Pay As You Feel Art Group: Northlight CIC

Looking for a fun and friendly place to make art and get some support from resident artists? Come to Chapel Allerton Arts Centre & Cafe every Thursday morning and make art with other people for a couple of hours, and pay whatever feels right on the day for you. This event is run by the Northlight CIC

We have a gallery area, conservatory, studio and also terrace and garden where you can paint or draw. Find your perfect spot.

Free Parking at the Venue Car Park and Street Parking normally available.

Northlight CIC "Pay as you feel art group" is one of the most relaxed creative sessions in north Leeds. There is no tutor standing at the front, no set project, and no skill level you need to have reached before you are allowed in. Some people arrive with a painting they have been chipping away at for months. Some arrive having not drawn anything since school. Both are exactly right.

Bring your own work, or start something here.

If you have a project on the go, bring it. If you would rather turn up with nothing but a coffee and see what happens, we have plenty of materials for you to use, including cartridge paper, easels, acrylic paints, graphite, charcoal and drawing boards. Someone will happily help you get started if a blank sheet feels daunting.

Why people keep coming back

Making things alongside other people is a different experience to making things alone at the kitchen table. Conversation happens, or it doesn't, and both are fine. Two hours pass quickly. People tell us they leave lighter than they arrived, and that the Thursday morning slot has quietly become the part of the week they protect.

It is a genuinely mixed group: retired people, students, parents with a free morning, people working shifts, people who have moved to Leeds and want to meet someone. If you are looking for a sociable art group in Leeds where you can turn up on your own without it being awkward, this is that.

The cafe is open

The Chapel Allerton Arts Centre cafe bar opens from 10am, so you can pick up proper coffee, tea, and other drinks plus cake and snacks when ever you want.

Practical bits

Every Thursday, 10am to 12pm
Chapel Allerton Arts Centre, 31 Potternewton Lane, Leeds LS7 3LW
Pay as you feel, contribute what you can
Art materials provided, or bring your own
No booking needed, just turn up
This session is run by Northlight CIC at Chapel Allerton Arts Centre.

New here? Just come in and say you're here for the Thursday art group. Someone will point you at a table.