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“I hadn’t fully anticipated the level of support I would get from City Arts. There was incredible wraparound assistance.”
Tory Hayward is a self-taught artist based in St Anns, Nottingham. As part of our Residence project, she applied for a bursary aimed at artists from the communities of St…
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“You’ve given me the time and space to develop as an artist”
Izzy Hollis first got involved with City Arts in 2016, as part of a team making a giant tiger puppet for Nottingham’s Light Night festival. We offered her the space…
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“Places like City Arts, and opportunities they offer, can help you out of a trough.”
Simon Withers has worked in the arts for over 30 years, presenting over 120 exhibitions. He dramatically and destructively gave up on his art career in 2015. Art, and presenting…
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“These groups are brilliant because you go and you are totally immersed”
Blue to Green is a social prescribing project providing free arts activities for adults with mental health issues. It is funded by GreenSpace, the Green Social Prescribing Programme for Nottingham…
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“I went in thinking that becoming a self-employed creative was something I could never achieve…”
Elevate is a free course to help young creatives aged 18-30 jumpstart their careers. The course teaches participants a range of essential skills for starting a creative career, including how…
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“We went wild, did everything we could, and treated it like a high-end West End production.”
Founded in 1997, The Dance Studios in Hockley, Nottingham teaches children’s and adult dance classes including tap, ballet, modern, jazz and limbering. We invited children and young people from The…
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“Seeing everything come together was a wonderful moment.”
The Jingah Project is a fantastic theatrical collaboration based around the theme of environmental responsibility. Led by Chloé Charody Creations, the project brought together world-class artists and performers to create exciting…
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“It has been a privilege and a joy to be part of the workshops… to see children from families I support, laugh, dance and sing”
Nottingham & Notts Refugee Forum is a charity offering advice, support and friendship to refugees and asylum seekers. They were invited to be part of The Jingah Project, a fantastic…
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“I pushed my boundaries of what I was able to do as a puppeteer”
You may be curious to know how City Arts got involved in co-producing The Jingah Project, a fantastic theatrical collaboration led by Chloé Charody Creations, around the theme of environmental responsibility.…
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“I felt that what I had to say was valued. I started to value what I had to say for myself.”
Honey Williams is a creative powerhouse. She is a singer-songwriter, a visual artist and designer. Between April 2021 and October 2021, Honey was artist-in-residence at City Arts. In 2020, in…
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“When I saw the mural, I cried a little. It’s so wonderful.”
Maisy is a young patient accessing Wolfston Cystic Fibrosis Centre at Nottingham University Hospitals. She took part in our 'Colours of Life' project, a collaboration between the centre and City…
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“The residency supported… the careers of young people wanting to go into the arts.”
The Squire Performing Arts Centre is a versatile creative space for performing arts based at Nottingham Girls High School on Arboretum Street, opened in 2017 as a platform for all…
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