Lancashire Arts Organisation
Find out more about top professional art organisations in Lancashire.
Ascot Studios & Gallery
The Ascot Studios Contemporary Art Gallery is based in Ribchester. The gallery specialises in selling original paintings from established collectible artists and the work of talented emerging artists.
The exhibition & studio space includes professional artists studios and is over 2500 sqft in size, located within Bee Mill, a converted industrial north light building.
Burnley Youth Theatre
Burnley Youth Theatre (BYT) was founded in 1973. Today the organisation is heralded as one of the most advanced youth theatres in the country and is at the forefront of community cohesion activities with young people in Burnley. BYT works with an average of 450 young people a week age 5 - 25 years. The year round programme encompasses all art forms through a range of training workshops, projects and partnership schemes.
Curious Minds
Curious Minds is a creative social enterprise based in the North West of England. We believe it is everyone's right to have the opportunity to realise their creative potential. We work to improve outcomes for children and young people by increasing opportunities for active participation in creative learning and cultural production.
Folly
folly is a leading digital arts organisation working across England’s North West. folly presents an active artistic programme that provides creative interaction and collaboration between artists and the wider public using technology. folly commissions, exhibits, promotes and supports creative work and innovation with a strong emphasis on the use of online media, networked systems and integrated technologies.
Horse and Bamboo Theatre
Horse and Bamboo Theatre was founded in 1978. The Company is based in Rossendale, Lancashire, UK and tours nationally and internationally. Horse + Bamboo Theatre make visual theatre in which music and story-telling is central; the company uses masks, movement, puppetry, film, lighting in their productions.
Lancashire Artists Network
Lancashire Artists’ Network (LAN) supports and promote the interests of professional visual artists, living or working in Lancashire. Artists are at the heart of LAN. The network connects globally and across Lancashire.
Litfest
Litfest is Lancaster's annual literature festival, running literary events and writing workshops through the year. We publish great writing through our Flax and Foxtail imprints, and our Poetry Bookcase is one of the few places you can browse and buy a great range of contemporary poetry.
Live at LICA
The Nuffield Theatre, Lancaster International Concert Series and the Peter Scott Gallery at Lancaster University have recently merged as one organisation: Live at LICA (Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts). They now form a major provider of professional arts activity, public performances and exhibitions for the campus, the city and the region.
Ludus Dance
The Ludus Touring Company creates and tours contemporary dance-based performances and workshops specifically designed to explore themes and issues relevant to young people, and the Ludus Dance Development Department offers a comprehensive range of community dance activities for people of all ages, abilities, cultures and backgrounds, both in Lancaster (UK) and across the County of Lancashire.
Mid Pennine Arts
Mid Pennine Arts are a driving force for the arts in Pennine Lancashire, recognised nationally and internationally for devising and delivering exemplary integrated arts programmes that inspire people and unlock their aspirations. They bring art, people and places together to transform perceptions and change lives.
More Music
More Music aims to build confidence and spirit in individuals and communities through creative arts activities, particularly music.
Prescap
We provide a platform and catalyst enabling people to explore, realise and value their full potential through creativity. As an arts based community development company we use art in a dynamic way to support regeneration, social cohesion and community development. We prioritise work with hard to reach and socially excluded individuals, groups and communities.
The Dukes
A theatre in Lancaster, Lancashire producing a variety of professional live theatre and also showing mainstream and cultural cinema screenings.
The Storey
Formerly the Storey Institute, the renamed Storey Creative Industries Centre was a centre for arts and education in the community, and is now home to over fifteen creative businesses, ranging from website design, film and media production to bridal design. Although The Storey is a creative hub for businesses, it seeks to entice the public into its 21st century vision whilst still maintaining its cultural heritage