The objectives of Aurora are to promote, maintain, improve and advance education about the arts within the community at large. We do this by the promotion, production, exhibition, performance and encouragement of the arts including but not exclusively - visual, performing and media arts. Thanks for visiting the Blog, we hope to keep you all up to date with what’s going on and what’s coming up! Please let us know of any events or news items that you have that may be of interest to other members.

Treacle Woolshop Workshop programme

[ May 15, 2010; 10:00 am to 12:30 pm. May 22, 2010; 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. June 5, 2010; 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. July 3, 2010; 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. ] Treacle Woolshop Workshop programme

Morning workshops 10:00–12:30, £25, refreshments included

Saturday May 15th
Finishing Techniques

Day workshops 10am-3pm, £40, refreshments included

Saturday May 22nd
Learn to Knit Fairisle Style

Saturday June 5th
Design your Own Knits

Saturday July 3rd
Let’s Knit Socks

Treacle Wool Shop ‘Woolfest’ Trip

[ June 26, 2010; 8:00 am; ] Treacle Wool Shop
Woolfest Trip
Saturday June 26th, 08:45 – 18:00

We are having a day trip to Woolfest in Cockermouth, Cumbria on Saturday June 26th.The travel cost is £18 per person – this covers your bus fare to and from the event. Additional costs are entrance fee of £6, refreshments, lunch etc (and of course anything you… [...]

Lanercost Steam & Country Fair

[ July 3, 2010 to July 4, 2010. ] Welcome to Lanercost Steam & Country Fair
3rd & 4th July 2010

The Lanercost Steam & Country Fair is a new show to Cumbria for 2010 and we are very much building this show for the future to be an annual event.  Representing diversity in the agricultural community the fair aims to act as a shop window [...]

York Big Green market

[ November 4, 2010 to November 7, 2010. ] York Big Green market: Thurs 4 to Sun 7 Nov 2010
Visit www.biggreenmarket.co.uk

Join us in the centre of York at this year’s Big Green market which features an exciting range of ethical goodies, from recycled and fairtrade jewellery to organic cosmetics and clothing, locally produced crafts and foods and ethically traded products from all over the [...]

Artsmix event dates for 2010

[ June 13, 2010; 11:00 am to 4:00 pm. July 11, 2010; 11:00 am to 4:00 pm. August 15, 2010; 11:00 am to 4:00 pm. September 12, 2010; 11:00 am to 4:00 pm. ] We have some really exciting news, another venue to add to our ever expanding market and events calendar.  After recent successes at Castle Howard artsmix* Markets have been invited into Malton Town centre for 5 dates this year with the first being May 16th.

For those of you who aren’t familiar with Malton, it really is [...]

Living North Fairs – Applications now being taken

[ November 4, 2010 to November 7, 2010. ]

Living North Christmas Fair (Newcastle) Gosforth Park
November 4th – 7th November 2010

Living North Christmas Fair (Durham and Tees Valley)
Hardwick Hall
November 12th – 14th 2010

Living North Christmas Fair (Yorkshire)
Yorkshire Event Centre November 26th – 28th November 2010

We are delighted to invite you to apply to exhibit at Christmas events in the Durham and Tees Valley area [...]