Arts @ Trinity

This church is surviving by doubling up as an arts and music venue. It is a beautiful space in the centre of town and its free to visit exhibitions. There aren’t many gallery spaces in Leeds so this is a welcome addition. People have used this space really inventively for exhibitions that I have seen. The large pillars have held giant drawings and the pews displayed images from sketch books, imitating the prayer books. I have seen cut-​out art in the windows and a maze constructed in the corner of the church, made of reflective material. I think this was part of a degree show for Leeds College of Art.
I have been to a few events in the evening here and the sound quality is amazing! As you would expect from a church, probably. I heard a rumour about it running out of funding so watch this space. But I really hope it can keep running as a space for the arts. I think the church couldn’t stay open with out it as the congregation is very small — here, the worshippers and artists support each other.

It seems that as churches loose are loosing their past flow of religious followers they are being used to their potential as exhibition, craft, music and other art spaces.
Gracious, lofting and often peace-​inducing due to their very nature, churches are fast becoming excellent places to hold events and have more permanent meeting places such as cafes whilst still holding true to being a religious establishment.
Arts @ Trinity has a fantastic position, very close to the train station and at the bottom end of Briggate, it is soon to be dwarfed by a new shopping centre hopefully it will remain and reduce the inevitable eyesore that will come from this new build.

Still operating as a place of worship, the Holy Trinity Church, home to Arts@Trinity, has taken the novel step of opening its doors to the creative types of Leeds and hosting a series of exhibitions, workshops and even live music events. Although initially having reservations about a church being my recreational venue of choice, I now love coming here, and find the space immediately warm and welcoming. There’s no trace of the worthy about it, and the church wins brownie points by letting visitors enjoy the events they have come to attend without facing attempts at conversion at every turn. There is a regularly changing programme of exhibitions as well as regular groups and workshops in things like poetry and silk screen printing, and you really have to take your hat off to any church that’s willing to host an exhibition focused around Darwin’s theory of evolution.