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Appetite is a Creative People and Places programme with a mission to get more people in Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle-under-Lyme to experience and be inspired by the arts.

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A Canalside Arcana Launch Celebration

Celebrate A Canalside Arcana – Stoke-on-Trent’s Newest Art Trail Event Postponed! Due to the predicted bad weather and yellow weather…

Roar Open With Hope

Early this year we brought you The Gift, a brand new poem written by Gabriella Gay especially for Stoke-on-Trent and…

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Ian Mood, an artist, is sat at a desk wearing a pair of black rimmed glasses and a black jumper. They are painting a piece of artwork which is on an easel to their right. They are holding a paintbrush in their left hand. They are surrounded by bottles of paint of different colours.

We Are Here Post #1

Welcome to the first blog post from my residency* with Newcastle Common. Over the next two months I’ll be painting…

We are looking at a small white wall in the centre of a room. The wall has three pieces of artwork hung on. The piece in the centre is circular and decorated with bright colours. On the left side of the room there are stools, a large book shelf and bunting hung from the ceiling.

Newcastle Common exhibits award winning artwork

A collection of award-winning artwork by local artists is now open at Newcastle Common in Newcastle-under-Lyme Town Centre. ‘Featured’ will…

The image shows a image drawn with graphite. The drawing shows a room with a chair facing to the right. There is a silhouette of a person sat on the chair.

Q&A with Appetite Audience Choice Award winner Paige Sutton

We spoke to Appetite Audience Choice Award winner Paige Sutton about her award winning piece ‘Hiraeth’, her inspiration and how…