Start your Artwalk at Wakefield Museum!

Visit Wakefield Museum to enjoy a brand-new textiles display in the Wakefield One atrium.

‘Threading history’ is created by Fashion and Textile students on the Extended Diploma Art and Design Practice at Wakefield College. They have produced new creative works inspired by embroidery from the Wakefield Museums and Castles collection.

Using a diverse range of modern fabrics, threads and techniques, the students have drawn on historic textiles to inspire innovative contemporary practice.

Join us for September’s Artwalk to celebrate the students’ creativity and craftsmanship.

Lower Atrium   
Open 5pm-7pm   

The Art House begins a new international collaboration with Fotohane Darkroom, a participatory arts project that uses analogue photography to work with children and young people living near the Türkiye–Syria–Iraq border regions.

The collaboration begins with a carefully curated exhibition of hand-printed photographs made in our Darkroom from original negatives taken by the children themselves. The images capture everyday life, relationships, surroundings, and imagination, offering personal, self-authored glimpses into worlds shaped by memory, play, and lived experience.

At the heart of the partnership is a shared belief in the power of analogue process, storytelling, and access to creative tools, alongside a wider commitment to supporting sanctuary-seeking communities in meaningful ways.

Alongside the photographs, visitors will also be able to learn more about Fotohane’s work and approach through additional contextual material. This exhibition marks the first step in what we hope will become a longer-term, “twinning-style” collaboration between the two organisations.

Open 5pm-6pm (Masked quiet viewing) 6pm-8pm (Regular opening)   

Postcards from the World is a collection of mixed-media art postcards created by 20 Pyramid artists, celebrating what they love about the world around them.

Over the course of a year, these Pyramid artists explored the concept of a postcard, experimenting with different media including drawing, stitch, collage, illustration, screen printing and mono printing. Using their imagination, they have created miniature pieces of art inspired by the world around them.

The result is an explosion of shapes, colour, pattern and personality. A collection of artworks that the artists are excited to share with you.

Learning Space   
Open 5pm-8pm   

The Art House is delighted to welcome Hospital Rooms to Yorkshire, with a celebratory exhibition that invites us to consider how contemporary art can reshape experiences of care within some of the most complex mental health settings in the UK.

Hospital Rooms is an arts and mental health charity that commissions permanent artworks in mental health wards, working with leading contemporary artists and NHS trusts to transform clinical environments. This exhibition celebrates their recent Yorkshire project that brought 15 artist commissions into forensic wards and Psychiatric Intensive Care Units at Fieldhead Hospital in Wakefield, and Kendray Hospital in Barnsley.

Main Gallery   
Open 5pm-6pm (Masked quiet viewing) 6pm-8pm (Regular opening)   

Explore the wonderful world of Sunshine Child, the brand and work of Wakefield-based artist Abbie Brewer, at their upcoming Shop Takeover!

Through handmade objects, joyful forms and distinctive genderless characters, Sunshine Child celebrates connection, creativity and the playful child within us all. Blending craft, illustration and storytelling, Abbie’s work explores shared experiences of happiness, silliness, care and togetherness in colourful, unapologetically playful ways.

Discover a selection of Sunshine Child pieces in our shop, from mugs, plates and picture frames to little badges, plus cushions bringing a little extra Sunshine Child joy throughout our Coffee Shop.

Shop   
Open 5pm-8pm   

One Song is an audio-visual installation and community archive by artist Kadir Karababa that explores how music carries memory, identity and a sense of home across borders.

First begun in 2022, the project is an evolving collection of songs and stories contributed by women who have personal experience of migration or seeking sanctuary.

Built through participation and shared experience, this iteration was developed with members of the Wakefield community. Each participant is invited to share a song that transports them to the place they first called home. These songs form the foundation of the work, bringing together individual memories into a wider collective portrait.

Presented together, One Song creates a shared space of listening. Each voice remains distinct, while common themes of movement, belonging, loss and connection begin to emerge.

Tiled Gallery   
Open 5pm-6pm (Masked quiet viewing) 6pm-8pm (Regular opening)   

A dip into the art of surrealism - head scratching and thought provoking.

Project Space   
Open 4:30pm - 8:30pm   

In UK planning and business law, the category of “sui generis” is used to classify land and buildings that are “of their own kind”. They don’t seem to fit the standardised ruleset, so are given their own place in the planning matrix on the understanding that they can’t be pigeonholed. 


That’s the theory. The reality is that sui generis property constitutes what we might call the “forgotten places of the everyday”. And yet we are incredibly reliant on sui generis as a society - the petrol forecourt; the car wash; the electrical substation - all absolutely essential to the continuing function of our daily lives, despite the fact that they are (mainly) so commonplace as to be invisible to us.

In this ongoing photographic project, I have sought to let the light quite literally highlight these indispensable locations. All images have been taken within a 30-minute radius of my home, in both Wakefield and Kirklees.

Studio A1   
Open 5pm-9pm   

Online - Central Words - Special focus on Life Model: Re-union Performance and Book 6pm to 7pm
Rob C's continued Sound and spoken word event - Visit www.robclarkeart.wordpress.com

This event is part of the Poetry Walk with full venues listed below and on the website www.robclarkeart.wordpress.com

Full Poetry Walk Schedule:

- Waterstones - Rob C's Poetry 1/2 Hour 4.30pm to 5.15pm

- Westgate Studios B14 Live, Online - Central Words - Special focus on Life Model: Re-union Performance and Book 6pm to 7pm
Rob C's continued Sound and spoken word event - Visit www.robclarkeart.wordpress.com

- The Six Chimneys - Rob C's Poetry Corner - 8pm until late

Studio B14   
Open 6pm-7pm   

A range of recent work from Wakefield artist Roger Gardner on display in his studio.

Studio B15   
Open 5pm-9pm   

A collection of recent pastel artworks inspired by the coastal scenes and landscapes of Anglesey.

Studio C5   
Open 5pm-9pm   

Seascapes, portraits, landscapes, figures and abstract work in various mediums.

Studio C5   
Open 5pm-9pm   

I am a largely self taught embroiderer and textile artist working in Wakefield. Being left handed at school in the 1960s meant there was very little understanding or support. It took me many years to discover I could actually sew! I have always had a passion for colour and texture, and an evening class in felt making at Manygates really got me on the road towards working with textiles. I have recently completed a City and Guilds Level 3 qualification in Hand Embroidery. The exhibition will show pieces I submitted for the course, some work from before and since, as well as some of my inspirations.

Studio C6   
Open 5pm-9pm   

In memory of Neil “Clink” Clarkson.

A little celebration of a much-loved part of Wakefield’s creative community.

Clink gave so much to Wakefield music through Audiozone — providing musicians with space, encouragement and the freedom to create. He helped countless bands find their feet and played a huge part in nurturing our city’s independent music scene.

He was also a wonderful supporter of The Art Exchange CIC, always encouraging creativity and the people who make it happen.

Thank you, Clink, for everything you gave to Wakefield’s creative community. Your impact will live on in the music, art and people you helped along the way. ❤️

The Art Exchange CIC A4   
Open 5pm-late   

Esther is a fine art photographer and visual artist based in Wakefield. Her practice sits at the intersection of portraiture, street documentary, storytelling and fine art, exploring cultural identity, diaspora, heritage, continuity and the personal narratives of women navigating between worlds. She has been based in Wakefield for a couple of years, a city that has shaped her practice, grown her career, and become home.

Core & Course: Who I Am!
A Triptych in Three Movements.

Some stories cannot be told in a single image or a single generation. Core & Course is one of them.

The first movement begins with my mother, walking through Wakefield in àṣọ òkè, Yoruba cloth woven with lineage and memory. Bible in hand, heritage on her back, her steps steady on British stone. Her core has never moved, even as her course took her far from the soil that shaped her.

The second movement answers the first. The daughter, I, steps into the frame through London streets in mudukare outfit, an Hausa-Fulani cloth then camera in one hand, suitcase in the other. My faith is the same, my fabric is different but the direction is mine.

The third movement returns to Wakefield. My mother again, this time in Nigerian lace, this time with years of belonging behind her. The city that held my family through every season of growth now holds the frame.

From West Africa, Nigeria to Europe, United Kingdom.
Different chapters and one unbroken thread.

Core & Course is not a story about displacement. It is a story about what survives the distance and what blooms on the other side.

“She carried her roots across the ocean, and she bloomed!”

The Art Exchange CIC A4   
Open 5pm-9pm   

Thomas Young (b 1992) is a self taught artist who paints figurative art. Focusing on Nature and the human condition.

The Art Exchange CIC A4   
Open 5pm-9pm   

A series of illustrations by Wakefield-based artist, Lorien James. A keen cyclist and hiker, Lorien photographs his adventures - capturing Yorkshire’s scenery and any points of interest along the way. These escapades and photographs inspire his art.

The Art Exchange CIC A4   
Open 5pm-9pm   

New oil paintings to view, plus works in progress.

Top Floor   
Open 5pm-9pm   

Join artist and illustrator Dougie Solimor for the launch of their first illustrated children's book - "Demi, in You Can't Help Here!" alongside a gallery of illustrations from the book.

Demi is a heart-warming story about discovering that being yourself - and embracing your unique qualities - can help you do big things and make new friends.

Open 5pm-8pm   

We are exhibiting in a new venue for us so pop in and check out our members latest images at Wakefield Cathedral. We'll also have members on hand to chat about the club, the images and any photography related questions.

Open 5pm-8pm   

Rob C's Poetry 1/2 Hour will be introduced by Robert P. Clarke. There will be Open Mic Slots available bookable in advance at digitalclarke@gmail.com

During the ‘Poetry 1/2 Hour’ Robert P. Clarke will be reading from his most recent publications available online at Waterstones.

This event is part of the Poetry Walk with full venues listed below and on the website www.robclarkeart.wordpress.com

Full Poetry Walk Schedule:

- Waterstones - Rob C's Poetry 1/2 Hour 4.30pm to 5.15pm

- Westgate Studios B14 Live, Online - Central Words - Special focus on Life Model: Re-union Performance and Book 6pm to 7pm
Rob C's continued Sound and spoken word event - Visit www.robclarkeart.wordpress.com

- The Six Chimneys - Rob C's Poetry Corner - 8pm until late

1st Floor   
Open 4:30pm-5:15pm   

This Artwalk, we are celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Red Shed. We are creating a memory wall of photos showing members and events, past and present. You can become part of our evolving wall, by visiting us on Artwalk night, and have your photo taken! We'll add it to the wall, and by the next Artwalk in November our wall should be complete, including your photo.

Open 5pm-8pm   

Leon is a digital artist mostly working in black and white and focusing primarily on figure and form, attempting to balance black and white, detail and simplicity, chaos and order, in heavy, striking lines, to create an aesthetically pleasing whole.

A lifelong inspiration for Leon has been the early European art of various cultures, this is reflected in the style of his art, most prominently, those of Greek and Celtic origin, Leon has also been influenced massively by the work of Aubrey Beardsley.

Open 5pm-9pm   

The second annual Reclaim the Night march in Wakefield is scheduled for Thursday, 26 November 2026, aiming to demand safer streets for women and girls and for everyone using these spaces. The Reclaim the Night team will be hosting a number of banner making workshops in the run-up to this event. The first of these will be on September 30th during Artwalk Wakefield at West Yorkshire History Centre, Kirkgate where the Reclaim the Night archive will be deposited for future generations to use and explore.

Everyone is welcome. Come along and enjoy creating your own banner or helping with some communal pieces which will be used during the march on 26th November. Free of charge, all materials supplied.

Whilst you’re at the History Centre, why not explore the Treasures of the Archive Service exhibition which showcases some of the important historic archive collections cared for by West Yorkshire Archive Service. Archive service staff will be available to tell you more about what we do and how you can access archive material at the History Centre.

Open 5pm-8pm