Bradford Arts Centre

Bradford Arts Centre is a performance space, meeting place and creative home that spotlights the city’s brilliant culture, set in the historic heart of Bradford

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Kala Sangam is delighted to announce that we have been awarded a grant of £4,998,500 by @DCMS & @ace_national’s Cultural Development Fund to support our capital redevelopment & establish a new arts hub network in Bradford district with @Bloomin_Buds, @South_Square & @CreativeKly

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reopen to the public plus highlights from our autumn programme.
In the meantime, you can catch up with our Archive Adventures series on our YouTube and if you do have any urgent queries you can contact us on [email protected]

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👋See you soon
Thank you to everyone who came to see Shivaangee Agrawal’s Come Rest in Chaos. Blending Indian Classical with contemporary dance to create a moving and beautiful performance, it's the sort of work that you can see much more of at Bradford Arts Centre this Autumn
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We will now be going quiet online for a few weeks as we complete our exciting transformation from Kala Sangam to Bradford Arts Centre. Look out on Tuesday 5 August when the new Bradford Arts Centre website and social media will be live and we’ll be sharing details of when we 🧵

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🌟 Want to be the first to hear about our exciting change to Bradford Arts Centre? Or fancy being the first to see our opening season line up?

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@leonfleming @HeritageFundUK @bdproducinghub Its been lovely to have you in the building!

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Today we chat to our Marketing and Programme Manager Alex Corwin about our time in our temporary offices. As we prepare for our big change, we look back on our programme of off-site performances and how we have supported artists while not being in our building.
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@jaivantpatelco and @Kala_Sangam are delighted to announce Jason Patel as the third recipient of the Samānatā South Asian Queer Performance Seed Commission for 2025.

#LetsCreate

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Do you hold a connection to Bradford's textile past?

Would you like to share stories, explore local history and take part in a community research project?

Please fill out the form to request your place: Link in bio or email [email protected]

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In this week’s Archive Adventure, we talk to our co founder Dr Shripati Upadhyaya. He tells us about how Arts and Health helped inspire the creation of Kala Sangam and the values they made central when setting up the organisation.

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Chair Opportunity!

#ACESupported @Kala_Sangam are looking for a Chair of the Board of Trustees.

Deadline for applications is Friday 25 July.

For more info https://t.co/yMtItAL5cm

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Great meeting with @Over2Hills today discussing their support for Charities, in preparation for our move back to our building, which will reopen as Bradford Arts Centre later this year 👏

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Inspector Oz Khan and PC Huss attended the Bradford Anti-Racist strategy meeting yesterday, which was held at @Kala_Sangam. This event was organised by @network_race. The event looked at ways to form a strategy which will be co-produced by all the stakeholders.

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🙌Can you believe it - It's our last Kala Sangam blog!

💻As we are in the final stretch of Kala Sangam's big change to Bradford Arts Centre, June has been packed full of exciting things.

👀So for the final time, check out what Kala Sangam have been up to this month!

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@DUYorkshire @HeritageFundUK @ace_national On Saturday the 5th of July, Dance United Yorkshire will be premiering 'Memories Of The Future', A collaboration between Akram Khan Company & Dance United Yorkshire at The Alhambra Theatre, Bradford. You can book your tickets here: https://t.co/6O0b9MbSMf

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In this weeks Archive Adventure video, we chat to Helen Linsell, artistic director of Dance United Yorkshire. DUY have been tenants in our building since 2013/2014, but first started using our building all the way back in 2009.
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In todays video, we chat to our co founder Dr Geetha about her favourite KS memory - Meeting and performing for the queen during her visit to Valley Parade. This is the first of our Archive Adventures with our founders, so keep an eye out for more!

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Could you be our new Chair of the Board of Trustees?

As we prepare to open Bradford Arts Centre to the public this autumn, we are seeking an exceptional individual to Chair our Board of Trustees.

Find out more and download the recruitment pack here: https://t.co/RaVzlsQZ9k

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In this weeks video, we chat to international artist and creative practitioner Zareena. She has been working with us since 2003 as a freelance artist, then joined our team. Now, she runs workshops and we are excited to continue working with her as we re open Bradford Arts Centre!

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On Thursday, we had our staff and board away day. As we look ahead to all the exciting changes we have coming up, including launching the new Bradford Arts Centre website in July and opening the doors in September, it was great to bring everyone together to discuss the future.

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In this weeks Archive Adventure video, Jess talks to Calligraphy artist Razwan Ul-Haq. Razwan has been working with Kala Sangam staff to develop a new piece of calligraphy that will use tinctures made from the very bricks of the building itself.
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