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ARC, Stockton Arts Centre
Dovecot Street, Stockton on Tees, TS18 1LL

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Adults

Try something new or take your hobby a step further. We offer a whole range of regular classes and one-off workshops for adults. Have a go at creative writing, fine tune your painting and drawing skills or join in with a weekly ukelele jam!

ARC in Stockton, a glass fronted building lit purple from inside

Creating Together

Every month Displace Yourself Theatre run Creating Together at ARC – activities for adults to try out and develop skills in lots of different creative and arts activities.
Image at an exhibition showing a range of artwork created at Staying Out. The gallery space has white walls and incudes a range of artwork including collage, writing, and textiles. In front of the exhibition three women, two sitting, and one standing, are engaged in a conversation together.

Staying Out

Staying Out is ARC’s flagship free and referral-only creative social prescribing programme for older people aged 65+. Members might identify as socially isolated, have poor mental or physical health, experience dementia, or be recently discharged from hospital. Staying Out provides opportunities to meet new people and try a range of creative activities in a friendly and welcoming space; … Continued

Arts and Minds

This service is by referral only. Arts and Minds is a brand new partnership project between Middlesbrough & Stockton Mind and ARC. Over 24 months, eight creative programmes are being delivered – each lasting six months. The programme has been funded by Comic Relief. Arts and Minds is a friendly social group where you can … Continued
10 people all stand together in a club night setting

ARCtic Piranha Planning Group

November 2015: In the busy world of Cultural Shift we have brought disabled people together to plan our first club night, due to take place on Sat 5 Dec.
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ARC Film Making

This class takes place in person and online. Develop and hone your filmmaking skills with this informal group led session! Work on your own project or combine efforts with other members. Explore sound production, script writing, and film lighting and by bringing bags of imagination to share your skills, learn new techniques and create films … Continued
ARCulele tutor Stephen sits beside a participant, they are both looking at sheet music and Stephen is explaining how to read it.

ARCulele Beginners

This class takes place in person and online. ARCulele Beginners is a fun and exciting band session for ukulele fans, and this brand new beginners class will give you the skills and confidence you need to pluck along to all your favourite tunes. Even if you’ve never been able to keep a beat or you … Continued
A close-up of a gold, glittery ukulele.

ARCulele Advanced

This class takes place in person and online. ARCulele Advanced is a fun and exciting band session for ukulele fans to come together, learn new material, and socialise with fellow musicians. If you don’t have your own ukulele to bring to the session, don’t worry! We have a small number of instruments available for you … Continued