Seeing with opacity: mediation and non-human history in John Akomfrah’s audio-visual practice TODAY at 1pm This seminar focuses on the audiovisual installations of the contemporary artist John Akomfrah. Speaker: Ghada Habib, Visiting Research, University of Leeds: ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/eve...

Winter Open Studio 📅 10 December 5-7pm 📍 Yellow, Grey & Blue Studios School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies University Road University of Leeds Our 2nd year undergraduate fine art students are opening up their studios to display works in progress👇 ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/eve...

where do we go from here? – exhibition 📅 Wednesday 10 December, 5-7pm 📍 Project Space School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies University Road University of Leeds Join us for an exhibition of works in progress by our first year fine art students: ahc.leeds.ac.uk/events/event...

From São Paulo to Leeds: Museums, Access & Inclusive Arts Practice 📅 10 December, 2pm 📍 Roger Stevens LT 21 University of Leeds Hosted by Dr Jade French, this event welcomes Dr Viviane Sarraf & museum practitioners Gabriela Gotoda, Amanda Santos & Leonardo Sassaki ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/eve...

Question: What do you value about the heritage of Leeds? It's a big question we know, but we (and our heritage pals across the city) are really interested in what matters to you - the physical objects, buildings, and landscapes, and the intangible stories, festivals, traditions, and beliefs...

How do artists embody care within the creative act of making? 🧑‍🎨🖼️ In a week's time we have In Conversation: 'Notions of Care', a panel discussion with artists, curators and academics about the ethics of care in and of art ⚖️ Hybrid. Online tickets still available library.leeds.ac.uk/events/event...

Time Will Tell – Fine Art Open Studios 📅 26 November, 5-7pm 📍 School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies University Road University of Leeds Our final year undergraduate #fineart students are opening up their studios to present their mid-year work: ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/eve...

Challenge your expectations in this landmark group exhibition Coming next in The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery... 💛 [uz], [uz], [uz]: Artists from Working-Class Backgrounds 💛 Featuring over thirty modern and contemporary artists who were born in or have significant connections to Yorkshire.

We're delighted to be hosting... In Conversation: ‘Notions Of Care’ – A Response to Turner Prize 2025 Thursday 27 November 17:30 - 19:30 Treasures of the Brotherton library.leeds.ac.uk/events/event...

Beyond Redemption is a provocative solo show by graduating MA Fine Art student Kirstin Harvie, exploring the boundaries of crime, justice and identity. Open until 2 November at the Hunter Saville Cumbrae Studio & Gallery on the Isle of Cumbrae. Find out more 👇 ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/new...

Light Night Leeds 2025: A Midnight Hop by fine art graduate Anya Thompson 📅 22 & 23 October, 6-10pm 📍 Michael Sadler Building @universityofleeds.bsky.social Journey through an enchanting dreamlike landscape of glowing rabbits darting across a starry night sky: openup.leeds.ac.uk/events/a-mid...

Leeds’ annual arts and light festival @lightnightleeds.bsky.social will be taking place across Leeds City Centre on Wednesday 22 and Thursday 23 October! Find out more ➡ www.lightnightleeds.co.uk This year there will be 16 installations and activities held on campus, here's some more information 👇

A new exhibition featuring photography by fine art @leedsalumni.bsky.social Hannah Guy opens at Assembly House on 16 October Catching Forty Winks showcases work by #HannahGuy #ReeceKelly & #AlegriaRepilaSmith – all Accelerator Bursary recipients for 2025 More info👇 ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/new...

There’s still time to register for our Autumn Open Days 🍂 If you’re thinking about studying at Leeds, make sure to join us on Saturday 4 or 18 October 📅 Here’s some top tips from some of our current students to help you make the most of your day ✅ Register now 👇 www.leeds.ac.uk/undergraduat...

And the winner is... At a packed prize-giving event, we announced Alice Boot as the winner of the Friends of University Art and Music Graduate Art Prize 2025 🏆 📷 Alice Boot, ‘Sweeping Fibre’, 2025. ©The Artist.

Last chance to book for 'Museums and participation: What is it, exactly, that we’ve been doing?' with speakers Bernadette Lynch and Helen Graham. 📅 Thursday 16 October, 14:00 – 15:30 📍 Online Find out more & book your place 👇 ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/eve...

Only 6 hours until we find out who has won the 2025 FUAM Graduate Art Prize 🥁 Voting has now closed for the People's Choice Award - tonight we'll also be finding out who YOU chose If you're joining us later, do check your inboxes for a full schedule If not, best keep an eye on our socials...

Professor Abigail Harrison Moore will speak about ‘Whose Power? Learning from Leeds Museum’s Preservative Party’ at the John Roles Memorial Lecture 2025 📅 Thursday 9 October, 18:00–19:30 📍 Leeds Museum Millennium Square Leeds LS2 8BH Book your place 👇 www.leedsphilandlit.org.uk/shop/john-ro...

Carried Over is an exhibition of student work shaped by a year abroad. 📅 8-10 October, 12-4pm 📍 Project Space School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies University Road @universityofleeds.bsky.social Leeds LS2 9JT Find out more 👇 ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/eve...

Heritage Show + Tell - speakers announced! 7 three-minute talks have been confirmed so far for the return edition of Heritage Show + Tell on 9 October at Leeds Central Library. Full details including how to book your place 👇 ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/eve...

BA History of Art student Robin Stones is one of 27 artists to have work displayed in a new #Zine Library at the #ManyHands exhibition @sunnybankmills.bsky.social Created in collaboration with Working Class Creatives, the exhibition runs to 5 October. More info 👇 ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/new...

Last chance to see the current exhibition in our Project Space – Pictures of Tilling and Weaving by Dr Louise Atkinson. Open today until 4pm in the School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies @universityofleeds.bsky.social Free, all welcome! 👇 ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/eve...

Join us at this symposium to explore the meaning, materiality and making of Chinese export wallpaper throughout history, organised as part of the #IfWallsCouldTalk project 📅 26 Sept, 12:30–19:00 📍 Newlyn Building @universityofleeds.bsky.social Book your place: ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/eve...

Pictures of Tilling and Weaving – a new exhibition by Dr Louise Atkinson – is now open! 📅 Open weekdays 12-4pm until 3 Oct (except 26 Sept) 📍 Project Space School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies @universityofleeds.bsky.social Find out more 👇 ahc.leeds.ac.uk/events/event...

Direct from emerging creatives, hear from all of our FUAM Graduate Art Prize Finalists. Watch the full videos on our YouTube channel bit.ly/LULGYouTube And pick your winner for the People's Choice Award - the art prize that's chosen by you!

Now open! FUAM 2025: The Friends of University Art and Music Graduate Art Prize 🎨🏆 Discover the freshest talent from Leeds’ art scene! Each year a panel of judges select 4 finalists from @fahacs.bsky.social and School of Design @universityofleeds.bsky.social [1/6]

Who doesn’t love Paula Rego? Meet FUAM 2025 finalist, Esme Mclean ⭐️ Hear how she infuses family memories into miniature ceramic scenes as she explains the influences behind her artworks 🏠 It's a personal insight into creative practice and studying @universityofleeds.bsky.social @fahacs.bsky.social

📣 Heritage Show + Tell is back! And there's still time to change the future of heritage in Yorkshire in just three minutes! Last seen in 2018, we are returning rested and refreshed on 9 October. Find out more about our call for speakers & how to book your place: ccsmgh.leeds.ac.uk/events/herit...

Fibres, fishing nets, and our final FUAM 2025 finalist... It’s Alice Boot! ⭐️ Explore scavenged sculptures, inspired by the seashore, as they explain the influences behind the artworks 🐚 It's a personal insight into creative practice and studying @universityofleeds.bsky.social @fahacs.bsky.social

Considering studying at Leeds? 🎓 Join us for our Open Days on Saturday 4 and 18 October to learn about your course and get a feel for campus life. You can also explore ⬇ 🏋️‍♀️ The Edge gym and sports centre 📚 Libraries 👥 Leeds University Union 🌐 HELIX, our digital innovation space 🏠 Accommodation

I'd had quite a bit of trouble working out why facilitating participation in museums was tricky so I wrote a book about it. @uclpress.bsky.social @fahacs.bsky.social

A new book by @helengraham.bsky.social – Deconsituting Museums: Participation’s Affective Work – has been published by @uclpress.bsky.social Dr Helen Graham’s book explores why participation – the direct involvement of non-museum staff in museums – has been so hard. ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/new...

Congratulations to the five graduating #MA #FineArt students who presented an amazing degree show last week @universityofleeds.bsky.social Find out more about the #exhibition and the artists in this new article on our website: ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/new... Photos by Mark Bickerdike.

Danny Burns and Jo Howard: In Conversation with Jade French 📅 Thurs 11 Sept, 4-5pm 📍 School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies & online Join us for an in-conversation event organised by the Participation & Social Practice Research Group Book here 👇 ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/eve...

Last chance to see The Inside and Outside of Belonging - this year's MA #FineArt #DegreeShow Open today (Saturday 6 Sept) from 10am-5pm 📍 School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies University Road University of Leeds Leeds LS2 9JT Free, all welcome! 👇 insideandoutside.leeds.ac.uk

We're celebrating this year's MA Fine Art Degree Show – The Inside and Outside of Belonging – with an evening private view on Tuesday 2 September, 6-8.30pm. If you'd like to join us, please RSVP to [email protected]

Registration for our October Open Days is now open 📣 Join us on Saturday 4 and 18 October to explore our beautiful campus and find out more about your course. Our Open Days are the perfect chance to see what Leeds is all about. Book your place 👉 bit.ly/47E17Pj

This year's MA #FineArt #DegreeShow – The Inside and Outside of Belonging – launches on Tuesday 2 September & runs to the 6th! #AnnieGreenwood #HsinTien #HuayuZhang #KirstinHarvie & #IsobelRichards will present an exploration of what it is to belong Full info 👇 insideandoutside.leeds.ac.uk/about/

Explore the work by graduates from @fahacs.bsky.social and School of Design @universityofleeds.bsky.social FUAM 2025: The Friends of University Art and Music Graduate Art Prize 🏆 8 August - 1 November The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery Free and open to all Plan your visit: bit.ly/FUAM2025 [2/2]

In a new article, Postgraduate Researcher Izzy Bartley discusses a recent colloquium at the University of Leeds, organised with ‪@owenhodkinson.bsky.social The colloquium gave researchers a platform to showcase a wide range of intersections between history & games: ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/new...

BA #FineArt (International) graduate Lola Pugh-Cordero is taking part in #NationalPlayDay 📅 6 August 📍 Artspace, Leeds Art Gallery Families are invited to explore art through touch, movement & a shared imagination, through Lola’s soft, tactile sculptures: ahc.leeds.ac.uk/events/event...

Be the first to meet our finalists, before FUAM 2025 opens this week! 🥳 This annual showcase gives graduates from the School of Design and @fahacs.bsky.social a spot in our Galleries Get ahead of the game, and get to know the four selected finalists...

That’s a wrap – our summer graduations have come to an end 🎓 Congratulations to the class of 2025 and welcome to the @leedsalumni.bsky.social community 💚 We hope you had the best time celebrating – we can’t wait to see what’s next for you!

Happy #YorkshireDay! Whether you’re a student, staff member, alum, or visitor, we hope Yorkshire has found a place in your heart, just as it has in ours❤️ Take a moment today to enjoy a Yorkshire brew and reflect on your favourite memories here!

The latest iteration of Enfolded Journeys - an open call touring exhibition of artists’ books made in response to themes suggested by the title - is open at Dunoon MOCA until 2 August. The exhibition is curated by Professor Chris Taylor & John McDowall. Full info 👇 ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/eve...

An exhibition celebrating the life & work of Wakefield artist Cynthia Kenny (1929-2021) includes work by artist & Postgraduate Researcher Michelle Duxbury @alabamathirteen.bsky.social brings Kenny’s artworks to life with a new soundscape &creative audio descriptions ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/new...

Next week, get to know Leeds' newest creatives! Join us at the opening of FUAM 2025: The Friends of University Art and Music Graduate Art Prize 🥳 Celebrate our fab four finalists ⭐ Thursday 7 August 17:30 – 19:30 Free, book your place: library.leeds.ac.uk/events/event... @fahacs.bsky.social

Graduation is here🎓 🎉To everyone celebrating, a huge congratulations from everyone at Leeds. We're excited to welcome you to the Leeds alumni community - find out what it means to become a @universityofleeds.bsky.social alum #LeedsGrad #ForeverLeeds 👇 spotlight.leeds.ac.uk/graduation/

Discover the freshest artistic talent in Leeds Coming next in The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery 🏆🎨 FUAM 2025: The Friends of University Art and Music Graduate Art Prize 🎨🏆 Each year a panel of judges select 4 finalists from @fahacs.bsky.social and School of Design @universityofleeds.bsky.social

Our summer graduation ceremonies begin today 🎓🎉 A huge congratulations to everyone celebrating over the next few weeks, whether on campus or virtually! Graduating is a big achievement, and we are so proud of you ✨ We are so excited to welcome you to our @leedsalumni.bsky.social community 💚