New Art Exchange
39-41 Gregory Boulevard
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG7 6BE
England
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New Art Exchange in Hyson Green, Nottingham is the UK's largest visual arts space outside London dedicated to African, African Caribbean and Asian art. Housing galleries, performance space, artist studios, offices, as well as a cafe and shop.
Venue Type:
Library, Archive, Gallery, Artist studio or collective
Charlie Phillips: The Urban Eye
Charlie Phillips captures fleeting moments in time that relate to people's everyday experiences of life in cities. This exhibition is curated by Paul Goodwin and is Phillips' first show outside of London.
Suitable for
Admission
Free with admission
Human Destroys, Human Creates
This inaugural exhibition of he newly informed artists' group Blank Atlas, is a visual dialogue exploring humanity's need to both create and destroy.
Suitable for
Admission
Free with admission
The Unfinished Conversation: John Akomfrah
A beautiful, multi-layered film about Jamaican born academic Stuart Hall. The film sees Hall's memories and personal archives extracted and relocated in an imagined time, reflecting the questionable nature of memory itself. The Unfinished Conversation explores he theory that identity is not an essence or being but a becoming.
Please note that the film starts on the hour from 10.00-16.00 and lasts for 45 minutes.
Suitable for
Admission
Free with admission
Out of Da Wood: Scultpure by Bill Ming
Bill Ming was born in Bermuida and came to live in Nottinghamshire in 1971. His sculptures draw inspiration from personal experiences and a rich cultural heritage. He uses wood and various materials to create cultural collages which reflect the physical and spiritual aspects of life in all forms.
Curated by Lucy Atkinson, Out of Da Wood brings together a collection of new and existing work which explore the artist's skill as a storyteller.
Suitable for
Admission
Free with admission
Michelle Walsh
Michelle Walsh is a photographer based in the East Midlands. She is interested in contemporary portraiture as well as exploring photography as a contemplative art form.
This exhibition has developed from Michelle's ExperiMentor project wih NAE. Michelle has visited spaces where Nottingham people come together to engage in contemplative practices associated with a varity of religous and secular traditions. The individuals depicted were photographed immediately following their contemplative experience.
Suitable for
Admission
Free with admission
The Fortress (2008)
Dir: Fernand Melgar
104 minutes
Men, women and children from Romania, Togo, Georgia, Kosovo and Columbia arrive each week on Switzerland's doorstep. They are running from war, dictatorship and persecution. The Fortress puts us in the middle of this daily sorting of human beings.
Suitable for
When
7-8:45pm
Admission
Free
The Fortress VOCAL session
The screening of The Fortress will be followed by our seasonal VOCAL sessions, encouraging local debate and conversation. We will be discussing representation, cultural difference and differences in status and power.
Suitable for
When
8:45-9:15pm
Admission
Free
An Evening with Sura Susso
Susso was born inot a Griot famil in Gambia. Griots are people who carry the cultural identity of their people and communities with them through song, music, poetry and spiritual guidance.
Suitable for
When
7-8:30pm
Admission
£8/£6
Roger Bromley
Roger Bromley, Emeritus Professor of Culture, Film and Media at the University of Nottingham will discuss The Unfinished Conversation.
Suitable for
When
12-1pm
Admission
Free with admission
Made in Translation
How do we interpret images that are all around us? Do they inspire us? This painting and photography workshop explores communication through images, from the paint brush to the keyboard.
Suitable for
- Family friendly
When
1-3pm
Admission
£3 for one adult and one child. £2 for each participant thereafter
Make your mask
Get ready for the summer carnival!
Join theatre maker Sooree Pillay in making your own personalised mask. You can be whatever you like. Get creative and then wear your mask at he Carnival parade.
Suitable for
- Family friendly
When
2-4pm
Admission
£3 for one adult and one child. £2 for each participant thereafter
Launch of Wonderland
Wonderland is an exciting new project that stimulates new perspectives through participation and engagement. This large scale community project embraces learning and participation through the creative arts and will lead to a major NAE exhbition in 2014.
Suitable for
When
6:30-9pm
Admission
Free
Gods and Monsters
Using a variety of materials create your own fantastical costume.
Suitable for
- Family friendly
When
1-3pm
Admission
Free
Bill Ming
Bill Ming Exhibiting Artists and Lucy Atkinson, the curator, introduce the exhibition Out of Da Wood.
Suitable for
When
12-1pm
Admission
Free with admission
BSL Tour
BSL tour with Bill Ming. Visitors with hearing impairments are invited to join us for a BSL walk and talk.
Suitable for
When
1:30-3:30pm
Admission
Free with admission
Michelle Walsh
Michelle Walsh will introduce her solo exhibition.
Suitable for
When
3:30-4:30pm
Admission
Free with admission
Curtain of Unity
Bill Ming invites us to join him in this imaginative textiles workshop. We will weave our creations together to create a giant mosaic.
Suitable for
- Family friendly
When
2-4pm
Admission
Free
Chris Maiden
Chris Maiden, a volunteer at NAE will be talking about Out of Da Wood.
Suitable for
When
12-1pm
Admission
Free with admission
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