The final stop on our Heritage Explorers summer Club is on Wednesday 27th August at West Marsh Community Centre in Grimsby! We have heritage-inspired arts and dance activities with artist Anna Bean and dancers Tamar & Jo, plus special guests from the University of Hull with their History, Heritage and Water in Grimsby community project. […]
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Have you ever heard of Medieval Graffiti? Graffiti has been a form of expression for centuries, and long ago it told a very different story. Historic buildings, especially churches, are covered in markings left by long-gone visitors and residents. Far from being destructive, these carvings were often acts of faith – prayers, symbols of protection,
Coastal Communities Youth Advisory Board 11th August 2025
Are you a young creative who wants to be part of positive change for culture in your town? Join us at our next Coastal Communities Youth Advisory Board to join the conversation and have your say! 💥 Are you aged 16-25, just finished school, college, or university for the summer? Not sure what cultural and
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Illustrating Place with artist Holly Fuller
We start our heritage of creative adventure this August 2025. Illustrating Place – Heritage & Arts Creative Workshop with artist Holly Fuller and Rachel Anderson 🗓️ Wednesday 13th August 2025 ⏰ 12 – 2.30pm 📌 Grimsby Minster FREE | Workshops are suitable for ages 13 – 19 with inclusive delivery to age 25 for those
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The Exchange Lab
Are you a professional or early-career artist looking for fresh inspiration, new connections, and space to experiment? THE EXCHANGE | LAB is a one-day interdisciplinary workshop designed to bring together artists from across the creative spectrum — performance, visual arts, sound, writing, movement, digital media and more. Led by local dance artist Soul Roberts, the
Health & Disability Cultural Network Launch
Your voice matters! Health & Disability Cultural Network Launch 💥 Join us at the Grimsby Minster for a friendly, informal drop-in. This is your chance to tell us what YOU want! We’re developing ideas for future collaborative networking sessions to make sure this new network truly serves our amazing community of artists, creatives and those
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Past Exhibition- Unmoored – Sally Meakins 2024
Sally Meakins – Unmoored A response to the notions of place, space and time and the ways in which (it) can perhaps put into question the ways we perceive and understand complex ideas. Opens Tuesday 27th August with an Exhibition launch 31st August 2024 🗓️ 27th August – 14th September | Tuesday – Saturday ⏰
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Past Project -The Humber Hovercraft Design Workshop
On Saturday August 17th, come along to Our Big Picture in Grimsby to get involved in a new creative arts and placemaking project called THE HUMBER HOVERCRAFT. This participatory project is exploring the hidden heritage of the Humber Hovercraft, a futuristic craft that connected Grimsby and Hull in the late 1960s.Is it time to level
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Past Exhibition- The Feminine Urge 2024
The Feminine Urge exhibition brings together a collective of female artists in the Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire region who are unified by the visual and cultural role of femininity in art. The exhibition explores a range of artistic practices from traditional illustration to contemporary rug tufting, highlighting the historical scope of female led art. With
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Stories of Water
In 2023 Our Big Picture was proud to launch the Womens Photography Collective, a supportive and inclusive network for emerging women photographers that supports development in the contemporary industry by creating positive change across the Humber region. Stories of Water is a lens based exhibition by the collective, in response to an open call brief