Each November, over a hundred creative residents at Yorkshire Artspace's two buildings open their doors to the public for one weekend. It's your chance to meet some of Sheffield's most talented artists, nosy around their creative workplaces in the city centre, and even make a head start on your Christmas shopping by buying directly from them.
As well as seeing behind-the-scenes, the two sites will also host exhibitions, free workshops and demos, as well as pop-up cafes keeping you fuelled with tea, coffee and pastries.
You'll find Persistence Works near Site Gallery, over the road from the Rutland Arms, while Exchange Place is over in Castlegate, close to Victoria Quays.
Persistence Works: 21 Brown Street, S1 2BS
Exchange Place: Exchange Street, S2 5TR
Get to know some of the artists and makers based at Yorkshire Artspace in our collection of interviews from our Meet the Locals archive.
Participating artists
Persistence Works:
- BASEMENT: Evelyn Albrow, George Baggaley, Burnt Crust Pottery, Echino Ceramics, Eve Gnoyke, Rochelle Malia, Hilary Marsh, Mike Scown
- GROUND FLOOR: Anthony Bennett, Jon Cannon, Anna Childs, Jess Ghost, Ross Gilbertson, John Thatcher
- FLOOR 1: Morvarid Alavifard, Claire Allam, Joseph Cutts, Jennie Gill, GONZO Studio Ltd, Isabella Anne Kelley, Shinta Nakajima, Francisca Onumah, Brett Payne, Rebecca Perry, Coralie Turpin, Jason Turpin Thomson, Hanne Westergaard, Penny Withers
- FLOOR 2: Colette Bishop, Imogen Clarkstone, Contour Map Collection, Daisy Lee Jewels, Zoe Genders, Josephine Gomersall, Rebecca Joselyn, Helena Russell, Charlotte Tollyfield
- FLOOR 3: Janet Barnes, Katharine S Boyd, Gillian Brent, Kandy Diamond, Richard Johnson, Carol Lambert, Simon Preen, SAPIEN, Seth Ceramics, Neil Woodall
- FLOOR 4: Becca Brown, Matthew Conduit, Seiko Kinoshita, Tim Rose
Exchange Place:
- GROUND FLOOR: Carousel Print Studio, Anna Kime
- FLOOR 1: Lizzie Biscuits, Cat Brierley, Paul Dearden, Sil Devilly, Louise Fairchild, Fiona McAlear, The Owlery
- FLOOR 2: Cath Acons, Chris Boland, Theresa Bruno, Alison J Carr, Natalie Finnemore, Laura Page, Richard Priestley, Rezwana Sarkar, Emily Thatcher, Janet Wass, Lilli Rose Wicks
- FLOOR 3: Sue Burley, Alison Churchill, Emma Cocker, Liah Edwardes, Mark Gamsu, Jan Hopkins, Hyde Wares, Mir Jansen, Clee Claire Lee, Nazusk, Henry Tietzsch-Tyler, Myfanwy Williams
- FLOOR 4: Bramble & Bert, Rose Butler, Michael Carter, Brian Daines, Savanah Forte, Jeremy Lee, Thomas Marriott, Keith Nichols, Alison Riggott, Diana Storey, Mason Kane Thomas, Jack Weller, Roanna Wells, John Wilsher
- FLOOR 5: John Brokenshire, Lyn Carruthers, James Clarkson, Charlotte Dawson, Michelle Dickens, Hafsah FitzGibbon, Richard Forbes-Hamilton, Jenny Fortune, Thomas Griffiths, Imogen's Imagination, Frances Lewis, Lianne Mellor, Jamie Mills, Cat Roissetter, Sally Weston
Exhibitions
Persistence Works Reception – PR Home Showcase
Persistence Works Gallery – Autumn Almanac V
Exchange Place Gallery – Crit Showcase
Free workshops
Make a Wooden Robot
Persistence Works, Studio 6
Join furniture designer Anna Childs for a free children’s workshop, making a robot from wood offcuts.
Sat & Sun, 11am-1pm, 2-4pm
Collaborative Drawing
Exchange Place, Floor 3
An activity organised by some of our resident artists, exploring repetition and the traces of many hands. Have a go!
Unsupervised, materials provided.
Demos
Persistence Works:
Metal Fold Forming - Studio 10 (12pm, 2.30pm)
Raising a Copper Bowl - Studio 24 (12.30pm, 3pm)
Chasing & Repoussé - Studio 30 (1pm, 3.30pm)
Sculpting Tiny Ceramics - Studio 35 (1.30pm, 4pm)
Exchange Place:
Gelli Plate Printmaking - Carousel (12pm, 2.30pm)
Stone Lithography - Studio 3.03 (12.30pm, 3pm)
Blocking a Hat - Studio 5.06 (1pm, 3.30pm)
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