Impressions Gallery

01/05/2026

Join us to celebrate the opening of ‘Costing the Earth’, our new offsite exhibition in partnership with South Square Centre, Thornton 🎉 

🌍  Exhibition opening: Costing the Earth 
📍  South Square Centre, Thornton, BD13 3LD 
📆  Friday 5 June 2026, 6pm to 9pm 
🎟  Free entry, donations welcome 

‘Costing the Earth’ aims to highlight the harmful environmental impact of fast fashion and the small actions we can take to make a positive difference.  

Presenting work by Mandy Barker, Alice Fox, Hannah Lamb and Atiyya Mirza, Costing the Earth explores different ways contemporary artists are responding to the climate crisis. Each of the featured artists works with recycled or sustainably sourced materials to create photographic, sculptural, and textile artworks. 

Curated by Jane Hiley, ‘Costing the Earth’ is an Impressions Gallery offsite exhibition in partnership with South Square Centre, part of Impressions’ ‘Summer of Sustainability’. 

Exhibition continues until 30 August 2026.   

To find out more see link in bio 🔗 
 

 

 
 

 

 

 

30/04/2026

IMPRESSIONS ON TOUR

🖼 Clare Hewitt: Everything in the forest is the forest
📍 MAC Midlands Art Centre, Birmingham
📆 18 April – 31 August 2026
🎟 Free entry, donations welcome

‘Everything in the forest is the forest’ presents 14 bodies of work that celebrate trees' remarkable ability to nurture and communicate, and offers a wealth of insights on how we, as a society, can gain from the unity, communities and relationships found within the forest.

The exhibition is accompanied by an immersive sound recording of the dawn chorus in the forest, made in collaboration with musician Professor Annie Mahtani.

🔗 Find out more about the tour and exhibition via the link in bio.

Curated by Anne McNeill with assistance from Jane Hiley ‘Everything in the forest is the forest’ is a major solo show by Clare Hewitt. An Impressions Gallery touring exhibition, presented as part of Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture.

With thanks to GRAIN Projects, The Birmingham Institute of Forest Research (BIFoR FACE), University of Birmingham, STEAMhouse, UWE Bristol, Stirchley Printworks, and a-n The Artists Information Company.

📷 The Peace Tree: Summer © Clare Hewitt, courtesy Impressions Gallery.

02/12/2025

This Thursday it's Time for Tea! 🫖🍰

Join us for free tea and cake at our friendly, social morning in the gallery.

Thursday 4 December, 11.00am to 12.30pm

Our regular event for the over 60s.

FREE, all welcome.

28/10/2025

Join us for family fun throughout the half term 💫✏️

Take part in our free creative activities on every day. Get creative with drawing, colouring or just relax in the reading corner!

Take part in the gallery trail and explore our exhibition through activities on looking and thinking about photography.

On Saturday 1 November 12pm to 2pm, Jill welcome to Jean Mcewan to make your own zine celebrating you and the things that make you feel at home. With words, drawings, collage, stamps and stencils, you'll have everything you need to create a one-of-a-kind book to take away and treasure.

📸 Strike a post in our retro style photo booth! Workshop participants will get one free set of photos (normally £3). These can be shared with Jean and used to inspire your little handmade book that tells your story of home.

Free event, drop in.
Suitable for families with children aged 5+

21/10/2025

📸 Feed Your Mind 📸

Tomorrow 12.30pm to 1.30pm at Impressions Gallery

Join curator Angela Brown for a FREE lunchtime talk on the power of family album photographs.

Discover how personal photographs tell bigger stories when brought together as archives, and how family albums become acts of self-representation, sharing the stories of migration, belonging and home.

Angela will also be joined by Bradford Young Curators Zarah, Lauren, Ramlah and Amina who will share their experiences building a collection of treasured photographs from across Bradford.

🔗 No booking necessary, click the link in our bio to book your place

🔗Click the link in our bio to explore the Bradford Family Album

02/10/2025

📍 This Saturday is our annual Photobook Fair!

💫 As always we will be spotlighting independent, non-mainstream, grassroots and self-published photobooks and zines by photographers and artists.
Back by popular demand we will have our fabulous tombola with lots of photo goodies to be won throughout the day.

🎟️ There's lots of amazing events to come along to, including 'Archiving to Remember' with archivist Cassia Clarke, about how to care for your family photographs. More info here https://lnkd.in/eVtgJjGz

Full Photobook Fair programme here... 📚 📷
https://lnkd.in/efbypYZd

15/09/2025

Watch again! 🎥 Bradford Young Curators Zarah, Lauren and Ramlah appeared on yesterday’s Look North to share their journey in creating the 'Make Yourself at Home' exhibition and the 'Bradford Family Album'.

Watch the feature (we’re on at 02:40) be quick, the link expires this evening!

The exhibition 'Make Yourself at Home' continues until 20 December.

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13/09/2025

12/08/2025

📣 Call out for self-publishers 📣

Our annual Photobook Fair returns! A big part of the fair is supporting independent, non-mainstream, grassroots and self-published photobooks and zines by photographers and artists.

We are looking for self-published photobooks and photography zines to sell on the day at our dedicated self-publisher stall.

📚 The Photobook Fair is on Saturday 4 October 2025 and is free to attend. There will be book stalls with leading photographic publishers and booksellers, as well as a programme of talks and events throughout the day.

💫 Deadline Friday 22 August by 5pm.

🔗 More information on our website

The Photobook Fair is on Saturday 4 October 2025, 10.30am to 4.30pm and is free to attend. There will be book stalls with leading photographic publishers and booksellers, as well as a programme of talks and events throughout the day.

22/07/2025

Summer Family Fun ✏️🎨

Join us and take part in our free creative activities, on everyday, throughout the summer holidays!

Activities include drawing or taking part in the gallery trail exploring the exhibition in the gallery ‘Everything
in the forest is the forest’ by .

Creative Club, every Saturday from 11.00am, to 12.30pm, we have a range of mini-making projects inspired by the exhibition. These are designed for families with children aged 5 to 10 years old.

Children and young people under 18 taking part in our activities should always be accompanied by a responsible adult.