Our big picture

Our big picture Our Big Picture is an arts and heritage charity. We believe in the power of arts and heritage

We bring high-quality, meaningful arts and heritage experiences to the people of North East Lincolnshire, transforming local communities into communities inspired and excited by arts and heritage. We deliver positive experiences where nobody is excluded, including exhibitions in public spaces, workshops, heritage events, and online activities and art communities. In delivering these experiences, w

e bring new creative opportunities to the area. We are located at our new premises
17-21 Bethlehem Street
Grimsby
NE Lincolnshire
DN31 1JN

You can contact Paula on [email protected], 07793114180 or [email protected]

We are proud to support Refugee Week celebrating this years them of COURAGE! through the power of culture and creativity...
19/06/2026

We are proud to support Refugee Week celebrating this years them of COURAGE! through the power of culture and creativity.

We have worked with refugees, people seeking asylum and our wider community to deliver a Creative Workshop Festival exploring artforms to create impactful, collaborative artworks in celebration of Refugee Week.

The artwork is available to view at our Refugee Week exhibition, open today 12 - 4pm at Our Big Picture.

📌 21 Bethlehem Street, Grimsby, DN31 1JN

Refugee Week 🧡

Famous refugees enriching society & culture 🩷
16/06/2026

Famous refugees enriching society & culture 🩷

We are super excited to welcome author Bethany Walker to Our Big Picture for tomorrows Creative kids Saturday arts club ...
12/06/2026

We are super excited to welcome author Bethany Walker to Our Big Picture for tomorrows Creative kids Saturday arts club with an exciting workshop exploring Medusa, Greek mythology, storytelling and monster designs! We can’t wait!

Beth is a children’s author, teacher and educator working across museums and galleries with a love of writing, art and history 📚

Beth is in Grimsby supporting the official launch of the BRILLIANT Rabbit Hole Bookshop, if you’ve not managed to visit yet then tomorrow is the perfect opprtunity, open between 10am - 5pm ⭐️

Huge thanks to our brilliant friends at the Rabbit Hole Bookshop for supporting our Creative Kids, we’re really excited for this!
bookshop_ Bethany Walker - Writer

We are delighted to launch Refugee Week with an exhibition showcasing artwork made by refugees, people seeking asylum an...
10/06/2026

We are delighted to launch Refugee Week with an exhibition showcasing artwork made by refugees, people seeking asylum and community during our Creative Workshop Festival.

Over 6 artist led workshops, we explorerd traditional and contemporary techniques including chain maille, felt work, portraiture, clay and plaster. We can’t wait to share this work with our wider community.

Join us at Our Big Picture on Saturday from 3pm for our exhibition launch event.

⭐️ Community launch: Saturday 13th June 3:00 - 6:30pm | ALL WELCOME

🗓️ General Opening: Tuesday 16th - Friday 23rd June | Tuesdays - Friday | 12pm - 4pm

🎟️ Free entry

A sneaky peek at the process behind an incredible piece of art made at yesterdays Plaster Relief workshop as part of our...
03/06/2026

A sneaky peek at the process behind an incredible piece of art made at yesterdays Plaster Relief workshop as part of our Refugee Week Creative Festival.

Using nature as inspiration for a large scale collaborative piece, participants worked together to design the composition and create something incredible. You can see the final piece on display at our Refugee Week exhibition starting Saturday 13th June 🌻

Huge thanks to Oli from for leading on this fantastic workshop ⭐️

We have 2 FREE workshops tomorrow in support of Refugee Week, we’d love for the community to get involved and join us! F...
01/06/2026

We have 2 FREE workshops tomorrow in support of Refugee Week, we’d love for the community to get involved and join us!

First up is a Plaster Relief workshop with Oli from Turnpenney Pottery. Working large scale we will collaboratively create artworks in clay before poring plaster to create a relief. This is a hand on, fun and a little bit messy! Not to be missed!
Tuesday 2nd June, 12:30-3:30pm
Book here 👉🏻 https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/Hcd9f2dJpu

Followed by an evening of Chain Maille making with Lynx Together. Have you ever wondered about this ancient craft and how it’s done, well this is your chance! Be part of a large scale collaborative artwork.
Tuesday 2nd June, 6-9pm
Book here 👉🏻 https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/LH3pq1RPja

Wow ⭐️ some incredible outcomes from today’s Wet-Felting workshop as part of our Refugee Week creative workshop festival...
01/06/2026

Wow ⭐️ some incredible outcomes from today’s Wet-Felting workshop as part of our Refugee Week creative workshop festival!

Participants focused on flowers and themes from their home countries. Such wonderful work, well done to everyone involved 🌻

On Friday we hosted the first of our Refugee Week Creative Workshops starting with a fun filled afternoon creating artwo...
01/06/2026

On Friday we hosted the first of our Refugee Week Creative Workshops starting with a fun filled afternoon creating artwork with children to celebrate Courage.

Heres a sneak peek of the joy that was created, all artworks will feature in an exhibition at Our Big Picture for Refugee Week opening on Saturday 13th June. We can not wait to share the creativity with the community.

We have a brilliant programme of creative workshops this week and we’d love for you to join us! Sign up now, all links in our bio ⭐️

There’s just over 2 weeks until Refugee Week and we are so excited to launch our Creative Workshop Festival this week! W...
01/06/2026

There’s just over 2 weeks until Refugee Week and we are so excited to launch our Creative Workshop Festival this week!

We have 5 brilliant creative workshops running which are FREE to attend. All workshops are led by practicing artists and designed to combine traditional & contemporary techniques to create collaborative artworks to exhibit during Refugee Week.

Starting today with a large scale wet-felting workshop with Ukrainian artist Svitlana, we are excited to bring the community together to create.

All workshops are Free to attend, suitable for beginners with no experience necessary. If you are a refugee, person seeking asylum or a member of our community keen to get involved, please book your place now 👉🏻

Wet Felting https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/7AWkP0WKn6

Plaster Relief https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/Hcd9f2dJpu

Chain Maille https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/LH3pq1RPja

Weaving & Needle Felt https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/gNZrmsQPXQ

Portraiture https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/cWbM68H9HX

Any questions please do get in touch:
[email protected]

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17-21 Bethlehem Street
Grimsby
DN311JN

Opening Hours

Tuesday 9am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 9am - 4:30pm
Thursday 9am - 4:30pm
Friday 9am - 4:30pm
Saturday 9am - 4:30pm

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