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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, 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...

Live Music Review: Michael Rother and Kogumaza at the Rescue Rooms

Sun 30 Apr 2017

The legendary former member of Neu! and Harmonia performs selected highlights from his influential back catalogue...

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...

Art Review: Draw the Line

Fri 21 Apr 2017

Get yourself down to The Surface Gallery in Hockley this week, before the Draw the Line exhibition ends.

Nyasha at Dizzy Ink Risograph Printing Workshop

Tue 18 Apr 2017

Nottingham's risograph specialists, Dizzy Ink, spent the day in Primary Studios letting people unleash their creativity on their printing machines. Our vlogger Nyasha went along to have a go...

Art Works: Anthony Freeman's Grungy Lion Illustration

Sun 16 Apr 2017

A local artist lets us in on his artistic process..

Michael Rother Interview

Wed 12 Apr 2017

The legendary German musician on Kraftwerk, Neu!, Harmonia, Bowie and Brexit…

Art Works: Artgoon

Fri 07 Apr 2017

A local artist reveals the story behind his album art for Giggs' Landlord...

Art Works: Camille Lea Pearson's Digital Illustrations

Mon 27 Mar 2017

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

Notts Artist Video Mat on Writing a Book About His Indian Adventure

Thu 16 Mar 2017

We spoke to the man behind White Dolemite about his upcoming novel A Honky's Journey Through Chaos...

Art Works: Alys Power's Contemporary Jewellery

Thu 16 Mar 2017

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

NTU Fine Art Student Gill Howell-Jones Exhibits Shoes for Homeless Fundraiser

Thu 16 Mar 2017

Gill Howell-Jones, an NTU fine art student, has put together an exhibition of student-designed canvas shoes that she is auctioning off. The money raised will be used to buy new trainers for homeless and vulnerable people in Nottingham in an exchange at Emmanuel House. We caught up with her to find out about the project and how people can get involved in the auction…

Art Therapy for Mental Health at Creative Counsel down One Thoresby Street

Tue 14 Mar 2017

Our Emily painted a picture and let go of her inhibitions...

BalletBoyz' Michael Nunn on Life at Nottingham Playhouse

Sat 04 Mar 2017

Life. Something every person can relate to, and an ingenious concept for a ballet production. Who could be more up to the challenge than the inimitable BalletBoyz; a dance company, comprised entirely of male dancers, that’s been breaking boundaries and shattering preconceptions since it was founded in the early noughties. We had a chat with co-founder, Michael Nunn, ahead of their European tour…