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East Street Arts secures better livelihoods for artists and our neighbours, while addressing the issue of economic and commercial decline in our towns and cities. We force positive interventions through art…
As leaders in the artist-led sector for almost 30 years we have empowered artists to be self-determined, take control, incite change and influence key decision-makers to improve lives and environments, locally, nationally and internationally.
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Do you make books or printed materials on artist-led housing, live/work spaces, civic practice or living archives? Contribute now! Together we can learn.
A new exhibition exploring the role of art and artists in our cities and civic practice, through the lens of our East Street Arts archive.
We’re checking in at the Art Hostel, highlighting how incredible the rooms and spaces are. Next, we’re looking at Room 12, the wonderous Snowstorm Collection by Nelson & Woodward.
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.
NOW CLOSED We're searching for new Trustees, who share our commitment to artists and community development, believe in nurturing a city’s infrastructure, and uphold care and equity at their core, to join the East Street Arts Board.
Collaborations between: art, technology, sustainability and community have found their feet firmly under the table at Convention House. A former nunnery turned not-so-blank canvas, Convention House completes a trio of buildings that form East Street Arts’ forever home on St.Mary’s Lane, Mabgate.
We always dreamt of owning our very own hostel, inspired by accommodation we encountered on our travels we saw a real opportunity to build an affordable yet inspiring place to stay here in Leeds.
A City Less Grey is our on-going project that commissions artists working in public places.
Xavier de Sousa is an independent performance maker and culture worker, based between Brighton and Lisbon.
Nwando Ebizie is an award-winning multidisciplinary artist and curator.
Award-winning artist Jade Montserrat creates work from her black diasporic perspective, living in the north of England.
An evening in conversation with Jonathan Orlek, architectural researcher, director of Studio Polpo, and author, to launch his new book Artist-Led Housing: Histories, Residencies, Spaces.
Take a walk through 30 years of East Street Arts, exploring the No Going Back exhibition, and hear all the tales of project planning and delivery, highs and lows, first hand from the co-founders.
No Going Back explores the role of art and artists in the city and civic practice, through the lens of East Street Arts’ archive.
Artists and activists get together to present their work and experience on setting up collectively owned spaces, artist-led houses and documenting change in a city of disappearing houses and public spaces.