FOUR of the North’s arts venues have won £150,000 to commission new artworks which will tour the area.
The Durham Light Infantry Museum and Durham Art Gallery, in Durham City, secured the cash from the Arts Council of England’s Strategic Touring Fund working with Berwick Visual Arts in Northumberland, Towneley Hall Museum in Lancashire and Central Art Gallery in Ashton-under-Lyne.
Over two years, the four will commission four artists to create new artworks aimed at family enjoyment.
The pieces will then tour all four venues, under a project dubbed Generation.
Councillor Neil Foster, Durham County Council’s cabinet member for economic generation, said it was fantastic news.
The artworks will be commissioned next Spring and go on tour towards the end of next year.
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