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Welcome to Aunty Social

We're a community arts organisation founded in 2011. We give people opportunities to develop their creativity, learn new skills and connect with others through positive arty activities in a safe, supportive, gentle space.

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Call into our lifestyle store that celebrates independent makers and locally crafted, thoughtfully-made goods. Every object that we sell has been carefully considered, selected for you and loved by us. All of our products are hand picked to ensure we offer a perfectly unique range. With over 60 North West-based artists, designers and makers we pride ourselves in championing Blackpool's finest creatives, offering a truly original selection of homewares, fashion and accessories.

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Our Venue

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Knittaz With Attitude

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Blackpool Social Club

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Blackpool Film Festival

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Blackpool Community Darkroom

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We’re Sew Done

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Creative Workshops

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Pop-Up Picture House

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Aunty Social Follow

Grassroots volunteer-led arts💁🏽‍♂️ You can be an artist🙋🏾‍♀️ #Blackpool is ace🧑🏼‍🎤 Social justice is 🔑 Centring & uplifting other marginalised folk

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Brendan Bunting Art 🇯🇲🇮🇪 @dapperartist ·

5 Oct

Great to spend my Birthday down @_AuntySocial_ . With @AFRABlackpool as we meet people from Blackpools Black community to build our Blackpool African Caribbean Community Archive.

Today we welcomed Blackpools first Black & female Councillor, former Deputy mayor Paula Burdess

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GARTH GRATRIX @garthgratrix ·

5 Oct

Coming up @abingdonstudios as part of @BPLFilmFest @_AuntySocial_
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A new commission by performance artist Kris Canavan; featuring seminal work by Stuart Brisley. ‘Arbeit Macht Frei’ (1972) on loan courtesy of The Artist and LUX, London.
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https://abingdonstudios.org.uk/kris-canavan-feat-stuart-brisley/

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Claire Walmsley Griffiths @cjgriffphoto ·

11 Sep

Our next Photography Social 19th Sept 6-8pm @_AuntySocial_ , Topping St, Blackpool. Supported by Photo Champions @photoworks_uk London based Polly Braden documentary photographer whose work is a ongoing conversation between the people she photographs and the environment