Aire and Worth Valley Arts Consultation Event

Invitation to Have Your Say

Are you a visual artist, designer, digital and media artist, maker, professional or keen amateur?
Do you live in the Aire Valley between Shipley and Skipton or the Worth Valley?


The Aire Valley Consortium for the Arts (a working title!) would like to invite you to a consultation about Arts in the Aire and Worth Valleys on Wednesday 29 February from 5.30pm at Small World, 20 Russell Street, Keighley BD21 3JP

This is YOUR opportunity to have your say about the provision of support for artists and the arts. Your contribution will be presented to Bradford Council and will help us, Aire Valley Consortium, to focus on the needs of local arts practitioners. There will be refreshments and the consultation begins at 6pm

About AVC: we are an arts collective from Kirkgate Studios and Small World whose manifesto is to champion creativity, culture and learning and to promote and improve the cultural life of the Aire Valley area.

Artists in Schools

Painting Silk

Artists in Business is committed to delivering great art projects in partnership with schools and community groups in West and North Yorkshire.
We recently sent one of our artists to work with parents and staff from Haworth Primary and Iqra Primary schools to create two silk painted wall hangings.

Bronte Parsonage & Hawoth Main Street

The brief was to design a banner for the Iqra Primary School with images of Haworth and a banner for Haworth Primary School with images of Bradford. The artist placed the scenes in windows surrounded by Islamic inspired designs and patterns. 

Bradford City Centre

All art work was drawn out in permanent marker pen onto layout paper before being transferred onto the silk with gutta resist. The silk was stretched onto wooden frames ready for the participants to paint. 

Lower Laithe Reservoir

Seventeen parents and staff from both schools took part in the activity of painting the silk and, once they had been given some basic instruction, worked together. The workshop was so much more than just about making art. It was about team work, breaking down cultural barriers, sharing knowledge and skills and having fun. 

Haworth wallhanging

Bradford Wallhanging

If you would like to discuss an art project or visiting artist for your school or community group please contact Artists in Business at jo.artsbiz@gmail.com and we will be happy to hear from you.

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