SCRAN
2025
SCRAN is a contemporary response from artists and communities engaging and reacting with Gordon Matta-Clark’s ‘FOOD’, exploring food, the county and art & creativity.
SCRAN features commissions by artists Lady Kitt, Pink Collar Gallery and Max Cooper-Clark, alongside Roisin Crowley Linton and Jonluke McKie.
SCRAN is open to visitors from Tuesday 2nd September - Saturday 13th September 10am - 3pm.
This is a living webpage that will eventually serve an in-depth public archive of the project. For now you’re invited to join us from early September, then for a closing event, a culmination of 2 week’s of work by the project artists in Peterlee.
*SCRAN is open to visitors in our pop-up space from Tuesday 2nd September - 13th September 10am - 3pm, except for 7th and 8th.
SCRAN: Programme of Activity
Castle Dene Shopping Centre, Peterlee – 2nd–13th September 2025
Week 1
Tuesday 2nd September
Fantasy Dinner Party Prints with Tallulah Lines 11am–1pm
Imagine your perfect dinner party – food, guests, music and atmosphere. Turn your ideas into lino prints with artist Tallulah Lines, contributing to a giant textile tablecloth that will become the centrepiece of SCRAN.
Wednesday 3rd September
- Fantasy Dinner Party Prints with Tallulah Lines 11am–1pm
- Coil Pots & Slab-Built Mugs with Sophie Keith 11am–1pm
Keep building the communal dinner party tablecloth with Tallulah, then join ceramicist Sophie Keith to hand-build your own coil pot or mug decorated with sayings, patterns or memories connected to mealtimes.
Thursday 4th September
- Floral & Herbal Creations with Bettie Hope 11am–1pm
Learn flower preservation techniques and create decorative herbal wands rooted in ritual. These handmade pieces will add colour, scent and meaning to the SCRAN table.
- SCRAN Presents - FOOD, COUNTY, ART - a discussion with Jessamyn Fiore, Graham Easterlow and Ellen Mara De Wachter 1.30pm-3pm
What does it mean to talk about food as art? And what happens when that conversation starts here, in County Durham?
For one afternoon only, SCRAN brings together three brilliant voices for a discussion about food, community and creativity.
Tickets can be book via eventbrite:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scran-presents-food-county-art-a-discussion-tickets-1649200586349
Friday 5th September
The Stottie Exchange with Lady Kitt - All day drop-in (11am - 3pm)
In this playful swap shop, stotties aren’t bought with money but traded for creativity. Swap a drawing, a poem, a chat or a story, and take home your very own stottie.
Saturday 6th September
The Stottie Exchange with Lady Kitt - All day drop-in (11am - 3pm)
Another chance to join Lady Kitt’s creative exchange and reimagine how food, art and generosity can bring people together.
<< SPACE CLOSED SUNDAY 7th SEPTEMBER & MONDAY 8th SEPTEMBER >>
Lady Kitt Installation in Castle Dene Shopping Centre August 2025
Week 2
Tuesday 9th September
Floral & Herbal Creations with Bettie Hope 11am–1pm
Coil Pots & Slab-Built Mugs with Sophie Keith 11am–1pm
Add the finishing floral touches to our SCRAN table with Bettie Hope, and make your own unique piece of tableware with Sophie Keith to keep forever.
Wednesday 10th September
The Print Kitchen with Sarah Calavera 11am–1pm
Step into The Print Kitchen where fruit, vegetables and everyday objects become tools for creativity. Using simple collagraph techniques, we’ll build up a vibrant communal tablecloth filled with the colours and textures of food.
Thursday 11th September
The Print Kitchen with Sarah Calavera 11am–1pm
Continue adding your patterns, prints and stories to the shared tablecloth. A chance to experiment, make and chat in a welcoming creative kitchen.
Friday 12th September
The Print Kitchen with Sarah Calavera 11am–1pm
Our final day in The Print Kitchen – come and leave your mark on the collective fabric before it becomes part of the SCRAN feast setting.
Saturday 13th September
The Stottie Exchange with Lady Kitt - Drop-in 11am - 2pm
Round off SCRAN with Lady Kitt’s stottie swap - trade your creativity for bread and be part of the closing celebration.
>>>The Closing Feast - 2pm - 4pm*
Join us as we close SCRAN, have a closing feast and throw a ceremony fit for the people of our County. Featuring a special performance by Roisin Crowley Linton and Jonluke McKie (more details below).
*SCRAN Closing Feast
Date: Saturday 13th September 2025, 2pm - 4pm
Location: Unit 19 - 21, Castle Dene Shopping Centre, then Peter Lee Methodist Church.
What to expect:
A warm welcome and brief toast to round off the programme
Encounters with the work and ideas of Lady Kitt, Pink Collar Gallery and Max Cooper-Clark
A celebratory feast with creative contributions from Roisin Crowley Linton and Jonluke McKie
We'll be joined for the length of the run by Jessamyn Fiore, co-director from the Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark, joining us from the US.
Food inspired by the fortnight’s activity
Want to attend?
RSVP by Monday 8 September: Email Aaron@nomorenowt.org so we can plan catering - Let us know any dietary or access requirements.
Credits: Delivered, produced and funded by East Durham Trust, No More Nowt and the Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark as part of Place Lab Peterlee, one of 8 project strands of the Into the Light programme.
Access: Step-free access available. Quiet space on request. If there’s anything else that will help you enjoy the event, tell us when you RSVP.
Getting here: Ample parking is available around Castle Dene Shopping Centre - address: Castle Dene Shopping Centre, Peterlee, County Durham, SR8 1AL.
Project partners:
— No More Nowt
— The Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark
Artists:
— Pink Collar Gallery featuring Bettie Hope, Tallulah Lines and Sophie Keith
— Roisin Crowley Linton and Jonluke McKie (closing event)
SCRAN design:
