Discover how creativity can help us explore faith and justice in Leeds today at the Art Theology Festival from Leeds Church Institute.
Our 2025 theme 'Wisdom: Rooted in Place’ explores what it means to belong to a place either spiritually, physically or emotionally, and how being creative can help us talk about the social injustices faced by marginalised communities here in our city.
Discover the full program and book your free place at any of our events today!
Tour Pyramid's accessible art studio for artists with learning disabilities and/or autism during Creativity and Wellbeing Week.
This one-hour tour is a chance to see Pyramid's studio facilities, meet our Creative Programme Coordinator to learn more about our open studio project, Finding the Flex, and meet some of the artists we support who will be working in the studio. There will also be a pop-up library for a chance to look through our archive and learn about past projects Pyramid has been a part of.
Join us at the Michael Sadler Building, room number (LG.10), University of Leeds, with Urban Zulu's latest innovative styles and sustainable practices shaping the fashion industry's future. Fashion is a creative expression connecting the observer, the body, and the surroundings. Congolese-born South African designer Papy Kaluw and guest artists will explore the intersection between textiles, activism and movement to envision a fashion-forward world.
In commemoration of Stephen Lawrence Memorial Day, the School of Law at the University of Leeds and Mr Dwayne Hutchinson of AccomplishBCEL® are co-hosting with Leeds Libraries a creative zine-making workshop.
Join the Lord Mayor of Leeds, Abigail Marshall-Katung and Dwayne Hutchinson of AccomplishBCEL®, as they speak with the local community, respond to questions and discuss how everyone can help and contribute to positive changes for African and African-Caribbean students in their education and career journeys in 2025 and beyond.
Time: 4:30pm - 6:30pm, Doors open at 4:30pm. Event begins at 5pm.
Sir Derek Jacobi is an icon of stage and screen known for his work at the Royal National Theatre. He is a BAFTA, Olivier, Emmy, Screen Guild and Tony Award-winner and, to top it all off, Derek was given a Knighthood for his services to theatre by Queen Elizabeth II. Not bad for a boy who grew up in Essex and the son of a corner shop owner and a secretary.
There will be a live Q&A with director Gordon Main and one of the London Recruits after this screening.
"Winner of Best Documentary at the Johannesburg Film Festival 2024 COMRADE TAMBO'S LONDON RECRUITS unfolds, after decades of secrecy, a nail biting journey of espionage with those who risked it all in taking on one of the 20th century’s most feared and brutal regimes.
We are delighted to bring you another debut author, Mel Pennant and the first of a gripping new crime series, starring unforgettable Jamaican sleuth Miss Hortense, which is out on 12th June.
This April Fool’s Day, we are delving into the deceptive world of quackery.
Travel back to the origins of the quack doctor and explore the most dangerous and daft cures of the 18th and 19th centuries. Taking place in our Victorian Operating Theatre, this talk will expose some of the most notorious historical medicines of the past 300 years.
We’re delighted to announce our next Radical Reading Room author event, ‘Unlocking Sustainable Cities’ with Paul Chatterton.
Join us for an evening of discussion with urban innovators and community members who are reimagining our city and unlocking the huge potential of real sustainability. The event will include an author talk, panel discussion and audience Q&A.
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