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Keighley children’s learning and creativity was celebrated this week as a major project comes to a close. On Monday we hosted a special event to showcase the Pledges to the Landscape project, a collaboration between Keighley Creative and Yorkshire Peat Partnership. The event welcomed lots of people who wanted to find out more about this […]

King Charles’ Seeing is Believing programme is one of the most well-established and widely respected leadership projects in the UK. Recently the programme included a visit to Keighley Creative to encourage local business leaders to better understand the challenges facing the community. The project invited locally-based people to come along to visit our premises and […]

Keighley Creative are pleased to announce the latest member to join their team. Tracy Uren has been taken on to fill the vacancy of Events Producer and is here to help Keighley Creative organise and run its popular and engaging events and projects. The team are relishing Tracy’s experience as a Keighley lass having worked […]

On Wednesday 16th October 2024, we opened our new exhibition “Nature and Imagination” but, following lots of interest, we are pleased to announce that the exhibition will continue for a month until Wednesday 13th November 2024. Arts for Brain Health is one of Keighley Creative’s core programmes offers workshops to people that may benefit from […]

This August/September, a stunning exhibition of our studio artists work was displayed at Craven Arts in Skipton. The exhibition highlighted the diverse artistic practices within the collective and brought together a range of mediums and styles that reflect the individual strengths of each member. Exhibitors included Anji Timlin, Sean Jukes (ala Rambling Art), Dripsy, Jane […]

This September, some new pieces of art popped up in and around Keighley. These were all part of the Keighley Flowerpot Trail organised by the Sue Belcher Centre at Bracken Bank, in partnership with the Bronte Parsonage Museum, Timothy Taylor’s Community Action, Keighley Town Council, Keighley Lions Club, Bradford Council and the One in a […]

This was the aim of a recent community walk organised by Keighley Town Council and Keighley Creative. The walk was organised as a part of Keighley Walking Festival and the theme was “Light Up The Night”. The walk welcomed anyone who would like to come along and together we walked 2 miles round town. The […]

On Saturday 24th August 2024, local engineer and STEM ambassador, Alisha Bell, ran a special event at Keighley Creative. The event was titled Engineering and Arts Exploration and Alisha and the team welcomed local families to come along and join in the fun activities exploring Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths through arts and crafts. A […]

On Saturday 17th August 2024, our studio artists were thrilled to welcome more people than ever before to their open studio event. Nearly 100 people came to visit, had a tour, met the artists and viewed their huge range of artwork and creativity. The artists that hosted included Jane Fielder, Dripsy, Naseem Darbey, Jonathan Britten, […]

On Saturday 17th August 2024, 100s of Keighley people came along to Cliffe Castle park and joined in some fun, creative sessions run by Keighley Creative that focused on learning about the environment. Families who attended were given the opportunity to join in with all sorts of activities and everyone was welcomed to get stuck […]

Art charity Keighley Creative has appointed a woman with more than 25 years’ experience working with communities throughout the North to lead its creative team. Paula Clark said she is very excited to step into the post of creative director at a crucial time for the expanding organisation. She will lead the team in ensuring delivery […]

Recently one of our Arts for Brain Health groups took a field trip! 10 people from the Monday Creative group visited Cartwright Hall Art Gallery in Bradford with facilitators, Ailsa Lewer and Carine Brosse. The Monday group welcomes participants who are affected by dementia and their carers. We hired a minibus from Keighley Community Transport […]

Local primary schools have recently taken part in a project educating children about the importance of our peatlands and the latest school to take part was Riddlesden St. Mary’s. The children were invited to take part in the Pledges to the Landscape project, a classroom programme using art and mark making to engage children, which […]

Calling all Keighley Makers!!! Apply for a stall at our upcoming event. We are now taking applications for local creatives who would like a stall at our upcoming Summer Maker Fayre and Open Studios on Saturday 17th August 2024. We would like applications from makers based in and around Keighley who would like to sell […]

Last Saturday 29th June 2024, a group of local people set off as part of Otley Walking Festival to draw the bog and associated wildlife of Denton Estate moorland near Ilkley. Led by local artist, Naseem Darbey, and Yorkshire Peatland Partnership (YPP) expert, Lucy Lee, the group of 10 spent the day on the moor […]

DEADLINE EXTENDED! Call-out for Keighley artists! Would you like to provide creative content for our Engineering and Arts Explorations project? A new project has recently been launched in Keighley. Local engineer and STEM Ambassador, Alisha Bell, supported by The Leap organisations is on the hunt for local artists to engage the next generation of engineers. […]

This weekend a big community event was held on Church Green in Keighley. The Eid on the Green event featured a host of activities including an arts and crafts stall hosted by our fab team as well as soft archery, rodeo football and face painting. There were also stalls by Keighley Lions and Pawperfection Rehoming […]

A community publication designed by Keighley Creative with input from numerous local organisations opens door to help during cost-of-living crisis. Keighley community organisations have come together to help people struggling in the cost-of-living crisis. Arts charity Keighley Creative has produced a newspaper-style guide with pointers to where to get support, in an easy-to-read format. Open […]

Following a competitive recruitment process, Riaz Meer, one of the founders of Keighley Arts and Film Festival, will take up a post leading creative arts in the town over the next two years. The experienced film and television editor will oversee Keighley Creative’s organisational development and transition to a permanent base. His brief will include […]

We are looking for someone to hold the creative vision for Keighley Creative and ensure the successful delivery of all programmes, including but not limited to; The Drawing Box Project; Arts for Brain Health; Keighley Creative Presents; Studio Programme; Artist Development and Progression Pathways.