EDAN – East Durham Artists’ Network launched their exhibition on Thursday 12th June 2025 at The Heritage Gallery to celebrate their 20th Year Anniversary.

In 2005, a group of artists from the East Durham area realised that there were no organisations or groups in East Durham that would encourage and support their continuing artistic development, and no designated local sites for exhibiting their work. They created East Durham Artists’ Network (EDAN) to fill the gap.

In 2025 they celebrate the success of that initiative.

EDAN is now a fully constituted not-for-profit company with a membership of over fifty professional and amateur artists and supporters who work in a wide range of media. It is committed to furthering the skills and interests of its members through a process of mutual support, investigative learning, and engagement with other groups and activities that encourage practice relevant to the concerns of local audiences.