Author: Ada

We set a timelapse camera to show all the hard work of the team!

Registration for YorKAOS 2025 has now closed. We have now completed our collections from the Explore York libraries.

We’ve been working with graphic artist Sabrina Lauder to create the posters to display at SPARK – letting people where to go and when we are open.

YO1 Radio interview!

Popped into The Place in Chapelfields York to pick up a community entry.

This morning Ada had the pleasure of visiting the Children’s Centre at York Hospital.

We also visited St Leonard’s Hospice to do an interview with YO1 Radio.

We pre-recorded a second interview last week on BBC Radio York for the Daytimes show with Joanita Musisi, and today it was broadcast. Ada invited artist Lincoln Lightfoot to attend as he is the guest artist at the opening event (Tuesday 18th February 11AM). We love Joanita, she’s so full of energy and got the…

The article by Alice Kavanagh, was published in print and online today.

Today the YorKAOS committee headed into the city centre for an interview with York Hospital Radio. Sharon Ward hosted an amazing conversation with Ada, Seth and Mabel.

We’ll be ending YorKAOS with excitement! Famous children’s book artist Emily Sutton is joining us for our closing day celebrations.

Ada could think of no better artist to open YorKAOS than Lincoln Lightfoot (lincolnlightfoot.com), his work shows dinosaurs fighting over the Angel Of The North, King “Geordie” Kong attacking York Minster – images that young artists can be inspired by! Back in July 2024, Ada went to see Rise Of The Vandals exhibition, she loved…

This afternoon we met Matty Lewis the head of Fortus Foundation, it was a great opportunity for Matty to talk Ada and the committee to understand how the idea of YorKAOS started and all of the effort put in so far. Ada, Seth and Mabel work well as a team, answering Matty’s many question about…

Ada met with the fundraising team at St Leonard’s Hospice to chat about the exhibition. St Leonard’s Hospice is one of the three charities that the sale of the artwork is supporting. The hospice will be holding a raffle for two hampers on Saturday 22nd, the last day of the exhibition. Ada is no stranger…

Today Ada and Seth were interviewed by Alice Kavanagh for York Press.

Today we received amazing news that our £500 grant application to the newly created Fortus Foundation has been successful.

Seth’s image of a diving kingfisher is the cover of York’s edition of the January issue of HandyMag. The YorKAOS committee is grateful for the coverage and excited about the magazine printing our story.

YorKAOS is thrilled to share that, thanks to the generous support of Hiscox York, over 60 parcels of posters and flyers are on their way to primary schools across the city! This incredible support will help spread the word about YorKAOS and encourage young artists aged 5-11 to participate in the exhibition. A big thank…

Ada was interviewed for the evening news on That’s TV during her lunch break. Senior Reporter Sasha Jackson conducted a short interview in Ada’s living room. We’ll update this page when we get a link to an online version!

BBC North Yorkshire have written a long news article about YorKAOS!