Our Legends Group worked with pianist Jonathan Fisher and baritone Philip Smith of the Leeds Lieder Festival to explore hidden messages in music. They created a piece of music of their own which they performed at Leeds College of Music as part of the Leeds Lieder Festival 2019. They also created visual art which had a hidden message, only revealed when exposed to ultra-violet light.
Artists involved in this project were: Anthony Cox, Bahadur Babra, David Maccoby, Derek Prior, John Densley, Iain Wilson, Jonathan Fisher, Kevin Sharkey, Margaret Groves, Oyidye Ndukwe, Penny Lewis, Philip Smith, Sammy Holden, Sharon Levy, Susan Clayden.
Pyramid artist Cassy demonstrates how to make a sensory hooploop from an old t-shirt.
You will need:
an old t-shirt
scissors
marker pen
Look out for more videos coming soon.
Alan Courtis workshops and gig
In March 2019 Pyramid welcomed back our friend Alan Courtis. Alan is an Argentine musician, artist, composer and sound artist. He played electric guitar in diverse bands and in 1993 he co-founded the group Reynols.
Alan worked all weekend with a group that included members of Ultimate Thunder, and other musicians from within Pyramid and from Leeds. The group worked together to create 8 new songs which they performed, at the end of the weekend, at Wharf Chambers. Musicians involved were; Alain Courtis, Andy Abbott, Damien Dixon, Demented Dave (Dave Goldthorpe and David Turner), Eli Smith, James Hill, James Mabbett, James Heselwood, John Densley, John Greaves, Alex Sykes, Matthew Watson, Scott Anderson and Stuart Illingworth.
Ode to Joy – High Rise Movement and Leeds Lieder Festival
This animation was created by our High Rise Movement Group to complete the work that they did last term, working with artists from the Leeds Lieder Festival.
Artists involved in the creation of this work were Alice Burford, Anna Smales, Annabel Park, Anthony Benson, Beverley Remmington, Hilary Morgan, Iain Wilson, Jade Murphy, Jonthan Fisher, Kelly Shine, Mims Williams, Mindy Goose, Philip Smith, Pippa Cohen, Sachin Limbacha, Sam Holden, Shane Fowler, Sharon Davies.
D1 Q&A
D1 are Liam Hirst and James Hill. We’ve been working together, face to face, every Friday for the last four years. We’ve learnt to communicate really well, in the office, over spreadsheets, funding bids and drafts of strategic plans. Remote communication is going to be a real challenge. We’ve decided to do a kind of ‘visual question and answer’ using the limited resources of our phones, and what we can see around us during lock down. We don’t know how it is going to turn out!
Our YoYos Group (for young artists with disabilities aged 8 – 18 created hundreds of different, individual paper Pyramids which were displayed, hung, and hidden along a beautiful Victorian corridor at the top of the Central Libary, on Light Night. Audience members were invited to create a pyramid of their own to add to the display.
Artists involved in this project were Alice Clayden, Caz Stiff, Daniel Fox, James Marston, Maisie Martin, Ria, Sonia Kitchen.
I Am An Artist – the Pyramid View On… Your Consequences Have Actions at the Tetley
The Ribblehead Group experienced the exhibition – Your Consequences Have Actions by Saelia Aparicio. They also took as a starting point, a quote from Joseph Beuys, who they had been looking at the previous year, who said in 1978 ‘Every man is an artist’.
Artists in this group were; Andrew Stansfield, Andrew Wonnacott, Brian Richardson, Caz Stiff, Dominique Ghataora, Donna Lematy, Julie Shackleton, Robin Lumb, Scott Anderson, Stephen Harvey.
Artists Anne-Marie Atkinson and Andrew Towse worked together at Pyramid as D4 for 2 years. Each day, Andrew had a sausage sandwhich for his lunch, we he photographed before eating. These photographs were turned into a large-scale scultpure featuring hundreds of photos of different sausage sandwiches, which were were displayed during the BEYOND Festival 2018 at Kirkgate Market Food Hall, & the dispersed across the city in cafes where some of the sandwiches were bought from.
Anne-Marie and Andrew also produced a publication, which documented the project and the cafes they visited.
The Dark Light was created by D4 – Andrew Towse and Anne-Marie Atkinson. It was exhibited at Shoddy and at Left Bank for the BEYOND Festival 2016.
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Cloth, silver foil, cotton wool, bandages, balls of wool, and wire onto scanner. The room is dark. When the light comes down, we move the things on the scanner around. It makes the picture stripey. Make 3 –front, middle, back – and put in Photoshop, changing to see-through. We see faces in the patterns
Andrew
These explorations of darkness and light are each completely unique. The same image could never be captured twice. Each one records the force of our hands on the materials, and our organic and spontaneous movements. Both distorted and detailed, the images invite multifaceted interpretations
Anne-Marie
We’re recruiting!
Pyramid of Arts is recruiting for a newAdministrator. The post is available fromMonday 2nd April 2018.
0.6 fte (21 hours per week) £20,600.96 (pro rata – actual salary £12,360.58)
Closing date for applications:9am Tuesday 13th February
Interviews:Tuesday 20th and Wednesday 21st February
Please download the application pack below. To apply, send you completed application form to Sarah Kennedy, Operations Manager:
Pyramid uses the café space at Swarthmore annually to exhibit some of our favourite pieces of work produced by groups or individuals throughout the year. Our funding is usually very project driven, meaning that many ‘little gems’ produced alongside the project work never get a public viewing. Our research experiments show that arousal and sexual manipulation are a prerequisite for achieving an erection. Take care of this so that the accelerator will work in full force. The permissible frequency of reception is once a day. It is not recommended to mix generic Levitra with alcohol in large quantities. Using the café allows us to share these pieces with you. Swarthmore is in the city centre and the café serves hot drinks and food. Please call in if you get the chance.
Opening hours:
8.30am – 8.30pm Monday – Thursday
8.30am – 2.30pm Fridays
If you would like to visit at the weekend, please call 0113 243 2210 to check opening times.
We’re recruiting!
Pyramid of Arts is recruiting for a new Administrator. The post is available from Monday 2nd April 2018.
0.6 fte (21 hours per week) £20,600.96 (pro rata – actual salary £12,360.58)
Closing date for applications: 9am Tuesday 13th February
Interviews: Tuesday 20th and Wednesday 21st February
Please download the application pack below. To apply, send you completed application form to Sarah Kennedy, Operations Manager:
Fundraising event at Cardigan Arms, Saturday 3rd February at 6pm
High Rise Visual Arts were invited by Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills to create a sculpture for the plot located at the rear of the mill next to Buffalo Bill Bridge – just next to Cardigan Fields Leisure Complex off Kirkstall Road.
After visiting the museum a few times, they were inspired to create from the things that they found on the site. The group have been creating large tiles, which will form part of a three tier pyramid.
The group inspect the plinth that the sculpture will be placed on.
Tile making in progress.
To complete the project we need to raise a few more ££s. We have raised quite a lot of money already.
We are having a fundraiser at Cardigan Arms on Kirkstall Road. It has just been reopened by the local Kirkstall Brewery. You can find the event on Facebook by clicking here.
See the poster below for details. We hope that you will be able to come along!
[The poster above has the following information written on it: the date – Saturday 3rd February 2018; the time – 6pm; the venue – Cardigan Arms, Kirkstall Road; what’s happening – tombola, bingo, craft workshops, live music, prizes can be won; entrance fee – Pay as You Feel, and £2 to enter the tombola and the bingo; what the money will be used for]
Cardigan Arms is located top left of the map below, and Armley Mill is located at the bottom, near the River Aire
Fundraising for High Rise Visual Arts
Fundraising event at Cardigan Arms, Saturday 3rd February at 6pm
High Rise Visual Arts were invited by Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills to create a sculpture for the plot located at the rear of the mill next to Buffalo Bill Bridge – just next to Cardigan Fields Leisure Complex off Kirkstall Road.
After visiting the museum a few times, they were inspired to create from the things that they found on the site. The group have been creating large tiles, which will form part of a three tier pyramid.
To complete the project we need to raise a few more ££s. We have raised quite a lot of money already.
We are having a fundraiser at Cardigan Arms on Kirkstall Road. It has just been reopened by the local Kirkstall Brewery. You can find the event on Facebook by clickinghere.
See the poster below for details. We hope that you will be able to come along!
[The poster above has the following information written on it: the date – Saturday 3rd February 2018; the time – 6pm; the venue – Cardigan Arms, Kirkstall Road; what’s happening – tombola, bingo, craft workshops, live music, prizes can be won; entrance fee – Pay as You Feel, and £2 to enter the tombola and the bingo; what the money will be used for]
Cardigan Arms is located top left of the map below, and Armley Mill is located at the bottom, near the River Aire
Installation Art by Eden Group
The Eden group set out to explore ‘installation art’ by creating different environments within a fixed 3m cube framework. Through set design and prop making they created a variety of pop-up installations using the themes water, sci-fi, drawings and projections, light and the garden. This was a fast paced project which saw some themes pop up and disappear in only one week and others grow over several making sessions.
A new project for older people
Starting in January 2018, we will be running a short arts project for people with learning disabilities aged 50+ who are, for whatever reason, experiencing social isolation.
Starting in January 2018, we will be running a short arts project for people with learning disabilities aged 50+ who are, for whatever reason, experiencing social isolation.
High Rise Music group members were given their own choice this term, and decided to continue with the theme of seasons and went on a virtual trip to the seaside. Incorporating each member’s memories of going to the seaside, and what they saw or did there, into the lyrics of the songs, we have a musical that is reminiscent of most of our ideas of a British Seaside excursion. The group gave a relaxed performance at Woodside Methodist Church Hall, their base for all their sessions.
Pyramid of Arts’ work with Aspire CBS – Exhibition
Three of the Aspire CBS fulfilling lives centre have created some wonderful work, over the last two years. Each centre experiences a term of Visual Arts, Movement, and Music. We decided to showcase this work during learning disability week in June. The work was displayed at Room 700, in Leeds Central Library. Unfortunately we were unable to do the drop in workshop, due to a lift breakdown. However, a ‘Festival of Elements’ was rescheduled for the following month.
The group inspect the plinth that the sculpture will be placed on.
Tile making in progress.
