CCG - Creative Communities Group

The CCGUK aims to empower people, locally, nationally and internationally for positive change through volunteering and community engagement.

Supporting University and Community partners in a variety of activities including, the Arts, Sciences, History, Health and Social Awareness

The CCGUK also supports Creative teaching as a pathway to inclusion and accessible education.

"Creative Communities like this are vital to support our bourgeoning creative industries. Modern technology is increasingly allowing creative businesses to be based anywhere so having communities based around and supported by regional universities can help to provide mutual support and help to share knowledge and opportunities"

Wayne Hemingway MBE (CCGUK Member)

HemingwayDesign

Events & Exhibitions

Barbara Brown Exhibition

The Whitworth Art Gallery

Wed 22/03/2017 - Sun 03/12/2017 (Ends in 69 days days)

~The fine needle, the vast array of colours, the intricate attention to detail and the impact it has on the incoming public. Words that best describe a fabric exhibition and the great work that gone into showcasing such an artistic craft. From now until 3rd December 2017 you can experience a fabric exhibition that targets the above thing with sheer accuracy and beauty. Barbara Brown was the golden girl of Heal Fabrics throughout the 1960s and the early quarter of the 1970s. She came to pro...

Exhibition :- Barbara Brown

The Whitworth Art Gallery

Fri 17/03/2017 - Sun 03/12/2017 (Ends in 69 days days)

~For those of us that can remember the 1960s and early 70s we may have been caught up in the frenzy of Beatlemania or the fascination of the late great David Bowie. There was, however, another wave of creative works being done at this time, and it didn’t involve music. Following in the footsteps of Lucienne Day, Barbara Brown became known as the golden girl of Heal’s Fabrics in the 1960s and early 1970s. She was discovered as a student and went on to create designs ...

News

FIRE UP- Designing Your Creative Buisness - The Loft - Burnley Mechanics - 11/10/17

~It may be the start of the new academic year for schools, colleges and universities across the country but there is also a large percentage of people who have graduated from the above three recently or over a number of years. With that being the case those individuals who are crea...

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