D6: Culture in Transit

15/06/2026

👉 Here's a reminder - one week left to apply!

✨ D6 is seeking a thoughtful and effective Chair to help shape our next chapter. Based in Newcastle, we're a visual arts producer rooted in North East England with an international reach 🌍

For over 30 years, we’ve worked with exceptional artists and partners to commission and present powerful art – often in public spaces – bringing people together around social justice and environmental awareness.

We believe in the power of art to build fairer, more open and generous societies, and we’re keen to hear from someone who shares this vision.

This is a pivotal moment to join us – helping shape future partnerships, advocacy and funding, and supporting ambitious work across D6 and our sister organisation D6:EU.

Key information

🌍 We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and lived experiences, especially those under-represented in the arts and within our team (including, but not limited to, Disabled, d/Deaf, Global Majority and people with lived experience of migration)

🌱 We are committed to a diverse and inclusive Board and an accessible recruitment process

🤝 Voluntary role (reasonable expenses covered)
📅 3-year term
⏳ July start (flexible)
🗓️ Apply by 22 June 2026 (midnight)
📌 Interviews: week commencing 29 June 2026
🔗 Find full details and how to apply at:
https://www.d6culture.org/chair-recruitment-2026.html

We look forward to hearing from you!

Reel images from our recent programme: Ziza, Free to Roam at the Late Shows. Photo: Von Fox Promotions | Paria Goodarzi and Amak Mahmoodian performance for International Human Rights Day, 2024. Photo: Amelia Read | Ziza, Tracepace, performance at Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos, 2025. Photo: Claudio Santana | Elisabeth Efua Sutherland, work in progress, 2024. Photo: Fly Films UK | Paul Nataraj, We sound each other, 2025. Photos: Matt Denham | Love Up the Place, 2025. Photo: Saya Rose Media

15/06/2026

This , we stand 🧡

At D6, we’re proud to be part of the North East’s arts and culture sector – shaped by the hard work, commitment and care of people who are dedicated to creating a more inclusive, welcoming place for those seeking sanctuary. 🧡

We know this work isn’t always easy, especially in challenging times. That’s why we want to recognise and celebrate the dedication and creativity shown by so many individuals and organisations across our region.

is a moment to come together – locally, regionally and nationally – to share stories, highlight this important work, and continue building a culture of welcome in our communities.

We'll be at Newcastle City Council and City of Sanctuary's Forum on Thursday.

Our Lead Producer, Andrea Carter, will introduce D6’s new programme Assemble Europe, an arts programme exploring the climate emergency at the intersection of involuntary migration, displacement and conflict, with a focus on building resilient cultural ecologies in times of crisis.

We’ll be joined by Scotswood Natural Community Garden and New Writing North, who will share their important sanctuary-focused projects. The programme also includes workshops from New Writing North, GemArts , Asylum Matters and North East Museums – creating space to learn, reflect, and be inspired together.

Advocating for human rights and working in partnership is essential to creating meaningful, lasting change. We’re proud to be a Visual Arts Organisation of Sanctuary in Newcastle - a City of Sanctuary.

Sanctuary Forum – Arts & Culture
📅 Thursday 18 June | 9:00–12:00
📍 Newcastle Civic Centre, Barras Bridge, NE1 7PF
The event is free, but advance registration is required.
👉 Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sanctuary-forum-arts-culture-tickets-1977869517971

13/06/2026

Ahead of the planned anti-immigration protests in Newcastle tomorrow, we remind you of Northern Stage's stance.

Northern Stage will be open on Saturday from 9am to 7.30pm if you need a safe and welcoming space in the city centre.

At Northern Stage we celebrate difference and are serious about inclusion.

We stand with our immigrant, asylum experienced and refugee communities.

11/06/2026

Looking to learn how justice at the intersection of climate change and migration can be embedded within your work or practice?

We join some brilliant artists and cultural organisations at CCScotland and City of Sanctuary’s online event.

D6’s Lead Producer Andrea Carter will share Assemble Europe, our international arts programme exploring the climate emergency at the intersection of involuntary migration and conflict, with a focus on building resilient cultural ecologies in times of crisis.

Fahmida Miah from Climate Outreach will set the scene and they’ll be case studies of intersectional justice in practice from MoYah from May Project Gardens and from Glasgow Women's Library.

They’ll also be discussions exploring:
• How we make sense of climate-migration intersection
• Creative programming at the intersection
• Intersectional operations and ethics
• Centring lived experience and leadership

📅 Wednesday 17 June | 12:00-13:30
📍 Online, Zoom
The event is free, but advance registration is required.
👉 Register here:

Green Tease: Exploring migrant and climate justice through art and culture – Zoom, Wed 17 Jun 2026 - Join us to explore the intersection of climate and migrant justice in the arts. We will platform examples of intersectional justice in practice, hearing from cultural organisations which hold spa....

10/06/2026

We're joining an international discussion on the climate emergency, displacement, care and creative practice to mark the launch of Assemble Europe, joining D6:EU in Cyprus for workshops and a public event.

How do we build cultural ecologies in response to oppression, erasure and displacement? What role can artists, curators, cultural organisations and communities play in fostering infrastructures of care and solidarity in times of crisis?

These questions underpin ASSEMBLE: In Conversation, taking place this Friday 12 June, 18:00–20:00 at St Lazarus, Larnaka, Cyprus.

Organised by D6:EU in collaboration with Larnaka 2030 - European Capital of Culture, the event introduces ASSEMBLE, a cultural project examining the climate emergency at the intersection of involuntary migration, conflict and ecological decline, with a focus on mobility and the right to move.

Guest speakers Julie Trébault from ARC - Artists at Risk Connection and Alix Pornon from Cité internationale des arts will join the discussion, exploring how cultural ecologies can be built and sustained in response to conditions of crisis and displacement.

We'll consider how cultural ecosystems are created and sustained in contexts marked by uncertainty, conflict and environmental change, and how creative practice can contribute to collective resilience and social transformation.

For our friends in Cyprus, you can register here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfvdsoJ8SIhk9MVuMkxfYUP5QF6as3RV_8PefTrwVt4Pu77NQ/viewform

The event is open to artists, curators, cultural professionals, researchers, community organisers, organisations supporting displaced artists, and anyone interested in the intersections of culture, mobility and social change.

ASSEMBLE is led by by D6:EU (Cyprus), partners include Congress of Сultural Activists / Конгрес Активістів Культури (Ukraine), Artists (Spain) and the international mobility network , and associate partners: D6: Culture in Transit (UK), ARC – Artists at Risk Connection (France) and Larnaka2030 (Cyprus). ASSEMBLE is a Creative Europe programme funded by the European Union, and in the UK, it is supported by the Arts Council England.

Learn more: www.assembleproject.eu

10/06/2026

Thank you to Newcastle City Council’s Sanctuary Forum for inviting us to take part this coming Refugee Week alongside others in the region doing brilliant work in the face of increasingly challenging environments.

Our Lead Producer Andrea Carter will be sharing D6's new programme ASSEMBLE, with a focus on the rights of artists with lived experience of displacement and building cultural ecologies in times of crisis.

Scotswood Natural Community Garden and New Writing North will also be sharing their essential sanctuary projects.

And workshops from New Writing North, GemArts, Matters and will offer space to learn, reflect and be inspired.

Advocating for human rights and working in partnership is crucial to making sustainable change. We're proud to be a Visual Arts Organisation of Sanctuary in Newcastle - a City of Sanctuary.

Sanctuary Forum – Arts & Culture
Thursday 18 June, 9:00-12:00
Newcastle Civic Centre, Barras Bridge, NE1 7PF
The event is free but please register in advance

Register here:

You are very welcome to join us for this year's Sanctuary Forum! Looking forward to sharing and celebrating refugee week.

28/05/2026

We’re proud to introduce the UK Fellow for ASSEMBLE, a new international arts programme seeking to build infrastructures of care, solidarity and creative practice in urgent times. Hosted by D6 and supported by Arts Council England, the UK fellow will expand learning and connections between North East England and a wider European network of artists and cultural practitioners 💫

21/05/2026

✨ We’re looking for our next Chair – could it be you?

D6 is seeking a thoughtful and effective individual to help shape our next chapter. Based in Newcastle, we're a visual arts producer rooted in North East England with an international reach 🌍

For over 30 years, we’ve worked with exceptional artists and partners to commission and present powerful art – often in public spaces – bringing people together around social justice and environmental awareness.

We believe in the power of art to build fairer, more open and generous societies, and we’re keen to hear from someone who shares this vision.

This is a pivotal moment to join us – helping shape future partnerships, advocacy and funding, and supporting ambitious work across D6 and our sister organisation D6:EU.

👉 We’re now seeking a Chair to lead, support and champion our work as we enter this next phase.

Key information
🌍 We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and lived experiences, especially those under-represented in the arts and within our team (including, but not limited to, Disabled, d/Deaf, Global Majority and people with lived experience of migration)

🌱 We are committed to a diverse and inclusive Board and an accessible recruitment process

🤝 Voluntary role (reasonable expenses covered)
📅 3-year term
⏳ July start (flexible)

🗓️ Apply by 22 June 2026 (midnight)
📌 Interviews: week commencing 29 June 2026

🔗 Find full details and how to apply at:
https://www.d6culture.org/chair-recruitment-2026.html

We look forward to hearing from you!

13/05/2026

Powerful stories. Shared experiences.

We were proud to be part of The Late Shows, celebrating incredible art, collaboration and cultural heritage across the North East.

Huge thanks to Ziza, Paul Nataraj and Elisabeth Efua Sutherland. Rooted in the North East, their art brings forward powerful and often overlooked stories, connecting them to wider global histories shaped by colonialism.

Developed through Contested Desires residencies in Newcastle, Amsterdam, Budapest, Lisbon, Turin and Santiago, it was a real joy to share the work with our Late Shows audience.

Thank you to everyone who came by, and to all those who made it possible.

More about the artwork in the images…

✨Ziza’s durational performance reimagined maps and found objects to reveal colonial traces and hidden hierarchies, animating ceramic forms alongside domestic figurines and collectables.

✨Paul presented sound installations shaped by collaborative listening with communities in South Shields and Budapest, and collective responses to colonial voyages rooted in the collections at Lisbon’s Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência.

✨Elisabeth’s films shared expanding research into Black and African lives in Newcastle, through retracing historical sites and interviews with Beverley Prevatt-Goldstein and Pat Poinen - founders of NEEACA and African Lives in Northern England.

We warmly thank the artists taking part. Contested Desires is co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union. In the UK, we are grateful for the support of Arts Council England, The National Lottery Heritage Fund and Community Foundation North East and Newcastle City Councils Newcastle Culture Investment Fund.

Images: Von Fox Promotions

18/12/2025

Tonight is the night! We are delighted to share our programme for Love Up the Place: A Gathering of Joy and Solidarity. Thank you to the fabulous contributors who will be making this a special evening of nourishment and connection.

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✨Tea blending and conversation with the Comfrey Project’s CommuniTea
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✨Screening of Flying Above by Company of Others’ Walker Youth Dance Project
✨Sharing of stories by New Writing North’s World Writes multilingual writing group
✨Celebrating what English learning means to each of us with English For All UK
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✨Delicious vegetarian food by Kaltouma
✨Music by The Crossings Band

More info via the link in our bio and website.

Love Up the Place: A gathering of Joy and Solidarity is brought to you by D6: Culture in Transit, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art and English For All UK