Community Launches

Community Launches

The Artists

Andy Berriman

Andy interviewed people to gather feedback about the events and peoples’ relationship to the River Tees. See his films here.

Adrian Moule

Adrian Moule

Adrian worked with Emily to craft our River Tees Re-discovered Willow Pattern Plate engagement.

Bob Beagrie

Bob wrote and performed a poem called “To Charm a River” at the Launch of the programme of activities.

Derek Mosley

Derek worked in collaboration with Helen Gaunt to create sand sculptures on the beach at Redcar as part of the final community launch.

Emily Hesse

Emily worked with Adrian to craft our River Tees Re-discovered Willow Pattern Plate engagement.

Helen Gaunt

Helen worked in collaboration with Derek Mosley to create sand sculptures on the beach at Redcar as part of the final community launch.

Kev Howard

Kev documented three of the five engagements.

The Engagements

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Darlington South Park

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Hartlepool

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Middlesbrough

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Redcar

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Stockton Ropner Park

Gallery

All photographs were taken for Tees Valley Arts by Kev Howard. Creative Commons BY-NC-ND International 4.0 License.

Impact

River Tees Community Launch Impact

Infographic: Zoe Bishop; Icon Gender Neutral by Matt Brooks from the Noun Project

News

River Tees Rediscovered in the Northern Echo

Our River Tees Rediscovered Welcome Aboard Community Launch event was featured in an article by Joanna Morris in Sunday’s Northern Echo. An overcast Sunday in South Park saw families gather to enjoy a number of activities as the River Tees Rediscovered Landscape Partnership was launched.Youngsters enjoyed bridge building, nature exploration, workshops and heritage themed art…

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The Funders

Heritage Lottery Fund and RTR