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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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Refugee Week 16–23 June 2025

 

Join us for Refugee Week 2025 where we'll be exploring the theme Community as a Superpower through live performance and a mixed media exhibition at Newcastle University from Ukrainian artists following their recent book launch. 

16–23 June 2025

Newcastle University 
XL Gallery, Fine Art Building (King Edward VII Building) NE1 7RU
 

13th- 23rd 10am -5pm 
Exhibition 

An exhibition of artworks, films and poetry by Ukrainian artists that explore the theme of Community, alongside extracts from a newly launched Book of Ukrainian Stories.

 

Monday 23rd 4pm-5pm 

Live music and performance of Turning to Face the Sun

Followed by light refreshments

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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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