Nature: Sensory – in conversation

You are invited to join us for an informal gathering to celebrate the artists and their work in the Nature: Sensory exhibition.

Four of the artists featured in the exhibition will be in conversation with Ella Cronk from Yorkshire Sculpture International.

The exhibition will be open to guests throughout the evening.

Guests are welcome from 5pm and the exhibition will remain open to 8pm.

The in-conversation will start at 6pm and will last for about an hour.

Venue

Project Space
School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies
University Road
University of Leeds
Leeds LS2 9JT

About the exhibition

Nature: Sensory runs from 8 to 13 April in Project Space at the University of Leeds and features work by Amelia Baron, Jessie Davies, Michelle Duxbury, Sam Metz and Helen Thomas.

Find out more about the Nature: Sensory exhibition and the five artists talking part.

More information

Ella Cronk is Partnerships and Programme Manager at Yorkshire Sculpture International, where she brings together four major institutions: Leeds Art Gallery, Henry Moore Institute, The Hepworth Wakefield and Yorkshire Sculpture Park to build on the rich heritage of sculpture in Yorkshire.

Her focus is on nurturing a strong sense of place, creating welcoming opportunities for artists and local communities to connect and contribute to the region’s cultural story today.

Nature: Sensory is a project led by artists Michelle Duxbury and Sam Metz, that centres alternative readings and understanding of landscape that are wider than the visual and incorporate other senses.

It is funded by a Culture Grant from Wakefield Council as part of Our Year – Wakefield District 2024 and supported by The Art House.

Image: Detail from Seeing between the looking, painting between the seeing by Helen Thomas (2024). Photo courtesy of the artist.