We’re taking art and creativity on the road, across the UK.
From May 2024 to May 2025, our travelling art studio programme, Art Road Trip, is visiting 18 places across the UK.
We’re going to be working with 24 local arts organisations to create community-led arts projects. In each location, we’re designing events for people with the least access to creative opportunities and the arts.
Over the year, our mobile art studio will host around two hundred public events and work with thousands of people to bring art and ideas inspired by the National Gallery Collection right to where they live.
Where is the Art Road Trip now?
The Leap
12 ‒ 23 February 2025
Bradford
In Bradford, Art Road Trip is partnering with The Leap to bring art and creativity to communities in Bradford Moor and Holme Wood. Together, we have co-designed a series of community-led arts events that engage with the National Gallery’s collection and celebrate the communities we are visiting as part of Bradford’s City of Culture 2025.
Over two weeks, Art Road Trip’s travelling studio will collaborate with local artists and community groups, reaching out to schoolchildren, families, and care home residents. Through hands-on workshops, interactive experiences, and collaborative art-making, the programme will explore art’s power to bring people together and inspire new perspectives. The programme includes a community mural project and a family-friendly Eid event, creating opportunities for participants to engage with themes of place, identity, and artistic expression.
Events will take place across two key locations. From 13 to 16 February, Art Road Trip will be in Holme Wood, visiting the TFD Youth Hub, Knowles Court Care Home, and Holme Wood Library. From 19 to 23 February, the project moves to Bradford Moor, working alongside The Leap’s Creative Place Partners and Bradford Moor PASS at the Laisterdyke Hub. Each location will host a dynamic programme of activities designed to spark curiosity and creativity, ensuring a meaningful experience for all involved.
The Leap is an action learning programme dedicated to increasing understanding of and support for community-led culture. By capturing and sharing knowledge and experience, The Leap empowers people and places to create social change through arts and culture, fostering deeper connections between communities and the creative process.
For more information about The Leap and the programme, visit their website.
