Creative Climate Club
A free, monthly meeting for people who care about nature and are interested in responding creatively to the world around us.
Creative Climate Club is a free, monthly meeting for people who care about nature and are interested in creatively responding to the world around us, our local environment, and wider climate issues.
The monthly meetings will involve creative activities which can help us care for the environment, such as:
- Creative opportunities with artists such as painting, collage, sketch-booking and photography
- Opportunities to learn with local community experts such as bee foraging walks, pond ecology and talks about the Rive Tyne and its health
- The chance to make a connection with local nature, wildlife and planting of urban spaces, such as a ‘garden crawl’ to local community gardens
Source to Sea: A Journey Along the River Tyne
Sat 25 Oct - 14:00 - 16:00
Join the Ambassadads group from North East Young Dads & Lads, alongside collaborating artist Michele Allen and the Tyne Rivers Trust, for an inspiring session about their project: Source to Sea.
At this session, we will visit the Source to Sea exhibition in our Level 2 Learning Lounge and hear directly from the group of young dads and collaborators who created it.
We will be joined by James Fielding - Tyne Mining Legacy Project Manager at Tyne Rivers Trust, who will share more about Tyne Rivers Trust’s work and how water testing can be used to understand the health of our rivers.
Artist Michele Allen, current artist in residence at Baltic, will share about her own connection to the project through her artistic practice, and lead a practical art activity inspired by the River Tyne and the group’s journey.
Source to Sea is a powerful and personal exploration of the River Tyne through the eyes, wheels, and words of a group of young dads keen to learn about and care for the world around them. In May 2025 the group, supported by charity North East Young Dads & Lads, set out on an ambitious 89-mile bike ride with the aim of learning about the water quality of their local river, with help from the Tyne Rivers Trust. The group collaborated with photographic artist and researcher Michele Allen and artist filmmaker Mat Fleming to explore how they could record their observations and findings creatively. This exhibition is the culmination of their work together.
If you have any queries about accessibility for this event, please email us at [javascript protected email address] or call us on 0191 478 1810.
We will have more information available about upcoming dates soon.
Sat 22 Nov | 14:00-16:00
Sat 27 Dec | 14:00-16:00
Over time, members of the club will collaborate to develop our next steps, identifying practical tasks like litter picks, gardening and tree planting that we’d like to collectively participate in, new places we’d like to visit and people we’d like to hear from, and creative activities we can respond with.
Held in our Front Room for ages 13+. Please book a free ticket before attending, donations warmly welcomed.
Creative Climate Club is part of Birds, Bees, Bikes & Trees, a three-year partnership between Baltic, North East Young Dads & Lads (NEYDL) and Newcastle University , funded by The National Lottery Community Fund.
Read More about Birds, Bees, Bikes & Trees
The young dads creating a buzz about climate action on Baltic’s rooftop
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