Join Our Community Art Class – Now Open to Everyone! 🎨

Originally set up in partnership with OWLS (Older Wiser Leeds Seniors) for local older adults, we’re excited to announce that our popular Art Class is now open to everyone in the community!

In our effort to provide affordable, accessible creative opportunities for all, we invite you to come along and join our friendly, welcoming group.. This is a fantastic chance to enjoy the benefits of being creative, meet new people, and explore a wide variety of artistic practices.

In this workshop we’ll be exploring local history and sound. Together, we’ll delve into archive materials connected to Burley Park and ask: what can we learn from the past through sound? We’ll imagine the soundscape of Burley’s history—what might you have heard? We’ll investigate who lived here, what work they did, and how the landscape was shaped by this.

In the second half of the session, we’ll head out to Burley Park to record sounds that resonate with the past—modern echoes of historical soundscapes. Back at Left Bank, we’ll listen to these recordings together and build a collaborative “sound map” of the area, linking present-day sounds to the stories and lives of the past.

The workshop is led by Delilah Sykes, a conceptual artist working in sound and text. Her work bridges cultural histories with intimate, human stories, encouraging people to engage with the familiar in new ways. She is passionate about uncovering the significance of liminal, “unheard,” or background sounds, and exploring what they reveal about our experiences

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Each session is led by a mix of practicing artists, including both paid professionals and volunteers, helping us keep the group sustainable while also supporting early-career artists with paid opportunities.

We have concession tickets for the community as well as tickets for those who may be able to pay forward to help support us in paying for artists & materials.

What does the group do? in the best the group have explored Lino Printing, Portrait Painting, Collage, Illustration, Botanical Drawing and LOADS MORE!

☕ Our on-site café is open too — perfect for a drink, snack, or lunch before or after class.

Come get creative with us — we’d love to see you there!

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