Julie Atthews is a contemporary textile artist working with fabrics, threads and more unusual materials to create her artworks. Intrigued by the impact of nature upon wellbeing Julie is influenced by the colours, textures and surfaces within natural forms aiming to capture qualities that rekindle positive feelings and memories associated with nature experiences. 

Combining a passion for textile techniques with a love of experimenting with wire, Dawn (Alba) creates unique jewellery. She specialises in wire crochet and uses precious metals and semi precious gemstones, to design and make unusual and intricate pieces.

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

Katy is primarily a felt artist. Her main focus is painting with wool fibres. She has developed her work in wet felting for several years. She also loves to work with other textile forms and acrylic painting. Her work is inspired by the local countryside, the changing seasons and the beauty of the moors, the coast and the teeniest tiny flower.

Katy works in her tiny workshop in her garden, near Wetherby. As it's so tiny, she will be exhibiting in Ailsa's Studio in Bardsey.

An annual event taking place this year, 2025, on the 21 & 22 and 28 & 29th June. 27 artists and makers within 6 miles of Wetherby open their studio doors to the public to see them at work and enjoy the art. Painting in various media, sculpture, textile and felt art as well as jewellery and ceramics will all feature in this event. 

Find my studio off the A58. Travelling towards Wetherby take the fourth turning after the traffic lights at Bank Top just a short distance from Venue 2 where six of our members will be exhibiting. 

Rachel Bentley is a contemporary artist based in Walton (venue no. 16), creating expressive, soulful works inspired by the Yorkshire Pennines, Yorkshire Dales, the North York Moors and the landscapes of Lower Wharfedale. Her paintings capture the atmosphere and emotion of place, inviting viewers to connect with memory, light and land.

Step into the Arena – the Gladiators are Coming to Leeds!

Unleash your inner warrior at Gladiators: Heroes of the Colosseum - a blockbuster international exhibition storming into the Royal Armouries Museum for summer 2025. See rare Roman artefacts from Pompeii and the Colosseum, discover the gruelling training, battle tactics, and fame of the ancient world’s fiercest fighters, and immerse yourself in the roar of the crowd with thrilling interactive experiences. This is more than history - it’s blood, grit, glory… and you’re on the front row.

Clare is just one of 27 artists and makers taking part in this annual event.

Clare is a mixed media artist, who is based in Wetherby working in a studio in her beautiful garden.  She works in a very loose free style, getting inspiration from nature, landscape and her love of gardens.    Much of her work depicts meadows and beach scenes from memories of happy times on holiday.  She uses acrylics, working with palette knives but also likes to use inks, and other implements to mark make.

In collaboration with Leeds Irish Health & Homes.

Across the generations, Irish LGBTQ+ people have emigrated and found opportunities to live and love openly. Yet this journey was rarely a simple transition from an oppressive island to a liberal wider world. Irish LGBTQ+ emigrants often faced prejudice abroad. The island of Ireland, once a place of shame and silence, could also become a welcoming site of return. This exhibition, on loan from the Irish Embassy in London, highlights twelve stories from the largely untold history of Ireland’s LGBTQ+ diaspora.

Flux and Hues, at BLANK_ University Centre Leeds, features the work of Khloe Baker and Rhubarbs, a joint exhibition as the recipients of the BLANK_ Ones to Watch Award. These artists were selected for their playful and humorous approaches to their work. From illustrations to ceramics, Flux and Hues brings their work together.