About City Arts - Nottingham
Art is for everyone. Nottingham community arts charity, founded 1977. Creators of Armchair Gallery.
City Arts - Nottingham Description
Founded in 1977, City Arts is a vibrant cultural hub, which produces art made collaboratively between the artists and communities of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire. Through its work in the visual arts, the performing arts and the written word, City Arts promotes inclusivity and access to great art as a basic human right.
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Our latest exhibition is in up in the City Arts window!
It presents photographs from the Objects of Desire archive, which tell sex worker stories through objects donated by sex workers.
We are exhibiting them as part of the Red Project. The 'Red Project/Who do you think we are?' is a season of events, from film screenings to exhibition, workshops and Q&As, challenging dominant narratives about sex work and those who work in the sex trade.
... It's just a short exhibition but really powerful, so come check it out before the end of Saturday.
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First puppet dove made, thanks Jay. Come down to make your own, here till four #paperpeace
Come down to Sneinton Market Plaza (outside Blend Coffee Shop) and make a puppet peace dove. We will be here until 4pm! #paperpeace
“Peace is the dream of a shared human soul that we build every day with forgiveness and kindness and hope.”
Today Emergency Exit Arts & Robert Montgomery artist's beautiful #PeacePoem has been to Hucknall, Bulwell, Trinity Square and Sneinton Market.
Did you see it? Share your photos with the hash tag #PaperPeace.
... Come down to our Dome on Sneinton Market Plaza (outside Blend) at 6:30 today to hear from Robert Montgomery and to enjoy an evening of poetry and music.
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Don’t miss Emergency Exit Arts’ striking #PeacePoem as it tours Notts today!
Created by leading contemporary artist Robert Montgomery l, we are bringing this message of peace to Hucknall, Bulwell, Trinity Square and Sneinton Market (details in the pictures).
It’s been 100 years since the peace that followed the end of WW1, come and share you thoughts on the subject!
The next exhibition in our window is fascinating photographs from the 'Objects of Desire' archive. They tell sex worker stories through objects donated by sex workers.
Join Objects of Desire at their workshop presentation at City Arts, 6pm on 21st November: Objects of Desire - A presentation from the archive
Part of the Red Project.
Emergency Exit Arts & Robert Montgomery artist's #PeacePoem will stop in #Bulwell tomorrow. Come share your message of peace!
Watch it arrive using the tracker at https://buff.ly/2NTt8dt & share sightings using #PaperPeace.
Join us for the launch of ADVENT on 7th December!
With work made by local artists and craftspeople, City Arts’ pop-up Christmas shop is the place to pick up beautiful handmade gifts for you, your family and friends. Your £10 ticket for the launch includes Christmas cocktails, light bites to eat, and 10% off anything you buy from the shop.
A beautiful giant #PeacePoem by Emergency Exit Arts & Robert Montgomery artist is coming to #Hucknall on 17th November! Come share your message of peace with the team from City Arts.
Watch it arrive using the tracker at https://buff.ly/2NTt8dt & share sightings using #PaperPeace.
Don’t miss this incredible dance piece at Nottingham Council House!
Our friends at the Tom Dale Company are bringing their show #IINFINITE to Nottingham from Thurs 15th to Sat 17 November. Tickets £8 -£11. Thurs performances are 'Pay What You Can'.
Book here >> https://buff.ly/2DA1xcb
Join the City Arts - Nottingham team for a conversation about #peace. Activities will be happening throughout the day.
Share your message of peace, and hopes for the future, and find out how to get involved in Emergency Exit Arts yearlong #PaperPeace project.
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... ART INSTALLATION 10:30AM - 7PM The acclaimed Robert Montgomery artist's stunning mobile #PeacePoem sculpture will be on site in Sneinton Market.
FAMILY WORKSHOP 1.30 - 4.00PM Join Jessica Kemp from Curious? and create your own puppet peace dove to take home
PROJECTIONS & MUSIC 4:30 - 7PM Nottingham Peacebuilders will be taking over the City Arts Dome to showcase a collaboration between musician David Wilson and digital artist Katja Hock.
David's music responds to the Katja’s artwork 'No-Mans-Land', which combines images of Chilwell Munitions Factory and the battlefields of the Somme. Read more about Katja's work here >> http://bit.ly/2Pu3RI4
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Our fabulous new patron Henry Normal will be at Waterstones Nottingham next week reading from his two latest collections, The Department of Lost Wishes and This Phantom Breath.
Join us for a FREE evening of poetry, music and performance in the City Arts Dome on Sneinton Market Plaza. Check out the large-scale illuminated #PeacePoem created by Robert Montgomery artist as we celebrate 100 years since the beginning of peace at the end of WW1.
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Find out how you can get involved in Emergency Exit Arts yearlong #PaperPeace project. Those who volunteer will receive training from arts practitioners and museum experts to unearth the history of ...peace activism.
Includes a speech from Robert Montgomery a Scottish-born, London-based poet, artist and sculptor regarded as a leading figure in the conceptual art world. He is known for creating art installations from light and text, as well making 'fire poems' alight with real flames, He was the British artist selected for the 2012 Kochi Biennale and the 2016 Yinchuan Biennale. In 2012 he installed peace poems at the old Tempelhof Airport in Berlin.
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A reading of poems and words about peace from local people.
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Live spoken word and music from some of Nottingham leading talents, including...
Chris McLoughlin – Chris' poetry focuses on mental health, creating safe environments for others to explore emotional difficulties. Chris has received a Distinction in MA Creative Writing from the University of Nottingham, been Artistic Director of Mouthy Poets, was longlisted for Outspoken’s Prize for Poetry, and was a finalist for Nottingham's first Young Poet Laureate.
Meddla - one of the most unique artists to have emerged on the East Midlands’ music scene in the past six months, bringing a fusion of spoken word, 80s inspired electro-pop, hip-hop and avant-garde art. Meddla has been described as “truly original, with words that are as valid on the page as spoken or sung”.
Margarita Music – an up-and-coming singer/songwriter from Nottingham.
Cleo Asabre-Holt - Unafraid to tackle issues such as mental illness and societal discomfort Cleo was recently awarded the prestigious M3C Scholarship to undertake a Masters in Creative Writing at The University of Nottingham.
Akor Opaluwah - a Nigerian born writer currently working on his second poetry collection. His first collection, “The one about…”, leads the readers through a journey, prompting them to take a look at seemingly simple occurrences, and helping them find the beauty, connections and links between them.
Compered by poet Stephen Thomas
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Blend Coffee Shop will be selling food and drink
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This weekend we are teaming up with Emergency Exit Arts to bring Robert Montgomery artist's stunning 'Peace Poem' to Hucknall, Bulwell & Nottingham City Centre. It's part of their year-long #PaperPeace project.
Follow to the link to find it where you can see it!
This beautiful #PeacePoem will be in Nottingham on 17th & 18th November! Catch it in #Hucknall Market Place, #Bulwell Town Centre, Trinity Square and Sneinton Market Plaza. We will release the timings tomorrow. 😀
Don’t miss out on this mesmeric dance installation!
Our friends at the Tom Dale Company are bringing their incredible show #IINFINITE to Nottingham from Thursday 15th to Saturday 17 November.
Tickets from £8 to £11. Thursdays performances are 'Pay What You Can'.
... Book here >>
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a wonderful place filled with wonderful people.
It's a great place that's full of art and culture. Get involved
I was given the chance to trade at the City Arts pop-up shop at Christmas, this really helped to grow my sewing crafts business, everyone was really friendly too - thanks so much
Best place and beautiful people in and out..!! Love you city arts! �
a wonderful place filled with wonderful people.
It's a great place that's full of art and culture. Get involved
I was given the chance to trade at the City Arts pop-up shop at Christmas, this really helped to grow my sewing crafts business, everyone was really friendly too - thanks so much
Best place and beautiful people in and out..!! Love you city arts! �
a wonderful place filled with wonderful people.
It's a great place that's full of art and culture. Get involved
I was given the chance to trade at the City Arts pop-up shop at Christmas, this really helped to grow my sewing crafts business, everyone was really friendly too - thanks so much
Best place and beautiful people in and out..!! Love you city arts! �
a wonderful place filled with wonderful people.
It's a great place that's full of art and culture. Get involved
I was given the chance to trade at the City Arts pop-up shop at Christmas, this really helped to grow my sewing crafts business, everyone was really friendly too - thanks so much
Best place and beautiful people in and out..!! Love you city arts! �