Tunnels of Venus is an immersive and interactive installation by Mo Robertson, exploring her experience navigating women's health as someone who suffers from endometriosis.

Memorabilia on display from the “Woodside Wesleyan” later the “Woodside Methodist Church”, opened in 1839, built on land donated by the Whitaker family and closed in 2023.

Its Congregations’ meeting places were many, starting in 1822 from humble beginnings in a cottage on Tan House Hill. 

It’s our pleasure to welcome Eric Moss as our latest Guest Artist, throughout the month of July. A ceramic artist from Harrogate who creates unique ‘Ceramicano’ assemblies, these geometric sculptures are inspired by both the natural world and industry. Made in a range of clays and other materials, this work is supplemented by stoneware and raku pieces. In 2020, Eric achieved Selected Member status in the Craft Potters Association of Great Britain.

What happens when the work of a Victorian royal sculptor quite literally clashes with a twenty-first century reframing of monarchy and memorialisation?

This display takes as its starting point the recent acquisition of Hew Locke’s Souvenir 10 (Princess Alexandra) 2019 for the Leeds collection, a reworked Parian ware bust of Princess Alexandra of Denmark produced after a marble original by Mary Thornycroft.

The Henry Moore Institute will reopen after refurbishment with an exhibition of work by Hany Armanious, one of Australia’s leading sculptors.

When he was six years old Armanious emigrated from Egypt to Australia and has spoken of his experiences of a cultural shift, relearning the world though its material language as much as its spoken one. His sculpture practice throws into question any certainty of knowing the world through its things, while unravelling the experience of encountering objects for the very first time.

"Things that Go" is the theme of this years festival, so we have dusted off our old wheely toys for little folk to enjoy.

Come along and see a great range of military models you can make yourself.