landscapes<\/a>, patterns, and reflections.\n<\/p>\n Founders ‘deserve enormous credit’<\/p>\n
\n Mr Moore said: “It was fantastic to be invited down to Inner Light by Simon and to view his latest pieces in the Urban Kaleidoscope exhibition.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Simon\u2019s work offers a unique perspective on our local industrial heritage, taking buildings and spaces that we might otherwise overlook and presenting them in a completely different way.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Mr Moore was given a tour of the gallery by its founders, artists Jon Wilfy and Lauren Emma, who launched the space in March 2026 after transforming a disused shop unit.\n<\/p>\n
\n Mr Moore said: “Jon and Lauren deserve enormous credit for creating a genuinely grassroots space and opening it up to other artists and the wider community.”\n<\/p>\n
‘We create art from our hearts’<\/p>\n
\n Inner Light now showcases exhibitions and hosts workshops.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n Mr Wilfy said: “I was approached by Lauren last year in 2025, and we discussed building a potential creative community space.\n<\/p>\n
\n “At the time, I had another creative space in Keighley; however, I thought \u2018let\u2019s go for it!\u2019 as I thought this had a lot of potential.\n<\/p>\n
\n “We wanted to offer a platform for artists that don\u2019t usually get a voice, as we are not traditional artists in a creative sense.\n<\/p>\n
\n “We create from a different place; we create art from our hearts and wanted to share our journey with others and give back, and I feel we can do that with Inner Light.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Ms Emma said: “This has been a fully grassroots project, and we have had so much support from the community that it has been quite overwhelming.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Robbie Moore came to visit our unique space and have a look at some of the work and visuals and said he was impressed.\n<\/p>\n
\n “All the support means a lot to us, as we are trying to uplift and spark something within each person that comes into the space.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Following Mr Sugden\u2019s exhibition, Inner Light will host Creatures of Alchemy from September 19, featuring work by artists Fran Elliott and Dani Parker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Robbie Moore, MP for Keighley and Ilkley, visited the Inner Light Studio and Gallery in the Airedale Shopping…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":616450,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[307,304,305,306,308,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-616449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=616449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616449\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/616450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=616449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=616449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=616449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}