Artwalk Wakefield
Wednesday 25 September 2019
The September Artwalk marked the end of Index Festival, and 21 venues participated making it our biggest Artwalk event in 13 years.
A special Artwalk to celebrate the end of our summer programme, venues new and old opened their doors to the public to experience free culture. Venues such as The Ridings Shopping Centre, Wakefield Cathedral and The Art House hosted some of the Index Festival commissions, whilst others hosted their own mix of events.
Families were able to try their hand at screen printing at The Art House and plaster carving with Salma Patel at Create Cafe, explore a new Virtual Sculpture Garden at Wakefield Cathedral, and enjoy visual art exhibitions in venues across the city centre.
You can see the full list of events by downloading the map.
Photography by David Lindsay.
Awkward Objects Melissa Pierce Murray & Bar Groisman at Wakefield Cathedral
Drop-in printing workshop at The Art House
A huge thank you to all of our participating venues, artists and groups - Wakefield Girls High School, SNAPArts, Wakefield Museum, Create Cafe, Boogie Woogie Bagel Bar, Jolly Tap, KRA:FT, The Gissing Centre, Theatre Royal Cafe, The Art House, Westgate Chapel, Jordans Solicitors, Westgate Studios, Now Serving, The Polka Hop, Wakefield Cathedral, The Ridings, Jasmine Pottery Studios, 2 Almshouse Lane, Chantry Chapel, The Hepworth Wakefield, Melanie and Christine Wilks, Cerys Dyson, Salma Patel, Bob & Don, Hartorium, Daniel Prochera, John Heywood, Team 17, Wakefield College photography students, Laura Yuile, Jason Wilsher-Mills, Roo Veeran, Copy, Dream Time Creative, Carolyn Smith, Mandy Day, Doreen Manious, Anne Slack, Helen Field, Susie Brumby, Mick Wilson, La Collective, Seanna Doonan, Morris Dancers, Melissa Pierce Murray, Bar Groisman, One to One Development Trust, Amelia Baron, Katrina Cowling, Tom Verity, Melanie Wheeler, Northern Fringe Gallery, Griet Beyaert, Caroline Holt, Charlotte Brooke, Joe Holt, Michelle Graham, Abi Bliss, David Badger and Yorkshire Sculpture International.
Better than Therapy: Plaster Carving Workshop, Salma Patel at Create Cafe
Everyday Sculpture: Wakefield College at Theatre Royal Wakefield
2019 WGHS Art Exhibition, Wakefield Girls High School
Obsession at the Asylum: Amelia Baron at The Ridings Shopping Centre
Art John at the Index Retrospective exhibition in The Ridings Shopping Centre.
Shine a Light: Seanna Doonan at The Polka Hop
Morris Dancers at The Polka Hop
Unearthed: Land of the Rising, Roo Veeren at The Art House
Team 17 at KRA:FT
Virtual Reality Sculpture Garden: One to One Development Trust at Wakefield Cathedral
PoP: Disabled Artists on Charity at The Ridings Shopping Centre
Cerys Dyson at Create Cafe
Team 17 at KRA:FT
Awkward Objects Melissa Pierce Murray & Bar Groisman at Wakefield Cathedral
Underbelly: Turned to Stone Melanie Wilks and Christine Wilks at SNAPArts
Virtual Reality Sculpture Garden: One to One Development Trust at Wakefield Cathedral