The State of the Arts

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“The programme is about trying to contextualise where we are and how we are…” 💪

Big news from @bradford2025! Read our write-up from last night’s announcement of the City of Culture programme, feat. interview w. @ShanazGulzar 👇

https://t.co/L6WKe349u9

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A big display from West Yorkshire too at the @MercuryPrize, with @archives_nia and @CorinneBRae nominated alongside 2024 winners @Englishteac_her! 👀👏👏

#mercuryprize2024

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"Comedians can still be daring and provocative, as long as above all, it’s funny."

Thanks for the guest piece @MichaelAkadiri! Check out it out on our site, ahead of his @HPBCLeeds performance later this month 👇

[Michael ‘The Comedy Doc’ Akadiri @MichaelAkadiri]

Penned some words on the State of Comedy for the good people at @TSOTArts

Feel free to check it out 😎

https://t.co/evsMYYeor6

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Subscribe to TSOTA’s newsletter for reviews, chats and news from the arts in your community… sent straight to your inbox! 🗞️🗞️

Sign up via our site or link below:

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[Hyde Park Book Club @HPBCLeeds]

Our friends @SILeedsLitPrize are looking for volunteer readers to help judge the 2024 SI Readers’ Choice Award, selecting their favourite from a shortlist of six manuscripts.

If you’d like to find out more, visit the website: https://t.co/wT5G7XLrmw

[Sunny Bank Mills @sunnybankmills]

@TSOTArts have just released a feature on our Arts Director Anna! It's safe to say she has big plans for arts and culture at the Mills.

Read the feature here > https://t.co/DS4qyX5Lz8

#SunnyBankMills #Farsley #Leeds #LeedsActivities #DontPlayWithYourFood

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More confirmation in the #KingsSpeech today of @UKLabour plans for devolution. Will this be good for arts and culture in the North? 🤔

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What might our new @UKLabour government mean for the arts in the North? 🤔

We try to deduce how their people and policy might affect things…

Is there anything else you’re expecting from Labour? Comment your thoughts!

https://t.co/Uj428e0ZbY

@lisanandy @10DowningStreet @DCMS

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In the build-up to the upcoming election Julia Brookes turns our attention to the fate of arts education.

✏️ read the full article below

#generalection2024 #artseducation #parliament2024

https://t.co/KgCzzl3g4C

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Writing for TSOTA, @KerryHarker, co-founder of The Tetley, gives us more of the story behind the iconic art space and reflects on what its closure means for the city ✍️👇 read below!

https://t.co/zaBkv85I0d

@YorkshireContmp

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Following the return of #bfifuturefilmfestival, we chatted with Yorkshire-based filmmakers Ava Bounds and Charles Humphreys whose short films will be featured.

🎥Follow the link to find out about their creative processes and to watch the films!

https://t.co/nHhgxHhHH2

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Head to our site to hear from two aspiring Yorkshire-based filmmakers, with shorts appearing at the @BFI #FutureFilmFestival this weekend - and watch their amazing films!

[BFI Film Academy @BFIFilmAcademy]

Amazing to see Yorkshire filmmakers Ava Bounds and Charles Humphreys interviewed in this @TSOTArts article!

We'll be screening both their films at the #BFIFutureFilmFestival over the next few days, so read the full article to learn more about them both👇
https://t.co/57vdGcrNd5

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We spoke to Cheryl Martin, the new artistic director for @redladder theatre company!

Read below 👇

https://t.co/ziM8g5RQsa

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Hear the definitive discussion on @LEEDS_2023! 🎧

Directors @kullyLeeds2023 & @ProducerBev joined editor @willbpask to look back on the Year of Culture - from its unique set of challenges, to the achievements of the programme… 🎙️

Listen below! 👇

https://t.co/91ZSAAj4P7

[Will Baldwin-Pask @willbpask]

Unreal line up 🔥

This festival is scaling up so impressively.

My write-up from last year for @TSOTArts 👉 https://t.co/uvE6vC1PIE

[Holocaust Centre North @holocaustnorth]

@TSOTArts interviewed our Memorial Gestures II artists 🙏 hear about their thoughts below ...

https://t.co/N7nTf6CoK2

Learn more👉
Irina : https://t.co/ENxpS1yjKe
@MattJSmithcom : https://t.co/bqR39kror1
Maud : https://t.co/8PS8i06rWQ
Ariane : https://t.co/4axfj5xjBr

[Victoria Gallery & Museum Liverpool @VictoriaGallery]

Another great review of Abstract Thinking: Fanchon Frölich and her Contemporaries by @TSOTArts.

You can visit this exhibition Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm.

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https://t.co/I599zIW44V

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(7/7) Court Spencer continued her column throughout 2023, including an interview with artist @dannylarsen 🗣️

https://t.co/YtyzqWvWQE

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(1/7) Happy New Year from The State of the Arts! 🥂

It's time for our annual round-up article... here we highlight the year we’ve just had, picking out key moments that we’ve loved and that showed TSOTA at its very best in 2023!

https://t.co/EnEHBpa01Q

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(6/7) Lorraine Bacchus reports on @tateliverpool’s gift of a painting from Aliza Nisenbaum to @AlderHey Children's Hospital 🎨

https://t.co/iS8cE8dIxt