Author: Ada
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Visiting Lincoln Lightfoot’s studio
We visited Lincoln Lightfoot in his studio to talk about the workshop he’s running during the exhibition. He’s preparing a backdrop of York skyline so the kids can design their own monster to attack it! In the morning Ada got up early to make a snowman and snow alien…
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Visiting The Island
We visited The Island at their main site in Huntington to talk to the team about promoting the exhibition
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Posters and flyers printed!
We had 10,000 flyers and 500 posters printed. Your school will get a bunch sent in the post so look for them in your school.
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Meeting York Mind
We met after school in the city center to visit York Mind at their office. We had biscuits and juice and talked with Nic about the exhibition and how art can help children.
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Live on BBC Radio York!
Ada and Ellie held our first interview on BBC Radio York to announce YorKAOS 2026! Bek and her amazing team were great hosts. We invited York artist Stephen Lee Hodgkins to tell everyone what he is planning for his workshop during the exhibition.
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Sabrina delivers the design
We are incredibly grateful again to York-based graphic designer Sabrina Lauder, who took the committee’s vision and artwork to create this year’s promotional design. You can contact Sabrina via LinkedIn
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Grant from York Rotary
We amazed to be contacted by York Rotary asking if we needed assistance and volunteers for the exhibition. We took this opportunity to apply for a grant and we pleased to announce that this has been approved! This piece of art was part of the 2025 exhibition and was connected to a York Rotary member.…
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Meeting the SPARK team
Today we met Luke and Joey from SPARK, it was a great opportunity to talk about the workshops that are happening during the exhibition, the opening event and organising kid-friendly menus for all those visiting. Joey gave us the idea to sell the T-shirts online, we’ve always sourced our merch from Teemil. Teemill is an…
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Meeting Jenny leyfield, CEO of Explore York Libraries
We met with Jenny Leyfield at the main Explore library in the city center. It was great to meet again and organise new libraries as collection points and make the collection window four weeks. The following libraries will be open for collecting your art from Saturday 17th January to Sunday, February 15th. The following libraries…
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Grant from Elmet Lions
We applied for a grant from Elmet Lions and we pleased to announce that this has been approved.
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The Press York Community Pride Awards 2025
Ada was a finalist for Young Person Of The Year at The Press York Community Pride Awards 2025!
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Making a youtube short
Ada visited a recording studio at York University today to create the voiceover for a short video we hope schools will show to inspire kids to take part in the next YorKAOS in 2026.
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Donation receipts
The money raised makes a genuine difference both in York and across the UK, we have attached the receipts or acknowledgements of the £600 donations made to Explore York Libraries, St Leonard’s Hospice and BBC Children in Need.
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Final interview with Joanitta
At the end of February we visited BBC Radio York to record a final interview
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It’s all over….nearly
It’s all over folks…..we’ve still got lots of your artwork left…now safely back at YorKAOS HQ. We will keep it for ONE WEEK before recycling it, please contact us if you want to pick it up.
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The team behind YorKAOS finally unmasked
Thank you to everyone who came and waited in the cold for our planned go-live on BBC Radio York!
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Tune in to BBC Radio York tomorrow for the YorKAOS Grand Opening!
BBC Radio York will be broadcasting live from SPARK tomorrow at 11:00 AM!