Yorkshire Artspace is a centre for art production and a registered charity, providing high quality, affordable studio space for around 170 artists and makers across two sites in Sheffield city centre – Persistence Works and Exchange Place Studios. Through an exciting programme of events and exhibitions, we celebrate and share skilled contemporary art and design with the public and deliver an artist development programme of residencies, crits, and subsidised facilities for contemporary visual artists and craft makers.

Established in 1977 by art graduates, Yorkshire Artspace was one of the first studio groups developed outside London. Since then, we've grown to become one of the largest and most established studio providers in the UK, attracting artists and makers committed to furthering their professional careers.

Yorkshire Artspace is home to a diverse mix of artists and practices, including those with national and international reach. The community of painters, metalsmiths, ceramicists, fine artists, furniture makers, sculptors, jewellers, fashion designers and more is a unique hub of skills and experience, an important eco-system that includes those with the technical skills required to take work from concept to realisation. Our artist development work is informed by consultation with artists and makers in order to deliver activity that responds to collective need.

We are an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation, which enables us to programme activity in support of our cause. We achieve this through developing well equipped practice-specific workshop spaces, our wider artist development offer, and by creating opportunities for the public to engage with skilled contemporary art through exhibitions, workshops, digital engagement and our annual Open Studios event.

Yorkshire Artspace Society Ltd is a membership organisation but the majority of our services are open to non-members. The Society aims to have a 50:50 balance of fine artists and craftspeople as studio holders. Visit our Artist Directory to find out more about those based at Yorkshire Artspace.

BOARD MEMBERS

Chair: Miranda Plowden

Ailbhe Clyne (Yinka Shonibare Ltd)

Eddie Coates-Madden (London Borough of Hounslow)

Nalin Seneviratne (Porter Brook & Associates Ltd)

Angelica Sule (Film and Video Umbrella)

Sandra Whyles (Chapeltown Arts)

Kirsty Young (Yorkshire Sculpture Park)

STAFF MEMBERS

Director: Georgina Kettlewell

Business Development Manager: Daniel Ogden

Finance & Office Manager: Anita Lloyd

Studio Premises Technician: Jay Dennis

Programme Producer: Rachael Dodd

Programme & Communications Officer: Tyler Mellins