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  • July 2025

  • Fri 18
    World
    July 18, 2025 - October 19, 2025

    We Grown-Ups Can Also Be Afraid: Creativity in Times of Crisis

    Gallery 1 Attenborough Arts Centre, Lancaster Road, Leicester, United Kingdom

    The times in which we live are characterised by precarity and instability on multiple fronts, with major issues confronting society including climate crisis, global conflict, genocide, mass migration, and the violence of Western imperialism. ‘We Grown-Ups Can Also Be Afraid’ explores how work by some of the most significant artists of our era can help […]

    Free
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  • August 2025

  • Sat 23
    August 23, 2025 @ 13:00 - 15:00 View all in this series

    Family Gallery Workshops

    Studio 1 Attenborough Arts Centre, Lancaster Road, Leicester, United Kingdom

    Come and explore our exhibitions with our friendly learning team and use resources in the Salmon Gallery to explore through a range of creative workshops. Each week brings something new inspired by our gallery exhibition 'We Grown-Ups Can Also Be Afraid' in Gallery 1 – perfect for families and children. Spaces are limited to give participant enough space and […]

    Free – £10
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  • October 2025

  • Fri 3
    People in a dark room looking at a wall projection of a colourful jungle scene.
    October 3, 2025 - December 14, 2025

    Angélica Teuta: Inner Jungle [Putumayo]

    Gallery 2 Attenborough Arts Centre, Lancaster Road, Leicester, United Kingdom

    Angélica Teuta creates art based on the concept of ‘Emotional Architecture’, building common spaces through emotions, human connections and creativity. The Colombian artist’s work goes beyond the visible structures of walls and buildings. Angélica’s artistic practice sees her creating spaces which feel meaningful to visitors. She does this by considering how people relate to each […]

    Free
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    Fri 3
    October 3, 2025 @ 18:00 - 22:00

    Attenborough Late

    Attenborough Arts Centre University of Leicester, Lancaster Road, Leicester

    Attenborough Arts Centre opens its doors after dark for a night of art, performance, workshops — and pizza. Explore the galleries, get creative in hands-on sessions, experience live performances throughout the building, and soak up the buzz of a building that doesn’t sleep early. Whether you're a regular or a first-time visitor, this is your […]

    Free – £10
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    Sat 4
    October 4, 2025 @ 14:00 - 15:00

    Deaf Artist-led BSL Tour of We Grown-Ups Can Also Be Afraid

    Gallery 1 Attenborough Arts Centre, Lancaster Road, Leicester, United Kingdom

    Join Deaf artist Rubbena Aurangzeb-Tariq on a BSL Tour of 'We Grown Ups Can Also Be Afraid'– an exhibition that takes its name from the Swedish nursery rhyme that features in the show. Drawn from the David and Indrė Roberts Collection, one of the UK’s foremost private art collections, the exhibition encompasses sculpture, works on […]

    Free
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    Wed 8
    October 8, 2025 @ 10:00 - 13:00 View all in this series

    Islamic Geometry for Beginners

    Studio 3 Attenborough Arts Centre, Lancaster Road, Leicester, United Kingdom

    A practical introduction to Islamic geometry – use a ruler, compass and watercolour to create a unique piece to take home. Learn how to draw a historical pattern from Islamic traditions. This 3-hour workshop will teach you how to design, draw and colour a classic 6-fold historical pattern from Islamic traditions. The workshop on 24 September […]

    £23 – £30
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    Fri 10
    October 10, 2025 @ 13:30 - 14:30 View all in this series

    Frozen Light presents: The Ancient Oak of Baldor

    Main Hall Attenborough Arts Centre, Lancaster Road, Leicester, United Kingdom

    A folk tale of love, loss and the interconnectedness of all things. The Ancient Oak stands strong in the Forest of Baldor, in the land of Earten. There it has stood for millennia, rooted deeply to both the land and people of the forest. On this day at the cusp of winter, the people of […]

    £5 – £20
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    Sat 11
    October 11, 2025 @ 19:30 - 22:00

    Taylormade Studios presents ‘Infectious: Part One: Mad About The Boy’ and Directors Q&A

    Main Hall Attenborough Arts Centre, Lancaster Road, Leicester, United Kingdom

    'What do they see when they see you?' – the question asked by Vidal Montgomery's debut short film 'Infectious'. Inspired by the poetry of Gwendolyn Brooks and the artistry of Allesandra Seutin, Infectious is a jazz soul poetry film about emotional wellbeing and sensually transmitted dependency in diaspora. The film is a soulful collection of […]

    £5 – £20
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    Mon 13
    October 13, 2025 @ 13:00 - 16:00

    Mosaic Birds

    Studio 3 Attenborough Arts Centre, Lancaster Road, Leicester, United Kingdom

    Make beautiful mosaic birds to keep or gift in this relaxed beginner’s mosaic workshop. Tutor Nikki will guide you through step-by-step how to design and create stunning mosaic birds using mosaic tiles, glass cabochons and crockery. You will be able to build up your design, and learn how to use tile adhesive to attach the […]

    £38 – £50
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    Sat 18
    October 18, 2025 @ 19:00 - 21:00

    Sitar Society presents Diwali Concert 2025: Roopa Panesar Concert 2025

    Leicester Cathedral Leicester Cathedral, 7 Peacock Ln, Leicester, United Kingdom

    This event takes place at Leicester Cathedral, Guildhall Entrance. After playing to packed houses at London’s leading concert halls; Barbican and Southbank Centre, the celebrated UK-based sitar player Roopa Panesar plays a very special show in her home city. For this home-coming concert, at the start of the Diwali celebrations, Roopa will be accompanied by Gurdain […]

    £15 – £20
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    Sun 19
    October 19, 2025 @ 11:30 - 15:30

    BAKUYARD Productions presents Whoodoo You Come From?

    Main Hall Attenborough Arts Centre, Lancaster Road, Leicester, United Kingdom

    BAKUYARD presents a transformative journey into ancestral connection, through creative expression, art, music and communal ritual. Every one of us has roots that go back to a people who lived with grounded practice, in harmony with the Earth and with beautiful cultural traditions. These can be (re)connected to in memory, imagination, creative envisioning and conversation. Facilitated […]

    £7 – £30
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