Guild has worked with 25 artist-led groups to support their resilience, growth and sustainability which has been particularly critical during the Covid-19 pandemic.
2020 was a particularly difficult year for the Guild cohort. Vulnerable due to Covid-19 and the precariousness of the artist led sector, during this time Guild worked with the Arts Council and the cohort to reassess where support was needed and the programme was updated to meet the unique needs of the pandemic.
Guild Conversations is an online discussion series which began in 2020 as a direct response to this change in needs. Guild are delighted to announce that Guild Conversations will return for 2021/2022.
Guild Conversations is a series of panel discussions, presentations, debates, and webinars which runs alongside case studies and national surveys. We are so pleased to welcome an array of speakers across a range of topics. Sessions include topics such as inclusive studio spaces, alternative income streams and carbon literacy.
We will invite pioneers working in these fields to reflect on their own methods and share skills and ideas on best practices, innovative solutions, sustainability and legacy. Speakers include Mother House; Spike Island; Royal Standard and Studio Polpo.
These sessions will be hosted on The Hall, UP Project’s digital event and workshop space that enables people to meet, collaborate and engage creatively online.
Guild are currently working with The Uncultured, a dynamic emerging company working across disciplines to curate, produce and advocate. The purpose of this collaborative campaign is to investigate time and labour in artist-led spaces, what systems are used to monitor this, how it positively or negatively impacts the sector and what learnings can we take from this investigation.
Karen Watson, Artistic Director at East Street Arts commented: “East Street Arts has been a leader in the artist-led sector for almost 30 years, and artist support is at the core of all our work. Via Guild we have empowered artists to be self-determined, take control, share skills and to improve their working environments, as well as work sustainably, particularly during the recent pandemic.”
Book your place at our Guild Conversations workshops online at: estrt.art/guild-conversations
You can find out more about The Uncultured at https://www.the-uncultured.com
Other things!
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Artists
I'm Gonna Find You White Rabbit! by Silvia Liebig
Silvia Liebig's artist book I'm Gonna Find You White Rabbit!: Being Beeston Projekt 2019-2023 is now available to buy.
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Event
Reproductive Futures: Creative Workshop
Join artist Herfa Thompson and academic Zoe Tongue to explore your reproductive health experiences, responding to the duo's Reproductive Futures exhibition, in this visual art workshop.
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News
Welcome to our new trustees
We’re thrilled to welcome two new trustees to our Board following a recent round of open recruitment.
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News
Artist selected for Taipei artist residency
Leeds-based artist James Thompson has been selected for a sought-after six-week residency at Treasure Hill Artist Village in Taiwan, from August to September 2024.
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Commission
Making Public Art - a new interview series
We worked with some wonderful artists throughout 2023 to bring large-scale mural pieces to various locations across Leeds. We’ve been catching up with the artists, in a new series that looks at working with communities, sustainability, and their working process in creating public art.
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Artist support
No Going Back: exploring the archives
Here are some of our favourite images from last month's No Going Back exhibition, for anyone who may have missed it.