Roger Hiorns temporarily transforms the familiar YSP landscape with clouds of foam in this interactive artwork. At certain times of day, a compressor will generate vast clusters of bubbles that will blow across the landscape and be shaped by the wind, blurring boundaries between the parkland and the...More
Leeds-based artist and trainee art psychotherapist Thahmina Begum has designed a bespoke series of workshops to invite participants to consider our relationships with one another and how we perceive and are perceived by other people. Begum's aim is to explore a broad spectrum of emotional responses,...More
Arrivals + Departures is an interactive installation that explores life and love through our experiences of birth and death, two emotive moments that are common to us all no matter who we are, and which can evoke huge depths of feeling. Using the instantly recognisable form of a station or airport a...More
Jason Wilsher-Mills uses iPads and Wacom tablets to create bright, celebratory and poignant works exploring themes of disability. His digital drawings are then translated into huge inflatable works or human-sized fibreglass sculptures. Colourful and bold, his works are acts of activism that are visu...More
Rural environments are frequently seen as existing in opposition to queerness, with urban spaces typically being more accepting places for LGBTQIA+ people. This exhibition looks at ways in which queer artists are re-connecting with the landscapes around them by mapping and navigating their queer ide...More
Henshaws is hugely excited to announce our Artmaker Symposium and Festival on 8-9th July 2022. We have gathered together artists and facilitators within the field of Disability Arts to come and talk, exhibit and celebrate the Arts. We hope you will come and join us over the 2-day festival! The festi...More
Ro Robertson's Stone (Butch) (2021) is part of a body of works exploring the terrain of the queer body in the landscape and was created by plaster casting directly in crevices in natural rock formations at Godrevy Point (St Ives Bay, Cornwall). This "sculptural void" makes physical a negative space...More
The feelings that arise from being forced to conceal your sexuality are a theme of McKenzie's audio work Shame Chorus (2017). The artist refers to American writer Brené Brown who says that shame: "needs three things to grow... secrecy, silence and judgment". These ideas of shame and secrecy resonate...More
The Summer of Love is a series of events and projects taking place across Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) that celebrates human relationships, understanding and love between people. Taking inspiration from the current exhibition Robert Indiana: Sculpture 1958–2018, the programme runs from the summer...More
Applications are now open to exhibit at The Station Gallery, Richmond, North Yorkshire in 2023. The Station is a welcoming community venue, with three unique gallery spaces, hosting an ever-changing display of vibrant artwork. Applications are welcome from amateur and professional artists alike! The...More
Head to Wetherby on the 18th, 19th, 25th and 26th June to explore Wetherby's local artists opening their studio doors to the public for the 8th year. You'll experience the work of more than 20 artists who work in a variety of media, and see their unique work environments - in their gardens, studio s...More
Junction 32 Yorkshire Shopping Outlet has partnered with a young local artist to create a vibrant new art installation. Yorkshire-based-artist, Lucy Watson, has transformed an empty shop window into a contemporary and engaging display for shoppers to admire when visiting the outlet. The unique piece...More
Celebrating the Yorkshire landscape is at the heart of a new exhibition by artist and designer Janine Burrows at Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP). Table to Tide: A Yorkshire Conversationbrings together a new body of work by Yorkshire-based designer, painter and illustrator Janine Burrows. In this exhi...More
The TAE is an annual charity art event open to both professional and amateur artists to be exhibited in York on the 25th and 26th June. Artists are invited to create a postcard-sized piece of artwork which will be displayed alongside pieces of art submitted by creatives from around the world. The po...More
Applications are NOW openfor RHS Garden Harlow Carr Artist in Residence 2022-2023 We are delighted to announce the launch of the 2022-2023 RHS Harlow Carr Artist in Residence opportunity, which will give a new artist the chance to showcase their work by imagining and developing their own interpretat...More