Members Show 2022 - a-n The Artists Information Company

Venue: Aire Place Studios
Starts: Friday, July 1, 2022
Ends: Friday, July 29, 2022
Address: Unit 2C, Aire Place Mills, Kirkstall Road, LS3 1JL
Location: Yorkshire
Organiser: Aire Place Studios

Celebrating Aire Place Studios Creative Community!

Aire Place Studios is delighted to present The Members Show 2022.

This inaugural exhibition showcases the diverse talents of the Members and Associate Members of Aire Place Studios. Expect to see bold paintings, wonderful ceramics, incredible sculpture and much much more!

Our studios aren’t just for visual artists. We represent all kinds of creatives in our 35+ studios members, from jewellers, potters, scenic designers, videographers, graphic designers, illustrators, as well as musicians and performers, just to name a few.

Come and support our talented members at the launch event on Friday 1st July 2022, 6:30pm – 9pm, celebrating Leeds Artists, Creatives & Makers.

Exhibition continues until 29 July 2022

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.