Events

FUAM is looking for a new design for its logo. There is a competition for the redesign, with a prize of £50, open to current students of the University of Leeds. If you are interested, the details are here.

Nostalgia and Progress: Illustration after the Second World War. This life-enhancing exhibition at the Stanley and Audrey Burton Art Gallery showcases the work of major British book illustrators, such as Edward Bawden and Edward Ardizzone, including also current artists, some of whom have created work specially for this show.

Leeds-born James Brining, Artistic Director of the West Yorkshire Playhouse since 2012, will be talking to Richard Andrews about his life and career and his vision for the Playhouse, illustrated with his choice of music.   Tickets £7.00 (to include a drink and nibbles) available from the Events Administrator Gillian Roche (0113 261 4564 or [email protected] ) School of Music, Cavendish Road, University of Leeds

(Time to be confirmed) Prizegiving and discussion by the prizewinners at the Stanley and Audrey Burton Gallery.

Talk for FUAM members, reception and preview at the Stanley and Audrey Burton Gallery. An expert panel of three judges will choose four student finalists, based on the artwork they present in their Fine Art and Design undergraduate degree shows (June 2014). The judges will be Cherie Federico (Editor, Aesthetica magazine), Simon Wallis (Director, Hepworth...

Philip Smith (baritone) and Jonathan Fisher (piano) Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall Looking forward to the arrival of the Tour de France, this summer song recital celebrates the links across the channel in both Art Song and popular song of the hey-day of the bicycle. The programme includes songs commissioned by the Leeds Lieder Festival. But...

The AGM will be held in the School of Music and will last about 45 minutes, followed by a talk on Turner and Yorkshire to be given by Dr David Hill of the School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies. After the talk there will be a buffet supper. Attendance at the AGM is...

Wine and record sale from 5pm Talk for FUAM members at the opening of the new exhibition in the Stanley and Audrey Burton Gallery, beginning 5.30pm. Martin Froy was the first Gregory Fellow in Painting at the University of Leeds, from 1951-54. Sixty years after Froy completed his residency at Leeds, the University is delighted...

Cartwright Hall, Bradford Guided tour of the exhibition "Rossetti's obsession: images of Jane Morris" Cost: £4.00 Jane Burden Morris was the wife of the poet and designer William Morris and the favoured model of Pre-Raphaelite painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti. This exhibition brings together compelling examples of this pictorial obsession, together with contrasting images of Jane as herself reflecting her actual life and interests beyond modelling. The...

The Vice-Chancellor's Concert Acclaimed chamber ensemble Hallé Soloists are delighted to be returning to Leeds in partnership with the winner of the 2009 Leeds International Piano Competition Sofya Gulyak. This concert is dedicated, on her retirement, to Dr Hilary Diaper in appreciation of her long service to the University art collection, the Stanley and Audrey Burton...