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Free Creative Workshops for young people in East Leeds!

The East Leeds Project are excited to announce a new series of #KIOSK led free creative workshops in #Harehills starting next Monday, 25th July for children and young people aged 4-11 years and 12-18 years. It’s a chance to get creative with professional artists.

No need to book, FREE to attend with healthy snacks provided

Times:
1-3pm for 4-11 year olds
5-7pm for 12-18 year olds

Workshops held on Mondays:
25th July
1st, 8th, 15th & 22nd August
5th September

All children under the age of 12 must be accompanied by a parent or carer.
For more details contact info@eastleedsproject.org

Workshops held at:
NOWELL MOUNT COMMUNITY CENTRE
Nowell Mount, Harehills, Leeds, LS9 6HR

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Seeking new Non-executive Directors

We’re seeking up to four new Non-executive Directors, similar to Trustees in a charity, to join our small but growing and ambitious organisation from early Summer 2022.

Do you have skills or lived experience that could enrich our work, or just feel passionate about art, culture and community in East Leeds and beyond and would like to help make exciting things happen locally? 

Download all the information here to find out more, or get in touch for an informal conversation.

Applications close on Friday 20 May. We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

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KIOSK creative printmaking workshop at Chapel FM

KIOSK, our mobile makerspace, was in action a couple of days ago for a printmaking workshop at Chapel FM for Leeds City Council’s ‘Culture Programmes’ team.

The workshop was delivered by East Leeds-based artist Ellen Burroughs who recently set up brand new print workshop Lutra (the name is from the Latin for otter) at her home in Gipton.

Ellen took the team through a four-hour workshop that used screen printing techniques to explore the creation of identity through the use of signs and symbols. The result was some beautiful and striking prints experimenting with geometric and organic shapes. We really valued this opportunity to learn more about how KIOSK can work in a variety of settings and with different participants with varying levels of experience and confidence.

Feedback from the Culture Programmes team was really positive and Chapel FM were amazing hosts too. Ellen is a very experienced printmaker and workshop leader and it’s great to have her responses to KIOSK and ideas for how the project can evolve and offer an even better experience for people taking part.

Find out more about her work at www.lutra.studio or @lutrastudio on Instagram. KIOSK will be out on tour again soon, keep an eye on our social media for dates and venues!

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News: Gipton Gala Commission

Artists commission opportunity now live

We are delighted to announce that the East Leeds Project has been awarded funding through Leeds Inspired to commission an artist or artists to create a new piece of work for the Gipton Gala 2019, which will take place at Fearnville Fields on 14 July. We are now inviting proposals on the theme of ‘making.’

Gipton Gala Artists Brief

Artists at any stage of their career, working individually or collectively, are invited to apply. Please download full details of the commission above.

Submit through CuratorSpace

All enquiries and submissions should be made through CuratorSpace, where the commission details are also available, on the link above.

The deadline for submissions is midnight on Friday 26 April.

The commission forms part of an extended period of R&D informing our ambition to create a Pavilion at Fearnville Fields, as a temporary maker space, in partnership with Bauman Lyons Architects and utilising their innovative system MassBespoke.

The East Leeds Project would like to thank Leeds Inspired for their support.

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Photo of Feanville Fields: Courtesy of Flexi-Funding.co.uk