A new collection of designs featuring a delicate dose of gemstones, a splash of inspiration and passionate curation. Explore the theme of love and nurture with handcrafted collections from the most talented jewellery artists from across the country. > Visit the Kath Libbery Jewellery Gallery website
Saltaire Art Gallery offers classical drawing, painting tuition, and painting retreats. Explore a diverse selection of fine art painters showcasing figuration, abstraction, and more. Immerse yourself in the art environment while enjoying a cup of freshly brewed coffee. This venue is also part of our Open Village – see venue 3 on our Open Village …
Fresh, contemporary, craft and design, from candlesticks to coasters, needle felting to stained glass and other disciplines. Every piece has been hand crafted and generously donated, and all money raised will support your local NHS Mental Health and Community charity – Better Lives.
Local artist Ben Holden took lots of pictures of flowers throughout 2023, developing into a collection he had to make something with. Exploring drawing, painting, cutting, collaging, mark-making & composing; creating movement, energy and flow into a landscape mini mural and poster series. A celebration of colour, nature and joy. > Visit Ben’s website
Come and meet and chat to the artists of Saltaire’s popular local art group and browse over a hundred paintings, drawings and collages. Many of the artworks are for sale alongside quality art cards and handmade crafts. Fairtrade refreshments will also be available in the lounge. Image by Stella Verity
Come and see what happens when you mix Bradford’s textile heritage with our vibrant creative community to produce a large-scale art installation, highlighting climate change trends in Yorkshire. Almost 3.5 million stitches have been knitted into a display that charts our changing climate from the 1853 to 2023. Over 200 volunteers have contributed to this …
Students from the Foundation Degree (FdA) Textiles Practice take the theme of Connections – People and Place. In this exhibition they have each explored the theme in different ways, considering what gives people a sense of connection to place, through home, work or play? How do we connect to Saltaire through culture, heritage and landscape? …
An audio visual response to the vibrant heritage of Bradford Mills and their gradual decline in the latter decades of the 20th century. Utilising archive footage, found audio, repurposed content and newly commissioned elements, the Colour Foundry have woven together a rich and immersive exhibition environment, bolstered by a freshly composed musical score that features …
A multi-layered textile artwork based on the accounts of Bradford millworkers, including the voices of the many migrant workers who came to work in the mills. Layering Cultures focuses on the clothing worn in the mills from the 1970’s onwards, referencing photographs of a cross-section of millworkers and bringing together a mix of cultures through …
A large-scale woven and printed cloth, made in Bradford and inspired by site visits to lost textile mills. Drawing on a deep respect for the skill, experience and dexterous hands of textile workers, the cloth combines motifs from mill buildings and archive imagery. An important part of the project is bringing the cloth to the …