Cartwright Hall Art Gallery

Fighting to be heard: Big Celebration Day

18 January 2025 11:30 am – 18 January 2025 3:30 pm

About this event

18 January 2025 11:30 am – 18 January 2025 3:30 pm
Cartwright Hall Art Gallery

Join us for a day of family friendly activities.

We will be joined from 11.30 – 12.30 by exhibition co-creators, including World Champion Boxer Tasif Khan, calligrapher Razwan Ul-Haq and Daniel Lowe, Curator of Arabic Collections at the British Library who will talk about the making of Fighting to be Heard.

Activities for all include Mehndi designs, recitals by young people from the Al-Mustafa Centre in Girlington and the chance to try boxing skills with the Tasif Khan Community Boxing Academy

 

Cartwright Hall Art Gallery

Address
Lister Park, Bradford, BD9 4NS

Christmas Opening Hours

24 December – Early close at 2.30pm

25 & 26 December – Closed

27 – 30 December normal opening hours apply

31 December – Early close at 2:30pm

1 & 2  January – Closed

3 January Normal opening resumes

Opening times

Cartwright Hall will operating amended opening times during the Turner Prize.

Mon-Closed

Tuesday-Wednesday 10am-4pm (last entry 3pm)

Thursday – Sunday 10am to 6pm (last entry 5pm)

By public transport

Cartwright Hall Art Gallery is in the middle of Lister Park, one and a half miles from the City Centre on the A650 Manningham Lane. There is limited parking in Lister Park, accessible from North Park Road (off Oak Lane). Lister Park is served by many city centre bus services including 23, 25, 26, 49, 51, 52, 53, 54, 622, 647, 662, w5. Cartwright Hall is about ten minutes’ uphill walk from Frizinghall railway station.

For help in planning your journey by public transport, please visit www.wymetro.com.

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