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New Briggate artworks call for a brighter, safer and queerer future
This LGBT+ History Month, performance artist, writer and radical creator Harry Clayton-Wright shares a manifesto for a brighter, safer and queerer future.
This LGBT+ History Month, performance artist, writer and radical creator Harry Clayton-Wright shares a manifesto for a brighter, safer and queerer future.
We caught up with Sarah Francis to talk about how her work has developed a year on from her seed commission at Convention House, and what’s next for her practice. Seed commissions allowed artists/collectives to discover the next steps in their artistic practice, thanks to the Weston Culture Fund.
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We’re checking in at the Art Hostel, highlighting how incredible the rooms and spaces are. Next, we’re looking at Room 10, the dreamlike Living in a Wonderland by Mohammad Barrangi.
It was wonderful to see everyone on Saturday in the Project Space at Patrick Studios for the Neighbourhood Forum Annual General Meeting.
After five years of developing and facilitating the Mabgate, Lincoln Green and Burmantofts (MLGB) Neighbourhood Forum, East Street Arts is handing over to the local residents to lead the forum into the future.
We’re checking in at the Art Hostel, highlighting how incredible the rooms and spaces are. Next, we’re looking at Room 9, Jesse Paul Wright’s tactile The Wooly Ewe.
We’re checking in at the Art Hostel, highlighting how incredible the rooms and spaces are. Next, we’re looking at Room 8, Sarah Li, Edwin Li & Lady Kitt’s homely The Common(ing).
It was superb to see Envisaging New Briggate’s Tomorrow come together, with a collection of visionary characters, clothing, and pieces brought together in the installation at 42 New Briggate. Enter the world of Yaku Stapleton.
It was lovely to get a glimpse into what our Netherlands-based residency artists have been up to during their stay with us, at their sharing event on Friday. Chiara Tammaro, Tom Dijkstra and Sijas de Groot stayed with us over the past two weeks at Convention House, and over their time discovered Leeds, studios in the city, and local communities.
Well, what a night! Thank you to everyone who joined us for the wonderful A Night at The Plaza with Harry Clayton-Wright.
A few weeks ago we celebrated 30 years of East Street Arts with a good old knees up. It was also a wonderful way to welcome our new Executive Director Anita Kumari, and say a fond farewell to co-founder Karen Watson.