Creative workshops in Burley Park, Autumn 2025 – Summer 2026

Pages of the Park is a year-long community arts project bringing people together through creativity, nature, and shared experience. Developed by our Arts and Community Coordinator, Leah Anderson, in partnership with local artists Nat Hues and Delilah Sykes, the project invites residents to take part in free, hands-on workshops inspired by Burley Park and the stories it holds.

From Autumn 2025 to Summer 2026, a series of small, welcoming sessions will explore how spending time in the park can spark imagination, encourage self-expression, and build confidence. Together we’ll experiment with visual art, sound, and storytelling—creating an open space to notice, play, and reflect on our connections to our local environment.

Workshops will be shaped by participants, with each session offering something unique:

• With Nat Hues, you’ll discover “treasures” hidden in the everyday landscape, foraging for objects and ideas that become the starting point for creative works in print, collage, drawing, and more.
  
  
• With Delilah Sykes, you’ll dive into local history and sound, looking and listening closely to Burley’s past and present to create a collaborative multimedia map of the area.
  
  

The outcomes of these sessions will form a growing community archive of artworks—culminating in a final printed piece co-created by artists and participants. This will serve both as a creative legacy and as inspiration for the future of Burley Park.

Volunteer opportunity: We’re also looking for volunteers to help develop the digital archive of the project, capturing workshops and supporting the creation of a lasting record of community creativity - Interested? Please email leah@leftbankleeds.org.uk to find out more.

All sessions are free to attend, open to everyone, and designed to be friendly and accessible. Workshops will be hosted in Burley Park, with Left Bank as a base and wet-weather backup.

Links to tickets: Workshops with Nat! & Workshops with Delilah!

Come along, try something new, and add your page to the story of the park.

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