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Mid Pennine Arts e-bulletin.

Hello and welcome to our brand new e-bulletin! A belated Happy New Year. It’s been a busy start to the year for us and we have lots to update you on! If you have found this email in your spam folder, please mark the email as 'not junk' to ensure you receive future emails in your inbox. We hope you enjoy reading our news and looking at our image of the month, a fantastic picture of Not Forgotten at Towneley Hall.

The second commissioned artist in the Contemporary Heritage series is....

....to be announced soon! The selection panel has met to see the shortlisted artists present their ideas for the commission at Clitheroe Castle which will launch in June this year. It promises to be an exciting project which will offer visitors to Clitheroe a new way of seeing this unique location. Check our website for the big announcement coming soon.

Project Pride - Three new artist opportunities

We have three separate opportunities for artists and creative practitioners to work with young people in three Pennine Lancashire towns. Groups of young people in Accrington, Burnley and Nelson will work with an artist as part of Project Pride which has been made possible with support from Heritage Lottery Fund. For details on how to apply click here.

Have you seen As it Comes in Lancaster?

The latest Talking Shop project has been extremely well received in Lancaster, so much so that the exhibition of Alice Angus' work has now been extended. If you haven't seen the work in the windows of 18 New Street, you will be able to see it in St Nicholas Arcade towards the end of the month. If you have seen the project or taken part in Lancaster or online we would love to hear your thoughts here . There is also a lovely publication which you can get hold of by emailing us.

Panopticons on BBC2

Friday 11 February will find Pennine Lancashire’s unique contemporary landmarks celebrated on national TV. The hugely popular Flog It! will be coming from Todmorden, and the interludes between the auction house action will feature visits to all four Panopticons. 3.45pm on BBC2...

Our new home in the Weavers' Triangle

Did you know we moved offices in November to 1 Neptune Street in Burnley’s Weavers’ Triangle? We are pleased to share our new home with green energy providers the Low Carbon Energy Company, and have settled in to this historic area. We will be celebrating the move in the summer and are always happy to welcome any visitors if you happen to be in the area! Watch out for further events marking the rebirth of Burnley's canalside.

Padiham Greenway evaluation document online

The Padiham Greenway creative regeneration programme ran from March 2010 to January 2011 and consisted of a series of artist-led projects as well as a community pageant. An evaluation document which details all the projects and includes lots of images can be downloaded here . Artist John Merrill has recently been awarded the commission to create a sculptural piece for the Greenway, updates and latest news will be available on our website.

Araam: Breathing Space in Sale and Tameside

A new split-site exhibition of exciting work from our international project in partnership with Shisha is now open. Artists Halima Cassell and Zarah Hussain present new work in progress developed through residencies in Pakistan and the UK. Araam is on show at Waterside Arts Centre in Sale and Central Art Gallery in Ashton-under-Lyne until 26 March.

New Lines for Old Tracks

Leading NW public realm artist Stephen Charnock (aka Scartworks) has completed an original commission for the forecourt of Accrington’s new Tesco store. Selected from a shortlist of three Lancashire artists, his design evokes the past of the Eagle Street site as an historic railway junction and goods yard. The tracks he has reimagined are inscribed with text created by young people at local schools, working with poet Terry Caffrey.

‘What Next for Public Art?’

Maggie Bolt, doyenne of public art in the South West, will be guest speaker at the next seminar in the Creativity Works… for Regeneration series, on Wednesday 9 March from 2pm at Burnley Mechanics. Previous events in the series have featured some fascinating talks and discussions, and this should keep up the high standard. The event is free. See you there!

And finally, come and join us on Twitter!

We were really excited to recently welcome our 500th follower on Twitter. As a team, we use Twitter to talk art, people and places. So join us @teamMPA . We look forward to chatting with you!

Image of the month

Each month, we will invite people to share with us their photos of MPA’s work and select one to feature as Image of the Month. Anybody can submit their pictures through Facebook, Twitter or email. It is free to enter, and we will always credit the photographer as they wish.

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