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Storying Barnsley
Storying Barnsley is Barnsley Council's 3-year Cultural Development Fund (CDF) engagement programme. CDF2 funding was awarded to Barnsley Council in 2022, and after a period of research and development, the Storying Barnsley team have now commenced work on a range of projects across the borough, alongside the CDF programme of capital works at Elsecar Heritage Centre, Forging Ahead.
Storying Barnsley aims to boost Barnsley’s cultural and creative sectors through partnerships and connectivity and offer unique cultural experiences for people living and visiting the town. This will be done through a co-produced and collaborative engagement programme that will offer vital support for local creative hubs and creative practitioners across Barnsley’s six Principal Towns and Elsecar.
If you would like to get in touch with any queries or to find out more about this programme, please email StoryingBarnsley@barnsley.gov.uk
What's On
Storying Barnsley Exhibitions
This March visit Barnsley's town centre to visit pop-up exhibits and celebrate ‘Storying Barnsley’ and the programme’s three years of creativity across the borough!
Open 7th March - 11th April 2025
Principal Townscapes
View a series of digital and interactive landscapes by local artists and communities, that represent Barnsley's 6 Principal Towns and Elsecar Heritage Centre.
Key Projects
ARtQuest For Barnsley
This Spring, find the hidden icons of Barnsley with a new augmented reality art hunt!
A Barnsley Story
This film and photography commission with Sam Batley aims to tell some of the stories that make up Barnsley, exploring the towns identity, landscape, culture and communities through film and photography.
Calling Barnsley
Theatre company LUNG are giving everyone the chance to hear Barnsley's untold stories.
Principal Townscapes
View a series of digital and interactive landscapes by local artists and communities, that represent Barnsley's 6 Principal Towns and Elsecar Heritage Centre.
ENGAGE / CREATE
In partnership with Beam we have selected six South Yorkshire artists and creative practitioners to work with people in Barnsley's Principal Towns over the coming months to co-create new artwork.
A Walk Around Town
A Walk Around Town is a collaborative project by Patrick Murphy and Ian McMillan. Come and get creatively lost with us!
Portraits of Barnsley Artists
From 2023 to 2025 Sean O'Connell photographed a number of Barnsley's artists and creative practitioners in spontaneous photoshoots across the borough.
Sanctuary of Colour
Lenny & Whale brought their latest artwork ‘Sanctuary of Colour’ to Principal Towns over the summer of 2024.
parler femme
Barnsley's Tala Lee-Turton brought her latest production 'parler femme' to Elsecar Heritage Centre's Ironworks building in November 2023.
Invisible Flock Barnsley Artist Residency
Invisible Flock welcomed Tala Lee-Turton, Ailish Treanor and Spencer Hughes into their studio at Yorkshire Sculpture Park in August 2024 for the ten-day Barnsley Artist Residency programme.
Barnsley Treasures Workshops
Barnsley Council, Collective Sense, and seven amazing local artists and creative facilitators facilitated workshops across the borough in May and June 2024 to find out what culture means to people.
How to turn your hobby into a business (without losing the love)
A series of Black Bee Creative outreach sessions and business workshops. The workshops will support Barnsley’s creative practitioners in taking the next step in their careers and turning their hobby into a profession/business.
Mapping Barnsley
In 2023 CDF commissioned University of Sheffield (UoS) to map the creative and cultural industries sector based within Barnsley.
The Un-Naturalists Summer Tour
Markmark Productions brought bespoke The Un-Naturalists performances to each of Barnsley's Principal Towns and Elsecar over the summer of 2023.
Heart of the Wood
The Big Reveal in conjunction with Barnsley Council, The Dearne Playhouse and the schools and community of the Dearne Valley created a spectacular of dance, music, song and drama in December 2023 after 18 months of engagement.
