Grizedale Arts

Talk By Dr. Derek Lynch

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Volunteer Days

Friday 25th and Saturday 26th May at Coniston Institute. Please email if you'd like to come and help us.

Child's Play

A short documentary about Childs Play by Ray Davies is now available to watch at artplayer.tv the new online player for art content developed by FACT for Arts Council England.

Child's Play is a play for school children written by Ray Davies, produced by Grizedale Arts in collaboration with the John Ruskin School in Coniston. It was performed by six former pupils from the school, the play, with live music, provides a commentary on the aspirations and disappointments through the decades of modern Britain since the Festival of Britain in 1951. Directed by Russell Peet, music by Ray Davies, performed by Sam De La Haye and Arthur Mazzer.  Click here to view Childs Play online.

The play was developed from an concept developed by artist in residence Alexandre Singh, for a number of artists to write new plays for school children. Other plays in development by Momus, Liam Gillick and Rita Sobral Campos.

Talk And Workshop With Michael Marriott

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Retreat Here

Lawson Park is now available to rent. Visit the Lawson Park Farm website for more information and how to book this historic hill farm and our HQ!

Lawson Park Wins Riba Award

Grizedale Arts' HQ Lawson Park has won one of the UK's prestigious Royal institute of British Architects awards !

Congratulations to everyone who worked so hard on the building and of course to Sutherland Hussey architects for their inspirational design. 

You can read more about the architects and the building here.

Buy Our Book Online

Kevin Reid performs (2003)Grizedale Arts - Adding Complexity to Confusion is a lavishly illustrated romp through the last decade of our projects and it's now available to BUY ONLINE HERE.


Grizedale Arts is made possible by the ongoing support of

Arts Council England

Grizedale Arts is a partner of Tate, and exchanges programmes, ideas and skills with Tate and the Plus Tate family of visual arts organisations

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