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What an incredible week it has been! The dust has finally settled on YorKAOS 2026, and we are thrilled to share the final results of our “creative chaos” at SPARK:York during the February half-term.

It’s one of the busiest days of the exhibition – our super sized venue posters arrived early this morning. We are visiting the last two libraries and then mounting and labeling all of the artwork – it’s a big team event!

We set our alarms extra early this week to head to YorkMix Radio for a live interview on the Breakfast Club! Ada and Olive joined the wonderful Laura and Leigh to talk all things YorKAOS. If you were tuned in from 7 am, you might have heard us sharing our big plans for the 2026…

Ada visited New Earswick Primary School to pick up the collective artwork of Artikids Art Club run by practicing artist Ruth Clayden!

Today Ada, headed over to the YO1 Radio studios for a special interview with the one and only Jonathan Cowap.

We are absolutely thrilled to announce that Helen Turner, the Associate Head of Art at York St John University, will be joining us to give the official closing speech at our Exhibition Finale!

On Saturday we met with Stephen Lee Hodgkins at our local Library in Tang Hall. After discussing the theme of Stephen’s workshop, we all started making a new piece of art together.

We visited The Snappy Trust team in Tang Hall. Snappy seeks to maximise the personal development and provide good quality play and recreational opportunities for Children and young people with disabilities.

YorkMIX wrote a amazing article about the team and the exhibition…

As we get ready for our huge exhibition at, we’ve been thinking hard about the materials we use. We want every masterpiece on the walls to not only look amazing but also be kinder to the environment and other children.

We are amazed at how quickly the workshops have sold out, this has provided a great start to the fundraising of YorKAOS 2026, with £391 being raised – after deducting VAT and Ticketsource’s platform fees of £35.

After the interview with York Hospital Radio, we visited York Hospital Children’s Ward to donate art supplies and a collection wallet. We met the nursing team and the Play Lead who took our donation. We want ALL the kids in York to take part in the exhibition, even those who are in hospital. Ada donated…

The team were invited to York Hospital Radio for an interview with Sharon during The Saturday Morning Coffee Break show

Today York Press published a whole page article about us both in print and online.

We’ve just released our first YouTube short to tell everyone about YorKAOS 2026!

YorkMix asked if we’d make a “30 second sell” to broadcast on the radio during the Breakfast Club show!

We are delighted to announce a series of hands-on art workshops led by professional artists during the exhibition.

We turned up at Emily’s studio wet and cold. Emily made us feel at home with chocolates and a tour of her studio where the magic happens.

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…