Eight De Montfort University (DMU) graduates are among 70 chosen from across the country to take part in the UK Young Artists Leicester Festival taking place next month.(Nov)
They were selected through a national call for artists working across all art forms and aged between 18 and 30.
The festival will showcase their work and also offer a range of professional development opportunities.
The festival takes place between Friday, November 7 and Sunday,November 9 in a variety of venues across the city.
The programme spans applied arts, literature, moving image, music, performance and visual art.
There are 60 events taking place across the weekend including a programme of workshops, talks and masterclasses run in conjunction with Writing East Midlands, Leicester Print Workshop, IdeasTap and Pedestrian.
The DMU graduates taking part are Amber Davis, BA (Hons) Dance, Daniel Cave, BA (Hons) Fine Art, Ellen Booth, BA (Hons) Dance, Jodie Hatcher, BA (Hons) Design Crafts, Katherine Hall, MA Performance Practices and BA (Hons) Dance,• Loz Atkinson, BA (Hons) Fine Art, Tess Williams, BA (Hons) Fine Art and Tom Harris,Music Technology BSC.
Daniel, Loz and Tess will be part of the festival's visual art programme and their work will be exhibited at either Two Queens or The Silver Arcade.
Jodie's work will be exhibited at New Walk Museum and Art Gallery. Amber and Ellen will perform as SoulUrge5 with their work Before and Now, Katherine will present her piece Fill in the ____and Tom, performing as Thomasthinks, will present his work Plynth.
Rob Brannen, DMU's head of School of Arts, said: "The Festival programme covers visual art, theatre, photography, moving image, music, crafts, dance and spoken word, and UK Young Artists is delighted to be working with Leicester venues to present such an exciting wide range of work to the public."
UK Young Artists is a not-for-profit organisation that aims to nurture and develop young artists through national and international showcases and professional development opportunities.
Terry Shave, chair of UK Young Artists, said: "The range and quality of creative work submitted for the Leicester festival was outstanding.
"The selection panel had a difficult task of choosing our final artists from all the submissions received. The festival promises to be our best and most diverse yet and we look forward to welcoming the artists to Leicester for this exciting showcase of their work."
All events taking place during the festival are open to the public and free to attend.
Other event venues include De Montfort University (PACE), Upstairs at The Western, The Lansdowne and The Y Theatre. Workshops will take place at LCB Depot and other festival venues.
A full programme and venue details will be available via the UK Young Artists website;