Artist call out – Flamingos exhibition

Artist call out – Flamingos exhibition

Hi, we are Heather and Leigh! We are queer-friendly artists from Pyramid, a Leeds-based arts organisation who invest in learning disabled, autistic, or both, artists through the discovery, development and disruption of the arts.


Are you a queer and/or disabled artist? Show us your artwork! Pyramid and Flamingos Coffee House are teaming up to bring a new art display in the heart of Leeds city centre.

Artist call-out digital flyer


Artists who are based in and around Leeds are welcome to submit work in any medium that can be wall mounted and fits the theme of queer disabled or queer and disabled identities.

The exhibition will be inside Flamingos Coffee House in Leeds. It will run from March 2025 until the foreseeable (dependent on the sale of Flamingos). Artworks can be returned to the artist at any time upon request.

How to apply

Applications to this exhibition are free, there is no submission fee.

The submission deadline is 10 February 2025. We will select artworks and contact applicants by 26 February.

Please email submissions@pyramid.org.uk with your images and artist info as follows:

  • You can submit up to 3 pieces of work for us to choose from (please include them all in the same email and understand that we might select only one for exhibition).
  • You can include up to 5 images per artwork.
  • Please include the dimensions (or intended printed sizes) of each artwork.
  • Please include a small bit of of information about your work (for example: How did you make it? What is it about? What inspires you?). This can include specific links to work on your website, social media or online portfolio.

Exhibition requirements

  • Artworks can be any size or shape but should take up no more wall space than A2 (42cm x 59cm).
  • Artworks must not protrude (stick out) any more than 5cm.
  • Artworks must be ready to hang.
  • Artists can submit up to three pieces, but only one may be selected.
  • Work is exhibited entirely at the owner’s risk.

Successful artists are welcome to drop off work at the Pyramid studio (Holbeck, Leeds) by midday Friday 7 March. Other alternative means suited to the artist’s needs (e.g. posting, digital work for basic printing up to A3) can be discussed via email upon successful application.

Selling work

All sales are the artist’s own and must be coordinated between the artist and buyer themselves, so please include contact information if you wish to sell your work.

Venue and access

Situated in Central Arcade in Leeds City Centre, Flamingos Coffee House is Leeds’ premier queer friendly Coffee House, providing a friendly, safe space for all, 7 days a week.

Click here to view or download our venue access information for Flamingos (.pdf).

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