News
3rd September 2025
Earlier this year Marianne Scahill-Pape, Learning and Outreach Manager, and Hannah Pillai, Programme Coordinator, were commissioned by Youth Music to consult with IYAP families through creative gallery sessions. Their contribution...
4th August 2025
Attenborough Arts Centre’s new autumn season features a range of thought-provoking exhibitions, performances, and artist-led creative courses and workshops, together delivering on the organisation’s mission of ‘Art For All’. In...
24th July 2025
An elephant that glows in the dark has been spotted on the University of Leicester campus, with four little elephants at Attenborough Arts Centre. The creature forms part of the...
21st July 2025
On the evening of Thursday 17 July, ‘We Grown-Ups Can Also Be Afraid’ launched in Gallery 1 at Attenborough Arts Centre, drawing in over 150 visitors to explore the works...
8th July 2025
On the evening of Wednesday 2 July, artists, teachers and Attenborough Arts Centre staff came together to celebrate and re-launch our SENsory Atelier, an arts-based learning programme that delivers partnership...
1st July 2025
Our SENsory Atelier programme was recently highlighted in an Arts Council England blogpost as part of ‘Learning Disability Week’. The programme brings artists into SEND classrooms to ensure learning the...
9th June 2025
The University of Leicester is delighted to unveil its 2025 Summer events programme, delivered with Attenborough Arts Centre, in partnership with Oadby & Wigston Borough Council. Designed to bring people together...
19th May 2025
Attenborough Arts Centre’s flagship SENsory Atelier programme has been named Learning Programme of the Year at the prestigious Museums + Heritage Awards 2025. Leicester’s Attenborough Arts Centre scooped the national...
7th May 2025
On Saturday 3 May we welcomed in over 550 visitors to our bi-annual Craft & Art Fair to explore the work of local crafters and artists as they presented their...
6th May 2025
Attenborough Late’s returns for a evening of celebrating Black & Brown joy in collaboration with whatsthebigmistry. A fun-packed after-hours art experience the takes over our whole building, the evening will...
23rd April 2025
The Empire’s Old Clothes by Priya Mistry, who works under the pseudonym whatsthebigmistry, opens at Attenborough Arts Centre. The work challenges the myths and propaganda of the ‘British Empire’ and...
10th April 2025
This season we are excited to welcome new and returning artists and audiences to our Craft & Art Fair. With crafters from across the country sharing their work, there will...
31st March 2025
We do what we can everyday with our venue, our programmes, our staff and our communities, but we know there is always more we can do. Which is where you...
24th March 2025
As a team we work together to lower our carbon emissions where we can, however you can help us to every time you visit Attenborough Arts Centre. As an individual...
19th March 2025
Coming to Attenborough Arts Centre is Punk Alley, a loud and unapologetic joyride of live original punk music for everyone in the family. Expect to enter into the world of...
18th March 2025
Literary Leicester is back, the University of Leicester’s free literary festival that is open for all. Brought to you by the School of Arts, Media and Communication and the Centre...
17th March 2025
We can’t have ‘Creativity with a Conscience’ without delving into what we offer as part of our programmes! As a University Arts Centre we are lucky to have varied and...
13th March 2025
Attenborough Arts Centre is pleased to announce that we have been shortlisted for Learning Programme of the Year for the Museums + Heritage Awards 2025. The global awards celebrate the...
10th March 2025
As a part of the University of Leicester, we recognise that the activities we do inevitably impact on the environment and that we have a responsibility to environmental protection. As...
6th March 2025
We have been nominated for an award at the Leicester Comedy Festival and UK Kids’ Comedy Festival Awards 2025 and we couldn’t be happier. This year we are in the...
3rd March 2025
Our new summer season features art for all, with our latest range of exhibitions, performances, and artist-led creative courses and workshops, while also featuring free events for all ages. This...