Saturday 21st April 12pm - 4pm Free Event

In our next (and Cultivate's last) Cultural Conversation in Teesside, we're teaming up with Darlington For Culture and hosting the event alongside their fantastic sounding 'A Right Royal Do' Art Fair at Darlington Arts Centre.

We've been busy stirring the pot in Teesside these last months, helping to identify and stimulate interest in a Teesside-wide network of creatives, doers, makers, web monkeys, venues, public sector workers, designers, DJs, transport operators (you get the idea everybody).

So far so good, but our pilot is nearly at its end. So along with coming along to discuss matters of importance, find likeminded people and get stuff happening, we're particularly keen to identify who might wish to continue developing the network.

Furthermore we'd love to see a website represent the region's  wealth of arts, culture, and overall amazing creativity we've come in to contact in Teesside. Is there an appetite for something like this to tell your story to each other & the outside world. Do come along if you'd like to work something up, the Arts Council are keen to hear from you, and offer support in developing a Grant for the arts proposal.

What happens at a Cultural Conversation?

The theme that we ask at every Cultural Conversation takes the questions:

• What do you want to see more of in your town and Teesside?
• What part do you want to play in making it happen?
• Who do you know that can help get you there?

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The event will run from 12pm to 4pm. Bring a picnic lunch to share!

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*Darlington for Culture (DfC) was set up late in 2010 to help protect and promote arts and culture in the town. Its members include representatives of arts and community groups. DfC, which is a Community Benefit Society, a type of co-operative, has been fighting to save our local arts centre but also programmes and promotes an exciting array of events including art fairs, a regular film club, open mic nights for writers and local/national theatre productions. For more information about DfC visit www.darlingtonforculture.org

DfC's Art Fair on 21 April from 10am to 4pm at Darlington Arts Centre has been tagged 'A Right Royal Do'. It promises to be a great day out with lots to see and do for all the family, including over 30 arts and craft stalls, singers and other entertainment, children's crafts, workshops and much more.

Cultural Conversations Pilor are a project of Cultitvate  are supported by Arts Council England