Artists Around Wetherby Open Studios - Phil Toft

27 Artists and Craft Makers participating in the 'Artists Around Wetherby Open Studios' event taking place over two weekends in June '25, across six locations in and around Wetherby.

Phil Toft is a Landscape and Figurative Painter working in Oil and Acrylic paints. Inspiration is taken from his home county of Yorkshire and regular visits to the Northumbrian Coastline.

Toft is constantly striving to portray the atmosphere of a location and frequently  returns to a subject to explore the seasonal changes.

Dadstatsic Day

Free Family Fun in Leeds!

Sunday 8 June 2025 | Leeds City Museum & Millennium Square

Dadstastic Day is the biggest FREE Father’s Day celebration in England.– a lively, hands-on event for families with children aged 0–11. Expect a fun-packed day of creative activities, performances, and games.

Choose from three entry sessions:

11:00–12:30

12:30–14:00

14:00–15:30

Outdoor All Day Ticket (All Indoor tickets allow access to outdoor activities, all day)

Artists Around Wetherby Open Studios - Vicky Thaxter

Vicky is one of the 27 artists and makers taking part in this annual event.

Vicky is a textile and mixed media artist based in Boston Spa. Her textile work includes hand painted/dyed fabrics, freestyle machine embroidery and hand embellishment. 

Her mixed media work is a loose semi-representational style.

Each venue provides refreshments for a donation to our chosen charity, this year Yorkshire Cancer Research. Homemade cakes will be available at Vicky's venue.

Tea & Talk with the Curator: Fashionable Bumps

Join the Curator of Dress and Textiles at Lotherton for a talk exploring the clothes and styles women have worn during pregnancy across the centuries.

This will be a relaxed, informal talk and babes in arms are welcome. The talk will be followed by tea in the servants’ rooms with the curator.

This talk complements the exhibition Fashion at Play: Children’s Clothing Through the Ages.

Ticket price includes general admission to Lotherton, so make sure you leave time to explore the wider estate.

Baby Band 2025

Baby Band Music Festival – where the name may suggest baby steps, but the experience is nothing short of a giant leap into the world of fantastic music for all ages! Born out of the success of our renowned Baby Band music classes and gigs, this festival is all about sharing the joy of music with family and friends.

A Lotherton Summer Holiday

Enjoy all things summer at Lotherton this school holiday. With six weeks of summer fun, including a whole host of children's entertainment, sand pit, tractor trailer rides*, crafts, activities and a family trail.

See Lotherton's website for a full programme of activity, coming soon.

*crafts and some activities, including tractor trailer rides, at additional cost

Tea & Talk with the Curator: Mini Adults

Join the Curator of Dress and Textiles at Lotherton for a special talk exploring the clothes worn by children in the past. Discover the ways in which they often resembled miniature adults.  See a selection of the historic garments discussed up close, followed by tea in the servants’ rooms with the curator.

This talk complements the exhibition Fashion at Play: Children’s Clothing Through the Ages.

Ticket price includes general admission to Lotherton, so make sure you leave time to explore the wide

1940s Weekend

Bring your dancing shoes to our 1940s weekend, complete with vintage singers and military re-enactors to take you back to the 1940s. There will be craft activities for kids, outdoor games, an RAF flypast (see website for details) and plenty of space for all the family to have a picnic.

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