Summer Exhibition - a-n The Artists Information Company

Venue: The Mill Gallery
Starts: Friday, June 20, 2025
Ends: Sunday, August 3, 2025
Address: Unit 5 Cardinal House, Swinnow Grange Mills, Leeds, LS13 4EP
Location: Yorkshire
Organiser: The Mill Gallery

The Mill Gallery is proud to announce the opening of Summer Exhibition 2025, a dynamic and wide-ranging showcase of contemporary art, now on view through Sunday 3rd August. This inaugural group exhibition brings together an exciting mix of work by emerging and established artists across a variety of disciplines, including painting, sculpture, photography, drawing, and printmaking.

Designed to reflect the energy and diversity of today’s artistic landscape, Summer Exhibition 2025 offers visitors an engaging experience that celebrates bold ideas, fresh perspectives, and the power of visual expression. From intimate studies to large-scale works, the show explores a wide spectrum of themes and materials, highlighting the inventive spirit of contemporary practice.

“We’re really excited for this show,” said Lucy Morrison, curator at The Mill Gallery. “It’s a vibrant collection of artworks and there’s definitely something for everyone. Whether you’re a regular gallery-goer or just stopping by out of curiosity, we’d love to welcome you in.”

The public is warmly invited to attend the opening event on Friday 20th June from 6:30pm, where visitors can explore the exhibition, enjoy great conversations, and purchase refreshments in a relaxed and welcoming setting.

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.