Children at a Maryport infants school are working with an award-winning Cumbrian artist to learn about the maritime heritage of their town. The children at Netherton school start work on September 22 with artist Celia Burbush exploring the trades and traditions that supported Maryport’s seafaring history. The activity is part of a major project run by the Cockermouth-based charity Kirkgate …
Kirkgate Arts and Heritage had a lot of fun teaming up with Little Twiglets Forest School and Riversmeet woodland in August 2022 to deliver 2 creative workshops for little people under 5 years. These workshops focussed on Arts and Crafts on 3rd August and Creative Writing on 17th August. Forest School leader Michelle Ferry led the children and parents through …
PenPal productions visited us in Cumbria on the 9th and 10th of July to present a 50-minute one-woman play called ‘The Lament of Dorothy Wordsworth’ – both here in Cockermouth at the Kirkgate Centre and at the Settlement, Maryport. ‘The Lament of Dorothy Wordsworth’ is written by Jane Sunderland; the Director of this production is Melloney Flinn; Jill Franklin is the …
Supported by Arts Council England, Kirkgate hosted Summer Art Workshops and Family Days from 8 – 29 July and inspired by Cockermouth Heritage Group archive and a research project with children from Highfield community Painting and the Imagination – inspired by local artists and heritage textiles Celia Burbush, former Cumbrian Artist of the Year, and episode winner on BBC1’s ‘Home …
18th June 2022 Wildflower mono-printing workshop with Kat Prior who travelled all the way from Edinburgh to show us how to transform wildflowers and nature into beautiful prints. This workshop was made possible by Arts Council England Inspired by Dorothy Wordsworth’s love of nature, we created monoprints using real leaves and flowers. The workshop gave us a chance discover …
