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    Special Event Blog: Awards Evening – Young Creative Awards 2013

    Last night not one but two bloggers from Creative Nottingham  enjoyed the atmosphere, the entertainment, (the free food – thanks) and the awards ceremony for the Young Creative Awards 2013.  Much quicker off the mark than I was Jagdish Patel, who published the same evening. ...

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    Young Creative Awards 2013

    The past year seems to have flown past.. I can’t believe its time for the Young Creative Awards again. This is its fifth year, and even bigger than previous year. The Nottingham Young Creative Awards started in 2009 to showcase the talents of young people...

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    Bringing Artists into View

    Open Studios Notts Bringing Artists into View Artists and makers across Nottinghamshire have joined forces for Open Studios Notts events in May and June; inviting you to see art, buy art and meet artists.   Rufford Gallery is showcasing selected works in a selling exhibition...

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    The Death of Creativity

    Everyone knows the old cliché of the starving, penniless artist. He might be living in a bed sit and selling his drawings on the street, but he loves what he does; never faltering in his ambition and raw passion for his beloved craft. But he’s...

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    Postcard Art in the Library

    In 2010, Creative Nottingham published the results of a postcard competition – four different designs.  We put postcards with the winning entries around the city, in shops, cafes, bars, museums.  (We could do this thanks to the generosity of AG Communicate, a division of AlphaGraphics.) ...

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    Empty Spaces…What Are We Living For?

    Excuse the rather dramatic title, I’ve been listening to dear old Freddie whilst writing up these thoughts on the ever changing face of Nottingham City Centre and, I suppose, couldn’t help putting two and two together. The recession is affecting us all, so they say,...

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    My creative workspace – Handmade for Little Rascals

    Have you ever finished making something (cake, cushion cover, really good soup…) and thought “you know, I really should make a business out of this!” I bet you never did get round to it did you? Well, in today’s Creative Workspace we meet Gaynor Hall...

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    Guest blog: The legalities of starting and running a creative business

    For a change this week we bring you a guest blog by a lawyer. No, don’t click out again! It’s important stuff! There are loads of legal pitfalls out there for small creative business owners so here’s an overview from Dominic Higgins at Contact Law....

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    Stop! Undercutting your rivals is ruining your industry!

    The first money I ever made from sound work was £20. This was whilst shadowing the senior engineer who had decided for the last band that he would rather be propping up the bar than riding the faders. He left me in charge of the...

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  • Sue Bulmer's Festival artwork - created on Saturday by visitors at theFestival of Words

    NottWords big weekend: it was (w)rite good!

    Nottingham’s Festival of Words is in full swing and this past weekend was the main event – two days of activities packed inside NTU’s shiny Newton Building. Armed with my weekend pass wristband, notebook and packed lunch I went along. The festival was there to...

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