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Nicky Lines, John Farley and Karen Mackie who attended the prestigious awards at the British Museum.
2nd December 2022
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Gallery’s young volunteer group scoops top museums award

A group of young adults whose experiences of being in care helped them bring exciting exhibitions to life for culture vultures in Leeds have scooped a top award. Leeds Art Gallery’s Care Creatives is made up young adults aged 16-24 years who live in foster care, kinship care, residential care or who have recently…
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Jill McKnight. Photo- Jules Lister
18th March 2022
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Artists bring Leeds voices to life in new exhibition

The voices, stories and songs of generations of Leeds folk have inspired a thought-provoking new exhibition at Leeds Art Gallery. Leeds-based artist Jill McKnight immersed herself in the collections of the British Library and Leeds Art Gallery for Desire Lines, which retraces the steps different people from the Leeds area have taken and how…
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