Can you use your experience to become a trustee? Of Backlit Gallery? Backlit, a gallery in an interesting building in Sneinton, is “an artist led studio and gallery space that supports and develops emerging artists”. They have featured in blogs here often – not least because of their participation in collaboration events with artists such… Read More
The new exhibition at Nottingham contemporary opened this week. Pablo Bronstein And The Treasures Of Chatsworth includes 62 works of fine and decorative art – Chatsworth’s largest loan for 30 years – including works by Rembrandt, Inigo Jones and Franz Hals, which will appear alongside architectural drawings by contemporary artist, Pablo Bronstein. Bronstein’s large architectural drawings… Read More
In these joyless neo-liberal times we’re all supposed to be in thrall to ‘markets’ but sadly not the kind you can browse round and try samples while listening to folk yelling “one paaahhhnnnd a strawberries a paaaahhhnnnd!” Well enough of that. For this weekend there’s not one but two lovely proper markets to have a… Read More
Two weeks just isn’t enough! The usual utterance after a holiday perhaps? I haven’t been away but I want to add my perspective to the perplexities of being part of the fortnight project about which Sue has already eloquently blogged. For me it began on Monday 8 June with a letter, waiting on the doormat when I… Read More
You may have seen a strange new Twitter feed pop up among Nottingham folk in the last couple of weeks, @NottsFortnight, populated with pictures of rubber ducks doing mysterious tasks. You may have seen the ads for Fortnight around town, or come across a poster in a number of Nottingham shops/ eateries and thought “What’s… Read More
We love a party here at Creative Towers (we had a number shaped cake once) So there was no way I’d refuse an invite to the 6th Birthday celebrations at the lovely Lace Market Shop of Debbie Bryan with the added pleasure of printmaking and prosecco (the latter indulgence on this occasion sadly had to be… Read More
Our round-up starts with the question: How scary are you? Or rather, how scared can you make me be? The Mayhem Film Festival is now accepting entries for its Scary Shorts Programme which will be an important part of the festival 15-18 October this year. Chris Cooke and Steven Sheil, Mayhem’s Co-Directors, explain: Whether a… Read More
Jimmy Power, a sound artist from Mansfield, tells CN about his time in a tiny Sicilian town … During April 2015 I spent a month in Ficarra, Sicily, as part of an Artist in Residence program with i-art Thirty artists from all over Europe and the Mediterranean working in a range of art forms, spread out… Read More
I first mentioned Open Studios Notts in a blog post back in 2012, their very first year! They’ve had an annual mention ever since (see 2013 and 2014) so not wanting to break with tradition here we go again for year four! (Actually John already gave them a plug in Open and Enter last week)… Read More
