Taking a closer look at Grimshaw’s atmospheric paintings, Arts & Minds members were invited to respond to the works through the art of poetry. On their creative journey they explored the breadth of the artist’s practice with curator Nigel Walsh, the period in which the artist lived – through the collections at Leeds Industrial Museum with Community Curator Aleks Fagelman – and were guided by local poets Michelle Scally Clark, Peter Spafford and Joanna Jowett using a variety of writing techniques and approaches.

Casting a new light on Grimshaw’s paintings, the group shared their personal reflections and imagined narratives, creating a new perspective to experience alongside his artworks. The poems and visual work created during the project were displayed in the Ziff Gallery in Leeds Art Gallery, occupying the wall space where Grimshaw’s paintings are usually displayed whilst those works were relocated for the exhibition Don’t Let’s Ask for the Moon...