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    Guest Blog – Contemporary communities (and a camel)

    As part of the Learning Team at Nottingham Contemporary I’ve been doing a lot of work with communities. We have been doing “outreach and inreach” projects, which means we arrange visits by artists to go out into communities and work with them on their own...

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    Feeling flat as a pancake? Feast your eyes on fabulous art!

    February left you feeling flat as a pancake? Given something up? Feast your eyes on fabulous visual art in Notts. Hijacking Natural Systems – Jo Berry at Lakeside Arts Centre Digital images created after Jo spent time working with scientists at the Queen’s Medical Centre...

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    Introducing our new Guest Blogger – Joanna Dacombe

    Creative Nottingham would like to give Joanna a warm welcome who will be joining us for the next four weeks. To get to know her a little better, we’ve asked her eleven questions. Over to Jo.. Who are you – Name, Business Name, Based in…....

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    Special Event Blog – Nottingham Contemporary Exhibition Launch: Thomas Demand and DAAR

    Friday 27th Jan was the official launch of Nottingham Contemporary’s latest exhibition pairing: Thomas Demand – Model Studies, architectural photography DAAR – Common Assembly, a challenging exhibition commenting on the ‘decolonization’ of Palestine In the grand-yet-cool style we’ve come to expect of the city’s renowned...

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    Links Round-Up: Lights, Cameras, Action (and Poetry)

    “There’s light enough for what I’ve got to do.” Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist Unless you have been stuck in the Dark Ages, you probably know that tonight, Friday, 10 February, is Light Night in Nottingham.  There are events, sights, and activities, indoors and out, all...

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    The Best of Times in Sherwood

    “They’ll drill holes in your ‘art, Magsman, like a Cullender.” Charles Dickens, Going into Society [Today is the 200th anniversary of Dickens' birth, but it is hard to find a direct quotation about Art - if you know of one, please tell us in the...

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    Wish you were here!

    This week The Surface Gallery on Southwell Road launched its first exhibition of 2012 with its annual  nostalgic look at the good old fashioned postcard. A total of 265 postcards produced by 122 established practitioners, students, new comers and international artists  are exhibiting their original...

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    Everthing is Happening At Once

    Everything is Happening At Once – Rashid Rana Every generation has thought it lives in the golden age of image making, however what is unique about this moment in time is the sheer number of images surrounding us in our daily lives.  Some researchers have...

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    Are you one of the 12,000?

    It’s ok, it’s not a cult. 12,000 refers to the number of people who visited Djanogly Gallery’s Lowry exhibition last year. Some of us, of course, have skewed this figure by going more than once. But if you’ve not made it yet then make it...

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  • Cheers! Here's to a creatively connected New Year!

    You say you want a resolution …..

    Apologies to the Beatles I know they had revolution in mind! I can’t promise that but with the mad dash towards Christmas almost over,  let’s look ahead to the New Year! Why not make a few creative resolutions you can easily keep? Here’s a links...

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