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Anita Kumari appointed as our new Executive Director
We're delighted to announce that Anita Kumari has been appointed to take up the role of Executive Director in July 2023, as co-founder Karen Watson retires.
We're delighted to announce that Anita Kumari has been appointed to take up the role of Executive Director in July 2023, as co-founder Karen Watson retires.
We’re checking in at the Art Hostel, highlighting how incredible the rooms and spaces are. Next, we’re looking at Room 3 – Mary & Jiem’s subculture-inspired It’s Up To You.
OPEN DOORS: The Real Cost of Artist-Led Spaces is a report of data taken from a 2021 public survey conducted by East Street Arts and The Uncultured.
Emma Bentley-Fox is a familiar face here at East Street Arts - she’s one of our programme producers, a studio holder, and is midway through her six-month residency at Convention House. We caught up to have a chat with her ahead of her solo show, Confessions of a Party Mom which opens at Hyde Park Book Club on Tuesday 18 April.
Here are the incredible facilitators that will be supporting Hive, with sessions throughout the day.
We’re thrilled to bring you the programme for Hive, our upcoming conference which investigates how artist-led spaces can build a sustainable cultural ecology.
We’re delighted that a whole host of our brilliant East Street Arts studio holders and staff have been selected to exhibit in the Leeds Artists Show, at Leeds Art Gallery, which is open until 30 April so there are still a few weeks left to see it! Here’s a quick introduction to them and their practices.
This Easter, we're flooding New Briggate with art in unusual places, that you can take home for free! Inspired by stories of the iconic street, the artworks can be found on anything from pizza boxes to reusable cups. Can you collect them all?
NOW CLOSED. Are you an artist with connections to Carnival and Caribbean culture? Do you want to celebrate the heritage Leeds West Indian Carnival? Are you passionate about public art? Apply now!
East Street Arts, as part of the ongoing ‘A City Less Grey’ project, is working in partnership with Leeds West Indian Carnival and Leeds City Council to commission a public art mural that preserves the history and richness of Leeds West Indian Carnival and represents the local community that resides in Chapeltown.
We’re checking in at the Art Hostel, highlighting how incredible the rooms and spaces are. Next, we’ve got room two - Alison Smith’s incredibly fun and playful Ziggy Wingle.
We’re excited to unveil a fantastic new mural on the intersection of Mabgate and Argyle Road, in collaboration with Portuguese artist Add Fuel, celebrating Leeds’ important ceramics heritage.