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Setting The Scene

Large green letters stating Setting the Scene on a dark green background.  Celebrate Local Culture is also written in smaller green capital letters
In the foreground, pages from the community newspaper are visible.  There are people facing the front of the hall where someone is standing up and reading to the audience

Setting The Scene, aimed to encourage participation, the expression of ideas and ignite curiosity. Artists Ronan Devlin and Dominic Smith worked in collaboration within the community to creatively test ideas and explore how local networks can support and define the present and future identities of these communities.  

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By co-creating a programme featuring audio material, newspaper spreads, walks and local events, the project highlighted and helped connect the unique qualities and creativity of the people of Coundon and Witton Park.  

Click the book to read the final report for Setting the Scene

Click the book to add your details to the Northern Heartlands Creative Directory

10 workshops, walks and eventswere delivered to engage communities,

2 final events at local community centres engaged local musicians and children to play, providing space for celebration and community interaction 

The project culminated in distributing approximately 4000 newspapers throughout Coundon and Witton Park, containing images from community workshops, QR codes linked to audio stories, and reflections from community members 

Click the headphones to listen to the audio pieces that were created for each page of the newspaper

Click the image to see some of the creative activity that took place in Setting the Scene

Click the image to read Setting the Scene newspaper

Thank you to our generous funders:

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Northern Heartlands

An independent Charitable Incorporated Organisation supporting communities and organisations across County Durham and the North East. Our work is built on trust and our belief that communities working with creative practitioners can find their own answers to the issues we all face.

Email: info@northernheartlands.org

Phone: 01833 200220

Address: 3 Witham Studios, Hall Street, Barnard Castle, DL12 8 JB

Registered Charity: 1186306

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