections will feature the history, cultural rebirth and legacy of one of the most famous buildings in South Tyneside.
NOVAK specialise in motion design and create projections, art installations and stage visuals for music artists and video for theatre performances. NOVAK has had work featured across the world at some of the most highly regarded arts festivals, including Lumiere and music festivals including Glastonbury and Coachella. NOVAK also created the stunning visuals in The Cultural Spring’s past commissions RUSH and WordPlay.
As well as seeing the magical projections, there will also be a special route leading down to The Customs House which you will be able to walk down and see some unique flags and banners that will be created by the people of South Tyneside in workshops with Creative Seed.
Heart of the House is FREE and takes place on Friday 25th October – Sunday 27th October, 6pm – 10pm – just drop in any night, across the night.
The projections will be on a continuous 10-minute loop so don’t worry about heading down for 6pm, there’ll be plenty of time for everyone to see Heart of the House.
Time
(Friday) 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location
The Customs House
Mill Dam, South Shields NE33 1ES
Organizer
The Cultural Spring
26oct6:00 pm- 10:00 pmHeart of the House
Event Details
Take a journey through time and get ready to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of The Customs House with this FREE outdoor visual spectacle Heart of the House designed by the
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Take a journey through time and get ready to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of The Customs House with this FREE outdoor visual spectacle Heart of the House designed by the world-class team at NOVAK.
Heart of the House celebrates The Customs House’s 25 years as a cultural venue and will showcase this through exciting projections on the outside of the building.
Do you remember your first visit to The Customs House? Heart of the House will be a true celebration of the building’s past and present, and you’ll be taken on an enchanting journey of nostalgia, fun and illusion.
Expect to see everything from shipbuilding and coal mining to music and performance with South Tyneside icons and pantomime characters popping up. The projections will feature the history, cultural rebirth and legacy of one of the most famous buildings in South Tyneside.
NOVAK specialise in motion design and create projections, art installations and stage visuals for music artists and video for theatre performances. NOVAK has had work featured across the world at some of the most highly regarded arts festivals, including Lumiere and music festivals including Glastonbury and Coachella. NOVAK also created the stunning visuals in The Cultural Spring’s past commissions RUSH and WordPlay.
As well as seeing the magical projections, there will also be a special route leading down to The Customs House which you will be able to walk down and see some unique flags and banners that will be created by the people of South Tyneside in workshops with Creative Seed.
Heart of the House is FREE and takes place on Friday 25th October – Sunday 27th October, 6pm – 10pm – just drop in any night, across the night.
The projections will be on a continuous 10-minute loop so don’t worry about heading down for 6pm, there’ll be plenty of time for everyone to see Heart of the House.
Time
(Saturday) 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location
The Customs House
Mill Dam, South Shields NE33 1ES
Organizer
The Cultural Spring
27oct6:00 pm- 10:00 pmHeart of the House
Event Details
Take a journey through time and get ready to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of The Customs House with this FREE outdoor visual spectacle Heart of the House designed by the
more
Event Details
Take a journey through time and get ready to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of The Customs House with this FREE outdoor visual spectacle Heart of the House designed by the world-class team at NOVAK.
Heart of the House celebrates The Customs House’s 25 years as a cultural venue and will showcase this through exciting projections on the outside of the building.
Do you remember your first visit to The Customs House? Heart of the House will be a true celebration of the building’s past and present, and you’ll be taken on an enchanting journey of nostalgia, fun and illusion.
Expect to see everything from shipbuilding and coal mining to music and performance with South Tyneside icons and pantomime characters popping up. The projections will feature the history, cultural rebirth and legacy of one of the most famous buildings in South Tyneside.
NOVAK specialise in motion design and create projections, art installations and stage visuals for music artists and video for theatre performances. NOVAK has had work featured across the world at some of the most highly regarded arts festivals, including Lumiere and music festivals including Glastonbury and Coachella. NOVAK also created the stunning visuals in The Cultural Spring’s past commissions RUSH and WordPlay.
As well as seeing the magical projections, there will also be a special route leading down to The Customs House which you will be able to walk down and see some unique flags and banners that will be created by the people of South Tyneside in workshops with Creative Seed.
Heart of the House is FREE and takes place on Friday 25th October – Sunday 27th October, 6pm – 10pm – just drop in any night, across the night.
The projections will be on a continuous 10-minute loop so don’t worry about heading down for 6pm, there’ll be plenty of time for everyone to see Heart of the House.
Time
(Sunday) 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location
The Customs House
Mill Dam, South Shields NE33 1ES
Organizer
The Cultural Spring
1nov12:30 pm- 1:30 pmSLIME Theatre Performance
Event Details
Being a slug is hard. Everyone thinks you’re disgusting. Slug and Caterpillar are starving, and the only leaf in the garden is just out of reach. Slug thinks they should work
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Being a slug is hard. Everyone thinks you’re disgusting.
Slug and Caterpillar are starving, and the only leaf in the garden is just out of reach. Slug thinks they should work together. Get the leaf, eat the leaf, play a game, be friends. Caterpillar has other ideas. Slugs are gross, they’re covered in slime and they have terrible taste in music.
Things get sticky.
Enter Slug and Caterpillar’s world and sit in a giant garden to SQUISH, SQUELCH and PLAY your way through this hilarious, surreal show for 2 – 5 years and their families, told with a handful of words and lots of SLIME.
After the show stick around for play with Slug’s slime.
Friday 1st November
12.30pm and 2.30pm
FANS Museum, Northern Gateway, Sunderland SR5 1AP
£5 for a single ticket
£12 for a family of 3
£15 for a family of 4
To buy your tickets please visit:
https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4323384
This theatre performance has integrated creative British Sign Language and all performances are Relaxed Performances.
Time
(Friday) 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Location
FANS Museum, Northern Gateway, Sunderland SR5 1AP
Organizer
The Cultural Spring
1nov2:30 pm- 3:30 pmSLIME Theatre Performance
Event Details
Being a slug is hard. Everyone thinks you’re disgusting. Slug and Caterpillar are starving, and the only leaf in the garden is just out of reach. Slug thinks they should work
more
Event Details
Being a slug is hard. Everyone thinks you’re disgusting.
Slug and Caterpillar are starving, and the only leaf in the garden is just out of reach. Slug thinks they should work together. Get the leaf, eat the leaf, play a game, be friends. Caterpillar has other ideas. Slugs are gross, they’re covered in slime and they have terrible taste in music.
Things get sticky.
Enter Slug and Caterpillar’s world and sit in a giant garden to SQUISH, SQUELCH and PLAY your way through this hilarious, surreal show for 2 – 5 years and their families, told with a handful of words and lots of SLIME.
After the show stick around for play with Slug’s slime.
Friday 1st November
12.30pm and 2.30pm
FANS Museum, Northern Gateway, Sunderland SR5 1AP
£5 for a single ticket
£12 for a family of 3
£15 for a family of 4
To buy your tickets please visit:
https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4323384
This theatre performance has integrated creative British Sign Language and all performances are Relaxed Performances.
Time
(Friday) 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Location
FANS Museum, Northern Gateway, Sunderland SR5 1AP
Organizer
The Cultural Spring
5nov6:00 pm- 8:30 pmIntroduction To Stage Make Up Workshop
Event Details
Join Theatre Space North East in this fun introduction to stage makeup session. You’ll learn how to create realistic bruises, wounds and gashes, as well as hairy warts and bursting
Event Details
Join Theatre Space North East in this fun introduction to stage makeup session. You’ll learn how to create realistic bruises, wounds and gashes, as well as hairy warts and bursting spots! All equipment provided. Suitable for 10 years and older, but under 16s must be accompanied by an adult.
Tuesday 22nd October and Tuesday 5th November
6pm – 8.30pm
Grindon Church Community Project, Grindon URC Church, Galway Square, Grindon, SR4 8JZ
£3 per session
To book your place on to any of our workshops, email booking@theculturalspring.org.uk or call 0191 427 8197.
Time
(Tuesday) 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Location
Grindon Community Project, Grindon United Reformed Church, Galway Square, Grindon, SR4 8JZ
Organizer
The Cultural Spring
6nov6:00 pm- 9:00 pmCalligraphy Workshop
Event Details
Add a bit of rustic charm to your Christmas preparations with uncial script calligraphy – perfect for handwritten gift tags, place cards,
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Time
(Wednesday) 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location
Monkton Park Methodist Church
22 Wood Terrace Jarrow Tyne and Wear NE32 5LU
Organizer
The Cultural Spring
16nov10:00 am- 1:00 pmCalligraphy Workshop
Event Details
Add a bit of rustic charm to your Christmas preparations with uncial script calligraphy – perfect for handwritten gift tags, place cards,
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Time
(Saturday) 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Location
Monkton Park Methodist Church
22 Wood Terrace Jarrow Tyne and Wear NE32 5LU
Organizer
The Cultural Spring