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“The programme is about trying to contextualise where we are and how we are…” 💪
Big news from @bradford2025! Read our write-up from last night’s announcement of the City of Culture programme, feat. interview w. @ShanazGulzar 👇
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A big display from West Yorkshire too at the @MercuryPrize, with @archives_nia and @CorinneBRae nominated alongside 2024 winners @Englishteac_her! 👀👏👏
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"Comedians can still be daring and provocative, as long as above all, it’s funny."
Thanks for the guest piece @MichaelAkadiri! Check out it out on our site, ahead of his @HPBCLeeds performance later this month 👇
Penned some words on the State of Comedy for the good people at @TSOTArts
Feel free to check it out 😎
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Our friends @SILeedsLitPrize are looking for volunteer readers to help judge the 2024 SI Readers’ Choice Award, selecting their favourite from a shortlist of six manuscripts.
If you’d like to find out more, visit the website: sileedsliteraryprize.com/wer…
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@TSOTArts have just released a feature on our Arts Director Anna! It's safe to say she has big plans for arts and culture at the Mills.
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#SunnyBankMills #Farsley #Leeds #LeedsActivities #DontPlayWithYourFood
ALT Our Arts Director Anna, a white woman in her early thirties with shoulder length brown hair, climbing a ladder in the Gallery to hang up a string of yellow dusters during our last exhibition, Tangled Up.
What might our new @UKLabour government mean for the arts in the North? 🤔
We try to deduce how their people and policy might affect things…
Is there anything else you’re expecting from Labour? Comment your thoughts!
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More confirmation in the #KingsSpeech today of @UKLabour plans for devolution. Will this be good for arts and culture in the North? 🤔
In the build-up to the upcoming election Julia Brookes turns our attention to the fate of arts education.
✏️ read the full article below
#generalection2024 #artseducation #parliament2024
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Writing for TSOTA, @KerryHarker, co-founder of The Tetley, gives us more of the story behind the iconic art space and reflects on what its closure means for the city ✍️👇 read below!
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Following the return of #bfifuturefilmfestival, we chatted with Yorkshire-based filmmakers Ava Bounds and Charles Humphreys whose short films will be featured.
🎥Follow the link to find out about their creative processes and to watch the films!
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Head to our site to hear from two aspiring Yorkshire-based filmmakers, with shorts appearing at the @BFI #FutureFilmFestival this weekend - and watch their amazing films!
Amazing to see Yorkshire filmmakers Ava Bounds and Charles Humphreys interviewed in this @TSOTArts article!
We'll be screening both their films at the #BFIFutureFilmFestival over the next few days, so read the full article to learn more about them both👇
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We spoke to Cheryl Martin, the new artistic director for @redladder theatre company!
Read below 👇
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Hear the definitive discussion on @LEEDS_2023! 🎧
Directors @kullyLeeds2023 & @ProducerBev joined editor @willbpask to look back on the Year of Culture - from its unique set of challenges, to the achievements of the programme… 🎙️
Listen below! 👇
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Unreal line up 🔥
This festival is scaling up so impressively.
My write-up from last year for @TSOTArts 👉 thestateofthearts.co.uk/feat…
OUR 2024 LINEUP IS HERE! 💜
We’re overjoyed to share our most wide-spanning programme yet; threading together some of the world’s most important musical pioneers, emerging talent and some incredibly special performances.
See you in the fields: weoutherefestival.com
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@TSOTArts interviewed our Memorial Gestures II artists 🙏 hear about their thoughts below ...
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Learn more👉
Irina : irinaraz.com/
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Maud : maudhb.com/
Ariane : royalacademy.org.uk/art-arti…
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Another great review of Abstract Thinking: Fanchon Frölich and her Contemporaries by @TSOTArts.
You can visit this exhibition Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm.
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(1/7) Happy New Year from The State of the Arts! 🥂
It's time for our annual round-up article... here we highlight the year we’ve just had, picking out key moments that we’ve loved and that showed TSOTA at its very best in 2023!
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(6/7) Lorraine Bacchus reports on @tateliverpool’s gift of a painting from Aliza Nisenbaum to @AlderHey Children's Hospital 🎨
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(7/7) Court Spencer continued her column throughout 2023, including an interview with artist @dannylarsen 🗣️
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