What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
‘Hibiscus Rising’, a striking new 9.5m tall sculpture by international artist Yinka Shonibare CBE RA has been revealed in Leeds today (24 November 2023). A major part of the programme for LEEDS 2023, Year of Culture, ‘Hibiscus Rising’ is Shonibare’s first permanent public commission in the North of England and
Yet another new exhibition opens at BasementArtsProject on Thursday 1st June at 5:30pm All welcome, just turn up
Carving ‘On The Corner’ If you ever wondered what it would be like to carve some 260,000,000 year old limestone then this is the project for you. Each session lasts 1 hour and you will have 1-2-1 time with John and Keith who will direct you in the ways of direct carving, power tools and polishing.
Loane Bobilier is an international student at Leeds Arts University; hailing from Switzerland and arriving on these shores via China and Singapore, her work is a selection of satisfying geometric objects and shapes.
BasementArtsProject is running a series of carving workshops over the coming months. These will be taking place on the land where Jacob’s Ladder by artist Keith Ackerman is sited at the edge of Tunstall Road. With the sculpture finished and upright we are now working on the next phase of
As the sun passes over the yardarm of the year and the longest day is behind us, we at BasementArtsProject prepare to set sail onto the high seas of summer. In a few weeks time we will be opening a new exhibition by Sharon McDonagh who creates work based on
In 2014, after three years of BasementArtsProject being a thing, I was visited by two London curators from an organisation called Sluice. They had contacted me via the email and asked if wouldn’t mind being interviewed for their project, touring grassroots and independent arts venues around the country. Of course,
Simon Bradley and Ursula Troche, working under the moniker ArtCouple, present this exhibition of sculpture, sound and film for BasementArtsProject entitled ‘Decompressed Time Frames’.
This raucous collision of ideas inspired by theme parks, Brexit, Gulliver’s Travels and all overseen by Mayor Larry from Jaws, looks at cultural and racial stereotypes and how migration and racism have become key players in the ongoing culture wars.