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Get Ready to Innovate: Textiles & Clothing
2:30 pm
Get Ready to Innovate: Textiles & Clothing
@ Northern Design Centre
Apr 16 @ 2:30 pm – 5:30 pm
 Get Ready to Innovate: High intensity, tailored, fully-funded workshops for Textile and Clothing SMEs and Sole Traders This event takes place over three 3-hour sessions at the following dates and times: Monday 16th April, 13:30-16:30 Thursday[...]
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CAKE 20: Maker CAKE
3:00 pm
CAKE 20: Maker CAKE
@ Northern Design Centre
Apr 19 @ 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
 CAKE 20 Maker CAKE Creative Fuse North East’s 20th CAKE event will celebrate the North East’s maker communities, exploring the intersections between craft and innovation. We will showcase the work of artists and crafters from[...]
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The Thwackathon
10:30 am
The Thwackathon
@ Hope Street Xchange
Apr 20 @ 10:30 am – 7:00 pm
 The Thwackathon Turn a Bridge into a Musical Instrument This is a call for participation in the Thwackathon, a hack day to turn the new ‘Northern Spire’ bridge in Sunderland into a musical instrument. This[...]
Get Ready to Innovate: Musicians & DJs
3:00 pm
Get Ready to Innovate: Musicians & DJs
@ Northern Design Centre
Apr 20 @ 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
 Get Ready to Innovate: High tempo, fully-funded workshops for Musicians and DJ SMEs and Sole Traders This event takes place over three 3-hour sessions at the following dates and times: Friday 20th April, 14:00-17:00 Tuesday 1st[...]
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The Second Thwackathon
10:30 am
The Second Thwackathon
@ Hope Street Xchange
Apr 27 @ 10:30 am – 7:00 pm
 The Second Thwackathon Turn a Bridge into a Musical Instrument This is a call for participation in the second Thwackathon, following the first hack day where we will have developed ideas for mechanical and digital[...]
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We will showcase the work of artists and crafters from across the region, as well as considering maker spaces and maker movements in the North East and beyond.
Venue: Allenheads Contemporary Arts
Time: Friday 13th April, 11.00 – Saturday 14th April, 16.00 (residential)
Join us at Allenheads Contemporary Arts for a fully funded residential workshop experience like no other. Take time out to explore your creative practice within a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
13 April: Innovation Residential for Artists, Makers and CreativesRead more
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Inspired by the exciting announcement of Sage Gateshead’s the #NorthIn100Songs project as part of Great Exhibition of the North, The Creative Fuse team have been trying to pull together a playlist for the occasion. The #NorthIn100Songs crowdsources the songs us northerners think encapsulate the sound of the region.
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Reading over the Culture is Digital Policy paper published this March (which has been superbly dissected by my fellow RA Sam Murray in an earlier blog), something struck me about the importance of an obvious statement: there is no silver bullet for digital engagement.
Sam highlights this as point five of his summary,
