Community programmes we have delivered include:
Print and Dark Room Memberships
We pride ourselves on providing specialist facilities for local artists and creative practitioners. Our Memberships allow experienced and professional printmakers and photographers the opportunity to work in a safe, relaxed, and creative Print Room and Darkroom environment.
Brewery Arts Open Exhibition
Open to applicants aged 18+, our annual flagship Open Exhibition focuses on championing and providing opportunities for local artists and community groups from Cumbria and beyond. Artwork is selected from our open submissions with the aim to present an undeniably diverse and distinctive range of voices and variety of art forms from our local community.
Young Artist Open Exhibition and Youth Arts Winter Exhibition
Providing opportunities for young artists to explore, create and showcase their artwork in a professional setting is central to our youth arts programme. Whilst our Youth Arts Winter exhibition has been running for a number of years, our Young Open exhibition is now in its second year. The Youth Arts Winter exhibition is a festive showcase created by our weekly Brewery Youth Arts youth participants, whereas, the Young Artist Open exhibition is geared towards all local young artists aged 4-18years, with opportunities for outreach projects with local schools and youth groups.
Brewery Arts Schools Dance Platform
The Brewery Arts Schools Dance Platform prides itself on being non-competitive, providing an inclusive opportunity to share and celebrate local dance across South Lakeland. Schools have the opportunity to work alongside a visiting Brewery Arts Dance Artist, to create dance work, to enhance curriculum learning and to upskill a staff member in high quality Dance delivery. All schools involved join together, to perform in our professional venue in March, celebrating the achievements of both pupils and teachers in creative dance and performance, alongside our own Brewery Youth Dance groups. This event is registered as a U.Dance First event. In 2026 we celebrated Schools Dance Platform 20, with a special film created by Brewery Youth Arts alumni, Josh Hawkins of Hawk Dance Theatre and an incredible display, showcasing the impact of the project since its inception.
Brewery Arts Community Dance Platform
Our Community Dance Platform celebrates Dance and Community. Open to dance schools, youth dance companies, community groups and young graduates, the event gives people of all different ages the opportunity to create and perform dance in a professional venue The platform aims to support groups to perform high quality creative dance, which celebrates the achievements of dancers, teachers and choreographers, and demonstrates the talent and creativity in our community. It is not a competition, but an inclusive opportunity.
Brewery Arts Limitless Platform
Limitless Platform was launched in 2025, aiming to showcase and celebrate older people involved in performance-based art and creativity. The platform provides an opportunity for groups to take part in high quality creative workshops and share their work in our professional theatre. It facilitates local and regional groups coming together, sharing work and developing relationships between organisations and their participants and practitioners. The event is inclusive, non-competitive and a space for likeminded people to exchange in artistic passion and talent, spotlighting the creative endeavours of older people.
