“Build It They Will Come”
On Saturday morning I had an inspirational visit to the Rowland Road Working Mens Club. I was only actually there to book a room for a meeting, but the owner who recognises me as the chap from BasementArtsProject said to me:
Who Needs Art?
At the start of this month, for April Fools, we shared this (fake) image on social media. The motorway walls didn’t really feature this giant mural. We just wanted to make people smile – and also think. Who are ‘we’ though? A bunch of us have formed to look at
A Message To The Surplus Population
It is time to suspend our belief and start looking to the things that we have always considered as fantasy. There are indeed difficult decisions to be made and they are being made on our behalf by and for the benefit of those who have less distance to fall if it all goes wrong.
We must not allow ourselves to be assigned the future of a surplus population.
Celebrating Hunslet in an animated artwork
Celebrating Hunslet, a wonderful piece of animated community artwork, co-created by local residents working with artist Rozi Fuller, was unveiled at the Involve Centre last Saturday (22 March 2025). The piece is a collage representing various stories from around Hunslet, but with the use of the Artivive app on a
Opening Night for a New Exhibition at BasementArtsProject
Helen Wood | Sphere of Concern / Mirror of Repetition
Tuesday 1st April | 5:30-8:30pm FREE EVENT | ALL WELCOME
Art in the Community: Celebrating Hunslet unveiling
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
PLATFORM_ X Kid Acne collaboration brings landmark street art to Holbeck
As previously reported, the award-winning Build to Rent developer PLATFORM_ has collaborated with renowned international street artist Kid Acne to create a major new landmark for Leeds. The art installation will transform the historic Commercial Inn in the heart of Sweetfields, a significant new 1.3 million sqft neighbourhood on Sweet Street
It’s All About The Economy Stupid!
“One has to be able to imagine a future in order to start planning for it.”
Know Yr Enemy! (and it’s not who you might think)
The ability of people to gather and acknowledge common interests is key to creating a community. This happens in a limited way with things such as sporting events but such events could be seen as a model for how things could work at a more local level when removed from the constraints of commerce.