WORK IN PROGRESS: PROJECT SPACE LEEDS

WORK IN PROGRESS: CARLSBERG-TETLEY BREWERY

“This is my studio space,” photographer and artist Stephen Iles told me as we stood outside the former Carlsberg-Tetley Brewery headquarters on Hunslet Road in Leeds, which is currently being up-cycled to house Project Space Leeds, a new space for the contemporary art and culture organisation. The new gallery and learning space has acquired the Tetley namesake in remembrance of this robust heritage site. The Tetley will open this November as one of the few buildings remaining on the brewery site. Photographer Peter Mitchell described the structure as “Northern Sober”, fitting with the building’s dependable craftsmanship.

In 2011, conversations began talking place about turning the Carlsberg-Tetley headquarters into a new locus of independent contemporary art in Leeds. Carlsberg, who bought the Tetley building in 1993, ceased production mid-June of 2012. Following this, construction began at the site for Project Space Leeds’ new home, called simply The Tetley. After closing Project Space Leeds last year, directors Kerry Harker and Pippa Hale have been working closely with Simon Baker, manager of Chetwoods Architects’ Leeds office, to develop a gallery space, learning centre and a café and bar in the heritage site.

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