Sunny Bank Mills
@sunnybankmills.bsky.social
An inspirational commercial and cultural destination in the heart of the local community of Farsley, Leeds with an Art Gallery, 100 independent businesses and Museum & Archive. Website: www.sunnybankmills.co.uk; Facebook and Insta @SunnyBankMills.
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Our new exhibition Broken//Makeshift has opened celebrating contemporary craft by finding the beauty in everyday objects whilst exploring how our emotional attachment to them can survive a break, fracture or tear.
More info about the exhibition & artists: www.sunnybankmills.co.uk/arts/gallery...
More info about the exhibition & artists: www.sunnybankmills.co.uk/arts/gallery...
Join us at the Mills next weekend (28th - 30th November) for our annual Christmas Market!
Expect over 60 artists and makers a day, food and drink from a range of local businesses, print workshops, mulled wine and lots of festive spirit.
Info 👉 www.sunnybankmills.co.uk/arts/christm...
Expect over 60 artists and makers a day, food and drink from a range of local businesses, print workshops, mulled wine and lots of festive spirit.
Info 👉 www.sunnybankmills.co.uk/arts/christm...
November 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Join us at the Mills next weekend (28th - 30th November) for our annual Christmas Market!
Expect over 60 artists and makers a day, food and drink from a range of local businesses, print workshops, mulled wine and lots of festive spirit.
Info 👉 www.sunnybankmills.co.uk/arts/christm...
Expect over 60 artists and makers a day, food and drink from a range of local businesses, print workshops, mulled wine and lots of festive spirit.
Info 👉 www.sunnybankmills.co.uk/arts/christm...
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New exhibition finds beauty in everyday objects at @sunnybankmills.bsky.social ⤵️ westleedsdispatch.com/new-exhibiti...
New exhibition finds beauty in everyday objects at Sunny Bank Mills - West Leeds Dispatch
Broken//Makeshift is an exhibition that celebrates contemporary craft by finding the beauty in everyday objects at Farsley’s Sunny Bank Mills. It explores how our emotional attachment to them can surv...
westleedsdispatch.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:32 PM
New exhibition finds beauty in everyday objects at @sunnybankmills.bsky.social ⤵️ westleedsdispatch.com/new-exhibiti...
Our new exhibition Broken//Makeshift has opened celebrating contemporary craft by finding the beauty in everyday objects whilst exploring how our emotional attachment to them can survive a break, fracture or tear.
More info about the exhibition & artists: www.sunnybankmills.co.uk/arts/gallery...
More info about the exhibition & artists: www.sunnybankmills.co.uk/arts/gallery...
October 16, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Our new exhibition Broken//Makeshift has opened celebrating contemporary craft by finding the beauty in everyday objects whilst exploring how our emotional attachment to them can survive a break, fracture or tear.
More info about the exhibition & artists: www.sunnybankmills.co.uk/arts/gallery...
More info about the exhibition & artists: www.sunnybankmills.co.uk/arts/gallery...
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BA History of Art student Robin Stones is one of 27 artists to have work displayed in a new #Zine Library at the #ManyHands exhibition @sunnybankmills.bsky.social
Created in collaboration with Working Class Creatives, the exhibition runs to 5 October.
More info 👇
ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/new...
Created in collaboration with Working Class Creatives, the exhibition runs to 5 October.
More info 👇
ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/new...
October 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
BA History of Art student Robin Stones is one of 27 artists to have work displayed in a new #Zine Library at the #ManyHands exhibition @sunnybankmills.bsky.social
Created in collaboration with Working Class Creatives, the exhibition runs to 5 October.
More info 👇
ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/new...
Created in collaboration with Working Class Creatives, the exhibition runs to 5 October.
More info 👇
ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/new...
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The biggest ever Old Woollen What’s On Guide is here! Pick up your very own copy from @sunnybankmills.bsky.social now.
24 pages of hard work from Dick, show him some love (and of course book a show).
📍 #Farsley #Leeds
24 pages of hard work from Dick, show him some love (and of course book a show).
📍 #Farsley #Leeds
October 3, 2025 at 9:09 AM
The biggest ever Old Woollen What’s On Guide is here! Pick up your very own copy from @sunnybankmills.bsky.social now.
24 pages of hard work from Dick, show him some love (and of course book a show).
📍 #Farsley #Leeds
24 pages of hard work from Dick, show him some love (and of course book a show).
📍 #Farsley #Leeds
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"It was all about community. It wasn't always easy work, but you were really close to people. They're what pulled you through I have some good memories from here - particularly the people."
@sunnybankmills.bsky.social hosted a workers reunion on Friday ⤵️
westleedsdispatch.com/workers-reun...
@sunnybankmills.bsky.social hosted a workers reunion on Friday ⤵️
westleedsdispatch.com/workers-reun...
Workers' reunion brings back textile memories of Sunny Bank Mills - West Leeds Dispatch
By John Baron Excited conversations over tea and cake, friendships rekindled and a steady flow of fond memories resonated around the gallery at Farsley’s Sunny Bank Mills. Dozens of people […]
westleedsdispatch.com
September 14, 2025 at 3:16 PM
"It was all about community. It wasn't always easy work, but you were really close to people. They're what pulled you through I have some good memories from here - particularly the people."
@sunnybankmills.bsky.social hosted a workers reunion on Friday ⤵️
westleedsdispatch.com/workers-reun...
@sunnybankmills.bsky.social hosted a workers reunion on Friday ⤵️
westleedsdispatch.com/workers-reun...
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🍸 🔎 🍕 🍔 Free! ☀️ 🏝️ 🫶 🦩 🚗
CAR BOOT & BAZAAR
Inside The Old Woollen 9am - 1pm
YARD PARY 1pm - Late
Indoor & Outdoor Bars, incl THE WOLLGARTEN - Hand-Picked Pours From The Beer Halls of Munich
Food Trucks - Classic Summer Cocktails - Deckchairs
@sunnybankmills.bsky.social
CAR BOOT & BAZAAR
Inside The Old Woollen 9am - 1pm
YARD PARY 1pm - Late
Indoor & Outdoor Bars, incl THE WOLLGARTEN - Hand-Picked Pours From The Beer Halls of Munich
Food Trucks - Classic Summer Cocktails - Deckchairs
@sunnybankmills.bsky.social
August 18, 2025 at 10:16 AM
🍸 🔎 🍕 🍔 Free! ☀️ 🏝️ 🫶 🦩 🚗
CAR BOOT & BAZAAR
Inside The Old Woollen 9am - 1pm
YARD PARY 1pm - Late
Indoor & Outdoor Bars, incl THE WOLLGARTEN - Hand-Picked Pours From The Beer Halls of Munich
Food Trucks - Classic Summer Cocktails - Deckchairs
@sunnybankmills.bsky.social
CAR BOOT & BAZAAR
Inside The Old Woollen 9am - 1pm
YARD PARY 1pm - Late
Indoor & Outdoor Bars, incl THE WOLLGARTEN - Hand-Picked Pours From The Beer Halls of Munich
Food Trucks - Classic Summer Cocktails - Deckchairs
@sunnybankmills.bsky.social
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The weather is looking good this weekend, so why not take some time to relax outside with a book.
You’ll find us on Weaver’s Lawn at @sunnybankmills.bsky.social enjoying the perfect Sunday, in a beautiful space in the heart of #Farsley. Just pop along anytime between 2-4pm.
#books #Leeds
You’ll find us on Weaver’s Lawn at @sunnybankmills.bsky.social enjoying the perfect Sunday, in a beautiful space in the heart of #Farsley. Just pop along anytime between 2-4pm.
#books #Leeds
August 12, 2025 at 11:59 AM
The weather is looking good this weekend, so why not take some time to relax outside with a book.
You’ll find us on Weaver’s Lawn at @sunnybankmills.bsky.social enjoying the perfect Sunday, in a beautiful space in the heart of #Farsley. Just pop along anytime between 2-4pm.
#books #Leeds
You’ll find us on Weaver’s Lawn at @sunnybankmills.bsky.social enjoying the perfect Sunday, in a beautiful space in the heart of #Farsley. Just pop along anytime between 2-4pm.
#books #Leeds
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More from our Memorial Gestures workshop with friends from 6 Million + at @sunnybankmills.bsky.social
We’re incredibly lucky to work with generous and thoughtful artists who help us to build new connections between our archive and the communities we’re part of.
📷 Holocaust Centre North
We’re incredibly lucky to work with generous and thoughtful artists who help us to build new connections between our archive and the communities we’re part of.
📷 Holocaust Centre North
August 6, 2025 at 10:01 AM
More from our Memorial Gestures workshop with friends from 6 Million + at @sunnybankmills.bsky.social
We’re incredibly lucky to work with generous and thoughtful artists who help us to build new connections between our archive and the communities we’re part of.
📷 Holocaust Centre North
We’re incredibly lucky to work with generous and thoughtful artists who help us to build new connections between our archive and the communities we’re part of.
📷 Holocaust Centre North
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July 29, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Many Hands is our first major group #photography exhibition. Created in collaboration with Working Class Creatives, the show explores the role that industry plays in shaping community, identity and tradition. Open until 5th October. Free entry.
More info: www.sunnybankmills.co.uk/arts/gallery...
More info: www.sunnybankmills.co.uk/arts/gallery...
July 22, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Many Hands is our first major group #photography exhibition. Created in collaboration with Working Class Creatives, the show explores the role that industry plays in shaping community, identity and tradition. Open until 5th October. Free entry.
More info: www.sunnybankmills.co.uk/arts/gallery...
More info: www.sunnybankmills.co.uk/arts/gallery...
We are hiring an Arts Programming Assistant. Could this be you or someone you know?
Download the full job description or read it online on the following link to our opportunities page: www.sunnybankmills.co.uk/arts/opportu...
Closes Midday Fri 8 Aug
#Jobs #Arts #ArtsJobs #Events #Culture #Leeds
Download the full job description or read it online on the following link to our opportunities page: www.sunnybankmills.co.uk/arts/opportu...
Closes Midday Fri 8 Aug
#Jobs #Arts #ArtsJobs #Events #Culture #Leeds
July 17, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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As we reflect on Memorial Gestures at @sunnybankmills.bsky.social, we want to celebrate the success of this creative workshop held with our friends at 6 Million + and Memorial Gestures artists Hannah Machover and Chebo Roitter Pavez.
July 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM
As we reflect on Memorial Gestures at @sunnybankmills.bsky.social, we want to celebrate the success of this creative workshop held with our friends at 6 Million + and Memorial Gestures artists Hannah Machover and Chebo Roitter Pavez.
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Memorial Gestures, our exhibition at @sunnybankmills.bsky.social, has now closed its doors.
Thank you to every person who visited Memorial Gestures, whether by chance or by invitation. We’re grateful that this exhibition has been met with such compassion, thoughtfulness, and care.
Thank you to every person who visited Memorial Gestures, whether by chance or by invitation. We’re grateful that this exhibition has been met with such compassion, thoughtfulness, and care.
July 1, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Memorial Gestures, our exhibition at @sunnybankmills.bsky.social, has now closed its doors.
Thank you to every person who visited Memorial Gestures, whether by chance or by invitation. We’re grateful that this exhibition has been met with such compassion, thoughtfulness, and care.
Thank you to every person who visited Memorial Gestures, whether by chance or by invitation. We’re grateful that this exhibition has been met with such compassion, thoughtfulness, and care.
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📣 Aaaand we're off! 📣 Day 1 of Leeds Lit Fest is here and we've got six great events on today 👏.
Grab a last-minute ticket and join us: www.leedslitfest.co.uk/events/
#leedslitfest #leedslitfest2025
Grab a last-minute ticket and join us: www.leedslitfest.co.uk/events/
#leedslitfest #leedslitfest2025
June 14, 2025 at 8:38 AM
📣 Aaaand we're off! 📣 Day 1 of Leeds Lit Fest is here and we've got six great events on today 👏.
Grab a last-minute ticket and join us: www.leedslitfest.co.uk/events/
#leedslitfest #leedslitfest2025
Grab a last-minute ticket and join us: www.leedslitfest.co.uk/events/
#leedslitfest #leedslitfest2025
We're delighted to announce a major expansion of artists’ studio spaces at the Mills as a direct response to the closure of artists’ studio spaces in the city.
#Leeds #Farsley
With thanks to @wldispatch.bsky.social
Read more 👇
#Leeds #Farsley
With thanks to @wldispatch.bsky.social
Read more 👇
Farsley: Sunny Bank Mills expands studio spaces following city closures - West Leeds Dispatch
Sunny Bank Mills has announced a major expansion of artists’ studio spaces at its site in Farsley as a direct response to the closure of artists’ studio spaces in the […]
westleedsdispatch.com
June 12, 2025 at 11:46 AM
We're delighted to announce a major expansion of artists’ studio spaces at the Mills as a direct response to the closure of artists’ studio spaces in the city.
#Leeds #Farsley
With thanks to @wldispatch.bsky.social
Read more 👇
#Leeds #Farsley
With thanks to @wldispatch.bsky.social
Read more 👇
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Memorial Gestures is now open at @sunnybankmills.bsky.social ✨
We invite you to watch, listen, and read stories of migration, trauma, loss, hope, resilience, and survival.
This exhibition will be presented at the 1912 Mill at Sunny Bank Mill until Saturday 28th June.
We invite you to watch, listen, and read stories of migration, trauma, loss, hope, resilience, and survival.
This exhibition will be presented at the 1912 Mill at Sunny Bank Mill until Saturday 28th June.
June 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Memorial Gestures is now open at @sunnybankmills.bsky.social ✨
We invite you to watch, listen, and read stories of migration, trauma, loss, hope, resilience, and survival.
This exhibition will be presented at the 1912 Mill at Sunny Bank Mill until Saturday 28th June.
We invite you to watch, listen, and read stories of migration, trauma, loss, hope, resilience, and survival.
This exhibition will be presented at the 1912 Mill at Sunny Bank Mill until Saturday 28th June.
WOOP! @leedslitfest.bsky.social starts next weekend. Have you got your tickets yet? Don't miss out on 9 days of lovely lit events.
Programme here: www.leedslitfest.co.uk
Programme here: www.leedslitfest.co.uk
PROGRAMME ANNOUNCEMENT! This June, Leeds Lit Fest is back with 9 days of events in venues across the city. A collaboration of writers, venues, programmers & poets. A gathering of homegrown people & guests from afar.
For more info on the programme & to book tickets: www.leedslitfest.co.uk/events/
For more info on the programme & to book tickets: www.leedslitfest.co.uk/events/
June 4, 2025 at 4:31 PM
WOOP! @leedslitfest.bsky.social starts next weekend. Have you got your tickets yet? Don't miss out on 9 days of lovely lit events.
Programme here: www.leedslitfest.co.uk
Programme here: www.leedslitfest.co.uk
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We’re steadily approaching the opening of Memorial Gestures at @sunnybankmills.bsky.social, and we can’t wait to see you there.
Join us at our ‘In Conversation’ events featuring curator Paula Kolar and exhibiting artist Laura Nathan, sharing insights behind their work.
🎟️ bit.ly/3Sr9fdp
Join us at our ‘In Conversation’ events featuring curator Paula Kolar and exhibiting artist Laura Nathan, sharing insights behind their work.
🎟️ bit.ly/3Sr9fdp
June 3, 2025 at 10:01 AM
We’re steadily approaching the opening of Memorial Gestures at @sunnybankmills.bsky.social, and we can’t wait to see you there.
Join us at our ‘In Conversation’ events featuring curator Paula Kolar and exhibiting artist Laura Nathan, sharing insights behind their work.
🎟️ bit.ly/3Sr9fdp
Join us at our ‘In Conversation’ events featuring curator Paula Kolar and exhibiting artist Laura Nathan, sharing insights behind their work.
🎟️ bit.ly/3Sr9fdp
We are hiring!
We are looking for a hardworking person to join our Gallery team in the role of Gallery Cafe assistant.
Closes midday 6th June.
Visit our website to read the full job description >https://www.sunnybankmills.co.uk/arts/opportunities/
#ArtsJobs #ArtsOpportunities #Leeds
We are looking for a hardworking person to join our Gallery team in the role of Gallery Cafe assistant.
Closes midday 6th June.
Visit our website to read the full job description >https://www.sunnybankmills.co.uk/arts/opportunities/
#ArtsJobs #ArtsOpportunities #Leeds
May 23, 2025 at 6:07 AM
We are hiring!
We are looking for a hardworking person to join our Gallery team in the role of Gallery Cafe assistant.
Closes midday 6th June.
Visit our website to read the full job description >https://www.sunnybankmills.co.uk/arts/opportunities/
#ArtsJobs #ArtsOpportunities #Leeds
We are looking for a hardworking person to join our Gallery team in the role of Gallery Cafe assistant.
Closes midday 6th June.
Visit our website to read the full job description >https://www.sunnybankmills.co.uk/arts/opportunities/
#ArtsJobs #ArtsOpportunities #Leeds
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The weavings I made yesterday while at Threads Festival @sunnybankmills.bsky.social
Lovely day of chatting with enthusiasts & people who liked my work enough to part with some pennies 🤲🏻
Lovely day of chatting with enthusiasts & people who liked my work enough to part with some pennies 🤲🏻
May 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The weavings I made yesterday while at Threads Festival @sunnybankmills.bsky.social
Lovely day of chatting with enthusiasts & people who liked my work enough to part with some pennies 🤲🏻
Lovely day of chatting with enthusiasts & people who liked my work enough to part with some pennies 🤲🏻
Be more like, Ruth, and book our Finishing Room for your writing time, or other projects. Contact arts@sunnybankmills.co.uk
How perdy is my writing space @sunnybankmills.bsky.social 🤩Well it’s not mine, it’s borrowed. But I love it!
Everyone has made me feel ten feet tall, and like an artist. Which is half the battle when you’re still convincing yourself.
Be kind 🥰 #yorkshire #writers
Everyone has made me feel ten feet tall, and like an artist. Which is half the battle when you’re still convincing yourself.
Be kind 🥰 #yorkshire #writers
May 16, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Be more like, Ruth, and book our Finishing Room for your writing time, or other projects. Contact arts@sunnybankmills.co.uk
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Think I’m ready for next Saturday
@sunnybankmills.bsky.social
@sunnybankmills.bsky.social
May 11, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Think I’m ready for next Saturday
@sunnybankmills.bsky.social
@sunnybankmills.bsky.social
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💥LOTS of great nominations sent in for our 2025 PSSA Marsh Award for Excellence in Public Sculpture inc
Shezad Dawood
LEAN-TO, Cambridge
Mia Mai Symonds Remember Rana Plaza, @sunnybankmills.bsky.social
@marshawards.bsky.social
READ about our Awards here pssauk.org/awards/previ...
Shezad Dawood
LEAN-TO, Cambridge
Mia Mai Symonds Remember Rana Plaza, @sunnybankmills.bsky.social
@marshawards.bsky.social
READ about our Awards here pssauk.org/awards/previ...
May 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
💥LOTS of great nominations sent in for our 2025 PSSA Marsh Award for Excellence in Public Sculpture inc
Shezad Dawood
LEAN-TO, Cambridge
Mia Mai Symonds Remember Rana Plaza, @sunnybankmills.bsky.social
@marshawards.bsky.social
READ about our Awards here pssauk.org/awards/previ...
Shezad Dawood
LEAN-TO, Cambridge
Mia Mai Symonds Remember Rana Plaza, @sunnybankmills.bsky.social
@marshawards.bsky.social
READ about our Awards here pssauk.org/awards/previ...