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What we did: Highlights from October – December 2015
A look back at what City Arts did from October to December 2015. We want everyone to see the full range of City Arts’ activities so, as well as the…
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“Frost Inside the Window”: Care home residents share magical memories for interactive artwork
Recollections of “real lions in the Market Square” are amongst the memories shared by some of Nottingham’s older people in an art installation they created with local artists. We worked…
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City Arts at Nottingham Light Night 2016
Enjoy these photos of the parades, performances and installations that made up City Arts' packed programme for Nottingham Light Night on Friday 5th February 2016. We…
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Trent Students create stunning installations for City Arts
As part of their third year degree course, students Emma Henderson and Fern Hawkins from Nottingham Trent University’s School of Theatre Design have designed stunning installations the window and interior…
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Alison Denholm: ‘Three things that make carnival great’
At the end of November, I spent two days in the company of global carnival-istas at the UK’s National Carnival Conference in Derby. I spoke about City Arts’ attempts, through…
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Francois Matarasso: ‘And the 2015 Turner Prize goes to… community art’
‘If art isn’t about people and humanity, then what is it about?’ Hazel Tilley BBC Newsnight The annual Turner Prize, established ‘to celebrate new developments in contemporary art’, is known for…
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Art, music and performance at the Young Producers’ FREE FRAME festival
FREE FRAME 2015 was an incredible three-day festival of exhibits, music and performance exploring freedom, experimentation, incompleteness and exchange. With support and funding from City Arts,…
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What we did: highlights from July – September 2015
We want everyone to see the full range of City Arts’ activities so, as well as the articles, videos and photo galleries on our website, we have decided to start…
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Eco-artist Sarah Turner creates an incredible upcycled dragon with young people from Newstead
Newstead Futures asked City Arts to create something special for their bonfire night on Saturday 7th November. CDs, plastic bottles, drinks lids, soda cans and phone…
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‘Armchair Gallery’ brings great art into Nottingham care homes
City Arts are using iPads to bring great art into Nottingham care homes. Professionally filmed guided tours form part of the ‘Armchair Gallery’, an iPad app, currently in development, which…
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Yarn-bombed mobility scooters at Hockley Street Fayre
A few images from Hockley Street Fayre on Saturday 19th September 2015: an annual day of environmentally friendly fun in the heart of Nottingham’s Creative Quarter. City…
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Can Samba & City Arts’ award winning troupe for Nottingham Carnival 2015
A huge gallery of photos of our award-winning troupe for Nottingham Carnival 2015. On the 23rd August 2015, following an arduous but hugely enjoyable procession around…
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