29th July 2009

Hello Folks
After the highly successful workshops run by Rommi Smith and Helen MacDonald last month we are now set to bring you a couple more in August this time looking at Silk Screen Printing on Sat 15th August and printing / collaging and multiples on 22nd August. For more details on these check the Listings part of this site.

In September we will be bringing you an exhibition in collaboration with somethingvisual, currently looking after the exhibition space at St John the Evangelist on New Briggate. This will be a selection of around 20 recent Graduates from LCA&D, LMU and UoL.

As we head into the back end of the year we will be looking at one of this years hot topics with the Yorkshire Sculpture Group - Natural Selection will be a dozen or so artists response to Darwin's 'Origin of Species' with the added bonus of being presented in such a resonant space as Holy trinity Church.

The first day of winter (Oct 25th) will see an exhibition dedicated to the subject of time, what it means to people and how it affects them. Featuring work by myself, Richard Taylor and Kimbal Bumstead all of whom are familiar with what it means to exhibit at Trinity with more recent recruit Stuart Childs whose incredible sound piece, which he will be presenting here, made it on to Radio 4's Today Programme last year. More on this nearer the time Until then
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Bruce

18th June 2009

Hi there everyone,
Work has started to arrive from the North East for the TRANSEND mailart project and is currently in the poster cabinets down the side of the church leading to the cafe. If you wish to take part in this project then check the details on the home page of this website. The project is now definitely underway with a workshop session concerned with the radio broadcast element at Newcastle University hosted by Louise Marchall and Jo Tyler.
Don't forget Julia Nunes will be performing here next Friday (26th June) information on this can be found on the Listings page.
Nebula is taking a break over the summer but will be returning in October when everyone has returned from their festivals and holidays etcetera but rest assured I will bring you details on the future Nebula events as and when I confirm things. See ya down here at Trinity soon
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Bruce

8th May 2009

Hi there Folks,
I'm back again to remind you about some stuff coming up here at Trinity over the next few months. As we have been promising to explore different realms of improvised music with our monthly Nebula project we are this time turning our attention to the realms of electronica, jazz and the concrete. More details of this in the listings page next week. Also we hope to be teaming up with East Street Arts for an event that will form a part of UNITED - a prioject designed to create links between Leeds' numerous galleries, artists and arts organisations - more on this soon. Also in June Forest of Sound will be presenting Library Tapes - more details of which you will find on the listings page. A bit later on in July we will also be presenting the Spooky Mens Chorale - more details on this when confirmed.
See ya down here soon
Bruce

2nd May 2009

Hello again - BIG THANX to everyone who came along and took part in Phil Minton's workshops and performance this week it was part of a really great FUSE LEEDS line up. Also THANX to the performers and audience who too took part and came along to Nebula on the opening night of FUSE. It was an inspiring night complete with Mongolian throat singer, Johnny Marks, and power electronics courtesy of Early Hominids. If you haven't made it to Nebula yet and you have an interest in music of any description then I heartily recommend our next event on May 23rd. Also coming up soon is an exhibition entitled 'Athiests Prayer' by Leeds based artist Paul Ashton. More on this soon though when the details are confirmed.
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Bruce

27th march 2009

Hello everyone - some news of an opening for you this Monday at Holy Trinity Church. NCND - an audio installation by artist Oliver Salmon will be the first in our programme of exhibitions this year so come on down between 5pm and 8pm on Monday 30th March and check it out.
Following on from last months Nebula we have a wonderfull line up to present in May - check our listings page for the details of that one.
We are also hoping - although it is as yet unconfirmed - to bring, you sometime in April, Herb Diamante - More on that as soon as I get news myself. Don't forget to book yr place for Phil Minton's Feral Choir too - details of how to do that are in our listings page and in the Fuse brochure if you have one of them!
Must go for now but I hope to see you at Trinity soon
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Bruce

5th February 2009

Hi there folks some big news for fans of improv music out there in Leeds. ARTS@TRINITY will be hosting, begining on March 21st, the first in what we hope will be an ongoing series of improv nights.

The aim is to bring together improvising musicians from across the genres under one roof for one night each month. We hope to promote the spirit of collaboration amongst the participants and see what develops there over time. Over the coming months we will also be linking the improv night, to be called NEBULA, with the FUSELEEDS FESTIVAL, in April, and hopefully some kind of run in with the Film Fest later on in the year. Go and check out the details of March's NEBULA event over in the listings section where there is also a link to a Facebook site to which you can subscribe for monthly updates on the acts being confirmed for each event. There will also be a Myspace coming soon as well - more details on that when it is up and running.

We shall also be hosting a gig on Feb 18th by New Zealand improv musician ALNA COURTIS - for more info on this go to the listings page on this site.

And Don't forget BELA EMERSON on Feb 20th.
See you soon

Bruce

8th JANUARY 2009

HAPPY NEW YEAR to everyone out there. A big thank you to everyone who volunteered to help with projects towards the end of last year. Things may have gone quiet for a bit at the moment but I shall be contacting you all again soon when I have some more details on this years events. Hopefully it will not be so ad hoc this year.

arts@trinity are having a fallow period this month to regroup and get some projects on the go for the rest of the year. We do have a recent booking though by experimental electronics and cello player Bella Emerson - for more details of which see LISTINGS. Thank you for yr support in 2008 and we hope to see you again 2009.

Bruce

25th Oct 2008

Hi there Folks, we now have a new exhibition space here within Trinity in the form of a newly refurbished and managed coffee shop. The current North by Northwest exhibition by the Peripheral and SOUP collectives has extended out to the cafe and will also soon take up the Outdoor exhibition space with some photography by Steph Ballantine of Peripheral. I will be sure to announce it here when it arrives. Until then come and check out the extended exhibition featuring work by Kimbal Quist Bumstead, Wendy Williams, Rebecca Scheel-Edelmann, Susan Meyerhoff Sharples and many more...

Check out our new facebook site too if you haven't already to be sure to join our mailing list for all art and music events at Trinity. One last night of ghost stories tonight (Sat 25th Oct) by Imprint Theatre so be sure to come down for a night of nerve jangling short stories if you haven't made it yet.

Speak to you all soon.

Bruce

19/09/08

Just a quick message to let everyone who looks at this page know that we now have an artsattrinity Facebook group now and images from previous exhibitions, gigs and stuff is gradually going up on there. I have left a link to the recent Micah P Hinson gig on the home page that will take you straight to it. Also if you feel like leaving comments about anything you can also do this on the Facebook page. I will bring you some more news next week of our plans for this years Light Night event. Until then See ya.

21/08/08

September is nearly upon us and arts@trinity will be hosting a performance by Micah P Hinson on Wed 3rd to be followed with an exhibition by Leeds MIND Network. Creative Roots will be a collaborative project between Pupils and students connected with MIND exploring issues and history related to slavery. There will be workshops held on Wednesday 10th September to accompany this exhibition. The opening night will be on Tuesday 9th Sept.
Opening on Monday 22nd Sept 6pm - 8pm is 'From Redditch With Love' an audio visual exhibition by Tom Poultney. Live CCTV footage will be intercut with actors blurring the boudaries between the reality of the church and the fiction of the story. Some more of Tom's work will be on show in Holy Trinity and other venues throughout Leeds and Liverpool as part of North by Northwest; a selection of current work by 50 artists from the Peripheral collective, Leeds and the SOUP collective, Liverpool. Both groups have emerged from the ranks of Invigilators at the Henry Moore Institute and Tate Liverpool and their shared occupation has provided them with the basis for this collaborative event. Other venues being used are Tate Liverpool, Red Wire Studios (Liverpool), Red Eric Studios (Leeds), Opposite Cafe (Leeds), Lewis's Department Store (Liverpool), St Johns Market (Liverpool), Design Innovation Centre (Leeds), Andrew Collinge Hairdressers (Liverpool), MXXXii Gallery (Leeds Met Uni), North Bar (Leeds), Reliance Bar(Leeds) The Artmarket (Leeds) See the LISTINGS part of the site for further details and links to other relevant sites. Also coming later on in the year are German minimalist composer Hauschka, LIGHT NIGHT and the Leeds Film Festival - more on these later!

19/07/08

As I am writing this William D Drake is just begining his set downstairs in the church and over the next 2 weeks we will be seeing gigs by Olafur Arnalds w/ worriedaboutsatan and Ultre on 3oth July and a fundraising gig featuring five acts throughout the night in aid of The Samaritans on the 24th JUly. Artsattrinity is also gearing up for an exhibition during August that will put Holy Trinity and its artists and audiences at its very centre. Entitled Relics and Regeneration the exhibition will present a nostalgic look back at the area which was until only recently known as The Burton Arcade but will in 2010 re-open as the brand spangly new Trinity Quarter. A million square foot shopping complex with everyones favourite Georgian church at the heart of the whole thing. Artists Victoria Lucas and Andy Graham will be presenting a nostalgic look back at the Burton Arcades recent past alongside CGI and architects models supplied by the Trinty Leeds developers to provide a Glimpse of the future. The Private View Night for this is Tues 5th August between 6pm and 8pm . As usual Admission is FREE and EVERYONE is WELCOME so come along and take advantage of a free glass of wine or two and enjoy what promises to be a very interesting and exciting exhibition.

25/05/08

After the highly unusual but thoroughly exciting exhibition that was Taylor, Kelly and Hay's XtoL and the subtle sculptural works of Gareth Griffiths that have taken place over the last few weeks we are now preparing for a 2 week exhibition by the Bradford based collective FLUX. Formed in 1993 this loose collective of, predominantly, staff and students from Bradford College set up an exhibition in a disused city centre shop dubbing it the West Yorkshire Clayhouse. Opening on Monday 7th July Flux will be presenting a selection of their current work here at Holy Trinity. For more information about the show and opening times please check the listings elsewhere on this site.

16/04/08

Sorry to not update this section for so long but it has been a busy couple of months here at HTC with The Termite Club staging the first UK performance by The Nihilist Spasm band since 1968, Carla Bozulich drenching HTC in country tinged fuzz and thunder and a marvelous one day exhibition (Gone Tomorrow) by final year students from Leeds Metropolitan University Fine Art. Just announced for Friday 30th May will be a performance by Matthew Bourne and theLeeds Improvised Music Association. June 9th will see the start of China Now a mixture of video and performance art by Richard Taylor, Andrew Kelly and Kenneth Hay. Guaranteed fun and games with a performance every morning at 10am which will see a live web link with China via a musical board game. Hot on the Heels of this will be a week long exhibition by sculptor Gareth Griffiths. Before all of this though please do come back for the return of Stars of the Lid on Sunday 25th May. See you soon. Bruce

19/03/08

INCOMING - CARLA BOZULICH Thursday 24th April. Carla Bozulich has been touring her first album 'Hello Voyager', recorded under the moniker Evangelista with core band member Tara Barnes and members of Thee Silver Mt Zion Band, around Europe and America and will be performing here at Holy Trinity. If you don't know her music then check out 'Hello Voyager' and her previous solo album featuring Willie Nelson and guitarist Nels Cline reinterpreting the entire Red Headed Stranger album originally recorded by Nelson. This will be an ace gig, do come along. More details about tickets next week.

Check out our current exhibition taking place between 10am & 4pm each day, except Sunday, until Wed 26th March called Empty Spaces - Echoes of Redemption in an Urban Landscape organised by the Leeds Church Institute and One City Projects.

Nearer at hand is worriedaboutsatan on Fri 29th March, tickets for this will be £4

29/02/08

And so it is that Lent is upon us and not only is the cross on the Altar placed under a shroud but once more Trinity is to be shrouded in hoardings. This time for the duration of the Burton Arcade regeneration, Slightly longer than 40 days! But as the hoardings go up we continue to run our programme of events with Sean Foran (Piano), Joost Hendrixx (Drums) and Seth Bennett (Acoustic Bass) performing a composition inspired by Holy trinity Church itself.That will be this evening (29th Feb) at 7pm with support from Dave Kane.

On March 6th Ann Nichol will be giving a talk in church as part of the Womens World Day of Prayer and on 10th March First year students from Leeds College of Art and Design Interdisciplinary BA course will be working throughout the day on a project that will respond to, not only, architectural aspects of Holy Trinity Church but also the diverse nature of those who use the venue.If you happen to be passing by HTC on that day please do drop in and have a look at what is happening.

A new addition to the list of events for March (17th - 26th) is an exhibition entitled Empty Spaces: Images of Redemption in an Urban Landscape. This is a project being curated by Nigel Greenwood Retreat on the Streets with the folks from arts@trinity. I will have more details on this for you all next week.

22/02/08

An intrepid gaggle of gig goers braved the icy weather on Saturday afternoon to come along to HTC for the first in a series of three shows by Dewsbury based Manasamitra, the next of which will be on Friday 14th March from 7:30 - 9:30pm and will cost £5 but More about this nearer the time. Closer to the here and now though is Nigel Greenwood's Retreat on the Streets being held here in Church between 10am and 6pm this coming Saturday (23rd Feb). Next Friday sees the performance of a piece of music written specifically for Holy Trinity Church by Sean Foranfor a jazz trio of Piano, Bass and Drums. Tickets for this are £4 and the support will come courtesy of Dave Kane.

A good night was had by those who came out on Tuesday evening to try their hand at the Koligtang's and so it has been decided to give it another go on Tuesday 11th March. So if you fancy giving it a whirl it's free to try just turn up anytime between 6pm - 9pm.

14/02/08

Saturday 16th February sees the first in a short series of concerts to be held here at HTC by Manasamitra entitled 'Symphonies in Sacred Spaces'. Supriya Nagarajin will be presenting the traditional classical vocal style of South India. A powerful and meditative style perfect to start off this series being held in the magnificent 18th century building that is Holy Trinity Church. She will be accompanied by Ravi Shankar Sharma on the Mridangam, a double sided, barrel shaped drum which has a distinctive tonal quality. She will also be joined by Shrikanth Sharma on the violin. In the second half Ravi Shankar Sharma will perform Kunnakkol, a rarely heard Mridangam solo, a treat for all percussionists.

01/02/08

Over the next few months some changes will be occuring here at Holy Trinity that will see us once more shrouded in hoardings as the regeneration of the Burton Arcade begins. Worry not though dear reader as our programme of events will be continuing throughout the course of the redevelopment.

February will see the first in a series of three, once a month, performances of the Indian classical arts entitled Symphonies in Sacred Spaces. Also in February Australian pianist Sean Foran will be performing some new music written for his current trio line up of piano, bass and drums. In April arts@trinity will be playing host to The Termite Club for an entire weekend of Jazz, improv, sound collage, poetry and other out there sounds. More details on these events can be found on the listings page.

Although there are no confirmed details yet arts@trinity will be running a week of events in conjunction with the 'Treasures Revealed' Festival taking place at various venues around Leeds at the beginning of May. Much later on this year Holy Trinity will also be presenting work by the 'Peripheral' artist collective who will be staging exhibitions in several venues simultaeneously across Leeds and Liverpool. More on these events nearer the time though.

29/07/07

After a quiet month in July where the new Arts Director has settled in we are kicking off with brand events. We are proud to announce 'Trinity3', arts@trinity's curated exhibition of the best new talent from the 3 Leeds art institutions, which opens 20th August.

If you like your visual arts, we also have 'Scizopolis' where Holy Trinity plays host to the Dispirit Art Collective's exhibition of their responce to the modern city. But keep checking our listings for all the gigs and other events that we will be holding over the next couple of months.

22/05/07

Arts@Trinity is now pleased to announce that its new Arts Development Director, Helen MacDonald, has started and will be looking to take Arts@Trinity foward and develop a range of exciting projects here at Trinity. In the meantime come and have a look at Leon Varga's 'Kiss the sky Icarus' installation starting on Monday 28th May and running until 6th June.

15/04/07

Sorry it's been a while to update the website. Arts@Trintiy now have a new Arts Administrator, after Luke heads off to London for fame and fortune. Also we are halfway through 2 back to back exhibitions. I hope you managed to see some of Ladyfest, and next week is 'Presence' by Artfusion. So an exciting time for the arts in general, do come along and have a look at the work or engage in the talk (see events). If any other art types out there want to get involved and use the space, just contact us and we will see what we can do.

28/02/07

currently installed at Holy Trinity are four sculptures by Jerwood shortlisted artist Adam Burge. Made specifically for the window cavities at Trinity they will be in the space until Saturday 3rd March. See Featured events for more info.

30/01/07

Next week will see the first of 2007 trinity programming kicking off and a busy month Feb will be too.
Go see the events and listings sections for a mix of free lunchtime talks, eclectic concerts and an exhibition of sculptures from Adam Burge, Jerwood Sculpture nominee.

30/11/06

Tomorrow (1st December) sees the opening performance night of 'Auditory' the latest Arts@trinity conceived exhibition.
'Auditory' is an audio-visual exhibition featuring a night of perfomances and then a week of installations and it promises to be an exciting, challenging and rewarding show.

See the events section for details on those involved and timetables for the performance night and installations thereafter.