At 7.20pm on the 31st May 2022, Bradford learned that it had been chosen to be the UK City of Culture 2025. And quite right, too. As the campaign posters said, it’s ‘Our Time, Our Place’. The title will give the city and district a much needed boost, both…
Bradford textile artist and knitwear designer, Dawn Hemming, is a largely self-taught knitwear and home-wear designer and fibre craftsperson with over 40 years experience. She specialises in circular mandalas and shawls, but also creates a range of hand-knitted accessories, including neck warmers and hats. Her work is characterised by…
Artist and printmaker, Patrick Whitehead, was born in Bradford in 1957 and spent his formative years there. He studied a Foundation Course in Art at Lincoln College of Art and afterwards studied Fine Art at Norwich School of Art gaining a 2:1 Honours Degree and has worked as a…
The Saltaire-based illustrator, designer, arts director and fine art painter, Nina Hunter, was born in Sopot, Poland, and studied at The Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk, graduating in 2009 with a Masters Degree in Fine Arts. She was employed as a Creative Designer with the William Hill Organisation,…
