Currently: Craft Season 16 May - 1 June 2022
Next: Summer Programme, see below
LCB Depot's programme highlights a different type of creativity every month with exhibitions and events run by and for the city's creative communities.
Artists, designers and makers from our workspaces, based in Leicester/shire and inter/nationally take over our spaces and hold discussions, run workshops, exhibit and sell work, and more. If you want to get involved look out for our open calls on social media.
See our programme pages below to see the latest work from the the creative industries we explore throughout the year.
#architecture architecture, interior, product and furniture design October 2021
#visualart visual art, sculpture, video and digital art November 2020, November 2021
#digital art, design, VR, AR, Gaming June 2020, Feb 2021, December 2021
#graphics illustration, animation, motion graphics, branding, typography, Jan 2021, 2022
#festivals Leicester Comedy Festival, Spark Festival, Cultural Exchanges Feb 2022
#film photography, film, video, TV, and online video March 2020, 2021, 2022
#fashion contour, footwear & fashion design, April 2020, 2021, 2022
#craft ceramics, glass, metalwork, woodwork, textiles, jewellery May 2020, May 2021, 2022
#sound music technology, sound, generative, 2021
Opportunities for performing arts exist at our events throughout the year, just get in touch
Over the summer we host a variety of the city's festivals as well as special exhibitions and solo shows.
Summer 2022 schedule
Being Here : Re Imagined 10-30 June 2022
SPEC 3 8-29 July 2022
Kendrick Snodin : The Prism of Memory 4-26 August 2022
Previous exhibitions include
2021 Alternative Degree Show | This Machine Is Black | Arabesque | Inaquien
Design Season is a festival of design that occurs every October across the city showcasing leading designers from all fields based in Leicester and beyond. Find out more at the Design Season site. At LCB Depot we focus on architecture, interior, product and furniture design.
The 2020 edition featured our Design Showcase exhibition that brought together work from different design disciplines.
Every year LCB Depot awards three artists from Leicester Museums and Art Gallery's Open exhibition a year-long exhibition in our meeting rooms. Currently on show are the artists selected from 2021/22s
Open 32 exhibition -
Nick Linnett in our Old Gallery;
Sarah Park in our Garden Room; and
James R Root in our Courtyard Room.
If you're looking to exhibit with us keep your eyes out for the Open Calls for each season.
See a list of other local exhibition venues here and at Creative Leicestershire
You can sign up to get Creative Leicestershire's monthly bulletin
You can also find out about current local exhibitions via via our Elsewhere highlight on instagram