Made using Brico – a type design system created by Oli Bentley of Split, designer, visual artist and printmaker Anthony Burrill and wood type maker, designer and printer Thomas Mayo – the works include a 12-metre wide mural, a collection of individual letters 1.5-metres tall and a photographic exhibition of works installed across Bradford and Leeds since 2021.
Open 10am – 4pm Saturday 1st & Sunday 2nd March on the 3rd floor of the 1912 Mill. FREE entry.
off The Calls
Leeds
LS2 7EY
United Kingdom
…dashed… is a playful, thoughtful, walking, experience in which failure is as likely as success. As we walk, attention shifts from possible outcomes to what happens along the way.
Ok, the idea…
We drop a small, bright, engineered, log into the river. Together, we follow the log’s lead, along the path next to the river as it’s carried by the flow. I guess we will will it on. Perhaps the log will snag, sink, or get caught in eddies. It can outstrip us or, make us move at a crawl pace. We might lose it altogether.
Hope. Let’s see.
This event is free
Drop in at the below locations to meet, greet, and craft with either Frida Kahlo or Emmeline Pankhurst. You can also take part in Kate Pankhurst's Fantastically Great Trail and be in with a chance to win a prize!
Bramley Community Hub and Library: Tuesday 18th February, 10am - 12noon (Frida)
Chapel Allerton Library: Tuesday 18th February, 1.30 - 3.30pm (Frida)
Leeds City Museum: Thursday 20th February, 10am - 12noon (Emmeline)
Every Wednesday evening in March 2025.
Open to anyone aged 11- 18, Leeds Library and Cloth Cat invite you to a Song writing and creating course led by tutor Sean Howe.
In this 4 week course, we will explore choosing a theme, writing lyrics and structuring a song. Whilst Sean specialises in alternative music, all styles of music will be catered for at the course, no matter what genre you're into.
For this week's Visiting Artist's Talk at the University of Leeds we welcome fine art alumna Sarah-Joy Ford.
Dr Sarah-Joy Ford is a Todmorden based artist and independent scholar working with quilting to explore the complexities and pleasures of queer communities, histories and archives.
Flow into the Spring with a revitalising yoga sequence and a two-course brunch, set in the stunning surroundings of Left Bank Leeds.
Bryony will guide you through an energising Vinyasa flow sequence designed to nourish both body and mind. All levels welcome with open arms from complete beginners to seasoned yogis!
Ones to Watch returns to the Gallery for its twelfth year in 2025, showcasing some of the most exciting emerging talent Yorkshire has to offer.
The exhibition brings together work by artists from across disciplines, from painting to sculpture, film, photography, ceramics, design and more.
Opening times: Tuesday-Saturday 10-4, Sunday 12-4. Closed on Mondays.
Come and hear JS Bach’s amazing Mass in B Minor - live!
Two hours of the deepest, most satisfying and joyful music for choir and orchestra you may ever hear - the supreme legacy to us of the greatest composer of the Baroque period, some would say of all time.
Whether it’s the thrill of the high baroque trumpets, the sense of timeless mystery, the singing, or the searing intensity of the final plea for peace, this amazing music is sure to move you, maybe profoundly!
Four Northern lads are given the impossible task of rebuilding Northern masculinity in one night.
Pete thinks we should get rid of this outdated concept forever.
Chris thinks we should listen to the King Charly
Jonny thinks that the only essentials are work, women, food and the gym.
Tommy thinks they’re all idiots and would rather be playing video games.