For this week's Visiting Artist's Talk at the University of Leeds we welcome creative civic change practitioner, Katy Rubin.

Katy Rubin is a practitioner and designer of Legislative Theatre, an innovative, inclusive and joyful participatory democracy methodology. Legislative Theatre directly challenges injustices in governments and institutions, bringing residents and policymakers together into creative dialogue, and offering a rigorous testing platform for equitable, human-centred policy and practice.

For this week's Visiting Artist's Talk at the University of Leeds we welcome David McAlmont.

Dr David McAlmont is a singer/songwriter, art historian and Studio Master at the Architectural Association’s Interprofessional Studio, a Spatial Design & Performance programme. He joined the team in 2009 as a performance consultant after two successful decades as a recording artiste.

For this week's Visiting Artist's Talk at the University of Leeds we welcome Dean Hughes.

Dean Hughes (born Salford, Greater Manchester, UK) studied at Chelsea College of Art & Design, London. Hughes works with a range of ordinary, familiar, objects such as paper, rolls of masking tape, and bus tickets. Through his work he makes small interventions, using banal materials, and dwells upon rituals of daily life.

Your sip & paint event at the DoubleTree Hilton Leeds City Centre will be themed around Van Gogh‘s Field of Poppies painting! Van Gogh’s work is bold and expressive – perfect to play with!

Unleash your creativity – wine glass in one hand, paint brush in the other. No experience needed!

Your PopUp Painting experience in Leeds will include:

All art supplies – including paint, brushes, canvas and apron

Guidance from a practicing artist – but feel free to go off-piste!

A themed playlist to immerse you in your experience

Your tutor, Abbie Mooney, will guide you through the process of layering textures and marks to create unique printing plates that will then be inked up and rolled through our traditional roller press to create a range of original prints.

This workshop is perfect for beginners or those who have tried other printmaking processes before as Abbie will equip you with the skills to combine new and familiar techniques to make artwork that is personal to you.

Your tutor, Abbie Mooney, will guide you step-by-step through pamphlet stitch, concertina and Japanese stab binding, with plenty of time to devlop your skills and knowledge in a small group.

The workshop is perfect for beginners and you will leave the workshop with helpful guides to make your own books at home, as well as three of your very own handmade books. All materials and equipment included.

Queen of Glory is the story of Sarah Obeng, the brilliant child of Ghanaian immigrants, who is quitting her Ivy League PhD program to follow her married lover to Ohio. When her mother dies suddenly, she leaves her daughter a Christian bookstore she really doesn’t want, in the Bronx where Sarah was raised.

Stars Nana Mensah, Madeline Weinstein and Elia Monte-Brown
Dir Nana Mensah/1hr 18mins/Certificate 15/Comedy/Drama/2021

Reviews:

The Guardian: A gloriously low-key comedy

Rotten Tomatoes : 91%

Tickets £6.50/£5.50 concessions

GOOD EARTH COLLECTIVE are bringing their ‘winter set’ which features some original seasonal tunes as well as some re-imagined classics.

“Great sound; great material; incredibly positive, talented, warm and friendly people. A pleasure and a joy to have with us…” (Chris Haycock – Deepdale Festival)

Come and celebrate.

Advance tickets £7/£6 concessions available from HEART reception and online

On the night, on the door, from 5pm £10/£9 concessions  

Doors 7.00pm Music 7.15pm

THE HUNCH – Hard Hitting Irish, Americana & Latin Folk with a generous dash of humour.

Advance tickets £7/£6 concessions available from HEART reception and online

On the door, on the night from 5pm £10/£9 concessions

Doors 7.00pm Music 7.15pm