RARE Collective

RARE Collective Curated by Sharon McDonagh. Turning raw unfiltered creativity into community force. Writers Block - the big disused office block on Low Ousegate, York.

Collaborations - Creativity - Street Art Events - Art Exhibitions in support of local charities. Home to the best charity street art events. Three events over the past 3 years have taken place in this iconic building in the heart of the city. With connections to street art dating back to the 80's when the 'Writers Bench' (under the building) was THE meeting place for young graffiti writers.

03/06/2026
MATT SEWELL Artist, illustrator and author is the next artist to exhibit at .york Really chuffed to have Matt return to ...
02/06/2026

MATT SEWELL
Artist, illustrator and author is the next artist to exhibit at .york

Really chuffed to have Matt return to York. If you came to the charity street art show last year (Vandalfest) you would have seen his cracking bird mural on floor 3 of the big disused office block.

The exhibition opens on Thursday 4th June with Matt’s fabulous Riso prints on show which will be available to buy in the RARE online shop from Friday. A percentage of all sales go to

Matt Sewell / RARE Collective / WET York / SASH
Street Art York

02/06/2026

Not long to wait to find out who the next artist is to exhibit at .york

RARE curating exhibitions at WET in support of

New RARE stickers!Thanks to our favourite place to get stickers Getting the merch ready for by in JulyRARE are curati...
02/06/2026

New RARE stickers!

Thanks to our favourite place to get stickers

Getting the merch ready for by in July

RARE are curating the live paint jam in the grounds of The Carlton Tavern Sat 4th & Sun 5th July at the festival.

Paint jam featuring 9 artists
DJ sets
Audio visual sets by 3 cracking producers
Cocktail bar & mixology
Street food

Look out for more announcements to find out who all the above are 👀

Rare Collective / Art of Protest / SASH / Acomb Fest

Exhibitions at .york curated by in support of youth homelessness charity Massive thanks to street photographer for he...
31/05/2026

Exhibitions at .york curated by in support of youth homelessness charity

Massive thanks to street photographer for her exhibition ‘After the Crowds’ featuring her collection of Yorkshire seaside shots in the winter.

It’s the last day today to catch the exhibition. You can buy work from all the exhibitions in the RARE online shop. Work by Alison and our last artist is available to buy.

We will be announcing the next artist tomorrow (Monday 1st June at 6pm)

You can see work by the exhibiting artists at organised by in July where RARE will be curating the live paint jam plus an exhibition at

Thanks to WET for hosting the exhibitions and to and Dylan at .press for the features and support.

Love RARE 🖤

19/05/2026

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https://rare-collective.sumupstore.com/

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