The Leeds Art Fair the Light.

Friday 1st of May to Monday 4th of May.

"The 2009 Leeds Art Fair is celebrating 26 years of bringing the best of the regions professional artists into the public arena in the very heart of the city.

Leeds Art Fair is the original art fair in the united kingdom funded in 1982 by Rose Gillinson and Edward Davies and has been a yearly event ever since. After 25years of success with the same format the current committee of the Leeds Art Fair felt that it was time to make changes to the exhibition.

The Leeds Art Fair is there to support artists from the region acting as a showcase for both established and up and coming practitioners in and around the Leeds area. The work is for sale and the communal setting moves it easily available for those who would not normally go into a Gallery and art enthusiasts looking for art for their homes and offices. The event is held in The Light a shopping mall in the centre of Leeds and is a public prime space in which artists work is displayed, this proved to be a successful."