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Bradford won City of Culture 2025, known as BD25 you will hear lots more about it and how it can benefit the city, and our towns within it. We are very proud to be supporting this work, with a BIG focus on Keighley. For more information visit https://bradford2025.co.uk

Are you a Keighley-based freelance creative looking for more paid opportunities? We’re looking for artists, crafters and makers from Keighley who can run public, drop-in workshops around town. These will be mostly for children and families, but may expand to adults too. These will be action packed days that will give you the chance to […]

We’re seeking someone to join our team to lead and co-ordinate our creative outreach and engagement work with Keighley’s diverse local communities. Keighley is home to long established communities and relatively new communities from other parts of the world including asylum seekers and refugees. We are here for everyone, and this role will help more […]

We are very excited to introduce you to our new Festival and Events Director, Madeleine O’Reilly and coordinator, Cathryn Murray! For the next two years, Madeleine and Cathryn will plan and develop our annual Keighley Arts & Film Festival, along with a full programme of other events. Having co-founded Hull’s Assemble Fest in 2013 and […]

On Saturday 12th March, we’re bringing you an evening of FREE, showstopping entertainment to celebrate International Women’s Day in Keighley. You’ll be celebrating with with: • The Fingersmiths (Live Blues / Jazz)• 3 Chord Max (Ukulele Band)• Nabeela Ahmed (Multilingual Poetry)• North Wind Tribal (Belly dancing)• Bracelet Making with Sally All Women, Including Under 18s, […]

On Saturday 26th February, our “Following Threads” exhibition will open to the public at Bradford Industrial Museum. From prints to photography, recycled objects to paintings, you’ll be able to catch a variety of work centered around the theme of industry and our environment all created by 13 of our resident artists. This captivating exhibition features […]

We have a new set of sessions starting on February 14th, Yippee! This set of sessions is looking at, and making collages and papier mache. This amazing, year long programme is run by Ailsa Lewer and Carine Brosse, and its for people and their carers and loved ones who are living with dementia and other […]

The Trustees of Keighley Creative, an arts, creativity and cultural charity based in central Keighley, are recruiting for two new posts to plan, deliver and evaluate our annual Keighley Arts and Film Festival (KAFF) and other related events throughout the year. The two posts, a Festival and Events Director and a Festival and EventsCoordinator, are […]

Keighley Creative is about to enter an exciting but demanding new stage in our evolution as one of the major creative ventures locally and in the wider region. We have secured significant funding of around £2.8m to purchase, refurbish and equip a new creative hub based in the centre of Keighley and support the expansion […]

Letty McHugh (one of our fantastic studio holders!) and Jess Kidd (a brilliant local artist!) are exhibiting together in a new exhibition titled Worth. Do come along and see Jess’ new paintings of Keighley, and Letty’s seven metre long banners inspired by our textile and family histories. Gallery open on Mondays and Thursdays, 11am – […]

8th – 10th October, a whole long weekend of fantastic fun and events! Free or low cost throughout. Have a look at our programme and get involved… There is something for everyone 🙂

Recognise this spot? Well get ready for a Summer Surprise! As a part of Summer Unlocked (a Bradford Council funded outdoor events programme happening in the district this summer), we are working with a group of artists and creatives to transform this amazing location. Why? Because the space is really interesting. The brutalist architecture inspires […]

We just want to say a massive CONGRATULATIONS to everyone who has been a part of Keighley’s successful bid to the government to secure a substantial amount of financial investment into our town. The projects that make this bid up look brilliant, and Keighley Creative is one of them! Such exciting times ahead! We will […]

New Exhibition- OPEN NOW! Project curated by Gabriela Boiangiu, See What’s On for more information 🙂 Where? Keighley Creative Gallery Keighley Creative / Hanover Street / Keighley / BD21 3QJ When are we open? 10 June- 1 July 2021 Monday 11am – 3pm Thursday 11am – 3pm Saturday 10am – 4pm (Hours extended due […]

Keighley Arts and Film Festival (KAFF) 2021 Fixed term, 5 month contract: To work 68 days between June – October 2021 Are you interested in working with Keighley Creative? Have you got great, relevant experience of event and festival coordination, especially around the arts and film? Do you enjoy finding the funding to make things […]

Tuesday Group is an inclusive dementia-friendly art and story group that meets online fortnightly. Our aim is to get together, meet new people and feel connected whilst trying out new things. The sessions are run by two very experienced artists, so you’ll be in safe hands!If you are living with dementia, or if someone you […]

What does culture mean to you? In the second half of last year, we held zoom sessions with lots of different people who live and work in Keighley to find out just that. These conversations were part of Bradford Council’s 10-year ‘Culture is Our Plan’ project. The aim of which is to re-imagine the whole […]

It has been a while (and sorry if you have enquired about a studio with us in the last few months- we decided not to take on anyone new until we can open up more fully post Lockdown 1… Lockdown 2… you guessed it- Lockdown 3!) but we are now on with building some more […]

Are you enjoying this year’s Drawing Box Project? It’s the last two weeks and we would LOVE to see how you are getting on. We have been sharing lots of your brilliant drawings and photos online, but we can never have too many! You can share pages from your sketch books and fold out sheets, […]

Remember 2019 and the first Keighley Arts and Film Festival? We have not been able to go live this year with fantastic performances, so we have devised special events to take place online. Keighley Arts and Film Festival will be accessed via Facebook and Youtube. The online Festival has been named ‘Intimate’ for this 2020 […]