What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Watching the BBC programme What Do Artists Do All Day? on artist Norman Ackroyd recently you might have been intrigued to hear a mention of his South Leeds roots, while he was busy creating an acid-etched picture on sheet metal. A meat trade start; Ringtons Tea Factory; Beeston Hill; and working
An Artist on Every Street Corner? We take as our starting point the belief that cities are, in part, formed and reformed by the interplay of different groups and interests – politicians and policy-makers, practitioners and professionals, and residents who all act in their own way as play-makers – as
The Tetley is a centre for contemporary art and learning based in the former headquarters of Tetley’s Brewery on Hunslet Road. While we recognise that we can’t replace the brewery, which was such a landmark for the city, we hope that our new use of the old Director’s Offices can
Over the coming months in the pages of ‘South Leeds Life’ we shall be presenting a series of articles by and about artists that seek to shine a light into the artistic community of South Leeds. As with anywhere you can get the measure of a community by the diversity