Bring It! 2023 Exhibition - a-n The Artists Information Company

Venue: Aire Place Studios
Starts: Friday, May 19, 2023
Ends: Friday, June 2, 2023
Address: Aire Place Mills Unit 2C Kirkstall Road Leeds LS3 1JL
Location: Yorkshire
Organiser: Aire Place Studios

Putting the spotlight on Yorkshire Artists!

APS Gallery presents their annual Yorkshire showcase Bring It! 2023.

An exhibition that celebrates the creatives on our doorstep. Come see the delights of our magnificent community of Yorkshire artists as they fill our gallery with colour and wonder. This is a wonderful opportunity to discover works from emerging and established artists in the region.

With many artworks available for sale, come get inspired; get an investment, get the work that just simply makes you smile.

“It is wonderful to be a part of the Bring It exhibition at Aire Place Studios. There is such a diverse range of creative work and the artists all share a common passion and love for creating and making their art.” Adrian Sentini, Bring It! Artist

Come and support our collection of over 30 talented artists at the launch event on

Friday 19th May 2023, 6:30-9pm, to celebrate our region in Yorkshire Art, Artists and Makers.

Exhibition continues until 5th June 2023.

Participating artists: Alice Victoria Whiteley, Irina Lomash, Jake ‘Fracture’ Reid, Andreea Chitan, Jessica Swift, Snooze, Anderson James Hargreaves, Emma Brackenbury, Joseph Goddard, Sestini Art and Crafts, Zan Atkinson, Elaina Florence Joy Swanson, Dea, Gemma Clarke, Madgie Hall-Dougherty and Daisy Lewis, Robin Tynan, Lucy Aprahamian, Masha Volkova, Yoichi Ishida, Joanne, Jamie H. Scrutton, Grant Clark, Oliver Webber, Viv Owen, Reuben Adams, Joe Rocky Holey, Elizabeth de Broise, Helen Field, Andy Cahill.

Gallery visiting times: Fridays 11am – 5pm. Please book ahead of your visit here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bring-it-exhibtiion-tickets-617041727417

Sarah Francis

Artist Curator Sarah Francis is a Leeds based Artist Curator who focuses on bringing under-recognised artists and narratives to the public, using empathy and warmth to build self-confidence in creatives left behind by the mainstream system. Fascinated by complex possibilities lying dormant in ‘familiar’ environments, setting a challenging dialogue between cultural identity and the inner worlds which we as artists manifest within our work. This conceptual framework draws parallels between artists from differing socio-cultural worlds, whose work follows similar lines in metaphysical realms. Francis' interpretation of the curator is that of a caretaker of other worlds, working in collaboration as the tour guide and storyteller, bringing these converging manifestations to our physical spaces. Francis’ artwork centres around her neurodiverse and queer identity, building her own language and worlds to explore and understand ‘how I made me’; a reference to an early body of work that investigated her inner trauma and re-articulation of her current self. Her work has been shortlisted for the Saatchi Gallery’s Art of Giving Prize, selected by Richard Billingham for Curator’s Choice Noise Young Talent 2009, and recognised in Aesthetica’s 100 Best Contemporary Artists in Europe. In addition to her work, Sarah Francis is the Founder and Director of Aire Place Studios, Leeds. @sarahfrancis.art & @aireplacestudios

Aire Place Studios CIC

Aire Place Studios is a creative studio which holds spaces of equality and solidarity. We host comfortable studios spaces, hold safer spaces for workshops and a bold gallery space centred around innovation and inclusivity. Aire Place Studios also features a collective of associated artists who exist to radically uplift under-represented creatives with empathy and warmth to realise the potential of those often overlooked by traditional art institutions. This dynamic collaboration builds trust and collective accountability to serve our communities.