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51. Founded in Northumberland in the early 1930s as a Workers' Educational Association class giving mining families access to the arts, The Pitmen paintings were inspired by the artists' own lives, The group held its first exhibition in 1936 at the Hatton Gallery in Newcastle and many of the paintings are on permanent display at, Written by Billy Elliot creator Lee Hall, their story was turned into a play that was performed at the Royal National Theatre in London and on Broadway. Website by, Associate and Supported Artists and Companies, Our Fairbottom Street site and the warm welcome of the Coliseum, Open Doors: A Greater Manchester Theatres Guide for Artists. That’s Manchester TV came down for a chat with Artistic Director and CEO Kevin Shaw and two of the play’s cast, Helen Kay and Simeon Truby. .css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:link{color:inherit;}.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:visited{color:#696969;}.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:link,.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:visited{-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;}.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:link:hover,.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:visited:hover,.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:link:focus,.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:visited:focus{color:#B80000;-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;}.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:link::after,.css-1hlxxic-PromoLink:visited::after{content:'';position:absolute;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;left:0;z-index:2;}Pitmen Painters' art re-imagined by Ashington photographers, BEM for the Asda depot worker who thanked the carers during Covid lockdown, Tyne and Wear officer awarded Queen’s Fire Service Medal, Optimism and hope on the agenda for happiness group, Dad of Northumberland nurse Rebecca Mack who died of Covid donates plasma to help save others, Monkseaton woman inspired to shed three stone by her inspirational aunt, Information about BBC links to other news sites, White House 'hosted Covid superspreader event'. sheila summers. Queen Elizabeth II Country Park

produced hundreds of paintings showing what life was like both above and below ground for their mining communities in Northumberland.

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The Group first came together as a Workers Educational Association class, that, having studied evolution, decided to try something different.