From All Walks of Life

From All Walks of Life opens at St Peter's Church on Cambridge Road from 2 to 7 November. It's a mixed media exhibition that grew out of a challenge to local artists: create sketches, paintings, collages and mixed-media pieces of shoes walking, marching, running or wheeling in the same direction.

More than 100 footwear cards were produced at workshops across the Harrogate district, each pair telling its own story through paint, fabric, paper and mosaic. Together they symbolise people moving forward through a shared experience. The work draws attention to Fiona Laskaris's campaign for Christopher's Law, which calls for improvements to the law around mental capacity assessments and for a Vulnerable Adults Bill. The campaign follows the story of her autistic son Christopher, who was exploited and murdered in his home in 2016 after local services assumed he had capacity to make decisions. The Harrogate and District Branch of the National Autistic Society supports the campaign, and the artworks are intended for future workshops with organisations that support adults with autism and neurodiverse conditions, including the Hub at Autism Plus in Knaresborough.

It's a short run, so if you want to see it, you'll need to make a plan. The exhibition is open daily from 10am to 3.30pm, except on Friday when it closes early at 1pm. St Peter's Church is on Cambridge Road, HG1 1PB.