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09/09/2026

🏷️ Fancy making your own badge? As part of our First Annual Riso Convention this September, we're running free riso badge making, drop in any time!

Come and design your own riso printed badge to take away, using our riso printers in the print room here at Convention House. It's a fun, hands-on activity for all ages, no experience necessary.

Find out more about the Riso Convention: https://eastst.art/riso-convention

The Riso Convention is free and open to all ages, no booking required, and will be open from 10am until 4pm at Convention House during Open Studios, on the 12 and 13 September.

Find out more about Open Studios: https://eastst.art/open-studios

Events like this are made possible thanks to the support of funders Leeds City Council, the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) and Arts Council England.

09/09/2026

✨ We're looking for a new Chair of the Board of Trustees.

East Street Arts has spent over 25 years supporting artists with studios, space and opportunity across Leeds and beyond. Now we're looking for someone to help lead our board through the next chapter.

If you care about artists, place and community, and have the experience to help steer a growing organisation, we'd love to hear from you.

Find out more here: https://eastst.art/chair-of-the-board

08/09/2026

🎉 Our fourth Artist Spotlight is here!

This time we're shining a light on Frances Norton, Sheila Gaffney, Chris Eastham, CA Ryan and Gabriella Ranito-Baltazar, all opening their studios for Open Studios on 12-13 September.

Find out more about them and the rest of our studio holders: https://eastst.art/open-studios

Across the weekend, various other studios in Leeds will be taking part in ; find out more by heading to leedsopenstudios.com 🧑‍🎨

Events like this are made possible thanks to the support of funders Leeds City Council, UKSPF, and Arts Council England.

04/09/2026

🖼️ As part of our Riso Convention this September, we're opening our doors to show work in progress from this year's Riso Residency.

Drop in to see new work made in our print room here at Convention House, from early experiments and test prints through to finished pieces. It's a rare chance to see the residency process up close and see how artists have been using the riso to develop their practice.

Find out more about the Riso Convention: https://eastst.art/riso-convention

The Riso Convention is free and open to all ages, no booking required, and will be open from 10am until 4pm at Convention House during Open Studios, on the 12 and 13 September.

Find out more about Open Studios: https://eastst.art/open-studios

Events like this are made possible thanks to the support of funders Leeds City Council, the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) and Arts Council England.

03/09/2026

🎉 Our second Artist Spotlight is here!

We can't wait to see everyone for Open Studios, across the 12 and 13 September, and we're highlighting some of the artists taking part.

For the next spotlight, we've got Ben Winter, Anid Walker, Cam Rolland, Tessa Houghton and Dean Kemp.

Find out more about them and the rest of our studio holders: https://eastst.art/open-studios

Across the weekend, various other studios in Leeds will be taking part in Leeds Open Studios; find out more by heading to leedsopenstudios.com 🧑‍🎨

Events like this are made possible thanks to the support of funders Leeds City Council, UKSPF, and Arts Council England.

30/08/2026

✏️ Caroline Brooks presents Foundations of Academic Drawing, and Learning to see in colour. Two 12-week intensive courses in classical realist drawing and oil painting, at Convention House.

Foundations of Academic Drawing

The course focuses on construction, value and the disciplined observation that underpins convincing representational drawing. Across twelve weeks, participants work through shape and volume construction, value and form, sustained still life, and Bargue plate studies of the head, facial features and figure, the classical atelier method of developing accuracy, visual analysis and draftsmanship. Teaching combines the structured methodology of the classical atelier with practical demonstrations, individual feedback and incremental skill building.

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Learning to See in Colour

Participants begin in monochrome, building confidence handling oil paint alongside a secure understanding of value before colour is introduced, then progress through a limited palette into full-colour still life painting. Teaching combines structured demonstrations, practical studio exercises and individual critique, developing a dependable painting process from the initial block in through to final refinements.

Both courses begin in September, and run on Tuesdays and Sundays until December.

For more information, and the secure your place visit our website -

https://eastst.art/academic-drawing
https://eastst.art/learning-to-see-in-colour

29/08/2026

😀 Join us across 12 - 13 September for our Riso Convention where you will be able to try Riso printing for FREE! See how the process works and print your own 2 colour print to take home. Materials will be provided for you to make a collage style design, so just drop in anytime and get creative!

Saturday 12
Graphic Artist and Printmaker Josh Williams will be on hand to help you create your prints. Josh is a creative based in Hull and one of our Riso Residents from 2025.

Sunday 13
The drop in session will be supported by Artist and Illustrator Erin Nicholson. Erin is one of our studio holders here at East Street Arts and frequent user of our riso print room.

You're in great hands all weekend, so come down and say hello 👋

Find out more about the Riso Convention here https://lnkd.in/eVPjECkk

The Riso Convention is free and open to all ages, no booking required, and will be open from 10am until 4pm at Convention House during Open Studios.

Find out more about Open Studios here https://lnkd.in/ebBQMvq4

Events like this are made possible thanks to the support of funders Leeds City Council, the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) and Arts Council England.

Events like this are made possible thanks to the support of funders Leeds City Council, the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) and Arts Council England.

28/08/2026

🌟 You're invited to the Community Get Together!

Join us from 12–3pm on Saturday 3 October at Convention House, St Mary's Lane, LS9 7EH.

Come and meet some of the organisations, residents, and other people living and working in the area, grab some free food, and take part in free creative activities framing what your area means to you.

📍 Convention House, St Mary's Lane, LS9 7EH
🗓️ Saturday 3 October, 12pm–3pm

This event is funded by The National Lottery Community Fund, in partnership with Touchstone.

27/08/2026

🎉 Our second Artist Spotlight is here!

This time we're shining a light on Irina Lomash, Valerie Heskins, Teresa Flavin, Andrew Lister, and Luke Swinhoe, all opening their studios for Open Studios on 12-13 September.

Find out more about them and the rest of our studio holders via the link in our bio.

Across the weekend, various other studios in Leeds will be taking part in ; find out more by heading to leedsopenstudios.com 🧑‍🎨

Events like this are made possible thanks to the support of funders Leeds City Council, UKSPF, and Arts Council England.

22/08/2026

🎈 As part of our Riso Convention this September, we are hosting a table top market, featuring work by artists in our riso community. You'll be able to pick up riso printed cards, prints and zines by local creatives, and chat to the artists who use our print room to find out more about our space.

We will also be joined by the amazing Footprint Workers Co-op who will be at the Convention on Saturday, with riso wares for sale and info about the services they offer.

Watch this space for a full list of artists involved in the market.

Find out more about the Riso Convention here https://eastst.art/riso-convention

The Riso Convention is free and open to all ages, no booking required, and will be open from 10am until 4pm at Convention House during Open Studios.

Find out more about Open Studios here https://eastst.art/open-studios

Events like this are made possible thanks to the support of funders Leeds City Council, the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) and Arts Council England.

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Patrick Studios/St Marys Lane
Leeds
LS97EH

Opening Hours

Monday	10am - 5pm
Tuesday	10am - 5pm
Wednesday	10am - 5pm
Thursday	10am - 5pm
Friday	10am - 5pm

Telephone

+441132480040

Website

http://eaststreetarts.org.uk/

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