BUY Art Exhibition - a-n The Artists Information Company

Venue: Aire Place Studios Gallery
Starts: Friday, November 4, 2022
Ends: Friday, January 20, 2023
Address: Unit 2c, Aire Place Mills, Kirkstall Rd, Leeds LS3 1JL
Location: Yorkshire
Organiser: Aire Place Studios

The BUY Art exhibition is about fostering a supportive environment for artists and giving them a platform to sell the work they create. You can support artists and arts organisations in many ways. You can buy art, buy prints, buy a drink at a gallery opening or by simply give them a like and a share on Instagram – give your favourite artist a shout out!

If you want to support local organisations like Aire Place Studios you can do so by buying our associate memberships, or by donating a small amount so we can continue offering spaces for local artists. Help us to champion and nourish passion, and talent.

‘Artists do more than just paint a pretty picture; they help communities to flourish and enrich our lives and work spaces. Artists are all around us. They teach our children, work in healthcare in therapy, recovery, and help to curate our spaces with interior design.

They aid our city by creating sculptures, making exhibitions, attractions and just make the everyday feel and look a bit better.

The BUY Art exhibition is just one of the ways in which you can help support local artists and local art galleries. They better our lives in so many ways so let’s give them our support!’ Sarah Francis, Founder of Aire Place Studios.

Come and view our collection of over 40 talented artists at the launch event on

Friday 4th November 2022, 6:30-9pm, celebrating Artists and Makers. You will be able to purchase artworks directly off the gallery wall or buy prints from the shop whilst enjoying a drink from the bar. Artworks will also be featured on our new online shop for Christmas buying and ideas! Just visit: https://www.aireplacestudios.com/buy-art

The exhibition is open to the public every Friday (11am – 5pm) from 4th November 2022 – 20th January 2023.

Sarah Francis

Artist Curator Sarah Francis is a Leeds based Artist Curator who focuses on bringing under-recognised artists and narratives to the public, using empathy and warmth to build self-confidence in creatives left behind by the mainstream system. Fascinated by complex possibilities lying dormant in ‘familiar’ environments, setting a challenging dialogue between cultural identity and the inner worlds which we as artists manifest within our work. This conceptual framework draws parallels between artists from differing socio-cultural worlds, whose work follows similar lines in metaphysical realms. Francis' interpretation of the curator is that of a caretaker of other worlds, working in collaboration as the tour guide and storyteller, bringing these converging manifestations to our physical spaces. Francis’ artwork centres around her neurodiverse and queer identity, building her own language and worlds to explore and understand ‘how I made me’; a reference to an early body of work that investigated her inner trauma and re-articulation of her current self. Her work has been shortlisted for the Saatchi Gallery’s Art of Giving Prize, selected by Richard Billingham for Curator’s Choice Noise Young Talent 2009, and recognised in Aesthetica’s 100 Best Contemporary Artists in Europe. In addition to her work, Sarah Francis is the Founder and Director of Aire Place Studios, Leeds. @sarahfrancis.art & @aireplacestudios

Aire Place Studios CIC

Aire Place Studios is a creative studio which holds spaces of equality and solidarity. We host comfortable studios spaces, hold safer spaces for workshops and a bold gallery space centred around innovation and inclusivity. Aire Place Studios also features a collective of associated artists who exist to radically uplift under-represented creatives with empathy and warmth to realise the potential of those often overlooked by traditional art institutions. This dynamic collaboration builds trust and collective accountability to serve our communities.