The world can be a mundane and underwhelming place, Phee makes things stand out. The monotony of the working week and the things we see so often that we stop noticing them is undone in the hyper-realistic work of Phee Jeffries.
No Ordinary Love is a brand new body of work and third solo exhibition by Leeds-based artist K Walker. Working collaboratively with photographers Jonathan Turner and Emma Bentley Fox, K has created two distinct but interrelated photographic series exploring their long-held obsession with mermaids.
The Mill Gallery Presents Summer Exhibition 2025. A vibrant celebration of contemporary creativity!
The Mill Gallery is proud to announce the opening of Summer Exhibition 2025, a dynamic and wide-ranging showcase of contemporary art, now on view through Sunday 3rd August. This inaugural group exhibition brings together an exciting mix of work by emerging and established artists across a variety of disciplines, including painting, sculpture, photography, drawing, and printmaking.
In 1991 Richard Davis set out with his camera to various North West football teams in England, on a journey to find out if indeed there was a new breed of football fan out there. After the troubled decade of the 1980s, had football finally embraced a more positive open environment; what role, if any, did fanzines play in this cultural shift.
Rebecca Solnit wrote on living in dark times: ‘We are living through times of unprecedented change, but in uncertainty lies the power to influence the future. Now is not the time to despair, but to act. Hope is an embrace of the unknown.’
What does hope mean to you? What does it represent? Does it energise you? Does it reflect in your art?
Do you live in East Leeds and make art? Would you like to share your creations with others? Space2 is looking for contributions to our upcoming exhibition responding to the theme of ‘Hope.’
'Invisible No More' is a powerful exhibition that reimagines menopause as a creative and transformative life stage, rather than just a medical event.
Jan Bulley is a mixed media artist, ceramicist and printmaker based in Boston Spa near Wetherby (venue no.9). With a previous background in garden design, plants and landscape are integral to Jan’s work which has evolved into a fluid semi-abstract style capturing ephemeral tranquility and atmosphere.
Jan is one of the 27 artists and makers opening their studios for the annual Artists Around Wetherby Open Studios.
Each venue provides refreshments, including homemade cakes, for a donation to our chosen charity - this year we are supporting Yorkshire Cancer Research.
On 21st & 22nd June and 28th & 29th June, Ailsa Read's art studio in Church Lane, Bardsey, will be open to the public from 10 am -5 pm or by appointment ailsaread1@gmail.com
Ailsa Read is a contemporary seascape artist. Her paintings are somewhere between contemporary and traditional, based on detailed observation, but also in trying to convey the spirit of the sea, recording its moods is a constant challenge, and she always remains open to the possibilities of experimentation with different mixed media.
Jane is one of 27 artists and makers taking part in this annual event.
Jane is a self-taught photographer and specialises in Equine and Wildlife Photography. Jane also enjoys capturing the beauty of Yorkshire and Outer Hebrides.
Jane’s images have been in newspapers, magazines and books and won numerous awards both in the UK and Worldwide and has achieved two distinctions this year DPAGB and EFIAP.
Jane will be exhibiting in Ailsa’s Studio in Bardsey.
TOFF (The Old Friends Factory) is a dynamic collaboration between two creative minds, Simon Mountford and Gary Launder, they blend digital photography and mixed media to produce striking artworks. With a passion for collage, stencil, and digital artistry, their work reimagines familiar scenes with bold textures and contemporary expression.