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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 continue reading
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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 continue reading
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The Glebes Project
Kirkstall Art Trail commissioned an artist to work with a small community – The Glebes, two back-to-back terraced streets – over the summer. The artist was briefed to collaborate with local residents to create a work that would be displayed during the Art Trail. Kate Jennings, the artist-facilitator told us, “for the Kirkstall Art Trail, continue reading
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Kirkstall Art Trail welcomes Hawksworth group
Kirkstall Art Trail are pleased to show work created by a group from Hawksworth. ‘Creative Tuesdays Hawksworth’, which is supported by the Better Together Project (West Leeds), meet every Tuesday morning. Hawksworth is a small estate, built in the early twentieth century, but within the larger Kirkstall ward. The group has been running for over continue reading
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A weekend of Poetry
During the weekend of Kirkstall Art Trail, we will have the addition of Poetry for the first time. First up is the Poetry Trail. Members of the public have sent their poems into Kirkstall Art Trail. Themes covered Kirkstall, West Leeds, inspiration from art, and community cohesion. Budding poets took the themes and made them their continue reading