A Celebration of. well-being in Leeds October 2018

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1 A Celebration of creativity & mental well-being in Leeds 4-13 October 2018 connect

2 contents Introduction 3 Events Diary 4-5 Events Listings 6-17 How to Find Us Exhibitions List 23 Group Exhibitions Listings Solo Exhibitions Listings Funders, Partners and Supporters 35 Cover photograph courtesy of Conrad Cookson Welcome to Love Arts Festival The 8th annual celebration of creativity and mental wellbeing in Leeds. CONNECT is the big theme for this year, which we will be exploring in our trademark fun and creative style. Love Arts connects you to the wonders of Leeds creative community through a smorgasbord of inspiring s, shows and workshops for you to pick from. Explore the wealth of hidden talent amongst members of Arts and Minds with 20 s at 20 tasty venues where cake is served alongside art! Events are hosted by Love Arts Festival or our partners, but we ve all come together under the Love Arts umbrella. Without the support and enthusiasm of our many partners we could not create this festival, so big thanks to all of you. This year we ve also added two big pop up days when Love Arts takes over Leeds premier venues with a liberal sprinkling of visual arts and workshops at Leeds City Museum (pg.14 and 15); and a kaleidescope of drama and dance at The Tetley (pg.16 and 17). Linda Boyles and Love Arts Team: Tom Bailey, Jane Mullins and Alison McIntyre With big thanks to our supportive steering group: Ryan Baulk, Gill Crawshaw, Camilla man, Sandy Holden, Neil James, Beth Smith and Ally Walsh Things to Look Out For Take a look at the Love Arts website for all the up-to-date information on all the events. But do watch out for: Love Arts On The Air A group of young journalists from Chapel FM will be covering the festival and producing radio shows about mental health and creativity. Art Walk October 3rd In partnership with Pavilion, who run a monthly Leeds Art walk, we are running a Love Arts Walk as a special preview before the Festival. See or for more details Yarn Bombing Knitters will be decorating objects all over the city near the Tetley, the Museum and St John s Centre. And you ll have a chance to knit something too! Pamelashop This interactive installation will be popping up at events throughout the festival (see pg.6) 2 Love Arts Festival

3 what s happening events diary The Love Arts programme is split between EVENTS and EXHIBITIONS, featuring a broad range of art forms, as shown by the selection below. Events at Love Arts Festival include performances, workshops, film screenings and discussions. this year we also have full days of events and activities at The Tetley and Leeds City Museum. Check individual listings for more details. THEATRE Love Theatre at Chapel FM (pg. 7) Communicate at The Carriageworks (pg.10) Serontonin by Liam Kavanagh at The Tetley (pg.16) DANCE The Kick Off Boys Project at the Tetley (pg.16) MUSIC Open Voices Choir at Chapel FM (pg.13) Sisterhood Collective at the New Headingley Club (pg.13) POETRY and LITERATURE That Steinberg & Simpson Sound at Just Grand Café (pg.6) Word Well at The Tetley (pg. 11) Mental Heath and Me at Hyde Park Book Club (pg.9) FILM What Remains at Chapel FM (pg.11) Cinema and Craft Social: Submarine at Crowd of Favours (pg.12) WORKSHOPS and DISCUSSIONS Hayley Mills-Styles textile workshop at Leeds Central Library (pg.8) Move and Make with Paperworks at Leeds Museum (pg.14) PHOTOGRAPHY Sidetracked by Conrad Cookson at The Social (pg.29) The Tennis Ball by Mindy Goose at Union Coffee House (pg.31) Once and Now by Morticia at Kapow Coffee (pg.33) INSTALLATIONS Alligator Lay Egg But Him A Nuh Fowl by Natasha Pyne at Leeds Museum (pg.25) 3D ART Paint, Pot, Print by Beth Smith and Neil Thompson (pg.27) Touchpoints by Nigel Wood at St John s Centre (pg.34) PAINTING, DRAWING and ILLUSTRATION Bek Boheme at the Reliance (pg.28) Variables and Manipulations by Amanda Burton at Seven Arts (pg.28) Eggsi Stencilism by Elliott Ward at North Bar (pg.34) Date and Time Event Venue* Page Weds 3 Oct Love Arts Walk St John s Centre 3 Thurs 4 Oct Love Arts Festival Launch St John s Centre 6 Thurs 4 Oct That Steinberg and Simpson Sound Just Grand Cafe 6 Sat 6 Oct Love Theatre Chapel FM 7 Sat 6 Oct Sat 6 Oct Sun 7 Oct Hayley Mills-Styles workshop The Tennis Ball - dog friendly opening Mental Health and Me by Mark Connors - book reading and discussion The Drawing Room, Leeds Central Library Union Coffee House 8 Hyde Park Book Club 9 Mon 8 Oct Moving Poetry workshop Artlink West Yorkshire 9 Tues 9 Oct Tues 9 Oct Hayley Mills-Styles workshop Communicate by Sheepish Productions The Drawing Room, Leeds Central Library Carriageworks Theatre 10 Thurs 11 Oct Artists Talk St John s Centre 11 Weds 10 Oct What Remains by Verd De Gris Chapel FM 11 Weds 10 Oct Word Well - spoken word event The Tetley 12 Thurs 11 Oct Cinema and Craft Social: Submarine Crowd of Favours Thurs 11 Oct Open Voices Choir - session Chapel FM 13 Fri 12 Oct Sisterhood Collective live gig New Headingley Club 13 Fri 12 Oct Love Arts at Leeds City Museum Leeds City Museum Sat 13 Oct Love Arts at The Tetley The Tetley * see event listing or venue list on pages 20 and 21 for full details 4 Love Arts Festival

4 thurs 4 oct Thurs 4 oct sat 6 oct Festival launch love arts special event Celebrate the launch of Love Arts 2018 at the opening of the Highlights in St John s Centre. Be the first to see the big of Arts and Minds members artwork, pick up a brochure plan your festival and do something creative. Featuring a performance from the Sisterhood Collective. refreshments. Come to the lower shopping mall of the St John s Centre to find the Love Arts unit, next to the bottom of the escalators. Featuring the interactive installation Pamelashop - see below for more details. Pamelashop: all kinds of things here, but it will cost you! Pamela Crowe installation Pamelashop is an interactive installation that will be popping up at different events during the festival. Pamelashop: all kinds of things here, but it will cost you! Since people always want something for something, Pamelashop offers objects in return for kindness. Each shop item has a compassion retail price. What do these objects represent and can you pay? The work considers compassion as an everyday transaction and as a therapeutic tool. If trauma has after-effects and after-images, what lasting trace can kindness leave? Where loss exists, what power does love have to mitigate? Venue 11: Thurs 4 Oct, 4-6pm St John s Centre, Merrion Street, Leeds LS2 8LQ No need to book That Steinberg and Simpson Sound Ruth Steinberg and Terry Simpson event Through storytelling, music and spoken word Ruth and Terry will share similarities and differences in their different heritages. In the second half they will invite people to share their own cultures, stories and music.. Venue 17: Thurs 4 Oct, pm Just Grand Cafe, 8-9 Grand Arcade, New Briggate, Leeds LS1 6PG Partly wheelchair accessible, please check event listing on or contact venue for further details No need to book Love Theatre Chapel FM event For the past six months, Chapel FM s Love Theatre group have been working on a theatre piece that was originally inspired by discussions around young people s mental health during last year s festival. The show features a series of intertwining stories about perceptions of others, making judgements, and why each person has their own story to tell. Join us for the debut performance at Chapel FM Arts Centre on Sat 6th Oct and come down anytime from 2pm to find out about other arts opportunities you can get involved with at the chapel, one of the city s most intimate arts venues. Love Theatre will also feature at the Love The Tetley on October 13th. Venue 26: Sat 6 Oct, 5pm (café open from 2pm) Chapel FM Arts Centre, Old Seacroft Chapel, York Road, Leeds LS14 6JB Pay What You Can Reserve a seat in advance online - details on Chapel FM, or on event listing Pamelashop is a structure and a sale. Come in. 6 Love Arts Festival

5 SAT 6 oct tues 9 oct SUN 7 oct Mon 8 oct Girls Who Eat Their Feelings Mental Health and Me Moving Poetry Artlink West Yorkshire Hayley Mills-Styles workshop As part of Hayley s, Girls Who Eat Their Feelings, which explores her relationship with food and mental health, there will be two textile workshops where participants can learn to make their own felt food. All materials will be provided and the workshops are suitable for people aged 16 and over. Dog friendly event for Tennis Ball - the story of a lost toy Mindy Goose event/solo Dogs and their keepers are invited to this dogfriendly viewing of the and to share your stories of favourite toys, with opportunities to be photographed by the artist. Non dog owners are also welcome. Mindy regards walking as art. She is concerned with how our environments connect to us, and what that means for a person with a disability. Walking with her dog, she began noticing the remnants of tennis balls left abandoned by dogs. The images reveal a dog s toy, once loved and cherished, destroyed by play. They continue the story long after they have been replaced by a brand-new tennis ball. Sat 6 Oct, 10am-2pm and Tues 9 Oct, 4.30pm-6.30pm Venue 7: The Drawing Room, Leeds Central Library, Calverley Street, Leeds LS1 3AB Accessible via ramps and lift, please see listing or contact venue for further details 16+ Drop in, just turn up sat 6 oct Venue 6: Sat 6 Oct, 4-5pm Union Coffee House, 51 Great George Street, Leeds LS1 3BB Not fully accessible. Please check event listing on or contact venue for further details Booking required. See event listing on for details Mark Connors PERFORMANCE and DISCUSSION Join local novelist, Mark Connors, reading from his second novel, Tom Tit and the Maniacs, a thoughtful and poignant tale about growing up in Leeds in the late 70s/early 80s. The novel is set in Horsforth in the final year of the hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper and tells the story of Tom Wilkins, a 10-year-old boy coming to terms with his grandfather s death, his mother s recent admission into High Royds Psychiatric Hospital and the fact that the threat from the Yorkshire Ripper seems to be getting ever closer to home. The reading will be followed by a Q&A where Mark will discuss both his novels in the context of his own family history. Venue 2: Sun 7 Oct, pm Hyde Park Book Club, Headingley Lane, Leeds LS6 1BL Fully Accessible No booking required. Just turn up workshop An explorative session about the connections we can make; the physical, emotional and conceptual. Working from an evocative poem, we will couple different art forms and various parts of ourselves whilst sparking creative processes in others. In this nourishing and stimulating workshop, expect listening, writing, movement, breathing and drawing in a relaxed and comfortable setting. With writer, performer and creative writing facilitator Becky Cherriman and Dance Movement Artist Kim Glassby, in conjunction with Artlink West Yorkshire. Venue 4: Mon 8 Oct, 1-3pm Artlink West Yorkshire, 191 Belle Vue Road, Leeds LS3 1HG Adults only Booking required. See event listing on for details 8 Love Arts Festival

6 tues 9 oct weds 10 oct Communicate Sheepish Productions performance I should have mentioned it before, my Mum, she, last year, she passed. James is suffocated by his past. Heather is focusing on the nursery. Based on true events, this is one couple s journey through bereavement, love, grief, pregnancy, superheroes and enforced pen maintenance. It deals with the importance of talking about how you feel and not letting your past determine your future. From award nominated Sheepish Productions, this is an intimate and gripping story about life and death, developed in association with Cruse Bereavement Care. Tues 9 Oct, pm Venue 9: Carriageworks, 3 Millennium Square, Leeds LS2 3AD / 11 Tickets available through Carriageworks. See event listing on for details. What Remains - Let the Memory Stay Sweet on the Vine Geoff Brokate and Verd De Gris Arts screening and discussion After the death of her husband by suicide, Gillian Brooks tried to make sense of the events and preserve memories for her children. So she wrote it down as a story. Now her words have inspired a film made by Gillian and her family with the help of award-winning filmmaker Geoff Brokate. The screening will be accompanied by time for reflection and discussion. Absolutely stunning! Gillian and her children are amazing Suicide Bereaved Network. There will be a Q&A post screening to discuss some of the issues arising from the film. Venue 26: Wed 10 Oct, 2pm Chapel FM Arts Centre, Old Seacroft Chapel, York Road, Leeds LS14 6JB Fully Accessible, but film deals with themes around suicide, so not suitable for young children. Pay what you can sharon@verddegris. org to reserve a place Word Well Yorkshire Poets PERFORMANCE weds 10 oct A restorative hour of wit, celebration, reflection and music. Let the life-enhancing power of music and the spoken word carry you to places other art forms can t reach. This performance has been organised by Yorkshire poets (working with Rommi Smith, Hedgebrook Writing Fellow) who believe in celebrating the human voice, self expression and the power of words as a tool for affirmation, promote positive mental health and physical wellbeing. Venue 8: Wed 10 Oct, 7-9pm The Tetley, Hunslet Road, Leeds LS10 1JQ8 No need to book 10 Love Arts Festival

7 THURS 11 oct thurs 11 oct thurs 11 oct Artists Talk: Meet the artists Led by Gill Crawshaw EVENT Some of the artists who are exhibiting in the Love Arts Festival will be talking about their work at this informal event in the Love Arts unit in the St John s Centre. This will be a great opportunity to get an insight into how artists work towards an, as well as learning more about their practice and influences. There will be chance for questions and discussion so come along to support the artists and to enrich your appreciation of Love Arts s. Cinema and Craft Social: Submarine Alice Clayden and Caz Stiff SCREENING/WORKSHOP Join community artists and film lovers Caz and Alice for a relaxed, social evening combining craft and cinema. Throughout the screening of their chosen film, Richard Ayoade s 2010 directorial debut Submarine, mindful craft based art practices will be taught and supported. People are also encouraged to bring along their own craft projects to work on, share and discuss. 11 Oct, pm Open Voices Choir Session Open Voices Choir WORKSHOP Come and find out more about the Open Voices singing group. It is extremely relaxed, friendly and joyful. You don t need to read music or have any previous experience of being in a singing group before. The songs we sing are decided by the people who come anything from old time classics to modern pop songs and much more! Many people who attend the choir have a physical, emotional or mental health issue including several people living with dementia. Thurs 11 Oct, am (cafe open 10am pm) Chapel FM, Old Seacroft Chapel, York Road, Leeds LS14 6JB No need to book, just drop in Venue 21: Crowd of Favours, Harper Street, Leeds LS2 7EA Not wheelchair accessible - downstairs event space can only be accessed by flight of stairs fri oct No need to book, Thurs 11 Oct, 5-7pm just drop in. sisterhood Venue 11: St John s Centre, collective Merrion Street 12 Oct, pm Leeds LS2 8LQ Live at the New Headingley Club Venue 1: The New Headingley Club,, please see PERFORMANCE 56 St Michael s Road, Leeds LS6 3BG Sisterhood is a collective of four female musicians; listing or contact venue for Astraluna, Fuzzy Jones, Fran Wyburn and Miranda Fully Accessible further details Arieh all from Leeds, who celebrate women in music through collaboration not competition. 5/ 2 No need to book Their uplifting, compelling and eclectic gigs see Booking required. all artists playing solo and collectively as multiinstrumentalists See event listing on enhancing each others songs. Between the outstanding music on offer they also for details discuss issues that affect them individually as song writers, as well as wider issues that face women in the music industry. Expect passionate discussions on mental health, ageism and music as a way to 12 Love Arts Festival 2018 encourage self-expression!. 13 Venue 26:

8 fri 12 oct Love leeds city museum Love Arts Festival event A FREE day of wonderful workshops, interactive installations, and excellent s! Love Arts will take you on a fantastic journey full of surprises. Let us welcome you to a world of wonder, where geo-domes transforms into galleries, and dance, drama, and stories popup where you least expect them. There s a smorgasbord of creative happenings to suit all appetites, so you can talk, watch, take part, or listen as the mood takes you. So why not have a nosy, linger, relax, and share experiences with friends you haven t met yet? Move and Make workshop with Paperworks Explore the connections that support our wellbeing in this fun adult workshop with Paperworks artists Rosemary Spencer and Kerri Butterworth. The workshop involves paper craft and creative movement, and no experience is necessary. Please wear comfortable clothing and indoor shoes/ barefoot. Drama workshop with Converge project An interactive theatre workshop led by people involved in the Converge project at Leeds University. All welcome, beginners and experts alike. A chance to play games, be playful and use your imagination. Featuring: Pamelashop An interactive installation. Some people always want something for something. Pamelashop offers object in return for kindness. See p.6 for more information? The Art of Motherhood creative workshop with ARC A fun, hands-on visual arts workshop about objects and identity with artist Sarah Greaves, responding to the stunning installation The Other in Mother. All adults welcome at workshops, novices and experts alike! No experience needed. And while the adults are having fun, there ll be plenty of creative activity for children too For more details about s at Leeds City Museum, please see page 25. Venue 10: Fri 12 Oct, 11am-4pm Leeds City Museum, Millennium Square, Leeds LS2 8BH No need to book, just turn up 14 Love Arts Festival

9 sat 13 oct Love The Tetley Love Arts Festival event An afternoon of live performances, interactive installations and creative workshops. Love Arts Festival have teamed up with DAZL to bring you an opportunity to see a selection of brilliant performances that all have something to say about mental well-being. There ll also be curious and creative installations and workshops. CITALOPRAM: A LOVE STORY by Girl With A Suitcase One pill, one man and a unique relationship set to the sounds of the 80s. Movement, music and parody exploring where medication ends and identity begins. JOURNEY WITH ABSENT FRIENDS by The Grief Series Come and visit a museum of memory, filled with hidden treasures. Add your stories to our audio archive and embroidered maps. The event is FREE and will also feature pop-up opera from Opera North and more performances and creative, interactive events. See for full and up-todate programme details with timings. Featuring THE KICK OFF BOYS PROJECT by DAZL (in partnership with NSCD, Phoenix Dance and Leeds City College) A showcase of live dance and digital work, including a film installation. The work explores mental health and working class boys and young men. Resources have been created in partnership with Wayne Sable & Space 2 Leeds. SEROTONIN by Liam Kavanagh-Allen Your brain, your life is controlled by chemicals. They make life worth living but can also make it unbearable. This piece explores just how much of a hold they can have. WEAK by The Institute of Crazy Dancing Participatory public art on the subject of weakness. Expect pole dancing, music and clowning. LOVE THEATRE by Red Ladder and Chapel FM Featuring a series of intertwining stories about perceptions of others, making judgements, and why each person has their own story to tell. THE LONELY SOCIETY by Common Chorus Theatre Company An extract from Common Chorus new community play exploring the mental and physical health impacts of social isolation and loneliness. /METAMORPHOSIS/ by Converge Theatre Company As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning after uneasy dreams/ he found himself transformed Using Kafka s Metamorphosis as a starting point, CTC presents this physical, challenging work of the struggles and joys of transformation. Pamelashop An interactive installation. Some people always want something for something. Pamelashop offers object in return for kindness. See p.6 for more information? Venue 8: Sat 13 Oct, 11am-5pm The Tetley, Hunslet Road, Leeds LS10 1JQ Some performances unsuitable for under 14s. You can reserve your free ticket at 16 Love Arts Festival

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11 venues We strive to use venues that have disabled access, but unfortunately some events take place in venues where this is not possible. Please see the event listing or contact the venue for further details. Venue No. 1 2 Name Address Events/Exhibitions Page The New Headingley Club Hyde Park Book Club 3 Aire Place Studios 4 5 Artlink West Yorkshire Swarthmore Education Centre Cafe 6 Union Coffee House 7 The Drawing Room, Leeds Central Library 8 The Tetley 9 Carriageworks 10 Leeds City Museum 11 St John s Centre 12 Arch Café 56 St Michael s Road LS6 3BG Headingley Lane LS6 1BL Unit 2c, Aire Place Mills Kirkstall Road LS3 1JL 191 Belle Vue Road LS3 1HG 2-7 Woodhouse Square LS3 1AD 51 Great George Street LS1 3BB Calverley Street LS1 3AB Hunslet Road LS10 1JQ 3 Millennium Square LS2 3AD Millennium Square LS2 8BH Merrion Street LS2 8LQ 15 Mark Lane LS2 8JA The SIsterhood Colective - live music Mark Connors - book reading Chlo Elizabeth and Gemma Carlier - s Moving Poetry - workshop 9 Paint, Pot, Print - group Mindy Goose - solo and dog friendly event Haley Mills-Styles - workshops and solo Love The Tetley - event Word Well - performance Sheepish Productions - performance Love Leeds City Museum - event and s Highlights - group Meeting point for Art Walk Festival Launch event Nigel Wood - solo Helen Gibson - solo and 8 8 and and , 15 and Venue No. Name Address Events/Exhibitions Page 13 The Social 14 North Bar 15 Sela Bar 16 Roots and Fruits 17 Just Grand Café 18 The Reliance 19 Wapentake 20 Brewdog 21 Crowd of Favours 22 Kapow Coffee 23 Seven Arts 24 Opposite Café 25 Inkwell Arts 26 Chapel FM 21 Merrion Street LS2 8JE 24 New Briggate LS1 6NU 20 New Briggate LS1 6NU Grand Arcade LS1 6PG 8-9 Grand Arcade LS1 6PG North Street LS2 7PN 92 Kirkgate LS2 7DJ White Cloth Hall Crown Street LS2 7DA Harper Street LS2 7EA 46 The Calls LS2 7EW 31A Harrogate Road LS7 3PD 4 Stainbeck Lane LS7 3LW 31 Potternewton Lane LS7 3LW Old Seacroft Chapel York Road LS14 6JB Conrad Cookson - solo Elliott Ward - solo Geraldine Montgomery and Matthew Bellwood - solo Kevin Hickson - solo That Steinberg and Simpson Sound - live music Bek Boheme - solo Nicola Garvey - solo Helen Gibson - solo Cinema Craft Club - screening of Submarine Sandy Holden - solo Morticia - solo 33 Amanda Burton - solo 28 Annie G-G - solo 29 Verges - group 27 Love Theatre - performance Verd De Gris - performance Open Voices Choir - open session Love Arts Festival

12 Venues outside leeds city centre s Love Arts s take place in many different venues, some are group or joint shows and we ve grouped them all at the start, then you ll find each listed in alphabetical order by artist. GROUP EXHIBITIONS Artist Exhibition Title Venue* Page Arts and Minds Members Highlights St John s Centre 24 Various City Museum Exhibitions Leeds City Museum 25 Gemma Carlier and Elizabeth Chio Aire Place Exhibitions Aire Space Studios 26 Inkwell Arts Members Verges Inkwell Arts 27 Beth Smith and Neil Thompson Paint, Pot, Print Swarthmore Education Centre Café 27 SOLO EXHIBITIONS Artist Exhibition Title Venue* Page Bek Boheme Bek Boheme The Reliance 28 Amanda Burton Variables and Manipulations Seven Arts 28 Conrad Cookson Sidetracked The Social 29 Annie G-G Dioramas Opposite Café 29 Nicola Garvey Vibrance and Views Wapentake 30 Helen Gibson It s OK not to be Perky Arch Café/Brew Dog 30 Mindy Goose The Tennis Ball Union Coffee House 31 Sandy Holden Stitch and Stuff Crowd of Favours 31 Kevin Hickson A Means of Escape Roots and Fruits 32 Hayley Mills-Styles Girls Who Eat Their Feelings The Drawing Room, Leeds Central Library 32 Geraldine Montgomery and Matthew Bellwood The Quest for Peace in the Citadel of Chaos Sela Bar 33 Morticia Once and Now Kapow Coffee 33 Elliott Ward Eggsi Stencilism North Bar 34 Nigel Wood Touchpoints St John s Centre 34 *see event listing or venue list on pages 20 and 21 for full venue details. 22 Love Arts Festival

13 4 OCT 14 oct 9 OCT 12 oct Highlights Arts and Minds Members Group Highlights is the dazzling annual showcase of artwork by members of Arts & Minds. The network includes people who use mental health services, carers, mental health workers, and artists with an interest in mental health issues. The will transform an empty shop of the ground floor of St John s Centre and features many undiscovered and emerging artists, and a huge variety of styles and techniques. Most work is available to buy at reasonable prices. Excellent way of inspiring confidence and motivation... Amazing for a worthwhile cause... Leeds City museum s Various Artists Group Leeds City Museum is host to a group of Love Arts s. Check them out from Tuesday 9 October, or come along to the Love Arts at Leeds City Museum on Friday 12 October take part in the workshops and activities on offer too (see pages 14 and 15) The Other in Mother by Sarah Greaves A stunning and immersive visual arts installation within a geodesic dome by artist Sarah Greaves, exploring the diverse experiences of motherhood and maternal transition through manipulated objects. Rowan Sandle Even the bins look depressed : A pleasant walk through austerity, gender and wellbeing in Leeds Local residents document the austerity landscape of Leeds. By turning the camera lens outward, the project connects gender and wellbeing to wider socio-political issues, moving beyond dominant individualised concepts of health. In partnership with Leeds Beckett University Being an artist myself, I rarely buy art but I bought some here... Venue 11: Thurs 4 - Sun14 Oct open seven days a week from 8am (11am Sun) St John s Centre, Merrion Street, Leeds LS2 8LQ Fully Accessible Alligator lay egg but him a nuh fowl - identities in motion by Natasha Pyne A daughter and granddaughter of the Windrush generation, Natasha s work explores the spaces of mixed-heritage identities and questions some of the assumptions made about those identities in Britain. Her thought provoking installation transforms the museum s interior. Catch her in action creating this work throughout the week. Mothers Unite! by Creative Mothers Project Creative Mothers Project invite you to see their stunning cloth banners, powered by supporting one other as mothers and copious amounts of tea! The project enables mothers to find some creative time, and to explore what it means to step into motherhood. Venue 10: Tues 9 - Fri 12 Oct Leeds City Museum, 3 Millennium Square, Leeds LS2 3AD 24 Love Arts Festival

14 6 OCT 19 oct 1 OCT 31 oct 12 OCT 13 Nov Aire Place Exhibitions. Paint, Pot, Print Verges Gemma Carlier and Chlo Elizabeth In This Woman s Work Gemma Carlier examines themes of worship, power, gendered labour, and the boundaries between devotion and compulsion. The installation consists of a circle of standing obelisks, invoking memories of pagan places of power. The obelisks are woven from wool, challenging the expectation of masculine stonework and commenting on the nature of what we consider to be worthy of reverence. The artist lives with bipolar and finds this is a driving force behind her work In Too Human, Not Too Human, Chlo Elizabeth paints from photographic images and is interested in how visual language changes from medium to medium. Primarily she works from found black and white photographs and aims to integrate the past and the present. The photographs, dating from the 1950s-70s, offer snapshots of life in agricultural Yorkshire and Elizabeth s paintings highlight and exaggerate implicit power structures - between adult and child, man and woman - observed from the photographs. Venue 3: Sat 6 - Fri 19 Oct please see venue website or for details of opening hours Aire Place Studios, Unit 2c, Aire Place Mills, Kirkstall Road, Leeds LS3 1JL Mostly accessible. Please check the event listing on or contact the venue for more details. Beth Smith and Neil Thompson An Exhibition of Paintings, Pots and Prints by Beth Smith and Neil Thompson. Beth Smith and Neil Thompson are Leeds based artists who met in pottery classes at Swarthmore. Beth s work is informed by life drawing and influenced by social and political issues. Neil s work also addresses contemporary issues and he brings his printmaker s eye into his pottery. Venue 5: Mon 1 - Weds 31 Oct open 7 days a week, contact venue for more details Swarthmore Education Centre, 2-7 Woodhouse Square, Leeds LS3 1AD Inkwell Arts Leeds, once a small Saxon settlement and cloth trading town expanded to house the world s largest woollen Mill: Armley Mills. Textiles were the basis of the economy of Leeds, with extensive waterways and locomotive transport systems making it the textile capital of the world. Inkwell Artists have created a contemporary installation that considers landscape, textile and data that visualises the connection between the city s past and present form. Venue 25 Fri 12 Oct - Tues 13 Nov open Mon - Fri 9.30am- 5pm, Sat 10am-4pm Inkwell Arts, 31 Potternewton Lane, Chapel Allerton, Leeds LS7 3LW 26 Love Arts Festival

15 2 OCT 28 oct 1 OCT 31 oct 3 OCT 31 oct Bek Boheme Bek Boheme Bek is from Leeds, she is self taught and art has been her great love affair since childhood. Her primary interest lies in atmosphere, seascapes, and faces. When it s just me and the canvas and I m alone with my brushes I sink into a deep conversation, I hope that by exhibiting my paintings I will be able to express myself to other people and widen my conversation with art. Variables and Manipulations Amanda Burton An exciting of contemporary drawings and artwork created using smoke, ink and fire in response to the theme of Chaos and Order. Amanda s studies in mathematics and science offer a broad source of inspiration and these past skills remain relevant in her current art practice. Variables and Manipulations explores how the principles of scientific experiments can be manipulated into her creative process. She works with volatile and chaotic mediums and merges these with ordered and repeating patterns to create work that combines the visual cohesion and connection of these two polar entities: the controlled and the variable Sidetracked Conrad Cookson A series of photographs that look for beauty in unexpected places. Conrad Cookson takes found objects and discarded items and turns them into something new. His photographs transform humdrum things into beautiful, sculptural formations. Some are spontaneous, some are planned. All are bold, interesting and defy explanation. This is Conrad s first solo. You can also see one of Conrad s striking images on the programme cover. Venue 13: Weds 3 - Weds 31 Oct open seven days a week 1pm - late The Social, 21 Merrion Street, Leeds LS2 8JG Partly accessible. Please check event listing on or contact the venue for full details. Venue is 18+ after 8pm Venue 18: Tues 2 - Sun 28 Oct The Reliance, North Street, Leeds LS2 7PN Venue 23: Mon 1 - Weds 31 Oct Mon - Sun 10.30am - late Seven Arts, 31a Harrogate Road, Chapel Allerton, Leeds LS7 3PD 1 OCT Dioramas Annie G-G 31 oct Annie is what s apparently called a late blooming artist. After a 25 year career as a nurse, ill health retirement gave her the opportunity to play, create and make things. Being connected to Crafts and Arts helps her deal with her physical and mental limitations. Her artwork is her form of creative, slightly warped play. Venue 24 Mon 1 - Weds 31 Oct open seven days a week 7am-6pm Opposite Café, 4 Steinbeck Lane, Leeds LS7 3QY 28 Love Arts Festival

16 1 OCT 31 oct 4 OCT 13 oct 5 OCT 26 oct It s OK Not To Be Perky Helen Gibson It s OK Not To Be Perky is a collection of paintings exploring the artist s feelings of connection, and disconnection, to life around them. The artist expresses their anxieties about going out into the world through intersecting and overlapping forms, merging together, being both connected and divided by strong lines. Bold colours and a variety of textures describe these entangled forms as they collide and connect on the canvas. Where they overlap a new colour and texture is produced, highlighting these connections and their positive impact. Through the series, this connection grows as the forms become even more entwined and indistinguishable. 1 OCT 31 oct Vibrance and Views Nicola Garvey A poor life this if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare. (William Henry Davis) A warm welcome awaits you at Wapentake in Kirkgate. Pull up a chair, relax, eat cake and have a brew whilst enjoying a splash of hot orange and vibrancy to energise your day. Can you recognise a few local scenes?. Mon 1 - Weds 31 Oct Arch Cafe open Mon - Fri 8.30am-3pm, Sat 10am - 4pm. Brewdog open seven days a week from 12.30pm til late. Venues 12 & 20: Arch Cafe, 15 Mark Lane, Leeds LS2 8JA and Brewdog, White Cloth Hall, Crown Street, Leeds LS2 7DA Accessiblility: Arch Cafe - Yes, Brewdog - Not wheelchair accessible Venue 19: Mon 1 - Weds 31 Oct open seven days a week from 7.30am (10am Sat and Sun) til 11pm Wapentake, 92 Kirkgate, Leeds LS2 7DJ Not wheelchair accessible, space is up a flight of stairs The Tennis Ball Mindy Goose Mindy s fine art practice looks at walking as art. Inspired by the Becher s typologies, her collections of observations uncover the journeys she takes, the paths she frequently walks, and the flux in which nature exists. She is concerned with how our environments connect to us, and what that means for a person with a disability. Walking with her dog, she began noticing the remnants of tennis balls left abandoned by dogs. The images reveal a dog s toy, once loved and cherished, destroyed by play, and continue the story long after they have been replaced by a brand-new tennis ball. On Saturday 6th October dogs and their keepers are invited to a dog-friendly viewing of the and to share their stories of favourite toys, with opportunities to be photographed by the artist. Dog friendly night is by booking only, and there are limited spaces. Please see page 8 for further details. Venue 6: Thurs 4 - Sat 13 Oct open Mon - Fri 8am-4pm, Sat 10am-4pm Union Coffee House, 51 Great George Street, Leeds LS1 3BB Not fully accessible. Please check event listing on or contact the venue for more details, but we encourage you to enjoy coffee and cake while you re there Stitch and Stuff Sandy Holden Stitch and stuff is a collection of 2D and 3D textile art. Sandy works with found and salvaged materials and fabrics in her work, creating new stories from old and faded things. She starts with paints and dyes and then works on top, by hand and machine, with different threads and yarns. Sandy s childhood was full of making, stitching, drawing and playing. Stitching and making connects her to the generations of men and women in her family who have done the same out of necessity and for pleasure Venue 21: Fri 5 - Fri 26 Oct open Mon - Fri 8am-4pm, Sat 10am-4pm Crowd of Favours, Harper Street, Leeds LS2 7EA Not fully accessible. Please check event listing on or contact the venue for more details, but we encourage you to enjoy coffee and cake while you re there 30 Love Arts Festival

17 4 OCT 13 oct 5 OCT 25 oct 4 OCT 25 oct A Means of Escape Kevin Hickson Digital imagery and paintings exploring environments that can distract and sooth. From solitudinous landscapes and beautiful melancholic imagery, to quirkily entertaining biomorphic abstractions. Venue 16: Thurs 4 - Sat 13 Oct open seven days a week from 11am-7pm (Sun to 4pm) Roots and Fruits, Grand Arcade, Leeds LS1 6PG Girls Who Eat Their Feelings Hayley Mills-Styles Girls Who Eat Their Feelings explores Hayley s relationship with food and mental health. The will showcase a series of textile drawings and sculptures in response to her personal struggles with emotional overeating. As part of the there will be two free drop in textile workshops where participants can learn to make their own felt food. The workshops will be held on Sat 6 Oct 10am to 12pm and Tues 9 Oct 4.30pm to 6.30pm. All materials will be provided and the workshops are suitable for people aged 16 and over. See page 8 for more details about these workshops. The Quest for Peace in the Citadel of Chaos Geraldine R Montgomerie and Matthew Bellwood Visual artist Geraldine Montgomerie and storyteller Matthew Bellwood curate and present a collection of words and pictures featuring key moments on the road to recovery. The builds upon a series of interviews with therapists and other health professionals, people who have used mental health services and their families. It focuses on traditional storytelling forms, such as folk tales and ballads, to find links between people s real-life journeys towards wellness and the epic quests and voyages of mythic heroes and heroines from world culture. The will take place in October at Sela Bar Leeds and will be launched with an evening of celebrations and folk songs with musician David Broad exploring journeys both real and imagined. Thurs 4 - Thurs 25 Oct open seven days a week from 4pm (12 noon on Fri and Sat) Venue 15: Sela Bar, 20 New Briggate, Leeds LS1 6NU Not wheelchair accessible. Venue is down a flight of stairs. venue is 18+ There will also be a launch event for this on Friday 5 October. Venue 7: Accessible: Fri 5 - Thurs 25 Oct open seven days a week, contact venue for further details The Drawing Room, Leeds Central Library, Calverley Street, Leeds LS1 3AB Yes, but check event listing on or contact venue for more details, but themes might not be suitable for some children. 1 OCT 3 NOV Once and Now Morticia Remnants of the past, and our connections to them, are Morticia s chief inspirations. She uses a mix of analogue and digital photography and site specific materials to create her mostly monochrome images. For the last five years she has been exploring the history of St George s Field and these images are the result of her research so far. Venue 22: Accessible: Mon 1 Oct - Sat 3 Nov Mon - Sat 8am-6pm, Sun 10am-5pm Kapow Coffee, 46 The Calls, Leeds LS2 7EW Not wheelchair accessible, venue is up a flight of stairs 32 Love Arts Festival

18 12 Sept 23 oct 2 OCT 22 oct A big thank you to the following Eggsi Stencilism Elliott Ward Touchpoints Nigel Wood Funders Local Artist Elliott Ward and North Bar bring you Eggsi Stencilism. Created over the last ten years, the work fuses paint and print techniques to produce multi layered hand cut stencil paintings. All work is for sale. There is a raffle for charity with a chance to win prizes, and one of the best selections behind the bar in Leeds. Venue 14: Weds 12 Sept - Tues 23 Oct open seven days a week 11am (12 noon Sun) til late North Bar, 24 New Briggate, Leeds LS1 6NU Mostly wheelchair accessible. Please check event listing on or contact the venue for further details 18+ after 8pm At the heart of Nigel s work is an association between the life experiences of everyday people and those of his raw materials - driftwood, rusted metal, plastic, unwanted and neglected, often broken stuff. Conception, creation, growth, decline, death... the ups, the downs, the smiles, the scrapes... Beyond which he believes there is an unbreakable beauty, grace and glory in the human condition, transient and imperfect as it is. Touchpoints deals with the too often taken for granted contacts, connections and collisions which shape our lives, focusing on the unions, the strengths and the passions, even in adversity. Venue 11: Accessible: Tues 2 - Mon 22 Oct open seven days a week from 8am (11am Sun) St John s Centre, Merrion Street, Leeds LS2 8LQ Partners supporters Aire Place Studios Arch Café Artlink West Yorkshire Brewdog Carriageworks Theatre Chapel FM Crowd of Favours Hyde Park Book Club Just Grand Café Kapow Coffee New Headingley Club North Bar Opposite Café Roots and Fruits Sela Bar Seven Arts Swarthmore Education Centre Café The Drawing Room, Leeds Central Library The Reliance The Social Union Coffee House Wapentake Inkwell 34 Love Arts Festival

19 Job Ref: 18/0115 June 2018