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Art Works: Anna Wheelhouse's The Fair at Stanley Road

Fri 04 Aug 2017

A local artist lets us in on her creative process...

Art Works: Tim Mayfield

Thu 27 Jul 2017

A few words from the artist behind this bleddy beautiful Koi...

Art Works: Alanna Chamberlain

Sat 22 Jul 2017

The feminist artist on her pin badge piece, Goddess of Growth...

The Jungle Book is Coming to Nottingham Lakeside Arts

Tue 11 Jul 2017

In a collaboration between Nottingham Lakeside Arts and New Street Theatre, The Jungle Book is coming to town. True to the Kipling score, and definitely not Disney, the production has an awesome new musical makeup. We speak to director of the show Martin Berry about what to expect from the bogger...

Art Works: Mary Preston

Fri 07 Jul 2017

The Nottingham Trent University graduate on her Laminar Flow bench...

Art Works: Saffron Bramley-Astle

Fri 30 Jun 2017

The Nottingham Trent University graduate on her Ziggy Stardust Tribute Costume...

Theatre Review: Nonsuch presents The Party's Over at Nottingham Lakeside Arts

Wed 28 Jun 2017

We got down to Lakeside's Djanogly Theatre to check out the latest offering from local heads Nonsuch...

Golesedi at Lady Bay Arts Festival

Wed 28 Jun 2017

Right then, we're right in the middle of festival season and our vlogger Golesedi and her mate Mark ditched the wellies, booze and music for tea, cakes and art at Lady Bay Arts Festival...

Art Review: #NTUDEGREESHOW

Wed 21 Jun 2017

Our Rachel popped down to the #NTUDegreeShow to get inspired for her future career...

The Guerilla Art Lab

Wed 21 Jun 2017

The Guerilla Art Lab, also known as GAL, is an artist collective and studio space based on Broad Street. We had a word with founder Rachel Parry, and collective member Sarah Todino, to dig a little deeper into the group’s philosophies...

Art Review: Lido to Lakeside Transforms Djanogly Gallery into Twenties Swimming Pool

Mon 19 Jun 2017

For those of you who don't know, the Djanogly Gallery was once Highfields Park Lido, which was basically a huge swimming pool in the twenties that Sir Jesse Boot kindly gave to Notts as a gift...

Art Review: Performing Gender at Backlit Gallery

Mon 19 Jun 2017

We got down to the latest exhibition at Samuel Morley's old gaff...

Art Review: Lara Favaretto's Absolutely Nothing at Nottingham Contemporary

Mon 05 Jun 2017

We got down to the latest art exhibition from Nottingham Contemporary...

Exploring Sci-Art at Pint of Science Festival

Thu 25 May 2017

We had a grand old time at Pint of Science Festival this year. One of the events explored sci-art, so our Adrian Shaw got down to enjoy a subject close to his heart...

Artist Keith Piper on the Importance of Forest Rec

Mon 15 May 2017

Keith Piper studied art at Trent Polytechnic in the early eighties, and went on to a major academic and artistic career, showing his paintings, digital pieces and video works internationally. Piper was a key figure in the BLK Art Group, heavily featured in The Place is Here, at Nottingham Contemporary, and he continues to address social and political questions in his work. We caught up with him to talk science-fiction, history painting, Ancient Egyptian burials and the importance of the Forest Rec...

The Attenborough, Beeston, and Chilwell Arts Trail and The Importance of Artist Space

Sun 14 May 2017

At the beginning of June, there's gonna be an art trail in Nottingham South, and our Rita is here to tell us all about it, and provide a little context to the idea...

Art Review: Women of a Nervous Disposition

Thu 04 May 2017

Around the corner from LeftLion HQ is the Lace Market Gallery, based in the NCN arts building. We had a wander down to check out Denise Weston’s Women of a Nervous Disposition...

The Man Who Makes Artificial Eyes

Fri 28 Apr 2017

Ever wondered how artificial eyes are made? Nope? We didn't either until we met John Pacey-Lowrie and he showed us all this cool stuff...

Ocularist John Pacey-Lowrie Talks Making Artificial Eyes in Nottingham

Tue 25 Apr 2017

John Pacey-Lowrie is the only ocularist in the whole of the Midlands. He’s spent forty years perfecting his craft, and people travel from all over the world to be fitted with one of his handmade, acrylic prosthetic eyes. He is constantly striving to make his prosthetics as realistic as possible and is currently at the forefront of the development of an artificial dilating pupil which reacts to light...