Join us fortnightly as we bring artists and creatives together to chat projects and passions, events and exhibitions, artistic practice and advice.
ArtyParti’s website & live events are supported by funding from Arts Council England and the National Lottery Heritage Fund, through the Unlock strand of Sunderland Culture’s Great Place scheme.
ArtyParti is first broadcast on the community radio station Spark, 107fm in Sunderland.
Finalist - “Arts and Creative Radio of the Year”, Community Radio Awards 2019.
Finalist - “Community Show of the Year”, Community Radio Awards 2018.
Finalist - “Arts and Creative Radio of the Year”, Community Radio Awards 2018.
Gold Winner - “Arts and Creative Radio of the Year”, Community Radio Awards 2016.
Jay is the Co-Founder and Producer of ArtyParti. Alongside ArtyParti, Jay has been teaching at the University of Sunderland as an Academic Tutor since 2015, where he specialises in audio production workshops - drama, documentary, podcasting.
As a freelance audio producer, Jay’s work often explores the intersection of art and audio - whether exploring Sunderland artist Stephanie Smith's tactile practice of 'skin-mapping' (Drawing in the Dark, BBC Radio 4), investigating how writing has seeped into the landscape and heritage of Weardale (Ten Words for a Northern Landscape, New Writing North), or celebrating independent bookshops through community creative writing workshops (Hills Are Alive, Norfolk Street Arts).