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Ada was interviewed for the evening news on That’s TV during her lunch break.

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!

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; York Explore Library and Archive Acomb Explore Clifton Explore Tang Hall Explore The…

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 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 and Children In Need).…

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!