This April the Henry Moore Institute is celebrating 30 years since it opened. They are marking the occasion with a new display in their library, A Site for Sculpture: Building the Institute, exploring the history of the building, a creative competition inviting you to reimagine the building and sharing memories from the last three decades.
A part-time artistic engagement residency has been funded to work with the restoration team and partners working at the Great North Bog site which spans large parts of northern England and their community.
As key partners in WaterLANDS, Yorkshire Integrated Catchment Solutions Programme (iCASP), at University of Leeds, will be taking part in the selection process.
As night falls, encounter the city in a new light.
Light Night Leeds is the UK’s largest annual arts and light festival.
Celebrate the 20th edition of Light Night Leeds over two incredible nights in October, as some of Leeds’s most recognisable indoor and outdoor spaces have been transformed by spectacular artworks and captivating performances by local, national and international artists.
The Old Red Bus Station is summoning local Leeds creatives to participate in an in-house exhibition opportunity, exploring how society uses humour as a coping mechanism and laughs in the face of adversity.
Selected work will be exhibited at The Old Red Bus Station in an ambitious celebration of creativity.
Urban Sketchers is a global movement of people who love to sketch on location. There are Urban Sketchers Chapters in almost every country including the UK, which has over 25 regional chapters.
Over the next three months, BasementArtsProject will be working with sculptors John Barber and Keith Ackerman on the production of two stone benches. The benches will be made using the same type of stone as the sculpture Jacob’s Ladder, also sited on the same bit of land at the edge of Tunstall Road, and the same process of direct carving.
The Dynamite Project is a collective established in 2014 by local urban artist Mikkel Ullah.
Mikkel says "It felt important that I could help young musicians, dancers and artists from Leeds access opportunities and connections for creative projets, whilst staying connected to the city myself."
Ever wanted to help shape the future of a creative organisation? Well, now is your chance.
From 31st March 2022 - 2nd April 2022 at new experimental warehouse venue Testbed, informed by her Jewish history, artist Rachel Mars will be making an exact replica of the 100kg steel ‘welcome gate’ which was stolen from the Dachau concentration camp. Accompanied by a live sound-scape by sound artist Dinah Mullen, audiences are invited to watch as Rachel welds a replica of the replica gate over the course of three days.
The Weather Cafe was staged in a disused shop in the Headrow.