BasementArtsProject is in need of your support.

At present, BasementArtsProject has no core funding, like many of us we function hand to mouth. It has become over the years a true labour of love, but the reality is we cannot do what we do without cash. As we await decisions on various grant applications, we urgently need to raise funds to keep us afloat and do what we love to do best, provide our community with a mixture of culture and hope.

Kristina Nenova: Wintering (Oct 2024)

Since April 2011, we have worked on a shoe-string budget, provided career support for burgeoning artists and provided the community in which we live with access to art, music, creativity and a little joy.  Most of our projects have been small-scale and self funded, but none-the-less impactful.

Presently, BasementArtsProject is keen to widen the impact it makes and move further beyond the walls of its location, namely a terrace house in Beeston Leeds. It has been a joy to be part of improving some adjacent land with a public sculpture, seating areas, concerts and workshops. With this we have created an oasis of calm, much needed in an area labelled as deprived - but which many of us know as home.

Workshop at St Luke’s Cares Charity Shop, Dewsbury Road

Presently, BasementArtsProject is keen to widen the impact it makes and move further beyond the walls of its location, namely a terrace house in Beeston Leeds. It has been a joy to be part of improving some adjacent land with a public sculpture, seating areas, concerts and workshops. With this we have created an oasis of calm, much needed in an area labelled as deprived - but which many of us know as home.

Keith Ackerman ‘Jacob’s Ladder’ (2019) in ‘The Corner’ Pocket Sculpture Park created by BasementArtsProject

“We are very privileged to have Basement Arts in South Leeds. […] The experience has touched people’s lives in a way that no-one can predict. Thank you to all involved , changing lives in a different way.” Eve Tidswell via South Leeds Life

Pre-workshop setting up time with Annabelle Richmond-Wright at Beeston Hill St Luke’s Primary School (Jun 2024)

It has been a privilege to work alongside local schools and organisations to plan a new public artwork- but without funding, our ambitions of large scale community engagement are halted.

Edek Thompson: Apocalypse Wow workshops (May 2024)

As a family run organisation, we know the importance of providing our children and families with a sense of belonging and hope for the future; our way of doing this is through art. We have high hopes and big dreams. If this is something that resonates with you, please do no hesitate to get in touch to chat. Or donate on…..

Ruby Jean Waterhouse w/ Cleo Nelson & Cat Young installing ‘Fray’ exhibition (Oct 2023)