Dudley Creates started as a Creative Black Country commissioned cultural programme designed to make possible a diverse and locally relevant programme of high-quality creative participation opportunities for local communities across Dudley Borough.

On a regular Monday morning in Dudley, just after the COVID restrictions had begun to lift, creative artist Gavin Rogers led a small group of women, POC and members of the LGBTQIA+ community into Netherton Tunnel.

This inclusive and inventive poetry and animation project consisted of a series of online writing workshops with poet and playwright Nafeesa Hamid and further online animation workshops with Sarah to bring the poems to life in an animated film

What do a freelance photographer and filmmaker, the front-of-house manager at a theatre, a touring company general manager, an art gallery visitor assistant supervisor, and a museum outreach manager all have in common? 

What do get when you bring together the Dudley Peoples Archive, the wonderful Growing Up In Dudley project, a stack of linen squares, an ambitious, creative community facilitator and a welcoming space at CoLab Dudley?

Visiting Moseley Old Hall, an historic place of refuge.

Meet our Culture Volunteers who visited Germany last week on an exchange programme that involved seeing art, sharing ideas, and making new connections.  

On Sunday 17th September Stourbridge Glass Museum opened it’s doors for a very special tour. Our partners, Deaf Explorer and Deafscope helped promote the event and bring together a fantastic group of visitors, some of who we will be working with to make the museum and it’s volunteering roles accessible to people who are deaf or hard of hearing.

Final briefing as the team get ready for the volunteer Open Morning at the Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton.

The sun shone for our second Workplace Wellbeing Workshop with lovely staff from Paycare.

The Culture Volunteers project is delighted to support Stourbridge Glass Museum with its aim of making volunteering opportunities there more accessible for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Some of Wolverhampton’s brightest young creative talent had chance to show off their skills at this year’s Same Difference festival in the city’s West Park.

A warm welcome at Smethwick Heritage Centre’s volunteer recruitment day.

Where can you go for circus skills fun, nature-inspired screen printing, live music, Japanese Hapa Zome making and creative conversations? The CBC Summer Social is where…

With thanks to Sallyanne Rock of Glass Pen Studios for writing this guest blog post about her experience connecting with Yvonne, our Fundraising Manager, at Creative Black Country.

From West Bromwich to Venice, London, and now Scotland, The Red Lion Desi Pub sign is on show once again.

Creative Black Country and The Space have announced a unique partnership that is designed to offer a range of creative development support to artists across the Black Country.

CBC enjoyed a lovely day with staff at Paycare in Wolverhampton delivering our Workplace Wellbeing Creative Workshops, which is a new initiative.

GUEST BLOG POST - from Kulturvilla Nellie our ‘Cultural Bridge’ partner organisation. Thank you to Stephanie Staib, project lead Kulturvilla Nellie for sharing this post following a visit to the Black Country in June.

Take a look at some of the TOP TIPS that we heard from Arts Council England relationship managers at our recent Fundraising Fellowship event. If you are looking to apply for a project grant these might help…