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  • SAMĀNATĀ: SOUTH ASIAN QUEER PERFORMANCE SEED COMMISSIONS

    SAMĀNATĀ: SOUTH ASIAN QUEER PERFORMANCE SEED COMMISSIONS

    Jaivant Patel Company, Wolverhampton and Kala Sangam, Bradford are offering seed commissions to 2 South Asian LGBTQIA+ identifying artists/creatives to support the development of innovative new performance-based work. Samānatā translates as equality. Seed commission applications for this performance-based work will place South Asian Queerness at the forefront of its subject […]

  • The Audience Agency Appointed to Evaluate our Capital Project

    The Audience Agency Appointed to Evaluate our Capital Project

    Following a competitive tender process, we are delighted to announce that we have appointed The Audience Agency to deliver the evaluation for our Capital and Arts & Heritage Project. Creative Director, Alex Croft said, ‘We are really excited to be working with the Audience Agency to evaluate the impact our […]

  • Kala Sangam is becoming Bradford Arts Centre

    Kala Sangam is becoming Bradford Arts Centre

    In May 2022 we announced our intention to find a new name for Kala Sangam. Since their appointment in August 2022, our agency partners Out of Place have been hard at work delivering an engagement programme that has seen hundreds of people feed into this rebranding process. Over several months, […]

  • Help us evaluate our Capital and Arts & Heritage Activity 2023-2026

    Help us evaluate our Capital and Arts & Heritage Activity 2023-2026

    Kala Sangam is seeking an evaluator to help us understand the impact of our planned £7m+ Capital refurbishment and the district-wide programme of Arts & Heritage Activity that will accompany it. We are seeking proposals from evaluators (individuals, teams or organisations) with a flexible and adaptable approach to provide both […]

  • Wordsmithery Competition

    Wordsmithery Competition

    We’re excited to partner up with 509 Arts, Bradford Producing Hub and Mind the Gap to bring you the Wordsmithery, a new writing competition.  Bradford is chock full of creative talent, and Wordsmithery is a chance for writers of all kinds to show us what they can do. We are looking for scripts up […]

  • Mobius Dance Premiere New Work -Seeds, Dreams & Constellations

    Mobius Dance Premiere New Work -Seeds, Dreams & Constellations

    We are thrilled to announce that Mobius Dance, one of our associate companies, are co-producing new show Seeds, Dreams & Constellations at Northern School of Contemporary Dance, Leeds in May. FROM EARTH, TO SKY AND BACK AGAIN. Inspired by journeys of migration and tales of new beginnings, two women with […]

  • Kala Sangam’s Heritage Interpretation Project

    Kala Sangam’s Heritage Interpretation Project

    Help shape the future of Kala Sangam Arts Centre! We’re undertaking an exciting heritage interpretation project as part of our major redevelopment, and we want to hear from you. As part of the major capital redevelopment of our building, which will see Kala Sangam Arts Centre become a bigger, more […]

  • Kala Sangam is awarded £4,998,500 grant from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport’s Cultural Development Fund.

    Kala Sangam is awarded £4,998,500 grant from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport’s Cultural Development Fund.

    It was announced today that Kala Sangam, Bradford’s arts centre, has been successful in its application for £4,998,500 to the Department of Culture, Media and Sport’s Cultural Development Fund to support the company’s ambitious capital plans and establish a new arts hub network in Bradford district. The funding, administered by […]

  • Manjit Virdee Joins Kala Sangam’s Board of Trustees

    Manjit Virdee Joins Kala Sangam’s Board of Trustees

    We are delighted that Manjit Virdee, has joined our Board of Trustees. Manjit is a partner in the real estate team at Bradford-headquartered law firm Schofield Sweeney. The award-winning firm advises businesses and individuals across the UK on a range of commercial legal matters. Manjit leads the secured property finance […]

  • Mark Chappell: Say Aphasia Exhibition

    Mark Chappell: Say Aphasia Exhibition

    Our new exhibition is from Ilkley based artist Mark Chappell. Mark has been living with Aphasia, a brain injury that effects communication, following a stroke in 2012. He uses art, including augmented reality animations, as a way to share his experiences. At the launch event on 7 February, Mark, with […]