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Not in use. Creative Barking and Dagenham is about local people choosing, creating and taking part in brilliant art experiences in the borough.

 Barking & Dagenham
creativebd.org.uk/
Joined October 2013
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Presented by @creativebandd, French street theatre company Picto Facto visited Barking Riverside last month with a Winter Light Parade. Did you join Creative Barking and Dagenham and Picto Facto? Share what you thought: shorturl.at/9u6lu 📷 David Levene
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🌟 Get ready to immerse yourself in the Winter Light Parades with Picto Facto! Several parades will light up various locations across the borough this week. Find out more here 👉 orlo.uk/OHigu? Don't miss out! #WinterLightParades #PictoFacto
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Here's our latest #WildFreeLBBD Calendar image - taken by Colin Page at #Valence Park. 📷 Called 'Blue Moon', we love the movement of Canada geese wings against the night sky in this photo. 🌜🪶 Happy November! #wildlifephotography #competition #LBBDParks #Creative #art #nature
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Not long until the #Easter break.🐣 Plan ahead with this fabulous range of #activities for 5-16 years olds in @lbbdcouncil (see listings below). ⚽️🎨🎶🍎🥦 Both free and paid spaces are available. Register here: lbbd.gov.uk/children-young-p…
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NEWS | £800,000 works underway at Valence House Museum and gardens. The works will improve the much loved heritage site, ensuring generations to come can enjoy the space. Read more 👇🏾 orlo.uk/YsgnN @CllrAshraf
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Join us & @RecycleFYC this #BuyNothingNewMonth for a FREE #Community Clothes Swap on Sat 20th Jan. Bring your unwanted items to Eastbrookend between 11am-1pm and swap them for something else! Also a section for kids toys & clothes, facepainting and more. #reduce #waste #reuse – at Barking, London
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Join us tomorrow to celebrate our new exhibition A Home Fit To Live In, at Canning Town Library from 11-1pm! See our exhibition made from oral histories about housing in Canning Town in the 1950s-70s, with paintings by artist Terence Claydon! @HeritageFundL_S @HeritageFundUK
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In July we celebrated 10 years of Creative People and Places, with MP's, projects, and participants from across the country 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 The projects all share the common aim of changing lives for the better in their neighbourhoods through creativity and culture. #CreateYourPlace
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Come along to the FREE Christmas Market at @ValenceHouse on Sat 9 Dec, 11am - 5pm! 🎄 🎅🏼 Pick up special presents for all the family and enjoy festive food and drink while supporting local community stallholders. Find out more 👇🏾 orlo.uk/Xy5Z7 @CllrAshraf
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It's already December! The weather has turned chilly & we are counting down to revealing our #WildFreeLBBD photo #competition winners for the 2024 #calendar. In the meantime please enjoy this frosty scene by @carper18 📸🍃 #Nature #wildlifephotography #leaves #Frost
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Want to know how you can get involved with the Digital Culture Network? We have lots of free, in-person and online events coming up to help you develop your digital skills! Here's what's coming up 🧵👇
Image of a group of people performing what looks like a dance move. Photo © Mark Dawson

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Join our team as Capital Project Manager as we embark on a new project, transforming an existing building into a new space for cultural and creative use. Find out more bit.ly/3UGXUWo
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New Free Family activities in Barking Park with @goingpicking! 🌿The bowls pavilion will be used for creativity, making & growing. Children must be accompanied by an adult. 🍄Visit website for more info: companydrinks.info/event/exp… Or email Grace on [email protected]
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Lumiere@LumiereDurham30 Oct 2023
Hear about the making of one of #LumiereDurham’s artwork for this year’s light art biennial: Watchtower by Ron Haselden ✨ 📅: 16 -19 November 2023 📍: Durham Sixth Form Centre #DurhamCultureCounty
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Thank you to everyone who joined us in celebrating Black History Month! 🎉 Here's some of the amazing artwork created by some of our talented school pupils. Everyone's support & participation made this month truly special - see you again for more #BHM celebrations next year!
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🌟 Join us for a celebration of our #BlackHistoryMonth Market in Barking this Thursday! 🎉 😋 Enjoy delicious Afro-Caribbean cuisine 💃 Take part in activities & entertainment 🌿 Get valuable well-being advice Find out more 👉 orlo.uk/H8zGK 🎶 #BHM2023
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🥳After the huge success of @GDIFestival over the last few months, Arts Council England is pleased to announce a further £1m in funding to London #NPO, @festivaldotorg, for their Global Streets programme. This will take world-class outdoor art into communities across the country!
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We're thrilled to announce £1million of #NationalLottery funding for @GDIFestival's (@festivaldotorg) national touring project, Global Streets, which will take world class outdoor arts into the hearts of communities up and down the country 🙌 #LetsCreate buff.ly/46CVCgJ
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Good news!🎉 @ace_national just announced a further 3 years of #NationalLottery funding for #GlobalStreets. Enabling us and our partners to take free world class outdoor arts experiences to communities up and down the country until 2026. #LetsCreate bit.ly/ArtsCouncil-GlobalStr…
Brightly coloured projections of Ukrainian art animate the façade of a large old building at night-time as an audience in silhouette watch the performance of Ukraine: Bits Destroyed

ALT Brightly coloured projections of Ukrainian art animate the façade of a large old building at night-time as an audience in silhouette watch the performance of Ukraine: Bits Destroyed

An audience gather around a large castle-like structure built from cardboard in the daytime.

ALT An audience gather around a large castle-like structure built from cardboard in the daytime.

The silhouette of a person standing in a structure on top of a tall building, watching over the city of Hull.

ALT The silhouette of a person standing in a structure on top of a tall building, watching over the city of Hull.

An audience play and participate with Follow Me, a circus experience in Thamesmead on a sunny day.

ALT An audience play and participate with Follow Me, a circus experience in Thamesmead on a sunny day.

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Do you want to bring your vision for an event to life? You can now apply for up to £500 from the Equality and Diversity Community Fund ❤️ Get more information and apply now! orlo.uk/h5rhE
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Don't miss out on this year's Wild & Free photography competition! The theme is 'Dawn, Dusk, and the Magic of Light in Nature' 📸 🌳 Could your photo take the win this year? Share your snaps using #WildFreeLBBD by Tues 31 Oct! orlo.uk/9Z1xk @CllrAshraf @BDParkRangers
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