Network event 22nd January

There is a network event on January 22nd - 6.30pm start - at Aroma Cafe Bar in Eldon Arcade Barnsley. The event is in conjunction with Barnsley Arts Forum, and is an opportunity to network and socialise with other lovely creative people. We will also be announcing an exciting mini creative conference and circulating a schedule of networking events for 2007.

Be there or ... miss out on all the gossip ;o)

Studios and Gallery @Elsecar Heritage Centre

Coming soon… brand new artists’ studios and contemporary gallery at Elsecar Heritage Centre.

Creative Barnsley is developing a suite of studio spaces and an exciting new contemporary gallery in the popular Elsecar Heritage Centre. The site already has a range of craft and antique focused makers and sellers and is well worth a visit.

You can download a registration of interest form on the website or drop us an email tracey@creativebarnsley.co.uk

The aim is for the studios and gallery to form the hub of an artistic community with regular events and twice yearly exhibitions of studio holders’ work. We will also be looking at developing further studios on the complex with additional facilities such as screen printing equipment, and suitable for a range of artistic practices.

It’s a really exciting time to be an artist in Barnsley!

Welcome to Creative Barnsley!

Hello ... and welcome to Creative Barnsley.

Creative Barnsley is developing a creative network linking creative individuals, organisations and businesses in the Barnsley borough, enabling them to access new opportunities and business locally, regionally and nationally.

We are building a network of people who live, love and consume art and creativity.

This website and the network events will be chance to show off your own work, browse other people's, find out what's happening locally, regionally and nationally, indulge in creative gossip, catch up with old friends and make some new ones.

Artists studios and a contemporary gallery in Elsecar Heritage Centre will form a hub of creative activity that will link into the exciting new developments in the town centre. This blog will be updated with news and activities so keep an eye on it. We are developing a myspace site too so be sure to make us your friend!

Maybe it's a kind of movement, a collective perhaps, but it's a chance to see and be seen, hear and be heard, click and be clicked.

Bookmark us and stay tuned!