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The Workhouse – A Screendance Film by Sima Gonsai
A new dance film produced in collaboration with dancers aged between 55 and 79. The dance performance was entirely choreographed, rehearsed, filmed and edited remotely, using Zoom. It is directed…
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A film about ‘Bulwell Blossoms’ – a collaboration between four Nottingham primary schools
Watch this fantastic film created by Bulwell Arts Festival about 'Bulwell Blossoms' - primary school pupils' environmentally-themed art installations in Bulwell, Nottingham. https://youtu.be/kjRt9V-DpPA Inspired by New Orleans carnival, City Arts…
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Watch Megan Rose’s “The Jam Makers” animated film
Immerse yourself in Megan Rose Illustration's "The Jam Makers" - created for Nottingham Puppet Festival. https://youtu.be/IWApExPsO3U Premiering 5:30pm on Sunday 27 June 2021. Previously a picture book but now brought…
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Charlotte Jarvis talks ‘Trinkets’ – her show for Nottingham Puppet Festival
Charlotte Jarvis of Giddy Kipper Theatre is a performer, theatre maker, director and puppet maker. She is one of five young artists to receive a City Arts bursary supporting them…
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News
Mural project injects colour into Nottingham’s Cystic Fibrosis Centre
City Arts have teamed up with the Wolfson Cystic Fibrosis Centre to create two new murals in the hospital. Mural artists Megan Russell (aka Peachzz) and Alastair Flindall (aka Kunstity) have worked…
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Artist Q&A with Susan Spangenberg
A Q&A with New York based outsider artist Susan Spangenberg. Presented in partnership with the Institute of Mental Health. Susan spoke about her life as an artist and the work…
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Publication
Create Together – An Activity Booklet for Refugee Week 2021
Working with Nottingham City Council's Community Cohesion team, we've created a fantastic activity booklet for Nottingham Refugee Week 2021! Designed by Lydia Lapinski of Thoughts Make Things, it has been…
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Freedom? – A film by poet Kate Fox and Nottingham residents
Created by poet and broadcaster Kate Fox, this beautiful film features Nottingham residents’ thoughts on the theme of Freedom. We worked with photographer Colin Potsig to capture images of Nottingham…
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Watch Honey Williams in conversation with Saziso Phiri
City Arts Curator-in-Residence Saziso Phiri talks our Artist-in-Residence Honey Williams. They look at some of Honey’s sketchbooks and diaries from 2004 to the present day, and discuss the events that…
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Blog
Megan Rose on her new puppet production ‘The Jam Makers’
Megan Rose is an Illustrator from Nottingham. She is one of five young artists to receive a City Arts bursary supporting them to create a show for the Nottingham Puppet…
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Simon Withers on his year photographing swans…
Simon Withers is an artist whose work has incorporated painting, sculpture, performance, photography, sound, writing and play-acting. He has participated in over 140 exhibitions. Having been an artist for over…
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Nikki Charlesworth on her new show “What Happened to You?”
Nikki Charlesworth is a Theatre Designer, Puppet Designer and Animator from Nottingham. City Arts has been working with her since 2015, when she created costume designs for our opening and…
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