We are delighted to invite you to the unveiling of an inspiring, public artwork created by the community in Hunslet. The unveiling will take place on Saturday (22 March 2025) at the Involve Community Centre from 1:30-3:30pm.
Refreshments in the form of hot and cold drinks and cake will be available.
Our Community Artist in Residence, Rozi Fuller, worked with community groups around Hunslet, collecting stories from people about what’s important to them in their area. A core group met with Rozi each week to incorporate these stories into a collaborative work of art.
The artwork they have created is a beautiful, large scale collage with images that animate via a free app. This original artwork will remain on the wall at Involve for all visitors to appreciate.
There will also be large scale prints of the artwork displayed on the walls outside Involve, which will be available to be displayed in other locations too. In the artwork, you will see well-known and more obscure stories relating to Hunslet’s history, as well as people and places which are important today.
We hope to see you there. If you can let us know if you are coming by following the QR code, that would be great, but you are welcome to just turn up.
Co-creating art with communities in Belle Isle
In other exciting news, our Community Artist, Elnaz Yazdani has been co-creating with many local people in Belle Isle. The artwork they’re creating is a large scale embroidered cloth, called the Belle Isle Tapestry.
Elnaz is based at Belle Isle TMO every Monday from 9:30am-12:30pm. She will also be at the Repair Cafe on Saturday 15 March. Come along if you’d like to get involved in creating or sharing your stories of the area, which can be included in the artwork.
Please check our Facebook page for other times you can join Elnaz at Bitmo.
Please go along to BITMO or contact us if you’d like to be involved: creative.communities@swarthmore.org.uk or contact Penny on 07438 666342.
Art workshops
Our current workshop sessions have been taking place at the Hamara centre, South Leeds Reform Church and Hunslet Involve. Participants have had the opportunity to try a range of activities including bookbinding, puppetry, glass painting and watercolour. We have had great feedback:
“This craft has been my favourite so far. Maria is fantastic at what she does. She’s really helped calm me down too.” (making clay tiles)
“I really loved how cheap and accessible this project was. It really allowed us to use our imaginations” (puppet making)
“Loved this workshop! It allowed me to try using tools that I wouldn’t normally use, which helped my motor skills. I loved creating my own story and appreciated how the teacher guided us slowly through each step and checked up on us individually. Thank you”
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This post was written by Honor Jeavons
Image: Work by Rozi Fuller
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