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Skimstone Arts is a welcoming, safe yet risk taking charity, passionate about promoting equality and visibility in the arts and society.

Our mission is to support diverse artists and communities and those at risk of social isolation to create work with, for, and about the world that matters to them.
 
We produce and embed social action in our;
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PROGRAMME

We produce an annual programme of accessible live, radio and zoom events, with local, national and intonational communities for; regional UNITY Festival exploring the (themes of humanity and our environment), National Holocaust Memorial Day, and national Refugee Week.

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COMMUNITIES

We collaborate with co-creators, artists and audiences who are varied in their needs, lives and isolation to create authentic artworks locally, nationally and internationally.

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YOUNG PEOPLE

We support our Young Artists Collective and their band Reality Boots run by our young people’s Leadership Team, to create work about what they want to say about the world for our programmed events.  

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PARTNERSHIPS

We work with regional 

universities and a range of partners regionally, nationally and internationally to create work that contributes to important research and invites audiences to think about social action.

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Skimstone Arts presents Turning to Face The Sun as part of national Holocaust Memorial Day Events (HMD) 2025.

Turning to Face The Sun was held at

 

Bewick Hall, Newcastle City Library

Thursday 30th January 2025 
 

Turning to Face The Sun was a live story sharing and performance event. Audiences witnessed audio and film recordings of songs and poetry and live performances, inspired by Ukrainian, Syrian, Bosnian, Palestinian, Kurdistan Iraq and other war testimonies. Audiences were invited to help us explore what it means to look for hope, resolution, and dream of a better future. What part can we play individually and collectively to make a difference? ​​

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Enjoy the Magic Moments from UNITY Festival '24
Follow the link and take a look at the UNITY Festival '24 book 

Get Involved in our Final Journey! 

Find out how you can get involved in creating a new album with the Young Artist Collective.

To find out more about Skimstone Arts download a copy of our Annual Report for 2023/24.

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