When?
Tuesday 3 June 2025
What time?
6.00 - 8.30 PM
Where?
Salts Works
Saltaire BD18 3JF
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 hosted by Salts Works, a creative workshop and coworking space in Saltaire and home to Split Design Studio and People Powered Press.
You’ll hear from Alice Withers of South Square Centre, who will share exciting updates and commissioning opportunities from OUR TURN – the new Bradford Visual Arts Festival launching in September 2025 alongside the Turner Prize at Cartwright Hall. You’ll also get updates from Bradford Producing Hub and their latest opportunities for artists and creatives in Bradford.
As always, we’ll share your needs and offers, and give you plenty of time to chat and connect with one another.
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 an introduction to the creative activity hosted by People Powered Press
6.10 PM: Welcome, intros and creative activity
With updates from Bradford Producing Hub and OUR TURN – Bradford’s new visual arts festival launching as part of the Turner Prize coming to Bradford in Autumn 2025, and a creative activity from People Powered Press
7.30 PM: Dinner and socialising
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 £15 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
Salts Works
Salts Works is a creative workshop and coworking space in Saltaire, and home to Split Design Studio and People Powered Press.
Meet the artist
Claire Rookes
The artwork commissioned for this Visual Arts Social has been created by Bradford-based community artist Claire Rookes. For this piece, Claire blends drypoint print and collage to depict Cartwright Hall illuminated in Bradford 2025 colours, celebrating the Turner Prize coming to the gallery in Autumn 2025.
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.
