Yorkshire Artspace

Yorkshire Artspace is a registered charity providing studio space for around 170 artists and makers across two sites in Sheffield city centre. We provide high quality, affordable studio space and deliver a professional development programme which offers exhibition opportunities, training and subsidised Starter Studios for early career creatives. 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, described by Arts Council England as “one of the leading artist studio spaces in Europe”. We aim for a 50:50 balance of visual and applied artists across our studios, which makes our community of painters, metalsmiths, ceramicists, fine artists, furniture makers, sculptors, jewellers, writers, fashion designers and more a unique hub of skills and experience. Our work is informed by consultation with our members in order to deliver activity that responds to their collective needs. We are an ACE National Portfolio Organisation, which enables us to programme activity in support of our vision: for visual and applied art to be thriving and accessible in our region. We achieve this by supporting creative careers through our two Starter Studios and wider professional development offer, and by creating opportunities for the public to engage with art through exhibitions, workshops and our annual Open Studios event.