12th July - 5th October 2025
Find out more about the events taking place during the exhibition.
Working Class Creatives Database Social
Join us in the Gallery during our Heritage Festival for a Working Class Creatives Database meet up! This is an opportunity to network with like-minded people in a relaxed, informal and creative environment.
The evening will open with a performance by Jennifer Reid followed by a group discussion with prompts given live by author Paul O’Kane, based on his book Classanoia.
Saturday 13th September | 18:00 – 20:00
Sliding scale tickets available from £2.50 – £10. All proceeds go towards paying the creatives performing and speaking at the event.
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OVERTIME ART CLUB
We’re staying late at the Mills this Autumn to bring you the Overtime Art Club sessions! Come along for relaxed evenings of zine making, photography and more – all facilitated by local artists and inspired by Many Hands.
You’re welcome to bring your own drinks to the session, we’ll provide all the materials you’ll need.
Collage & Campaigning Zines w/ Abby Boon | Thursday 25th September | 18:00 – 20:00
Imag(in)ing Space w/ Wes Foster | Thursday 2nd October | 18:00 – 20:00
WORKERS REUNION PARTY
Did you or a family member work at Sunny Bank Mills when it was still an operating Textile Mill? RSVP now for our Workers’ Reunion Party as part of our Heritage Festival.
Join us in the Art Gallery for free drinks, chats with other former workers, games and a look around our first major group photography exhibition. See the Museum and Archive’s photograph collection, bring your own photos and memories and watch a new film containing footage from the Mills’ final cloth pressing in 2008.
Sunny Bank Mills Gallery | Friday 12th September | 12:00 – 14:00
Free to come along, but please RSVP through one of the following options;
Email us at [email protected] | Call us at 0113 256 3239 | Register at the Gallery counter
LAUNCH EVENT
Join us in the Gallery on the opening night of the exhibition for entertainment, food and drink, mini workshops and the opportunity to meet some of the exhibiting artists.
Saturday 12th July | 18:30 – 20:30
Your £2.50 ticket will grant you entry to the event and will enter you into a raffle to win a book/zine by one of the exhibiting artists. Free entry for carers.
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