With over 650 projects supported so far, we've funded art on canal boats, street corner poetry, dance in libraries, newly commissioned radio plays, art in vending machines, mobile museums, riverside theatre, community choirs, pop up carnivals, recycled robots, enormous light projections, edible art exhibitions and lots of murals! This selection of case studies provides a small taster of of some of that incredible activity.

Projects
Four female dancers and a photographer posing in front of a red brick wall
Featured projects
Jemma Mae Dance - Choose To Challenge All Day!

Choreographer Jemma Mae Broomhead and videographer Zak Hamza created a participatory community dance video for International Women’s Day 21.

Amount Awarded: £900
Dance Film
illuminated green sign of the words The Weather Cafe
Featured projects
David Shearing - The Weather Cafe

The Weather Café was an immersive art installation created by David Shearing which ran in a disused shop in Leeds City centre for three weeks in…

Amount Awarded: £10000
Art Design Exhibitions Performance Visual Art
A large group of older dancers performing at White Rose Shopping Centre, viewed from overhead.
Featured projects
Yorkshire Dance - Beige

A dance flashmob performance by older people, breaking down public perceptions of aging. 

Amount Awarded: £6553
Dance Performance
Four artists stood on the steps of a building
Featured projects
Geraldine Connor Foundation - New Responses To Leeds Black History Walk

Four performance artists were commissioned to create new artistic responses to the already established Leeds Black History Walk. The responses…

Amount Awarded: £1200
Heritage Spoken Word