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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...

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.

Adults helping kids assemble and wear antlers for workshop.

New artwork coming to Knowsley Safari!

We are delighted to be working with Knowsley Safari on a new project with artist Lou Chapelle and families from Knowsley as part of our Creative People and Places programme.

Workshop Installation

Five people stand in a row. They are wearing shiny silver suits and have bold blue eyeshadow.

Take Over festival returns

We're thrilled to announce the return of Take Over, our free arts festival of events, exhibitions, participatory performances and more!

Pete Johnson on alongside a pianist as part of Chronicle Three

Behind the Scenes of The Suicide Chronicles

To share insight into the processes and experiences of creating and sharing The Suicide Chronicles, we have recorded a series of conversations with the creators of the project.

St Helens couple win Street Hunt!

We’re delighted to reveal that the winners of Street Hunt St Helens are Moss Bank residents Kristian Ryder and Melissa French.

St Helens Linkway sign is on a pavement in between crossroads.

Street Hunt St Helens: Answers

The prize has been won, the puzzle’s been solved: Street Hunt is done, thanks for getting involved! Don't peek if you're still playing - all answers published here.

Street Hunt - could your road hold the key to the treasure?

This summer Heart of Glass is inviting residents to take to the streets for a treasure hunt across St Helens as part of an arts project called Street Hunt.

An Arriva bus is parked in front of St Helens Town Hall. The bus is decorated with brightly coloured illustrations and designs. The rear of the bus has a large rainbow coloured umbrella.

Art on the move - young people's project hits the road

We're excited to share news that Under Our Umbrella, a brand new bus artwork made by young people from Wonder Arts is hitting the roads of St Helens this week.

Two people, a child and an adult, stand in the evening light looking out over St Helens. The child is pointing to something in the distance.

Coming to a rooftop near you - Lookout St Helens - watch the trailer

This May Andy Field and Beckie Darlington are returning to St Helens to share young people’s visions for the future through their project Lookout.

Photo of the Heart of Glass office in St Helens.

Join our board of trustees!

We are seeking two new Trustees. Could your skills and expertise help lead our collaborative arts charity?

Six children stand in line. They are all wearing school uniforms that include a shirt with either grey trousers or a grey and red pinafore. They each read The Book Of St Helens

The Book of St Helens wins LCR Culture and Creativity Award!

Last week The Book of St Helens won the Liverpool City Region Culture and Creativity Impact Award for Improving Education.

On a sunny day a groups of people stand on a street in smaller, socially distanced groups facing the camera. Behind them, on either side of the street are two buildings each with a large mural on the wall.

Five new roles at Heart of Glass!

Our little team is growing and we are looking for five extra(ordinary) people to join Heart of Glass

A child stands silhouetted buy a bright sunny day, they are looking at a building across the road and on the red brick wall there is a large mural painting of a person with a coloured burst rising from their head.

This spring, colour and creativity hit the streets of St Helens!

Coming this spring: Street Art will bring Helens alive with colour and creativity.

An illustration of various buildings and monuments from St Helens in red, blue and yellow.

We've been shortlisted for an LCR Culture and Creativity Award!

For our work with Andy Field, Beckie Darlington and children from Ashurst Primary School, Broad Oak Community Primary School and Rainford C.E. Primary School on The Book of St Helens project.

Three people stand side by side. They each wear a paper house over their head. You cannot see their faces.

Take care, and see you soon

As we press pause to take a collective breath and recharge for the year ahead, we're reflecting on our projects from 2021.

St Helens Town Hall is lit up with a huge multicoloured projection against a night sky. In front of the building we can see a large audience in silhouette.

We're expanding our Creative People and Places programme into Knowsley!

Today we received exciting news from Arts England Council that Heart of Glass will be able to continue our Creative People and Places programme across St Helens while expanding our activities into neighbouring Knowsley.

Three school children sit in front of a coloured background reading individual copies of The Book of St Helens

The Journey of The Book of St Helens

Andy Field and Beckie Darlington worked with 146 school children from across St Helens to create The Book of St Helens. We round up some of the reader and media responses to this unique guide book below.