Hi everyone,

I just wanted to do a quick post to point you in the direction of two more Art events you may wish to check out.

First, the Leeds Art Fund is marking its 100th anniversary with an exhibition entitled Art in Our Time at the Leeds Art Gallery (near the Headrow in Leeds city centre). The exhibition is running until 26.08.12 and is free to enter.

The exhibition is accompanied by a series of talks from artists including Turner Prize winner Grayson Perry. On Monday 25 June, Grayson will speak about class, taste and art at a talk at the Gallery. The 'events' and 'talks' to accompany the exhibition do carry a charge and booking is recommended. For more information check out the gallery's website at http://www.leeds.gov.uk/artGallery. I'm definitely going to check it out asap.

Secondly, the good old National Trust has an annual scheme called 'Trust New Art' which, it states, 'connects people to places through contemporary art and craft'.

You can discover exhibitions, events, artist's residences and even commission art in a number of National Trust sites throughout 2012. The Trust also says ' By presenting unforgettable creative responses to our houses, gardens, coastline and countryside (through the Trust New Art Scheme), our current supporters can experience our places in new ways, while others will visit for the first time'. 

If you're interested in checking out art at the Trust they have a facebook page you can check out, https://www.facebook.com/pages/Trust-New-Art, or you can follow them out on Twitter, https://twitter.com/trustnewart, or you can read their blog at http://trustnewart.wordpress.com or go to their regular website http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk.

The blog has a banner photo at the top of a 'red tree'. Chris and I saw this massive painted tree at the lovely Croft Castle a few years ago as part of that year's Trust New Art Scheme and it was fab! Certainly worth a look if you are thinking of visiting a National Trust property this summer/ autumn.