Image Dandyism by Luke Waddington Welcome to the Leeds Inspired Blog: a place for behind the scenes art and culture news, job postings, volunteer call-outs and creative opportunities for everyone in Leeds. See what's out there!
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Image Blog. 10 June 2022 Applications open for Sunny Bank Mills Christmas Market 2022 Are you and Artist, Designer or Maker? Applications are open for the Sunny Bank Mills Christmas Market taking place Friday 25th - Sunday 27th November 2022. Written by: Sunny Bank Mills Craft Image Blog. 26 May 2022 Free 1:1 Support from The Highrise Project The Highrise Project is a socially engaged collaboration to explore the impact of creativity in developing local spaces with communities and is offering free 1:1 support for visual artists and photographers in Leeds. The sessions will take place at Armley Community Hub and Library in Leeds on Tuesdays between 10.30am - 3.30pm in June, July and August. Written by: The Highrise Project Community Image Blog. 23 May 2022 Celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee with Leeds Libraries Leeds Libraries and Community Hubs are going all out to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, with a host of events taking place in the run up and over the Jubilee weekend. Image Blog. 15 May 2022 Buy Nowt LS6 - Leeds Library of Things Donate, Borrow, Return, Repeat. Community Image Blog. 27 April 2022 Mikkel Ullah - Dynamite The Dynamite Project is a collective established in 2014 by local urban artist Mikkel Ullah. Mikkel says "It felt important that I could help young musicians, dancers and artists from Leeds access opportunities and connections for creative projets, whilst staying connected to the city myself." Visual Art Image Blog. 08 April 2022 The Peacock - The Birth of a New Mural Marching Out Together, the LGBTQ+ fan group for LUFC discuss the new public mural they have just commissioned by artist CBLOXX. Written by: Marching Out Together Leeds Inspired Funded Project LGBT+ Visual Art Image Blog. 06 April 2022 Shove It! The Story Of Xero Slingsby Crowdfunder call out for The ‘Shove It’ documentary telling the story of Xero Slingsby. Film Jazz Music Image Blog. 29 March 2022 Lord Whitney - Seeking Advisory Board Members Ever wanted to help shape the future of a creative organisation? Well, now is your chance. Connoisseurs of make-believe Lord Whitney the artist-led creative studio that exist to spark wonder and provide space to connect with yourself, is seeking up to four Advisory Group members. Written by: Lord Whitney Community Visual Art Image Blog. 29 March 2022 How To Experience FORGE Transform's step by step guide to experiencing FORGE, artist Rachel Mars' full scale recreation of the replica of the replica gate at Dachau concentration camp at Testbed. Written by: Transform Live Art Visual Art Image Blog. 09 March 2022 #23PRESS - Book ideas needed! Call out for book ideas for a new community book publishing project. Community Literature Image Blog. 02 March 2022 Come Play With Me - a call out for artists Leeds label and development organisation Come Play With Me have reopened submissions to artists, aiming to platform a new selection of artists and bands as part of their mission to showcase, support and develop the incredible emerging talent across the region. The call out is the latest in their search for exciting new releases from the Yorkshire region. Music Image Blog. 28 February 2022 Love Exploring Carnival Celebration A partnership of Culture, Active Leeds and Public Health in Leeds City Council has secured funding of £4,000 to deliver a project which will bring benefits to the city in terms of increasing levels of physical activity, promoting walking routes in areas including Chapeltown and Harehills, celebrating a Leeds cultural phenomenon, and developing a range of products to embed and showcase intergenerational story-telling. This is the brief for that work. Festival Image Blog. 18 February 2022 Seeing Africa! A New Film Strand Hyde Park Picture House are presenting the first wave of a new African film strand, supported by Leeds African Communities Trust. Film Image Blog. 15 December 2021 Angels of Freedom Leeds - Four Glorious Years ... and Counting! The Angels of Freedom is a community based initiative organised by volunteers and supported by Leeds City Council, British Transport Police and West Yorkshire Police. The aim is to provide visible support for the LGBT+ community based in the Freedom Quarter area of Leeds every Friday evening. Daniel Maher, member of the LGBT+ community in Leeds and proud volunteer with Angels of Freedom offers an insight into the world of LGBT+ support available in Leeds, in this fourth year of existence of the Angels of Freedom and as they are campaigning for more volunteers. Written by: Angels of Freedom LGBT+ Image Blog. 22 November 2021 The Picture House Winter Fundraiser A six-week campaign from Hyde Park Picture House which provides you with the opportunity to sponsor specific areas of upcoming conservation – from the restoration of our lamppost to the repainting of our auditorium. Written by: Hyde Park Picture House Film Image Blog. 27 October 2021 What Are You Hungry For? - Desire, Societal Rejection and the Need for Resilience Carrieanne Vivianette introduces a new theatre piece from CVIVArts exploring desire, societal rejection, and resilience against a backdrop of the COVID pandemic. Theatre Image Blog. 20 October 2021 WHYHydePark - aren't you lovely? @WHYHydePark is a new social feed highlighting all that is wonderful in Leeds' Hyde Park. Written by: Left Bank Leeds Illustration Image Blog. 19 October 2021 Musicians - take part in an experimental sound workshop with artist Griet Beyaert Musicians of Leeds! Join artist Griet Beyaert for an experimental sound session this November. Written by: Glass Artist Griet Beyaert Music Load More