Your what's on guide for events in Leeds

Hello from the Yorkshire Sculpture Triangle! Founded in 2011, we are a partnership of four arts venues that sit in close proximity – the Henry Moore Institute, Leeds Art Gallery, The Hepworth Wakefield and the Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Yorkshire is home to this exceptional group of dedicated sculpture galleries, and Leeds Art Gallery, which holds one of the most significant modern British sculpture collections outside of London. Yorkshire is also where both Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth developed their hugely influential sculptural practices. With all this in mind, our goal is to put Yorkshire firmly on the map as the key...

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Taking over the @Unfold_Leeds Twitter account this Tuesday it's The Art House. Read on to discover what happens in their Wakefield artspace:Based just a stone’s throw from Wakefield Westgate station, The Art House provides time, space and support for artists to develop their work and connect with audiences. We occupy two adjoining buildings, the beautifully restored 1906 Carnegie Library, which we converted into artists’ studios and a publicly accessible project space in 2015, and a connecting purpose-built studio building that opened in 2008. We value diversity within contemporary arts practice, and our whole building is exemplary in terms of physical...

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This week Beam are steering the good ship @Unfold_Leeds for Tuesday Takeover and flying the flag for playful public art. Read on to find out a bit more of what it is they get up to and who they play out with.Hello! Beam is an arts commissioning agency established in 1986, based in Wakefield, but working regionally, nationally and internationally. Until 2007 we were was known as Public Arts, with the name being changed at this time to reflect the broader range of activities that the company undertakes. In 2016 we’re looking forward to celebrating our...

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This week it's the turn of Space2 to takeover the Unfold_Leeds twitter account and share their views of art in Leeds during the lead up to the British Art Show.So, have you heard of Space2?  We’ve been around a while now and if you were caught up in the hype that was Gipton the Musical, you’ll have some idea of what we’re about.  We love the arts and we’re passionate about communities, so if you put the two together you get a sense of what we do everyday – lately it’s being called participatory arts.  Our communities aren’t those that...

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Introducing a super-short, super-fab film of the SuperLeeds artwork installation at Leeds Train Station. Leeds Inspired commissioned artist Supermundane (Rob Lowe) to create the piece that has brought a joyous pop of colour to the main footbridge in the station.  The film was produced by Ollie Jenkins from Lets Dance and, as well as the over night installation in the station, it features the 14 metre artwork being printed at Fast Signs. Main image: Sarah Zagni for Leeds Inspired....

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Hi there reader. We - The Brick Box Ladies - are doing the Unfold Leeds Twitter Takeover this coming Tuesday (15th September) so here's a bit more about us and what we get up to. The Brick Box is an arts organisation and Community Interest Company, based in London and working nationally and internationally. We have a particular fondness for Yorkshire as our founder is from Bradford and just can’t get that millstone grit out of her system. Our mission is to empower people to play an active part in arts and cultural activity in under used spaces. We believe...

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