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…

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…

We have a new team!

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.

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.

We made the front page of York Press today!

At the end of February we visited BBC Radio York to record a final interview

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.

Thank you to everyone who came and waited in the cold for our planned go-live on BBC Radio York!

BBC Radio York will be broadcasting live from SPARK tomorrow at 11:00 AM!

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!

Ada, Seth & Mabel had an interview on the Daytimes show with Joanita and BBC Radio York. After an amazing interview, we were shown around studio one and the journalist’s office! https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0k4j6m6

We are thrilled to announce that we have been awarded a generous grant of £500 from the Elmet Lions! This funding will be instrumental in supporting our mission to celebrate the artistic talents of York’s young artists and contribute to worthy causes. The grant will cover essential costs such as: A heartfelt thank you to…

Today the committee met Jenny Layfield the Chief Executive Officer of Explore York Libraries and Archives. Jenny and her team have allowed YorKAOS to use their four main Explore libraries as collection points for artworks during the last two weeks in January.

The YorKAOS secretary (John) has been experimenting with AI – Artificial Intelligence. Using documents and emails created and sent by the committee the AI created a “chat show” style audio clip. We’ve put it on SoundCloud

Just returned from an amazing meeting with Gemma and Matthew, senior managers at SPARK York. A HUGE thank you to Co-Founder Tom McKenzie for letting us use SPARK as the exhibition venue over the February half-term 2025. Ada talked about her inspiration for starting YorKAOS and the charities the exhibition is supporting (St. Leonards Hospice…

We have been creating poster ideas ahead of working with professional designer Sabrina Lauder on the versions for printing. Posters for schools and home schooled kids here is an idea for the public advertising

Tonight we had our first committee meeting, we have decided to support two charities; St. Leonards Hospice and BBC Children In Need. We also choose our logo! It’s been a good as not all of us have met before….and we only young.

Today Ada visited the Rise of the vandals art exhibition, she talked to a lot of artists and bought an autographed print from Lincoln Lightfoot. Ada got some contact details for artists and DJs… might come in handy!

May was a busy time for Ada as she trained and fundraised for The Great Selby Bike Ride, cycling over 45 miles on one of the hottest days of the year.

In April most of the Committee attended the York Open Studios weekend’s, little did we know that it would inspire us to create YorKAOS. John (Ada’s dad, who would become the YorKAOS secretary) gave the opening speech to the YOS artists at the Hospitium.