Leeds Independent Media Exposition is a celebration of independent music and arts culture in Leeds; its mission is to promote the work of local groups and individuals who are actively involved in cultural activities, at grass roots level and for no financial profit. We aim to encourage wider participation in art and music, especially from people who may not traditionally engage with the arts, and the LIME participants were selected with this is mind. For instance, Oblong, Cloth Cat and Studio 12 provide musical training and access to equipment for young people, the unemployed, and other hard-to-reach groups; and Pyramid of Arts facilitates participation in the creative arts by people with and without learning disabilities.

The tendency of some institutions to treat culture as a commodity rather than a tool for critical engagement is counterproductive. Our aim with LIME is to promote the positive functions of art and music as media for self-expression and the exploration of ideas. We take the political philosophical concept of the 'multitude' – dissenting individuals and minority groups who act independently and express subjective experience, without feeling the need to become a majority – as our model for comprehending the activities of our participating collectives, and for understanding the importance of their existence.

For that reason, we are "DIY curious" (Black Dogs): creative activity should not be isolated from everyday experience, nor should it be the preserve of an elite. Paul Chatterton and Rachael Unsworth suggest that, in order to "support cultural activity on the creative sub-cultural fringe without restricting it…the key is to create genuinely independent spaces where creativity, dissent and critique can flourish, while letting go of fears associated with the growth of subversive cultures": Leeds needs more such spaces, and we hope that LIME will highlight this.

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Friday 26th..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />		How to set up a DIY record label. Workshop run by Cloth Cat group and hosted by Si Denbigh.	3rd Floor Meeting Room, Leeds Central Library	Cloth Cat, 0113 2442773  info@ clothcatleeds. Org.uk
Saturday 27th	8:30pm – 2:00am	LIME Closing Party.. Bands and DJs til late.   PRINTED CIRCUIT COWTOWN CISSY   Funder Strikes DJs Cissy Tag-Team DJs Manifesta DJs   £3 members	The Common Place, Wharf St, LEEDS – Venue may change if the Common Place doesn't reopen.

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Date	Time	Activity	Location	Contact
Wednesday 3rd September	5:30 – 9:30pm	LIME LAUNCH NIGHT Live music from classical/jazz/folk quartet 7 Hertz, performance from poet Ronald Arthur Dewhirst, Black Dogs book launch and film screenings. Invitees only – email us to get on the guest list.	Exhibition Space, 1st Floor, Leeds Central Library, Calverley Street	Lime.scribe @hotmail .co.uk
Friday 5th to Sunday 7th		The Institute of Northern Studies presents 'Music and the Idea of the North' – an academic conference.	Leeds Town Hall
Saturday 6th		D.I.Y Camera-less film workshop – EXP24. EXP24 invites you to collaborate on a hand-made film and soundtrack over the course of an afternoon! Help create a 16mm experimental film - working directly onto the film's surface using inks, pens and Letraset. Contribute to a collaged soundtrack throughout the day by recording the sounds around you. The workshop will culminate with a world premiere of the film and soundtrack as part of the LIME event	3rd floor meeting room, Leeds Central Library	Free Drop-in. For more info contact we_are_exp24 @yahoo.co.uk
Monday 8th	10am – 12pm and 2pm – 4pm	Photography Portraiture Workshop for 16 to 30 year olds	Studio 12, Leeds Central Library	Contact Jamie on 0113 395 1593 for info and to book
Monday 8th	5:30 – 7:30pm	Art Workshop run by artists Amy Angus and Joe Simpson for adult migrants from other countries to Leeds, exploring the theme 'My Leeds'. 20 places available.	Art Library Reading Room, 1st floor, Leeds Central Library	Phone the Music Library on 0113 2478273 for more information and to book.
Friday 12th	10am – 12pm	Playground @ Leeds Art Gallery in association with LIME. For very young people and their carers. Linked to artworks and music, exciting multisensory event for very young people to explore and learn. Activities will be about everyone having arty fun together.	Leeds Art Gallery	For further information and booking: 0113 2478254
Saturday 13th	11am	LEEDS CITY MUSEUM GRAND OPENING!! Permanent Displays: - The World View: Out of Africa Gallery - Life on Earth - Ancient Worlds - Leeds Collectors Gallery - The Leeds Gallery - The Leeds Arena	Leeds City Museum, Millennium Square
Saturday 13th September until December		Exhibition: Róisín Bán - The Irish Diaspora in Leeds Corinne Silva's photographs explore the Irish community in Leeds and their ties to Ireland. The work highlights the peaks and troughs of being a part of an 'invisible minority', the global Irish diaspora.	Leeds City Museum
13th September until 2nd January 2009	During Museum opening hours	Exhibition: Eating Creepy Crawlies: Have you ever thought about eating bugs for your breakfast or nibbling a cricket for a mid-afternoon snack?	Leeds City Museum
Saturday 13th	2:00pm - 5:00pm	LIME Saturday Swap Shop. Bring along CDs, vinyl, art work, books, art materials, and general miscellania to swap with others in a bartering bonanza. No money allowed!	Exhibition Space, 1st Floor, Leeds Central Library
Thursday 18th	2:00pm – 3:00pm	Music and Copyright – Protect Your Creativity: 45 minute seminar on music copyright, hosted by Ged Doonan (Business and Patents Librarian at Leeds Central Library)	3rd floor meeting room, Leeds Central Library.
Saturday 20th	All day	Riot Grrl Heritage Rummage. Drop in and explore British riot grrrl experiences, memories and recollections through oral histories, fanzines, media articles, films, discussions and records.	3rd Floor Meeting Room, Leeds Central Library	Julia Downes Julia.h.downes @gmail.com
Saturday 20th	1:00 - 3:00pm	The Ms Fitz Project presents:  Zine Making Workshop! Zines are small self-published booklets where you can write or draw anything you like, photocopy it and then give it out to other people. Come along to this workshop and contribute whatever you want to our group zine or maybe start your own! For 13-19 year olds. Free. Drop in!	3rd Floor Meeting Room, Leeds Central Library
Monday 22nd	1 – 4pm	Pyramid of Arts Sculptors Group Art session drop-in for people with disabilities	Art Library Reading Room, 1st Floor, Leeds Central Library	info@pyramid-of-arts.org.uk
Thursday 25th	9am – 1pm	Pyramid of Arts Art session drop-in for people with disabilities	Art Library Reading Room, 1st Floor, Leeds Central Library	info@pyramid-of-arts.org.uk
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