Category: Community
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Kirkstall Living Advent map
The Map has arrived! Designed by one of our creative neighbours, it has functioned for the community since 2020, when the Advent Trail launched. You can download a larger version of the map, save it to your phone or tablet, and avoid using your data up when you are out following the Trail. Don’t forget…
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Kirkstall Living Advent Launch
You’re all welcome to come to the Kirkstall Living Advent launch. Join us at the Festive Market and stick around for live music, food and drinks, and the reveal of the first window. You can also follow the rest of the trail with our map. Details: 🎄 Kirkstall Living Advent Launch 📍St Stephen’s Church Hall,…
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Kirkstall Living Advent Calendar
Light up your Christmas Spirit with Kirkstall’s Advent Windows. Kirkstall Advent Windows are back for 2024. It is a Swedish tradition that can be dated to the 1800’s. Lighting up windows in the dark gloom of winter, Advent candles would appear in windows to illuminate the street below. Fast forward to the 21st Century. In…
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What was your defining image of Kirkstall Art Trail 2024?
What was your defining image of Kirkstall Art Trail 2024? Maybe one of the wide variety of artists held your attention like a brush in hand. Possibly one of the workshops or demonstrations captured you the most. Could it be that the upcycled fashion show or poetry sashayed into your creative imagination. Perhaps all of…
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The Vicarages Project
Kirkstall Art Trail commissioned an artist to work with The Vicarage’s residents over the summer. The Vicarages are a number of back-to-back terrace houses with cobbled streets, with washing lines reaching across the street from house to house. The artist was briefed to collaborate with local residents to create a large scale work that would…