School of Fine Art, History of Art & Cultural Studies

14/10/2026

This new group exhibition at Assembly House showcases works by this year's three Accelerator Bursary recipients, including BA Fine Art Leeds Alumni Iona Oglivy-Stuart.

RUST is open every day until Sunday 18th October.

Next up in our 2026 programme, we share the conclusion to our year long residency, The Accelerator Bursary.

RUST is a sculptural exhibition showcasing work developed by Elrick Boldy, Ewan Summerton and Iona Ogilvy-Stuart during their residency at Assembly House throughout the Accelerator Bursary 2026. This exhibition presents a material dialogue between the perceived finality of metal, and the fragility of organic forms. RUST explores the threshold between the natural and the manufactured. Showcasing the diverse contextual practices of each artist, this exhibition aims to display the underlying connections of their works through the material.

The exhibition open evening is on Tuesday 13 October from 18:00 til 22:00.

you can see the show every day until Sunday 18 October.

The Accelerator Bursary is funded by Leeds Art Fund and delivered by Leeds Art Gallery in partnership with Assembly House.

🔗 See the link in our bio for more information

15/09/2026

Deadline approaching: Undergrad Video Prize 2026

Are you a UK undergrad studying art history or visual culture?

Submit a short video (up to 90 seconds) about your experience studying the subject for a chance to win and be screened at the National Gallery, London.

Phone videos are welcome; creativity matters more than high production values.

Deadline: Friday, 18 September 2026, at 23:59 (BST)

View the full entry guidelines via https://loom.ly/wibjyVM

09/09/2026

02/09/2026

Join us from 5pm on Thursday 3 September for the opening night of Fly on the Wall – this year's MA Fine Art Degree Show at the University of Leeds

*RSVP via email at [email protected]*

Fly on the Wall is a varied and expansive MA degree show exhibition spanning painting, installation, ceramic sculpture and film.

The work reflects the individuality of ten artists, their different concerns and their dedication to maintaining a creative practice during a time of uncertainty within the creative sector.

*Featured artists*

AJ Turner
Bethany Wilson
Bex Blayney
Danni Yao
Mengyuan Wang
Molly Flavell
Molly Newham
Rebecca O’Hooley
Seohee Lee
Yixin Hu

The title of the show reflects how the artists want visitors to engage with the work, while also mirroring their approach to curating the exhibition:

"We want audiences to feel as though they are being given a peek behind closed doors into the artists’ studios and creative practices. The exhibition creates a space to observe, evaluate and take stock of the different creative voices emerging from an academic institution in 2026."

🥂 Private view: 3 September, 5-8pm

📅 Show open to the public 4 -8 September, 10am-4pm

📍 School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies
University Road
University of Leeds
Leeds LS2 JT

*More info*

Full details about the show & artists taking part:

https://flyonthewall.leeds.ac.uk/

📷 Seohee Lee

31/07/2026

27/07/2026

Applications now open for the Yorkshire Graduate Award 2026.

The award offers one graduating BA or MA artist from a Yorkshire-based university the opportunity to undertake a fully supported residency of up to two weeks at YSP between autumn 2026 and spring 2027. The residency includes a £750 fee, materials budget, on-site accommodation, travel, meals, curatorial and technical support, and the chance to share work with the public.

The award is open to graduates from all artistic disciplines completing their studies at a Yorkshire university in 2026. Deadline to apply is Sun 23rd Aug.

Find out more at https://ysp.org.uk/jobs/yorkshire-graduate-award-2026

George Moody, ALL ROOTS LEAD TO YOU, 2025 📷 Paolina Hurry

27/07/2026

The song "represents different perspectives" about the controversial pub crawl, according to the project’s lead artist.

📸: Anna Reed
Find out more: https://bbc.in/4wV5pLA

22/07/2026

'Why we're using the power of song to take on the Otley Run with a surprise choir performance'

29/04/2026

Pitch: Fine Art Festival of Art 2026 launches today!

📅 29 April to 22 May

Our 2nd year Fine Art students are showcasing their work through a series of projects & exhibitions in a range of venues on campus & across Leeds.

Under the theme of ‘pitch’, the students have come together as thematic groups or as individuals to present their collective concerns, ideas or media in many different public contexts including restaurants, computer departments, pubs, churchyards & mobile sheds.

All spaces, indoors or out, are being considered as possible venues and the opportunity to pitch their work to a diverse range of audience.

pitch: Fine Art Festival of Art 2026 is part of Situation Leeds Festival, happening across May & June 2026, celebrating contemporary art in the public realm. Situation Leeds is supported by Yorkshire Visual Arts Network and Hyde Park Book Club.

Free, all welcome!

*Index of exhibitions*

Flea Circus
29 April to 6 May
7 to 16 May at North Bar, Leeds

Women and Identity
Tuesday 14 April, 10am to 5pm at grounded&co, Leeds

Memories of Meanwood: : A Response to the history of Pyramid of Arts
1 to 18 May at Pyramid of Arts

食飯 (s*k faan)
1 May, 5-11pm at Magic Wok, Bradford

The Shed
2 & 3 May, Dagmar Wood, Headingley
5 & 6 May at Left Bank. Leeds
9 & 10 May at St Michaels Church, Headingley

Beyond the Surface
4 May, 12-2pm at Hyde Park Book Club

Σ(in)+compass
4 to 8 May (online)

Bygones
5 to 8 May, Maurice Keyworth building, University of Leeds

Elsewhere
5 & 6 May, 10am-4pm at Slung Low, The Warehouse In Holbeck

Where Connection Moves Us
5 May, 11am-2.30pm at Hyde Park Book Club

I Eat Therefore I Am
5 to 22 May (online archive project)

Pinch Punch
5 to 22 May in Room 2.07, Sir William Henry Bragg Building, University of Leeds

DND: Interactive Conquest
6 May, 6-9pm at Common Ground, Leeds University Union

Movement
7 to 14 May at Northlight Arts Centre

Counterculture
8 May, 3pm-midnight at the Primrose Pub, Leeds

Leave Me Tender
8 May, 6-8pm at Chunk Bakery, Kirkstall

Life could be beautiful if you let it
9 May, 2-7.30pm at Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre

RAW: The Visceral and Vulnerable
9 May, 1-6pm at ChapelFortyNine, Leeds

Traces of Form
9 May, 4-8pm at Assembly House

Artificial Ecologies
Invitation only

Find out more about each exhibition and project, and the artists taking part:

https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/events/event/3712/pitch-fine-art-festival-of-art-2026

Image: Selection of works by artists taking part in pitch: Fine Art Festival of Art 2026: Molly Clarke and Georgia Warrington; Mia Somerville; Laura Green; Tony Carey; Elsa Guidon; Elizabeth Williams-Bulkeley; Emily Wadsworth.

21/04/2026

* Call for poetry and prose readings for Words Worth Reading: The Writers' Room launch on 27 April *

Contributions are welcome from students, staff and Postgraduate Researchers from the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (at the University of Leeds for an event organised as part of Words Worth Reading: The Writers' Room.

Words Worth Reading: The Writers’ Room is an upcoming exhibition curated by ChrisTaylor, Simon Lewandowski and Lu Rose Cunningham, opening next week in the School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies’ Project Space.

The exhibition and events programme bring together the Wild Pansy Press (celebrating its 30th year) and an array of London and Northern-based artists who have undertaken its London residency.

The opening event on Monday 27 April (5 to 8pm) will include readings from 6:30 to 7.15pm.

We invite you to give a reading of your original poetry or prose related to one of the following subjects:

• art
• publishing
• printing presses
• communal practices
• community
• experimental literature
• automatic writing
• other related suggestions welcome

If you would like to participate, please email [email protected] with your name, school, title of the reading, duration and sample of writing by 4pm on Friday 24 April.

Individual poetry and prose readings should be a maximum of 5-7 minutes long.

Find out more about the call for poetry and prose readings:

https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/news/article/3074/call-for-poetry-and-prose-readings-for-words-worth-reading-the-writers-room

Details about the exhibition & wider events programme of workshops and panel discussion:

https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/events/event/3702/words-worth-watching-the-writers-room

📷 Writing workshop at The Writers’ Room. Photo by Lu Rose Cunningham.