Crescent Arts

24/04/2026

It’s looking like a lovely sunny day! 😎
See you there!

Looking to try something different with the kids this weekend? 🖼️

Artists Lou Bass and Charlotte Oliver will guide children to explore the natural world through the senses and use their discoveries to create a collage of words and pictures 🧑‍🎨

Where: Forest Arts in the Courtyard, Saturday 25 April, 1pm - 3pm
Just drop in and pay as you feel
Recommended for ages 4-9

This workshop is supported by Crescent Arts

17/04/2026

☔️ What do you do on a rainy Friday? ☔️ Make a collage ready to display and add to at Dalby Forest of course!
Join us on Saturday the 25th of April 1pm-3pm to read, explore, create and celebrate what we can experience through our 5 senses!
Forestry England Dalby
National Literacy Trust Yorkshire Coast
North Yorkshire Councilbass3
Charlotte Oliver

02/04/2026

✨Throwback Thursday ✨ to when Jason Wilsher-Mills was beside the Scarborough sea!
Jason’s exhibition in 2024/25 was full of colour with larger-than-life characters filling the floors and walls of Woodend Gallery.
In light of our support of Town Of Culture, we continue having conversations with more amazing artists like Jason, and look forward to putting on more vibrant and engaging exhibitions!

“I felt so much joy when I exhibited there myself at Wood End gallery in 2024. I loved working there and have a great deal of respect for the team, as I was so fully supported as a disabled person and artist.
Scarborough should receive this huge accolade, because it is a magical town, which welcomes everyone and creates memories which last a lifetime,
There is a myth that says anything can happen in the place where the sky meets the sea. This is Scarborough.” - Jason Wilsher-Mills 2026

📸 - Tony Bartholomew

Jason Wilsher-Mills Artist
Scarborough Museums and Galleries
Arts Council England

26/03/2026

🍃Spring is coming! 🍃
On the 25th of April, come join us at Dalby Forest for a workshop led by Lou Bass and Charlotte Oliver. We’re exploring our 5 senses with our new resource ‘Out of the Garden’, creating our own green world through creative words and collage!
This is in partnership with Dalby Forest and The National literacy Trust - with plenty of books to help us get ready for some spring reading!

The Courtyard,
Dalby Forest,
Pickering,
YO18 7LT
This is a drop in workshop - there is no need to book!

Charlotte Oliver
National Literacy Trust Yorkshire Coast
Forestry England Dalby
North Yorkshire Council

19/03/2026

✨Throwback Thursday ✨ to 2022/23 exhibition Queen Green - in Woodend Gallery artist Susie Green presented work inspired by her residency at Dalby Forest in the North Yorks Moors. The exhibition celebrated erotic encounters with nature, and moments of confidence and fragility, growth and decay, lightness and dark. Works on paper and large cut-out mixed forms were mounted onto wooden trellis to portray powerful, blossoming, shapeshifting bodies.

Our partnership continues with Dalby Forest - keep an eye out for upcoming workshops and exhibitions this spring!

Find out more via our website: www.crescentarts.co.uk

Forestry England Dalby
Scarborough Museums and Galleries

17/03/2026

🍃We’re taking over Glassbox Gallery to bring you some spring activities! 🍃
On the 8th of April, come join us for a workshop led by Lou Bass and Charlotte Oliver. We’re exploring our 5 senses with our new resource ‘Out of the Garden’, creating our own green world through creative words and collage!
This is in partnership with the National Literacy Trust, with plenty of books to help us get ready for some spring reading!

Pop up open Gallery times included in image 2.

The Glassbox Gallery,
1 St Helens Square,
Scarborough.

Charlotte Oliver
National Literacy Trust Yorkshire Coast
North Yorkshire Council

14/03/2026

✨ Throwback Thursday ✨
Celebrating our history as Yorkshire’s first artist-led studio co-operative, founded in 1979 in Scarborough. Crescent Arts was established by and for visual artists to provide studio space, production facilities, and professional development. Originally based in the basement of Scarborough Art Gallery, then on to programme Woodend Gallery until January 2026.
We look forward to continuing to bring you exciting projects this spring and summer!

25/02/2026

Public Notice - Crescent Arts Update

From February 2026, Crescent Arts will no longer programme exhibitions at Woodend Galleries following recent changes in management at Scarborough Museums and Galleries.

Since our founding in 1979, Crescent Arts has supported Scarborough’s visual arts community for over four decades through affordable studio provision, a year-round exhibitions programme, and a wide range of workshops and public events. Our commitment to sustaining and strengthening the town’s cultural life remains steadfast.

We are grateful for the opportunity to have delivered exhibitions at Woodend Gallery since 2020 and for the role the venue has played in connecting artists and audiences over the past five years.

We are currently reviewing and developing our future exhibitions programme alongside our ongoing outreach work. We look forward to announcing new opportunities to collaborate with local artists and partners in the near future.

In an increasingly challenging funding environment, we welcome support from individuals, organisations, and businesses. If you are able to offer exhibition space, provide financial assistance, or explore partnership opportunities, please contact us.

-The Crescent Arts Team

17/02/2026

🌈Celebrating Scarborough‘s LGBTQ+ history 🌈

Make your mark on community timeline banner showing the centuries long span of Scarborough’s LGBTQ+ history.
Commemorating nationally significant events alongside the events that matter most to the LGBTQ+ people.
We will decorate the edges of our timeline with textile art and fabric paint/ drawing.
You can suggest a milestone for the timeline and or help us decorate it, whatever works for you!

Saturday 22nd February 2026 at
Woodend Creative space,
The Crescent,
YO11 2PW

Book on today - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/out-of-the-margins-raise-your-banner-workshop-tickets-1976700678942?utm_experiment=test_share_listing&aff=ebdsshios&sg=74d96f559b4fd7b699235608f5709a984dec4fce034536e0e5356583285de7af0d5c13d86430b97cde8d35f2120cd47be0e50c37816bc60c6b46f6afb0aaa18b0428b2719c2d6f9367061341b06d

11/02/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us and to make rainbow plaques and share the for personal q***r histories!

Don’t forget!
We have another workshop coming up on the 22nd Feb to make your mark on a community timeline banner!

Find out more through our link in bio ❤️

07/02/2026

On today 11am-3pm!

🌈Celebrating Scarborough‘s LGBTQ+ history making cardboard rainbow plaques. Bringing our history out of the margin sent into the street!🌈

Saturday 7th February 2026 at
Woodend Creative space,
The Crescent,
YO11 2PW

Drop in to make a rainbow plaque to commemorate the LGBTQ+ history that’s important to you. From forgotten bars, to iconic drag performances, to the place you first held your partners hand. No story is too small to be worth commemorating! When you’ve made your cardboard plaque you can take it home with you or join us as we take to the streets to display our plaques and make our history visible!

Book on today: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/out-of-the-margins-make-your-plaque-workshop-tickets-1974966914205?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

21/01/2026

🌈Celebrating Scarborough‘s LGBTQ+ history making cardboard rainbow plaques. Bringing our history out of the margin sent into the street!🌈

Saturday 7th February 2026 at
Woodend Creative space,
The Crescent,
YO11 2PW

Drop in to make a rainbow plaque to commemorate the LGBTQ+ history that’s important to you. From forgotten bars, to iconic drag performances, to the place you first held your partners hand. No story is too small to be worth commemorating! When you’ve made your cardboard plaque you can take it home with you or join us as we take to the streets to display our plaques and make our history visible!

Book on today: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/out-of-the-margins-make-your-plaque-workshop-tickets-1974966914205?aff=ebdssbdestsearch