Exhibitions & Events
Event: Celebrating βOf Earth and Memoryβ
Free and open to all
During this residency, artists from St Augustineβs Centre will continue their ongoing project exploring the theme of identity. Working with artist Zephie, they have been working with clay to construct ceramic busts that reflect their inner worlds.
Residency: Of Earth and Memory
Open Wednesday-Saturday, 1-4pm
During this residency, artists from St Augustineβs Centre will continue their ongoing project exploring the theme of identity. Working with artist Zephie, they have been working with clay to construct ceramic busts that reflect their inner worlds.
Exhibition: Earth, A Cosmic Spectacle
Open Wednesday-Saturday, 1-4pm
Marvel at the cosmos with artist Louise Beer as she explores the long and slow development of life of Earth, starting with the first moments of the universe. Through photography and sound, experience an evolving, participatory experience that connects scientific knowledge with personal reflection.
Event: Opening of Earth, A Cosmic Spectacle
Free and open to all
Join us for the opening event of Earth, A Cosmic Spectacle. Featuring a talk by artist Louise Beer, and the chance to create work under the night sky, this celebration event is not to be missed!
Event: Panel Discussion for Earth, A Cosmic Spectacle
Free online event
Sign up for an online panel discussion around the themes explored in the exhibition Earth, A Cosmic Spectacle. Youβll hear from a range of scientists and get new insight into the work of artist Louise Beer.
Event: Sounds of Earth, Visions of the Cosmos
Free workshop
Take part in this free workshop with artists Louise Beer and John Hooper. Inspired by Louiseβs work made for the exhibition Earth, A Cosmic Spectacle, youβll be part of a listening workshop in nature.
Workshop: Colouring Belonging: Patterns, Identity and Community
Free workshop
Part of Rahela' Khanβs residency
Join artist-researcher Rahela Khan for a creative workshop learning about pattern, colour and cultural memory and colouring mandala-inspired patterns using paint pens and pencils.
Artist's Talk: Rahela Khan
Free and open to all
Part of Rahela Khanβs residency
Join artist Rahela Khan for an afternoon discussing her research and creative practice.
Residency: Rahela Khan
Open Wednesday-Saturday, 1-4pm
During her residency at Everybody Arts, Rahela Khan will create a collection of hand-built clay pieces that draw on traditional Islamic art and South Asian textile motifs to reflect on cultural heritage, migration, and resilience. The residency acts as both as a reflective space and as an invitation to consider themes of identity, representation, and cultural memory.
Residency: Clare Harford
Open afternoons: Wednesdays and Thursdays, 1-4pm
Clare Harfordβs work combines solid and shattered sculptural forms. Her work uses the sheer exuberance and dizzying force of colour to lift people and energise them, using environmentally aware materials such as coloured paper, card and water based paint.
Residency: Daisy Dickens
Open afternoons: Wednesdays and Thursdays, 1-4pm
Experience Ephemeral Ooze, as artist Daisy Dickens experiments with biomaterials in The Everybody Gallery. Daisy will use processes such as alginate yarn production and weaving, potato/gelatine plastic sewing, carving and moulding, printing with moss and bio-inks, and natural fabric dyeing.
Workshop: Earth, A Cosmic Spectacle
A workshop with astronomer Richard Darn and artist Louise Beer, ahead of her upcoming exhibition in The Everybody Gallery
Residency: Ruolan
Open afternoons: Wednesday 20 and Thursday 21 August 2025, 1-4pm
During her residency, Ruolan will expand her investigation into trace, track, and the non-human archive through a series of material-led, site-responsive interventions. Grounded in her ongoing interest in material agency and spatial memory, her work explores how residues, remnants, and found objects carry histories and activate the spaces they inhabit.
Residency: Jules Rimer
Please note, there will not be any open afternoons for this residency
Following her Embodied Cycles Collection, which explored cyclical living and the impact of menstrual cycles on womenβs lives, Jules is now beginning a new collection focused on motherhood and the journey of becoming a motherβframed through the lens of the creative cycle. Much like the seasons, this cycle moves through four phases: Ideas, Holding, Birthing, and Pleasure.
Residency: Amelia Crouch
Open afternoons: Wednesday 6 and Thursday 7 August 2025, 1-4pm
Amelia has recently been developing a body of work about a dissatisfied customer, stuck in an apparently endless series of conversations with call centres. Now she wants to hear the other side of the story. Whatβs it like to work in a call centre?
Residency: Lucy Arden
Open afternoons: Wednesday 30 and Thursday 31 July 2025, 1-4pm
Mother Artist Lucy Arden and her 11-year-old son, Luther, will create an interactive installation, Climbing a Mountain Every Day, to explore the challenges faced by those navigating the journey to secure a Dyslexia, ADHD, or Autism diagnosis.
Residency: Rabia Begum
Open afternoons: Wednesday 23 and Thursday 24 July 2025, 1-4pm
During her residency, Rabia Begum will be working on the project Stitching Sehri, Draping Iftar: Ramadan at Home. Offering a contemplative and reflective space, Rabia invites visitors to reflect on the themes in her work and respond in their own way; whether through prayer, silence or creative activities.
Residency: Serena Rogers
Open afternoons with live drawing on Wednesday 16 and Thursday 17 July 2025, 1-4pm
Finding Voice: Loss and Wellbeing explores the powerful connection between loss, the difficulties in expressing grief (especially when prolonged by external factors), and the crucial role of creative expression in healing.
Common Ground: Behind the Scenes
Join us for a peek behind the scenes at the making of Common Ground, our current exhibition.
Common Ground
Through film and photography, Common Ground tells the stories of groups and individuals across Calderdale; exploring the importance of connection and the power of sports and activity to unite us.
Open 1-4pm, Wednesday-Saturday
Opening night: Friday 13th June, 5-7pm
Common Ground: Opening Night
Join us for the opening night of Common Ground. Drinks and nibbles will be available throughout, with speeches commencing at 5.30, followed by screenings of the films and some special performances.
A Very Special Event with John Ross
Join us for an afternoon as we look at the work of artist and one of the Everybody Arts Founders, John Ross.
Grim Up North?
John Rossβs landscape paintings from the last decade explore the rugged beauty and shifting moods of Mother Earth. From the fiery, intense hues of Southern Spain to the cold, ethereal light of Scotlandβs lochside, experience a visceral journey through place and history
Opening event: Saturday 29 March, 1-4pm
Open Wednesday-Saturday, 1-4pm
Residencies Showcase
Experience a showcase of work by artists who have been working in Calderdale across CultureDaleβs Year of Culture, featuring Sally Barker, David Chatton Barker, Rachael Elwell and Nikta Mohammadi
Gallery open 1-4pm, Wednesday to Saturday
Artist Residency: Zeke Clough
Gallery open 1-4pm on Thursday 20 and Friday 21 February
Explore drawing with artist in residence Zeke Clough
New Creatives Residency: Rabia Begum
Engage with our New Creatives artist, Rabia Begum, during her residency where sheβll be developing her project Bearing Witness to Genocide
Gallery open 1-4pm on Saturday 8th, Wednesday 12th and Friday 14th February
Emergence
Open by appointment - please email info@everybodyarts.org.uk or call 01422 346900
Explore natural colour, its relation to emotionality and sensory experiences in the work of artist Michaela Lesayova.
Meanderings - Sarah OβBoyle
Part of The Everybody Galleryβs programme of micro residencies
Residency and drop-in afternoon with artist Sarah OβBoyle during her micro residency in The Everybody Gallery.
River of Stones - Zephie
Part of The Everybody Galleryβs programme of micro residencies
Residency and drop-in afternoon with artist Zephie during her micro residency in The Everybody Gallery.
The Word is a Painting - and Other Similes - Daniel Elijah
Part of The Everybody Galleryβs programme of micro residencies
Residency and drop-in afternoon with artist Daniel Elijah, during his micro residency in The Everybody Gallery.
Paper Explosion - Clare Harford
Part of The Everybody Galleryβs programme of micro residencies
Residency and drop-in afternoon with artist Clare Harford during her micro residency in The Everybody Gallery.
My Evolution - Stevie- Leigh Sanderson
Part of The Everybody Galleryβs programme of micro residencies
Residency and drop-in afternoon with artist Stevie-Leigh Sanderson during her micro residency in The Everybody Gallery.
Ananse Ntentan: Wisdom and Heritage - AduAmani
Part of The Everybody Galleryβs programme of micro residencies
Residency and drop-in afternoon with artist AduAmani during her micro residency in The Everybody Gallery.
Red Mother Earth - Nana-Essi Casely-Hayford
Part of The Everybody Galleryβs programme of micro residencies
Residency and drop-in afternoon with artist Nana-Essi Casely-Hayford during her micro residency in The Everybody Gallery.
Becoming - Laura Timmis
Part of The Everybody Galleryβs programme of micro residencies
Residency and drop-in afternoon with artist Laura Timmis during her micro residency in The Everybody Gallery.
Two Years Ago - Mooncoin Lucas
Part of The Everybody Galleryβs programme of micro residencies
Residency and drop-in afternoon with artist Mooncoin Lucas during her micro residency in The Everybody Gallery.
About the Everybody Gallery
We facilitate exhibitions from internationally renowned and up and coming artists as well as members of the local community. We also run events, host conferences, throw parties and everything in-between.
If youβre interested in finding out more about our previous exhibitions or holding an event in the gallery, please check out the links below.