When?
Thursday 16 October 2025
What time?
6.00 - 8.30 PM
Where?
Bradford Arts Centre
(formerly Kala Sangam)
How much?
FREE
(donations welcome)
Calling all Bradford artists and makers, visual arts freelancers, producers, curators, programmers, and professionals!
Our laid-back quarterly visual arts socials are hosted by our Visual Arts Instigator, Alison McIntyre, and we’d love to see you for an evening of connection, conversation, and community over food and good company. Come along to meet fellow visual artists from Bradford and catch up with old friends – we’re a friendly bunch!
We do our best to move around the Bradford district for our Visual Arts Socials. For this event, we’re excited to be heading to the shiny new Bradford Arts Centre after their exciting glow-up!
As always, we’ll share your needs and offers, and give you plenty of time to chat and catch-up with each other.
This event is for all visual artists from Bradford to explore new opportunities, make new connections and be part of a growing visual arts network.
Bradford Visual Arts Social schedule
6.00 PM: Arrival
Sign in, drinks and chats
6.30 PM: Welcome and intros
7.00 PM: Tour of the newly renovated Bradford Arts Centre
7.30 PM: Dinner and catch-ups
We always serve vegetarian food, with vegan options. If you have any other dietary requirements, please let us know when booking your place.
8:30 PM: Home time
Book your place
This event is free to attend, but places are limited. Though tickets are free, we estimate the value at around £20 per person. Any donations – large or small – are gratefully welcomed to help Bradford Producing Hub continue to support artists and creatives across the district.
About the venue
Bradford Arts Centre
Formerly Kala Sangam, Bradford Arts Centre is Bradford’s new place to meet up, get more creative, and be wowed by South Asian and contemporary performance.
Meet the artist
Chris Cambell
The artwork commissioned for this Visual Arts Social has been created by Bradford-based artist, designer and poet, Chris Cambell. For this piece, Chris was inspired by the reopening of Kala Sangam as the Bradford Arts Centre to create this fun, graphic illustration of the iconic building to celebrate its recent transformation.
FAQs
If you require financial support to enable you to attend this event, such as travel, childcare, caring or interpretation costs, please complete this online form. Please note that bursaries are not available to attend this event. So that we can support as many people as possible, please only apply for these funds if it’s something you really need.
We don’t provide bursaries to attend our social events.