To celebrate the British Art Show in 2015, East Street Arts instigated the Queen of all parties with What A Drag!

Paul Drury-Bradey investigates the boundaries imposed on art in public spaces.

In 2018, Social Radio Leeds connected with the local area with diverse programming and a series of workshops to unlock the power of radio for the community.

Coinciding with International Women’s Day 2017, Leeds’ The Fanny Collective launched Pretty an exhibition exploring the harsher end of anti-feminist ideas as gender politics becomes more divided.

As artist in residence at Artist House 45, Beeston in 2019, Silvia Liebig explored the local area and its residents with the Being Beeston Projekt.

Earlier in 2020, East Street Arts began work in Derby supporting Creative Space Management on a feasibility study looking at the development of a new maker zone for the city.

In March 2014, East Street Arts annual member’s trip visited Barcelona, with a schedule organised by artist Hondartza Fraga, who also acted as guide to the group of 20.

Back in what seems long ago in pre-Covid times, January 2020 to be specific, East Street Arts collaborated with Creative Space Management to look at a study for the West Yorkshire Combined Authority on temporary use of buildings and land owned by the various councils in Leeds city region.

East Street Arts have teamed up with Counter Culture to investigate potential solutions to issues in the art world surrounding contracts.

Michael Barnes-Wynters (AKA Barney) is a graphic artist and producer, we spoke to Barney to discuss his inspirations, what’s happening in Hull, and where his work is heading next.

For four days in June 2017, The Gender Roadshow explored new ways of presenting trans performance across Leeds.

When the Future High Street’s Fund was launched by the government in December 2018, East Street Arts joined a group of arts organisations, operating predominantly in the north to initiate a conversation about the opportunities and challenges of the new initiative.