Category: Blog
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LPE – Helmsley, North York Moors
Helmsley is located in North Yorkshire, and is the gateway to the Yorkshire Moors. The pretty market town, hosts many delightful independent shops, delicious cafes, pubs and fish and chips, and of course the ruin of a Norman Castle. We stopped for a cup of tea and a bacon bap, before embarking on our walk.…
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Women’s Project – Update 3
Almost all our images are ready to be printed! And it’s not long now until the exhibition opens at Oxford Place. Love Arts Festival launches on 7th October at The Light in Leeds city centre. Our exhibition is part of the Arts Trail, No. 17 on the map of which you can see below: You…
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Women’s Project – Update 2
I started the Self Portrait project back in July, working with Together Women Leeds. It has been a slow process, for a variety of reasons, my own ill health being just one of them. But there is one thing I am learning from this project, and that is developing my own self confidence. The workshop…
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LPE – Richmond, North Yorkshire
Leeds Photography Excursions took itself to Richmond in North Yorkshire at the beginning of August. What was a splendid day, we stopped for lunch in a quaint, quirky, very independently run cafe, before walking up to the castle. Later we walked down to the River Swale, where we witnessed a tourist hub, with many young…
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The Tetley Workshop – Travelling Paintings
What’s the best way to treat the freshly decorated education room at The Tetley? With a catapult making and paint flinging workshop of course! First we made the catapults out of a variety of materials; pegs, lollipop sticks, tea spoons, elastic bands. Mastering a good catapult took some practice, a few tweaks here and there,…