Nottingham Visual Arts -

1851 Gallery

jennie — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:46:59 +0100

1851 Gallery is part of Nottingham Trent University School of Art and Design and is set in the beautifully light historic setting of the Waverley Building. Most often this space is used to display student work, but it occassionally has independent exhibitions.

3rd Space

jennie — Tue, 05 May 2009 11:40:29 +0100

3rd Space Studios was formed in January 2009, by members of former Sneinton collective Exit Here.

Situated in an old theatre in Sherwood, 3rd Space Studios benefit from large spaces and studio members with a range of disciplines. 3rd Space don't care what you do, as long as the works activate the 3rd Space as the name of the studios is its mission statement:
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Annexinema

jennie — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:32:42 +0100

Annexinema is a peripatetic and autonomous events-based group committed to programming visionary and experimental artists' work in sound, moving image and related performance primarily in the East Midlands, but increasingly nationwide.
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Arts Council England: East Midlands Office

jennie — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 19:37:43 +0100

Arts Council England is the national development agency for the arts in England, distributing public money from Government and the National Lottery. The East Midlands office is in Nottingham City Centre and provides the region with a focus for advice and support for many different forms of creativity, including the visual arts.

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Backlit

jennie — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:08:35 +0100

Backlit was formed by a group of Nottingham Trent University graduates in 2008. ...read more...

BOX

jennie — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:03:11 +0000

BOX IS...
A new gallery in Nottingham @ The Factory, Dakeyne Street (upstairs in Backlit Studios) BOX is a purpose built 12 foot square space in which 12 shows will open on the 12th of each month in 2010. For enquiries please contact Simon Raven: ravenorama@gmail.com

Broadway

jennie — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 19:12:47 +0100

Broadway Cinema is one of the most significant social meeting places for artists in the city, and has been so for many years. It’s café bar and Mezzanine displays a changing programme of contemporary digital art and the building also hosts several events for those involved in the visual arts. ...read more...

Chameleon Cafe

jennie — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 18:58:13 +0100

The Chameleon Bar serves British and Continental homecooked food and a variety of drinks and hold Jazz nights every month. Its also known for its regular visual arts and performance events.

City Arts

jennie — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 15:14:53 +0100

City Arts works extensively with many different members of the community; children, young people and adults; people with disabilities; refugee and asylum seekers and members of the wider community, to develop exciting and innovative arts opportunities. The arts programmes we deliver support participants to develop creatively, and also build confidence, self esteem and friendships. ...read more...

Crocus Gallery

dangreen — Mon, 17 May 2010 18:20:15 +0100

A community led arts project in the making, with the aim of working closely with the adjacent community run Crocus Café and, in the process, helping to make the Church Square precinct in Lenton, Nottingham a 'must visit' place for people of all ages and all walks of life.

http://crocusgallery.blogspot.com/

Cuadros

jennie — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 13:15:18 +0100

Cuadros sell affordable limited edition prints and originals presented in a variety of sleek and modern frames. Cuadros Contemporary Art Gallery, registered 09/09/09, with a simple plan to source, display and sell contemporary, modern artworks at reasonable prices. ...read more...

Culturgen

jennie — Fri, 01 May 2009 13:09:36 +0100

Blog and updates for active artists and practitioner alumni of Nottingham Trent University to maintain contact with their peers and the school.

Dance 4

jennie — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 17:53:52 +0100

Dance 4 are an internationally recognised, experimental dance organisation. A unique voice in the UK dance sector, their work supports artists and practitioners who are interested in the development of dance within performance and learning environments.

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Exit Here

jennie — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:45:29 +0100

Exit Here is the cross disciplinary practice of artists Alan Armstrong and Amelia Beavis-Harrison. Exit Here works collaboratively with fellow artists and organisations.

Exit Here create fictional narratives and constructed contexts within their participatory performances and collaborative works.

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Friar Lane Gallery

jennie — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:03:01 +0100

Friar Lane Gallery is ajacent to the Nottingham Society of Artists and a stones throw away from Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery. It operates as a commercial gallery with a wide range of paintings, prints and watercolours for sale.

Gob Squad

jennie — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:11:50 +0100

Gob Squad is a group of UK and German artists, working collectively with performance, theatre, installation and video since 1994.
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Groundworks: Creative Regeneration Programme

jennie — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 19:31:34 +0100

Groundwork East Midland’s Creative Regeneration Programme aims to make high quality, contemporary art a regular and integral part of regeneration projects across the region. ...read more...

Hand and Heart Gallery

jennie — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:04:56 +0100

Hand and Heart Gallery is a light and airy space above a pub of the same name, situated on Derby Road in Nottingham.

Harrington Mill Studios

jennie — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:09:22 +0100

Harrington Mill Studios was set up in 2007, and houses a number of studios for artists. ...read more...

Hatch

jennie — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:07:45 +0100

Hatch is a theatre without a building, showcasing performance-y work on the Nottingham arts horizon. It is run by Michael Pinchbeck and Nathan Miller and is a peripatetic space for work that is or wants to be performance-y. Hatch is the y. Hatch has been created to be accessible to all forms of performance, all types and levels of performer and as wide an audience as possible. ...read more...

Hinterland Projects

jennie — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:30:29 +0100

Hinterland began in Nottingham in 2006 and is curated and directed by founder, Jennie Syson. The River Trent has approximately thirty tributaries, depending on which source one consults. Each element in Hinterland represents different streams feeding into a larger body of water. ...read more...

Keep Floors and Passages Clear

jennie — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:41:16 +0100

Keep Floors and Passages Clear is an ongoing commissioning project that invites artists to produce an A1 size artwork in response to a found Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents poster that exists in the foyer of One Thoresby Street. See events listings for dates when artists projects are on display.
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LAB

dangreen — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 16:50:59 +0100

LAB is a creative and open space for experimentation, collaboration, exchange and critical play between artists, creative producers, curators, hackers, designers, makers, bakers and social agitators within the city. ...read more...

Lace Market Gallery

jennie — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:15:04 +0100

The Lace Market Gallery is an exhibition space open to the public and run by further education college ncn by the Lace Market School of Art, Design, Fashion and Media. ...read more...

Lakeside Arts Centre

jennie — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:38:51 +0100

Lakeside Arts Centre presents a mixture of different art forms including dance, theatre, music and family events alongside a varied visual arts programme. Art at Lakeside is presented in different venues througout the site and ranges from historical retrospectives, group exhibitions and touring shows to innovative new commissions by emerging and known artists alike. ...read more...

Lee Rosy's

jennie — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:33:03 +0100

Lee Rosy's Tea is a cosy hang out on Broad Street in Hockley, across the road from Broadway Cinema and not far from Nottingham Contemporary and the Art and Design department of New College. ...read more...

Lovebite

jennie — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:39:56 +0100

Lovebite is a Nottingham-based motion collective that specialises in animation, film, installation, art direction and moving image. They are Allan Buxton, Nick Cobby and James Kay

Moot

jennie — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:00:12 +0100

Moot opened its doors in October 2005 in the Sneinton area of Nottingham as an artist-led project space. It set out with an outward looking perspective by working with artists from all over the country and abroad. Its programme is a combination of solo and group exhibitions, off-site activities and publication projects. ...read more...

Moreland Court Artists Studio Group

jennie — Fri, 01 May 2009 12:56:23 +0100

Moreland Court Artists Studio Group was established in 1995. Initially the studios were set up due to a need to provide inexpensive ground floor sculpture "workshop" spaces. ...read more...

Nottingham Artists' Group

jennie — Fri, 01 May 2009 12:19:54 +0100

Located within City Buildings, (built 1896-8 by Nottingham architect Gilbert Smith Doughty) close to the railway station within the City centre, Nottingham Artists' Group was an early studio group to be established in Nottingham. Since it's set up in 1982 it has provided studio space to a broad range of artists. Currently it houses nine artists working independently. ...read more...

Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery

jennie — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:31:20 +0100

As a place featured in the legends of Robin Hood, the Castle does not disappoint tourists and visitors to Nottingham. Now more of a mansion than the medieval fort that one might expect, Nottingham Castle is home to some regional and national gems. ...read more...

Nottingham City Artists

jennie — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:27:08 +0100

Studio group home to Joseph Kelly, Nicholas Wright, Alex Gilham, Raphael Daden, Curiosity Haus, Kashif Nadim Chuadry, Sarah Hemstock, Nise Skateboards, Jeff Bowering, Kaption, Peter Ellis, Pip Crawford, Jean Lamb

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Nottingham Contemporary

jennie — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 14:46:54 +0100

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Nottingham Craft Mafia

jennie — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:54:57 +0100

The Nottingham Craft Mafia represents the very best of independent crafters and makers in the area, bringing them together at last. Spread across the globe, the Craft Mafia serves as a model for independent business owners to assemble with other like-minded folk in their own communities to amplify their vision through the power of a collective. ...read more...

Nottingham Photographic

dangreen — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 17:51:47 +0100

Nottingham Photographic aims to be the focal point for photographic practice in Nottingham, as the regions only dedicated space for contemporary photography.

Nottingham Society of Artists

jennie — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:10:17 +0100

The Nottingham Society of Artists was founded in 1880, making it one of the oldest art societies in the country. Based near Nottingham Castle and ajacent to the Friar Lane Gallery its aim 'is to bring together artists and others interested in the Visual Arts who are resident in Nottingham and district'

The galleries at this venue are for hire, and available at £30 per day. ...read more...

One Thoresby Street

jennie — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 18:41:47 +0100

One Thoresby Street comprises a collection of emergent and established artists, galleries, project spaces and studios and is located in Sneinton, Nottingham. ...read more...

Prussian Projekte

newsletter — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 15:31:33 +0100

Nottingham's only digital and video art gallery space, situated in Sherwood, in the north of the city. The gallery is integrated into the 3rd space studios, and is directed by Alan Armstrong, Amelia Beavis-Harrison, Edward Morris and Kate Musgrove.

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Radiator

jennie — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:27:06 +0100

Run by Trampoline, the Radiator Festival takes place every second year in Nottingham. While involving partners from throughout the East Midlands, the festival umbrellas Trampolines second home Berlin. ...read more...

Reactor

jennie — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:24:56 +0100

Reactor Towers is home to contemporary artists collective Reactor, otherwise known as Niki Russell, Jonathan Waring, Dan Williamson and a secret member who is elected every year as part of a curious ritual called the Martinmas Interviews. At the centre of Reactor's practice is the creation of projects where the audience becomes invoved directly with the work being made. ...read more...

Rufford Crafts Centre

jennie — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:01:05 +0100

Rufford Craft Centre lies within Rufford Abbey Country Park situated two miles south of Ollerton. The Craft Centre is part of a set of beautiful historic buildings an comprises a Gallery with a changing programme of major craft exhibitions,s pecialising in the field of contemporary ceramics; a craft shop, and a ceramics centre which includes a display about the history of ceramics. ...read more...

Sixes & Sevens

newsletter — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:10:48 +0000

Nottingham based artist group Sixes & Sevens exist as an umbrella organisation supporting a number of artists committed to hosting diverse art events and collaborations throughout Nottingham and the East Midlands. Artists work with painting, moving image, live art, installation, interventions and sculptural forms.

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Sneinton Artists' Group

jennie — Fri, 01 May 2009 12:39:38 +0100

The group consists of both professional and amateur artists who either work at home or have studios or workplaces in the Sneinton area of Nottingham in the UK. Many of the group members also deliver workshops in the various arts and crafts disciplines, either as individuals or collectively. ...read more...

Stand Assembly

jennie — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:28:30 +0100

Stand Assembly is an artist’s studio collective currently run on a voluntarily basis. Since 2004, the group has made a diverse and active contribution to the local, regional and national art scenes, instrumental in forging the current thriving studio scene that exists in Nottingham. ...read more...

Surface Gallery

jennie — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:40:21 +0100

Surface Gallery is an independent, volunteer run, contemporary art gallery that has recently moved from Derby Road to Sneinton. It's core interest is to support the professional development of early and mid-career artists, curators and people wishing to work in the arts. ...read more...

Tether

jennie — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 19:26:06 +0100

Tether Studios consists of a mixture of visual artists who graduated from Nottingham Trent University in July 2007, plus practitioners from other backgrounds, whose interests range from curation, performance and fine arts. The studio is a creative hub for all the elements of Tether to convene within Nottingham city centre.
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The Art Organisation

jennie — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:46:10 +0100

The Art Organisation opened in 2007 in Nottingham after converting the former Hopkinson's Hardware Store near the train station. With an ethos that supports local communities and environmental issues, the Art Organisation is responsible for regenerating several disused properties all over the UK. ...read more...

The Bonington Gallery

jennie — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:58:07 +0100

The Bonington Gallery is a historically vital chapter in the history of the promotion of contemporary and live art in the city. Currently undergoing a renaissance under the freelance curatorship and technical wizardry of painter Geoff Litherland, it presents a wide range of curated shows, research generated exhibition projects and student presentations. ...read more...

The Eagle Works Studios/ Nottingham City Artists

jennie — Fri, 01 May 2009 12:00:10 +0100

The Eagle Works studios is home to the Nottingham City Artists group and is situated over four floors of an old warehouse building on Hooton street just of Carlton Road in Sneinton.

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The Harley Gallery

jennie — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:28:43 +0100

The Harley Gallery was built in 1994 on the site of the nineteenth century gasworks for Welbeck Estate. It has won numerous awards including a Civic Aware for Architecture, and an Award for Excellence in Tourism, and the Craft Shop has been recognised as a retail outlet of quality by the Crafts Council of Great Britain.

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The Malt Cross

jennie — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:28:52 +0100

The Malt Cross is an old fashioned music hall turned pub/cafe bar. The back rooms of the venue are set aside for hire and are often used for exhibtions. The Malt Cross regularly hosts exhibitions of photography, film. painting and graphic arts.

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The New Art Exchange

jennie — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 19:18:35 +0100

In September 2003 the New Art Exchange was formed as a new organisation to steer and manage the development of Nottingham’s first dedicated cultural facility for Black contemporary arts. The New Art Exchange was formed as a partnership between APNA Arts and EMACA Visual Arts. APNA Arts focused on South Asian arts and played a key role in the development of the Nottingham Mela. ...read more...

The Reading Room

jennie — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 23:45:33 +0100

The Reading Room is presented by Hinterland Projects in association with Via Vaudeville! It is a regular event for individuals interested in discussing short texts and pieces of writing encompassing a wide range of topics including time, space, life, death, sex, perception and magic. ...read more...

The Refectory

jennie — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:53:01 +0100

The Refectory is available for hire.

The Refectory is also a vehicle for experimentation.

The Refectory is open to interpretation. ...read more...

The Shop

jennie — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 18:51:43 +0100

Retail and gallery space for artists and designers by appointment only

The Wasp Room

jennie — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 19:22:35 +0100

The Wasp Room is an artist-led gallery, dedicated to exhibiting contemporary art produced by national and international practitioners. Launched in December 2008, the Wasp Room is run by Tether artists Liam Aitken, Hugh Dichmont, Benjamin Hargrave and Samuel Mercer. Based on the periphery of the Nottingham city centre and St. ...read more...

Trade Gallery

jennie — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:10:44 +0000

Trade Gallery has been developed to provide additional routes of engagement and criticism with contemporary art. Often citing itself within existing structures, trade gallery seeks to develop parasitical relationships with larger institutions. Trade is curated by Bruce Ayling.

Trampoline

jennie — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:40:26 +0100

Via Vaudeville!

jennie — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:59:41 +0100

Via Vaudeville! is an exploration of where the practises of Blue Firth and Tomas Chaffe meet, working in symbiosis with other individuals, organisations and disciplines to realise its projects.
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