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Hoopla! 2026 – mini-festivals for ages 0-4 coming to your area
For a fifth year, City Arts are bringing a mini-festival for 0-4 year olds to four Nottingham areas. Hoopla! is a fun, free, outdoor mini-festival. Join us in St Ann's,…
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Nottingham artist selected to create landmark Broad Marsh artwork
Nottingham artist Natalie Coe has been selected to create a major new public artwork for the Broad Marsh redevelopment. The 150-square-metre artwork will be installed on Severn's House, a prominent…
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Nottingham Puppet Festival returns for 2026 with a city-wide celebration of puppets and people
The Nottingham Puppet Festival is set to return for its fourth edition from Saturday 27 June to Sunday 5 July 2026. This city-wide event, an Arts Council England funded partnership…
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City Arts moves into BACKLIT
Following 12 years based in Hockley, City Arts is moving its office into BACKLIT. BACKLIT is a cultural hub dedicated to heritage, placemaking, and contemporary artistic practice. Their community unites…
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City Arts to leave 11-13 Hockley
It is with regret that we share that on 2 March 2026, City Arts’ lease on 11-13 Hockley comes to an end. Due to the challenges and pressures created by…
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City Arts awarded £20,000 by the Garfield Weston Foundation
City Arts has been awarded £20,000 by the Garfield Weston Foundation. It will go towards the charity’s core operating costs. The Garfield Weston Foundation provides funding for a wide range…
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RESIDENCE: Introducing our bursary award recipients
Three Nottingham artists have been awarded a bursary as part of City Arts' RESIDENCE project. Awarded by a panel of Community Curators, the bursaries support artists who have faced barriers…
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Introducing our Nottingham Puppet Festival bursary award recipients
Two Nottingham artists and a theatre company have been awarded bursaries as part of the 2024 Nottingham Puppet Festival. City Arts and an expert panel awarded the bursaries to support…
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Nottingham Puppet Festival is back for 2024
Nottingham Puppet Festival will return for the third time in April 2024. Events happening between Tuesday 9 and Sunday 21 April will showcase the many diverse and exciting forms that puppetry…
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Hoopla! shortlisted for Best Family Arts Activity award
City Arts’ mini-festival for 0-4 year olds is one of 24 incredible arts activities shortlisted for the national Fantastic for Families Awards. Each of the shortlisted organisations have made an…
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City Arts awarded £6,200 by Jigsaw Foundation
City Arts has been awarded £6,200 by the Jigsaw Foundation to support a new project called My Voice, My Place!. The Jigsaw Foundation is part of the Jigsaw Homes Group…
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New Nottingham podcast series explores the lives of disabled artists
A new podcast series will focus on the lives and work of Deaf, disabled and neurodivergent artists from Nottingham. Series 2 of the Community Conversations podcast will explore the barriers…
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