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july
Join us for the launch of the South Square Centre Collage Club Exhibition!
South Square Collage Club emerged from an online collage workshop during a socially restricted Covid period in May 2021 for World Collage Day. People all over the world joined in supported by remote hosts in South Square Centre and Exeter.. The local participants decided to continue in person once that was possible. Four years later there's a lively evolving group who gather monthly in South Square Centre on a Saturday morning. The participants include people who are new to making art and people who have spent their lives creating. There's usually a theme linked to our interests but following it is entirely optional. There's a big selection of resources and a huge welcome to all.
This exhibition at Plenty of the Square includes a wonderful mix of the work the club have been creating over the past few weeks.
Last dater to view is Sunday 12th July.
Friday 5th June, 6pm – 9pm Join us for the launch of the South Square Centre Collage
Join us for the launch of the South Square Centre Collage Club Exhibition!
South Square Collage Club emerged from an online collage workshop during a socially restricted Covid period in May 2021 for World Collage Day. People all over the world joined in supported by remote hosts in South Square Centre and Exeter.. The local participants decided to continue in person once that was possible. Four years later there’s a lively evolving group who gather monthly in South Square Centre on a Saturday morning. The participants include people who are new to making art and people who have spent their lives creating. There’s usually a theme linked to our interests but following it is entirely optional. There’s a big selection of resources and a huge welcome to all.
This exhibition at Plenty of the Square includes a wonderful mix of the work the club have been creating over the past few weeks.
Last dater to view is Sunday 12th July.
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Costing the Earth aims to highlight the negative and damaging environmental effects of fast fashion on our planet and the small actions we can do to make a positive difference.
Costing the Earth is a group show presenting artwork of artists Mandy Barker, Alice Fox, Hannah Lamb and Atiyya Mirza, amplifying different ways artists are tackling the climate crisis. The four artists work with recycled or sustainably sourced materials to create photographic images, sculpture and textile artworks.
The cornerstone to Costing the Earth is Mandy Barker’s Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Imperfections, a homage to the work of pioneering botanist and photographer Anna Atkins (1799-1871) using a Victorian photographic process. Through this body of work Barker hopes to raise awareness of fast fashion, synthetic clothes, and the harmful effect of microfibres in the oceans.
Mandy collected fragments of disregarded synthetic clothing from 121 beaches, from John o’ Groats to Land’s End, highlighting that no coastline is exempt from plastic pollution. The items found range from jackets to dressing-up outfits, football shirts to underwear, salvaged from beaches, rockpools and directly from the sea. The items are representative of millions of tonnes of clothes manufactured and discarded each year.
Mandy Barker says, “It is my intention that conversation around Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Imperfections will lead to action and a shift within the fashion industry, with the aim of achieving an impact that will go on to change the world.”
Alice Fox looks at technical innovation while also revisiting ancient and Indigenous technologies that could shape a more sustainable future. Alice’s artwork explores the idea of creating a safety net for the world, using different materials for net making, from repurposed polyester fabric to hand twisted string from allotment grown plant fibres.
Great Women Chilling, a playful textile piece by Atiyya Mirza, explores womanhood, empowerment, independence and identity, inspired by the women in Mirza’s family. Atiyya uses scrap fabrics she has collected over many years and found materials, exploring ways of working sustainabily when creating artwork.
Fragments of a Dress draws from the precious scraps of clothing associated with the Brontë family, especially Charlotte Brontë, in the collection at the Brontë Parsonage Museum. Hannah Lamb invited visitors to the museum to share stories about a significant item of clothing that they treasure, leaving a hand written note about the item and what it means to them. These touching and highly personal responses have been carefully embroidered onto silk organza, overlapping and layering a mesh of memories.
Hannah Lamb says, “Textiles and clothing can hold powerful memories, reminding us of people, places and special moments in our lives. Today, despite living in world of ‘fast-fashion’ and disposable attitudes to clothing, many of us still keep hold of things that help us to remember.”
The four artists have been invited to present existing work that reflects the exhibition’s broader vision of encouraging reuse, repurposing, and recycling.
Costing the Earth is an Impressions Gallery offsite exhibition in partnership with South Square Centre, part of Impression’s Summer of Sustainability.
Curated by Jane Hiley.
Image credit top: Gigartina Sunday, Photographs of British Algae, Cyanotype Imperfections © Mandy Barker
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Nicki Taylor - Analogue and Digital Photography
Diane Jones - Textiles, Print and Embroidery
Diane and Nicki first exhibited together in the Unit 9 gallery 13 years ago in 2013.
'13' is a showcase of work created then and in the intervening years to the present day.
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Come to the cafe and see the new exhibition of work by Saima Kaur.
Saima is a Yorkshire based hand embroidery artist. Her visual language is informed by the imaginative beauty and diversity of Indian folk art.
Her artworks for this exhibition are set in dreamspaces where women dance, play and express their innate power. The works invite the viewer to tap into their childlike imagination and enter places where everything is magical and full of possibilities.
Each artwork is a limited edition print of an original hand embroidery, signed and numbered by the artist.
To discover more about Saima and her work, visit www.saimakaur.com
The cafe is open, Tues - Sun: 9.30am - 3.30pm
Monday - Closed
Please note - the cafe will be closed from 17th August to 2nd September
Saturday 18th July – Sunday 6th September Plenty at the Square Come to the
Come to the cafe and see the new exhibition of work by Saima Kaur.
Saima is a Yorkshire based hand embroidery artist. Her visual language is informed by the imaginative beauty and diversity of Indian folk art.
Her artworks for this exhibition are set in dreamspaces where women dance, play and express their innate power. The works invite the viewer to tap into their childlike imagination and enter places where everything is magical and full of possibilities.
Each artwork is a limited edition print of an original hand embroidery, signed and numbered by the artist.
To discover more about Saima and her work, visit www.saimakaur.com
The cafe is open, Tues – Sun: 9.30am – 3.30pm
Monday – Closed
Please note – the cafe will be closed from 17th August to 2nd September
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Saturday 18th July 2026 - 11am - 3pm
Join us as we host a series of free events focusing on local heritage and historic traditions. Featuring art exhibitions, art workshops, demonstrations, and talks from the Thornton Antiquarian Society. Here's what we have on:
Thornton Antiquarian's display and open studio:
See a heritage display in the Community Room and hear talks from the Thornton Antiquarian Society who will have an open studio for you to explore their archive.
Corn Dolly Demonstrations:
Join from Sue Tomkins, a member of StrawCraftsmen, who will be showing you how to make your own Corn Dollies.
Collage Club Drop In Workshop:
Join the South Square Collage Club to learn how to make your own heritage themed collage. They’ll be some photos from antiquarians archive, plus old Bradford maps to create your own artwork, so come along and have a go for free!
Make and Mend Drop in Workshop:
Inspired by the exhibition Costing the Earth, upcycle, repair and re-love your old clothes with Cat Frances from textile experts Material Worth.
Give your old clothes and fabrics new life, in a space where you can slow down, make, and connect. We’ll celebrate the art of repair and reuse – proving that mending is not just practical, it’s creative, joyful, and full of meaning.
No experience required, just bring your enthusiasm and creativity. You can bring a piece of old clothing to repair, or make use of the fabrics provided. We’ll also provide thread and tools.
Exhibitions:
This will be happening alongside exhibitions in the galleries including ‘Costing the Earth’, a
partnership exhibition with Impressions Gallery, a solo exhibition in Plenty at the Square by Saima Kaur, who creates hand embroideries that are inspired by the textile traditions of Punjab, India, and a pop-up exhibition by Thornton Beckfoot School students in the Community Room.
See the full Bradford Heritage Festival Programme here.
august
Costing the Earth aims to highlight the negative and damaging environmental effects of fast fashion on our planet and the small actions we can do to make a positive difference.
Costing the Earth is a group show presenting artwork of artists Mandy Barker, Alice Fox, Hannah Lamb and Atiyya Mirza, amplifying different ways artists are tackling the climate crisis. The four artists work with recycled or sustainably sourced materials to create photographic images, sculpture and textile artworks.
The cornerstone to Costing the Earth is Mandy Barker’s Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Imperfections, a homage to the work of pioneering botanist and photographer Anna Atkins (1799-1871) using a Victorian photographic process. Through this body of work Barker hopes to raise awareness of fast fashion, synthetic clothes, and the harmful effect of microfibres in the oceans.
Mandy collected fragments of disregarded synthetic clothing from 121 beaches, from John o’ Groats to Land’s End, highlighting that no coastline is exempt from plastic pollution. The items found range from jackets to dressing-up outfits, football shirts to underwear, salvaged from beaches, rockpools and directly from the sea. The items are representative of millions of tonnes of clothes manufactured and discarded each year.
Mandy Barker says, “It is my intention that conversation around Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Imperfections will lead to action and a shift within the fashion industry, with the aim of achieving an impact that will go on to change the world.”
Alice Fox looks at technical innovation while also revisiting ancient and Indigenous technologies that could shape a more sustainable future. Alice’s artwork explores the idea of creating a safety net for the world, using different materials for net making, from repurposed polyester fabric to hand twisted string from allotment grown plant fibres.
Great Women Chilling, a playful textile piece by Atiyya Mirza, explores womanhood, empowerment, independence and identity, inspired by the women in Mirza’s family. Atiyya uses scrap fabrics she has collected over many years and found materials, exploring ways of working sustainabily when creating artwork.
Fragments of a Dress draws from the precious scraps of clothing associated with the Brontë family, especially Charlotte Brontë, in the collection at the Brontë Parsonage Museum. Hannah Lamb invited visitors to the museum to share stories about a significant item of clothing that they treasure, leaving a hand written note about the item and what it means to them. These touching and highly personal responses have been carefully embroidered onto silk organza, overlapping and layering a mesh of memories.
Hannah Lamb says, “Textiles and clothing can hold powerful memories, reminding us of people, places and special moments in our lives. Today, despite living in world of ‘fast-fashion’ and disposable attitudes to clothing, many of us still keep hold of things that help us to remember.”
The four artists have been invited to present existing work that reflects the exhibition’s broader vision of encouraging reuse, repurposing, and recycling.
Costing the Earth is an Impressions Gallery offsite exhibition in partnership with South Square Centre, part of Impression’s Summer of Sustainability.
Curated by Jane Hiley.
Image credit top: Gigartina Sunday, Photographs of British Algae, Cyanotype Imperfections © Mandy Barker
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Diane Jones - Textiles, Print and Embroidery
Diane and Nicki first exhibited together in the Unit 9 gallery 13 years ago in 2013.
'13' is a showcase of work created then and in the intervening years to the present day.
","eventStatus":"https://schema.org/EventScheduled"}Come to the cafe and see the new exhibition of work by Saima Kaur.
Saima is a Yorkshire based hand embroidery artist. Her visual language is informed by the imaginative beauty and diversity of Indian folk art.
Her artworks for this exhibition are set in dreamspaces where women dance, play and express their innate power. The works invite the viewer to tap into their childlike imagination and enter places where everything is magical and full of possibilities.
Each artwork is a limited edition print of an original hand embroidery, signed and numbered by the artist.
To discover more about Saima and her work, visit www.saimakaur.com
The cafe is open, Tues - Sun: 9.30am - 3.30pm
Monday - Closed
Please note - the cafe will be closed from 17th August to 2nd September
Saturday 18th July – Sunday 6th September Plenty at the Square Come to the
Come to the cafe and see the new exhibition of work by Saima Kaur.
Saima is a Yorkshire based hand embroidery artist. Her visual language is informed by the imaginative beauty and diversity of Indian folk art.
Her artworks for this exhibition are set in dreamspaces where women dance, play and express their innate power. The works invite the viewer to tap into their childlike imagination and enter places where everything is magical and full of possibilities.
Each artwork is a limited edition print of an original hand embroidery, signed and numbered by the artist.
To discover more about Saima and her work, visit www.saimakaur.com
The cafe is open, Tues – Sun: 9.30am – 3.30pm
Monday – Closed
Please note – the cafe will be closed from 17th August to 2nd September
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A series of paintings by Richard Jack Mort covering abstracts and portraits mainly in acrylic. Richard uses the canvas as a three-dimensional object in space to be carved into and appliqued on. Investigating the use of colour in several idioms. To see more of Richard's work head to painters-online.co.uk
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Inspired by the exhibition Costing the Earth, discover the art of sustainable string making in this fun, eco-friendly introductory workshop with artist Alice Fox.
Working with repurposed materials, including paper, cloth and plastic, this workshop introduces the technique of cordage (string) making.
Combining basic techniques with an experimental approach, this workshop has an emphasis on process and will provide you with the skills to experiment further.
Free, donations welcome.
Booking essential, 10 places available, book via Eventbrite;
All materials provided.
Suitable for ages 16+
The workshop will take place at South Square Centre.
Curated by Jane Hiley, Costing the Earth is an Impressions Gallery offsite exhibition in partnership with South Square Centre. Part of Impressions’ Summer of Sustainability programme.
Image: Cordage samples made with paper, plastic and cloth © Alice Fox
