Artlink Hull

22/05/2026

15/05/2026

Connect with fellow creatives over coffee and pastries at our Arts Workers & Freelancers Networking Breakfast from 10am - 12pm on Thursday 21 May, here at Artlink Hull | 87 Gallery.

Whether this is your first time visiting us or you are a long-time friend and supporter, we would love to see you and learn more about your work. We aim to create a relaxed and comfortable space for sharing ideas and generating new working relationships, with no pressure or expectations.

Book a free place via Eventbrite: https://shorturl.at/uvjrQ

05/05/2026

Part of being an Explorer means that every week, we critically and creatively investigate art work in the gallery, and from the world outside of the gallery connected to our key words and subjects for the current term.

Last term at Gallery Explorers, our key word for learning was ‘Fragility’. Beginning with an investigation of the exhibition Deep Unknowns by Maria Donnai, over 10 weeks we used molding and casting from natural objects and personal possessions with alginate and jesmonite (pictured here), photography, cardboard sculpture and 3D scanning to explore the physical properties of materials, interpretations of strength and vulnerability, and ecological balance.

A new term begins tomorrow evening, Wednesday 6th May - enrol now by heading to the link in our bio.

Follow for highlights and outcomes across our Explorers programme taking place in exciting spaces here at Artlink Hull | 87 Gallery and across the city.

05/05/2026

HEY Charity Awards Finalists!

We’re delighted to introduce the finalists for the very first HEY Charity Awards!

These inspiring individuals and organisations have been recognised for the outstanding impact they make across our communities, going above and beyond to drive positive change and make a real difference.

We received an incredible response, with so many heartfelt nominations. Choosing our finalists was both inspiring and incredibly challenging.

All finalists have been invited to join us at our inaugural HEY Charity Awards evening on 21 May 2026, and we can’t wait to celebrate their commitment, passion and dedication.

Join us in congratulating our amazing finalists:

Arts & Culture Award:
- Artlink Hull | 87 Gallery
- The Godber Theatre Foundation
- Voices of Weighton

Children & Youth Award"
- CatZero Humber– Children’s School Holiday Programme
- Explorers – Artlink Hull’s flagship creative learning programme
- Freedom Road Creative Arts

Digital Inclusion Award:
- Hull Sisters
- Lets Tech Together
- The DASH Team at SHoRes

Education & Training Award:
- Downright Special
- The Warren
- Concrete Youth

Environmental Award:
- Doreen's
- Molescroft Wildlife Network
- Oldroyd's Corner Yorkshire CIC

Funder of the Year:
- A Shining Light
- Freddie Cole
- Amelia Ehlert & Katelyn Ellis

Health & Wellbeing Award:
- Hull and East Yorkshire Mind
- Men in Sheds Hull
- The Hinge Centre

Impact of the Year:
- House of Light Hull
- Neighbourhood Network
- One Punch Hull

Inclusion Award:
- Aim Higher
- East Hull Community Farm
- Waste Not Want Not – Ashby Volunteer Team

Leader of the Year:
- Natasha Barley
- Chanelle Urquhart
- Sally Langton – Wilberfoss Amateur Theatre Society

Newcomer Award:
- Sarah Barlow (Together We Foster)
- Freedom Providers Project, Yorkshire in Business
- One Punch Hull

Partnership of the Year:
- Artlink Hull and Sight Support HEY – SocialEYES Creative Connections
- CatZero & Sewell Group
- Phoenix Families CIC and Hull Museums

Special Recognition Award:
- TO BE ANNOUNCED

Sports & Active Award:
- Mark Cooke
- Organisation Goole Youth Action
- Will Wilson

Team of the Year:
- The Community Advice Officer Team – Sight Support HEY
- City Of Hull Street Angels - 1180873
- Howden Fitmums and Friends

29/04/2026

Daylight Comes Through the Cracks by Hull based Ghanaian artist Isaac Yeboah opens Friday at Artlink Hull | 87 Gallery! 🖼️

Drawing on deep rooted Ghanaian traditions, the exhibition transforms oral histories, myths and songs into visual narratives.

📅 Launch: Fri 1 May, 6 - 8pm (quiet hour 5 - 6pm)
🕙 Open: Thu - Sat, 10am - 4:30pm

Read more at our blog: https://loom.ly/5TUHwOA

28/04/2026

Enrolment is open now for our popular Gallery and Photography Explorers groups, starting next week here at Artlink Hull | 87 Gallery:

Gallery Explorers
Wednesdays for 7-11s 4.30-6pm / 12-16s 6.30-8pm

Develop fundamental skills from observational drawing and 3D work through to experimentation with video, sound and new technologies.

➕ Gain insight into creative careers through collaboration with local and national artists and designers

➕ Develop personal outcomes with our Engagement Producer and qualified teacher, Matt Fratson

➕ Boost GCSE and Level 3/college coursework with opportunities for 1-1 work, and achieve an Arts Award qualification

Photography Explorers
Tuesdays for 12-16s 4.30-6pm

Learn about composition, manual settings, decision-making and build fundamental skills using both digital and analogue film cameras.

➕ Develop personal outcomes with the specialist guidance of Hull-based photographer and educator Ruby Deverell

➕ Collaborate on exciting location photography shoots across the city

➕ Develop an understanding of commercial and client-based, freelance and self-directed career pathways by working with local and national photographers

Go to www.artlinkhull.co.uk/explorers for more information and enrolment options. A limited number of subsidised places are available. Enrolment must be completed in full before your young artist attends.

25/04/2026

Make sure we’re on your itinerary for the morning on Hull Open Studios day, next Saturday, 2 May! We are open from 10am - come grab a free coffee and sweet treat and enjoy an exciting line-up of activities:

10-11am - join Fraser Briggs in the Misc Print Co studio to pull a screen-print and learn more about their practice.

11-12pm - celebrate the launch of Streams: In Response to Deep Unknowns in Our Community Gallery, featuring recent work by artist members of our critical and creative response programme - a beautiful insight into their depth of generosity as a support network for developing creative practice.

12-1pm - Join Isaac Yeboah for an artist-led tour of their exhibition Daylight Comes Through the Cracks. Reserve a spot now by heading to eventbrite: https://bit.ly/48l0rhr

11/04/2026

We’re excited to announce the next exhibition at Artlink Hull | 87 Gallery:

Isaac Yeboah | Daylight Comes Through the Cracks

Isaac Yeboah is a Ghanaian artist based in Hull. His work speaks to deep, ancestral traditions, transforming this knowledge into vivid, abstract imagery, rich in detail and meaning.

For Daylight Comes Through the Cracks Yeboah invites us to experience the detailed tapestry of Ghanaian folklore, which is often communicated verbally between generations. The title of the exhibition comments on his upbringing in West Africa, through which he pieced together history and life lessons to form his own understanding of the world. Yeboah documents these personal and universal learnings through intricate drawings on paper, canvas and clay, surfaces that for him represent the remnants of history.

Isaac was the first recipient of our Streams Bursary in 2024 and we are delighted to be able to extend our support of his unique practice through this commission and exhibition.

Celebrate with us at the public launch on Friday 1 May 2026, 6-8pm (quiet hour 5-6pm) or join Isaac for an artist-led tour of the exhibition on Saturday 2 May, 12-1pm, as part of Hull Open Studios. The exhibition will then continue until 27 June, open Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 10am – 4:30pm.