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Zarah Hussain: Paradise Carpet

15 November 2024 - 22 February 2025

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Makers Wonderland

09 November 2024 - 21 December 2024

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Festive Workshops at The Art House

20 November 2024 - 14 December 2024

Join us for a range of festive workshops this Christmas at The Art House!

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Madi Acharya-Baskerville – Artist Talk (Online)

21 November 2024 - 21 November 2024

Join us for a very special online artist talk with Madi Acharya-Baskerville

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Shop unique, locally sourced gifts, prints, cards and homewares online and in store.

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Family Crafts

Join us for our intergenerational craft sessions

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Talk and Draw

A free, relaxed drawing session open to everyone!

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Skillshare

A free, relaxed, skillshare for everyone!

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Residencies

Emma Bentley Fox

13 November 2024 – 04 December 2024

Introducing Emma Bentley Fox, the first recipient of the inaugural Patricia Sutcliffe residency!

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Festive Workshops at The Art House

Join us for a range of festive workshops this Christmas at The Art House!

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Tonye Ekine

25 November 2024 – 08 December 2024

The Art House welcomes Tonye Ekine as he develops his printing practice.

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Who's it for?

Our house is your house.

The Art House provides time, space and support for artists, makers and creative businesses to develop their practice. It is a place where artists and audiences of all kinds are welcome to engage with the creative process through a year-round programme of exhibitions and events.

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Community Projects

Working with people from all sorts of backgrounds and specialists groups, we undertake a range of community projects. We aim to use arts, culture and the creative process to bring people together, nurture potential and contribute to the building of a cohesive community.

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Featured Video

Makey Wakey – Outreach to Ownership Research Project

Outreach to Ownership is an innovative cross-border research pilot which ran from January until September 2022 funded by a grant from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and managed by Historic England and Historic Environment Scotland. The Art House was of 5 organisations to be part of the project.

This short film documents the work carried out from January-June 2022, by The Art House and in response to this project.

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The Art House, Drury Lane, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF1 2TE

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The Art House is located just 60 seconds walk from Wakefield Westgate railway station. The free city bus connects us to key locations around the city centre, including Wakefield bus station and The Hepworth Wakefield.

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