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Welcoming our new Chair of the Board of Trustees

We’re delighted to announce the appointment of Tracy Gentles as the new Chair of our Board of Trustees. Tracy will take over from our outgoing Chair Joanna Rowlands, who has served the organisation for nearly a decade, later this year.
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10th Sep 2024
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Strong Women of Knowsley is unveiled!

On Saturday we welcomed generations of women and their families to celebrate a new public artwork in Kirkby Town centre
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25th Jul 2024
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Celebrating 10 years of creativity, community and connection

This autumn marks a decade since we began on our Creative People and Places journey in St Helens.
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15th May 2024
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New collaboration exploring the modern state of masculinity

All about our collaboration What Does He Need?, a long-running Dublin-based collaborative arts project, exploring how men and boys are shaped by and influence the world they live in.
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4th Oct 2023
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Producer Rhyannon and Heart of Glass collaborator Cathy Cross sit at a table outside the front of Make Huyton Village smiling at the camera. There are craft materials and heart of glass flyers on the table.
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We’ve got a new home!

We are very excited to announce our new office space in Make Huyton Village!
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29th Sep 2023
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Arts Award programme for Merseyside Schools

Heart of Glass Producer Nat Hughes has been busy creating and leading an Arts Award programme for a local school. What is arts award and how can you get involved?
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1st Sep 2023
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Announcing a new partnership with Paul Hamlyn Foundation

We’re delighted to be partnering with social justice grant maker Paul Hamlyn Foundation (PHF) to develop a three year exploratory research and development programme working with young people, multi-disciplinary artists and youth-focused organisations.
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1st Sep 2023
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St Helens, Knowsley and Liverpool artists join A Sense of Green events programme

We’re excited to announce five new Prototype artists who will present new work as part of A Sense of Green. They are: Rebecca Ainsworth, Benjamina Albanese, John Maguire, Laura Kate Pontefract and Becca Rauer.
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29th Jun 2023
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Announcing our A Sense of Green events programme

A sensory journey through the peat bogs, fungi, trees and vegetable patches of St Helens and Knowsley!
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15th Jun 2023
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The National Lottery Heritage Fund grant for new Strong Women project

We are delighted to announce that Heart of Glass has been awarded a grant of £95,998 from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, to develop a new art project celebrating women in St Helens and Knowsley, and street art. Apply for a mentorship by Sunday 28th May.
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9th May 2023
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3 men in a crowded street, the man in the foreground is smiling and holding a tray with a silver teapot, a silver jug and a glass mug on it, there is a man holding a glass of what appears to be black tea or coffee and is saying something to the other man. There is a third man in the background looking at the camera candidly.
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Announcing support for five new Prototype Projects

Following 26 brilliant applications in autumn 2022, we are delighted to announce that we will be supporting five Prototype Projects, collaborating with St Helens and Knowsley -based artists.
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27th Jan 2023
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New funding from British Council to support long-term ecological grief project

We're excited to announce support from British Council which will allow us to develop our ongoing collaboration with artist Youngsook Choi on her latest long-term project: In Every Bite of the Emperor.
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23rd Jan 2023
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Short film "Cath" selected for Manchester Film Festival this year

We are thrilled to announce that Caroline Smith's short documentary film Cath will be screened this March as part of this ten day celebration of independent film.
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19th Jan 2023
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Work With Us as Director of Operations and Finance

We're looking for a Director of Operations and Finance to join our team - apply by 11am, Friday 17th February (extended).
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10th Jan 2023
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Local families get first glimpse of their artwork at Knowsley Safari!

At Knowsley Safari this week, families who worked with artist Lou Chapelle on the Growing Antlers installation got to see their work for the first time.
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8th Dec 2022
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A fabric banner reading 'Disabled People Fight Back ... Nothing about us without us'. In the middle are illustrations of protest signs reading things such as 'Powerlessness = Pain' and 'Society makes people disabled not the disability'.
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Catch the the PIP Tapes at People's History Museum in Manchester

Now on show as part PHM's landmark exhibition Nothing About Us Without Us, our project with sound artist and digital storyteller Gemma Nash.
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1st Dec 2022
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Take Over 2022 - a round up!

Our free annual arts festival is over for another year, here are some of our favourite moments...
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21st Nov 2022
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Important information about bookings for Made of Stars

Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, we are no longer able to present this installation at our Knowsley venue. If you had already booked a place for this event, you will have received an email. We're encouraging everyone to instead book a place at St Mary's Market, our St Helens venue.
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27th Oct 2022
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