Past Projects

Creative Community Garden Project

Saabat gallery creative community garden project Started on 1st October 2021. We received the grant from the National Lottery Fund and other funders (Together Middlesbrough and Cleveland and Sirius minerals foundation).

The aims of the project’s program are

-Create a Space for gathering
-Promoting a Healthy lifestyle/wellbeing
-Therapeutic Gardening
-Opportunity to develop and gain new skills
-Opportunity for volunteering and jobs
-Achieve Net – zero carbon emissions in nearest future

To achieve these aims we start build platforms in Saabat Gallery for a wide variety of activates.

-Community kitchen
-Planting vegetable plots and flower beds
-Performance stage
-Domestic Repair Shop
-Recycling Garden waste

Partnership working, we start gathering partner groups and organisations such as Middlesbrough Volunteering Agency, Redcar Volunteering agency and Groundwork Northeast & Yorkshire and Middlesbrough environment city.

Involvement and opportunities, SG start working with Groundwork on garden Project as part of growing active, which aims to work with the local community and people to improve places and nature.

This project also runs alongside our Saturday Family Art Trolley, the art will link into the garden. Workshops and art sessions will take place in the garden which will encourage families to be creative and learn to work for a better future for our planet.

To achieve our goal Saabat gallery family cordially invite you to be part of this brilliant project as volunteers, to gain skills as well as sharing skills such as gardening, domestic repair, woodworkers, metal workers, landscapers and caters.

Our door are open 5 days a week from 10am – 4.30pm, specifically Garden workshops on Tuesday 10am – 2pm which involves gardening, painting, knitting, making and many more activities for the community to get involved with Susan Cammish Groundwork Northeast & Yorkshire and Karen Lewis from Middlesbrough Environment City.

Creativity Warm Space

We are proud to continue our creative warm space at Saabat gallery for the second year.

Our creativity warm space is a safe haven for the community.

What we offer

-Hot drinks – Tea and Coffee

-Soup and bread

-Free WIFI

-Books to read

-Art Materials

-Garden for physical Activities

Open Days and Times

Tuesday to Friday

10am to 4:30pm

Saturday

10am to 2pm

– Under 14 must be accompanied by a parent of guardian.

– Disabled people to be accompanied by carer or guardian.

We would like to thank our partner’s The national Lottery Community Fund, Tees Valley Community Foundation and Asda Foundation for investing, supporting, and empowering us to support the community.

Black Path Secret Gallery Project

2019 and 2022

More info

South Bank Train Station commissioned work

Thursday 18th of August 2022

The collaboration workshop between Saabat’s creativity community garden group and Groundwork/ NE, ran by Susan Cammish.

The outcome of commissioned work is for South Bank Train station and was inspired by the local wildlife / nature that is emerging in the heart of South Bank industrial land.

Twelve Uses for Twelve Empty Streets

An opportunity to reflect on the ways communities might engage with spaces as they are now. The area we are in is between place, all of the street names have been removed and the area has been greened.

In the first landscape picture are two young people … What are you doing?? Their ideas ranged from better slides to a forrest.. They want a forrest!

We looked at the space, read some others ideas of spaces and use, regeneration and function, played Curbsy and sounded out some ideas. I think this is a great starting point for finding out more from more of the community.

Creativity Through The Veg  Pies

In the Kitchen Lyn and Helens Stratford’s making Veg Pies for Twelve Uses for Twelve Empty Streets tomorrow. Helens Stratford’s exhibits are telling a great story after delivering flow charts at St John’s Church.

Summer Holiday Project

We really enjoyed working with the Rubies girls yesterday at their summer drop in session at the Baptist Church. Free activities every Tuesday during the Summer holidays for girls aged 10+. 

THE LAST FLOWERS OF SUMMER – 29th October 2016

You are cordially invited for celebrating of ((The last flower of the summer)) 
AT SAABAT GALLERY FROM 10 AM- 4 PM.

Saabat Gallery Studio Holder Artist – 27th June 2019

The saabat gallery team were out at the unveiling event of our studio artist Mel Connell’s artwork at Durham University today.

Back To Life Portraiture Workshop

Today the Saabat Gallery hosted a ‘back to life’ portraiture workshop with artist and tutor Graham Canwell with Christine Wilson modelling. 
 


The attendees were treated to a tour of the building with a look around the art studios of the long term studio holders Ivan Wood and Pauline McCarthy.

Back to Life group lead by Christine Wilson at Saabat Gallery Sunday , 8/7/2018.

Life & portrait clay sculpture workshop with artist Azad K. M. Looking forward to seeing you all on Sunday and hope you’re all enjoying the gorgeous weather

National Writing Day 27 June 2018

We are looking forward to celebrating National Writing Day! Join us at the Saabat Gallery between 4-6pm tomorrow to look at our current exhibition ‘Motherland’ and write in our great inside and outdoor space. Be as creative as your imagination takes you.

Free Photograph Workshop 31 May 2018 

Free Photography workshop tomorrow morning (10 – 12) at Saabat Community Gallery (Normanby Rd). Tomorrows session we’ll have a go at doing some Light Graffiti I think… lots of fun with coloured lights… Anyone welcome, suitable for all ages. And I’ll make sure there’s tea and biscuits!