The State of the Arts

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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 👇 thestateofthearts.co.uk/features/bradf…

A big display from West Yorkshire too at the @MercuryPrize, with @archives_nia and @CorinneBRae nominated alongside 2024 winners @Englishteac_her! 👀👏👏 #mercuryprize2024

"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 👇

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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/were-looking-f…

@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. Read the feature here > thestateofthearts.co.uk/features/anna-… #SunnyBankMills #Farsley #Leeds #LeedsActivities #DontPlayWithYourFood

More confirmation in the #KingsSpeech today of @UKLabour plans for devolution. Will this be good for arts and culture in the North? 🤔

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! thestateofthearts.co.uk/features/labou… @lisanandy @10DowningStreet @DCMS

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 thestateofthearts.co.uk/features/opini…

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! thestateofthearts.co.uk/features/lesso… @YorkshireContmp

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! thestateofthearts.co.uk/features/bfi-f…

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!

We spoke to Cheryl Martin, the new artistic director for @redladder theatre company! Read below 👇 thestateofthearts.co.uk/features/chery…

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! 👇 thestateofthearts.co.uk/features/leeds…

Unreal line up 🔥 This festival is scaling up so impressively. My write-up from last year for @TSOTArts 👉 thestateofthearts.co.uk/features/we-ou…

@TSOTArts interviewed our Memorial Gestures II artists 🙏 hear about their thoughts below ... thestateofthearts.co.uk/features/memor… Learn more👉 Irina : irinaraz.com @MattJSmithcom : mattjsmith.com Maud : maudhb.com Ariane : royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/na…

Another great review of Abstract Thinking: Fanchon Frölich and her Contemporaries by @TSOTArts. You can visit this exhibition Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm. 👇 thestateofthearts.co.uk/features/abstr…

(7/7) Court Spencer continued her column throughout 2023, including an interview with artist @dannylarsen 🗣️ thestateofthearts.co.uk/features/snoop…

(6/7) Lorraine Bacchus reports on @tateliverpool’s gift of a painting from Aliza Nisenbaum to @AlderHey Children's Hospital 🎨 thestateofthearts.co.uk/features/portr…

(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! thestateofthearts.co.uk/features/end-o…