Events

We will curate a rich and dynamic mix of artist talks, symposiums, workshops, spoken word events and live performances triggered by the artistic programme. This will animate the building alongside exhibitions held in the visual art galleries.
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Suki Chan

Artist Talk

 

Suki Chan’s practice combines light, moving image, electronics and sound to explore our physical and psychological experience of space. In this artist talk we explore Suki’s ideas and ‘freedom of expression’.

 

Saturday 4 September, 2pm

Admission: Free

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Calypso Rose - 'The Diva of the Caribbean'

Music Performance

 

With over 800 songs and 20 albums to her name the International Caribbean Music Lifetime Achievement Award winner has shared the international stages with the most popular stars of the music world such as Miriam Makeba, Tito Puente, Mahalia Jackson, Michael Jackson, Roberta Flack and Bob Marley.

 

“Take time for the wonderfully named Calypso Rose. The 70-year-old Tobagonian singer, writer of over 800 calypso songs, has beaten cancer twice. Her saucy between-song patter, superb voice and showmanship belies her years and brings with her a sexy slice of the Caribbean to the UK.” - The Independant

 

Friday 10 September, 8pm

Admission: £8 (£6 concessions)

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Portrait of Latin American Women in the United Kingdom

Your Space Launch

 

Dr John Perivolaris has produced a series of photographic portraits and video interviews; reflecting on the twenty-first century legacy of Latin American women’s contribution to Latin American Independence struggles in the Nineteenth Century. The series of portraits Perivolaris has produced form part of the 'Gendering Latin American Independence' project, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and led by Professor Catherine Davies, at the University of Nottingham. Join us for the launch of this seminal exhibition. As part of Night of Festivals

 

Thursday 16 September, 5.30 - 8pm

Admission: Free

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New Art Exchange and Nottingham Trent University in association with The Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool present

“Lying-down-on-the-ground”

A performance event devised and directed by artist Sonia Khurana @ Lime Street train station, Liverpool

As part of Liverpool Biennial

 

Staged on the ‘sidelines’ of the larger art event, Khurana proposes to insert a provocation, by playfully inviting passers by to lie down on the ground. The bodies lying thus are continually documented, described or circumscribed.

“Beginning literally, with affecting a change in the participant’s visual perspective, this simple act of lying down soon begins to resonate with multiple layers of oblique suggestions that are to do with dismantling the norms of protected life, ranging from resistance, friction, contamination, dispossession, to the absurd and the allegorical. Autographical traces drawn on the ground transform a singular act into a collective utterance.”

 

Opening Weekend:

For the Liverpool Biennial, Sonia will work with students / volunteers to invite a mutual exchange of the experience of lying down in both, art or non-art contexts. Here “lying down..” is conceptualised to begin a performance event that engages passers by in a busy public space in the city of Liverpool, such as the Lime Street train station (other venues TBA) during the opening weekend of the biennial. Sunday 19th September 2010

Long night of the Biennial: This act will culminate in a live performance event on the Long Night of the Liverpool Biennial, Thursday 18 November 2010 at the Walker Gallery.

 

Sunday 19 September 2010

Admission: Free

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The Milk of Sorrow

(La Teta Asustada)

Film Screening (12)

Dir: Claudia Llosa (Spain / Peru 2008)

 

Fausta is ill with a disease contracted from her mother’s breast milk known as “the milk of sorrow”. However, this is not a sickness caused by bacteria or infection: it is a condition that only affects those women in Peru who were abused or raped during the years of terrorist struggle. Although this horrific period is now history, Fausta is nonetheless a living reminder of this time. Her sickness is called fear - and it has robbed her of her soul. But then, when her mother suddenly dies, Fausta is forced to face her fears. (Dogwoof Films)

 

Thursday 23 September, 7pm

Admission: £3 (£2 concessions)

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The Lyric Lounge

Spoken Word and Poetry

 

The weekend of 24-26 September will see New Art Exchange transformed into ‘Lyric Lounge Nottingham’ - a spell-binding performance space celebrating the power of live literature. ‘Lyric Lounge Nottingham’ is part of a region-wide series of mini-festivals taking place throughout 2010. Alongside workshops and showcasing opportunities for young wordsmith, lyricists and local artists, audiences can feast on a variety of commissions and jaw-dropping lyrical moves by established poets including John Agard ('Porkpie' from Desmonds) award-winning playwright, poet, former South Bank Centre writer-in-residence, short story and children's writer and Birmingham-born wordsmith Polarbear combining storytelling with a distinctive lighting and projection design in his new spoken film, ‘Return’. Click here for the full programme

 

24, 25 and 26 September

Writing East Midlands - as part of the Igniting Ambition programme

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Slam (18)

Film Screening

Dir: Marc Levin (100 mins)

 

Slam tells the story of Ray Joshua, an original, gifted young MC trapped in a war-zone housing project known as Dodge City. Unable to find a job, Ray copes with the despair and poverty of his neighbourhood by using his wits and verbal talent. While participating in a drug deal gone bad, Ray is caught by the police and sent to prison. When his lawyer explains the judicial system & his 'options' (or lack thereof) Ray despairs, particularly as he is being pressured to participate in a drug culture he has strived to get away from. But Ray's recent experiences have precipitated an awakening of sorts, and he sees the truth behind the game... Unwilling to believe that his options are limited to the choices he's being presented with, he makes the radical choice to retaliate with words, and speak the truths that he's witnessed. Winner of Grand Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival and the Camera d'Or at Cannes.

 

Sunday 26 September, 2pm

Admission: £3 (£2 concessions)

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YARD - Young People's Panel

Forum

 

YARD is looking for new members for its Young People’s Panel!!!

 

Join the Young Peoples Panel to get more involved at NAE, develop ideas for activities, suggest how we could improve the YARD programme and give your feedback. Meetings take place monthly 5 - 6pm.

 

Forthcoming meetings:

Monday 27 September

Monday 25 October

 

For further information contact YARD@nae.org.uk Tel: 0115 924 8630 or drop in!

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District 9 (15)

Director: Neil Blomkamp

Film Screening

 

In 1982, a massive star ship bearing a bedraggled alien population, nicknamed "The Prawns," appeared over Johannesburg, South Africa. Twenty-eight years later, the initial welcome by the human population has faded. The refugee camp where the aliens were located has deteriorated into a militarized ghetto called District 9, where they are confined and exploited in squalor. In 2010, the munitions corporation, Multi-National United, is contracted to forcibly evict the population with operative Wikus van der Merwe in charge. In this operation, Wikus is exposed to a strange alien chemical and must rely on the help of his only two new 'Prawn' friends

 

Tuesday 19 October, 9.45am

Special screening for schools - You can book via www.nsfw.org

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Astro Boy (PG)

Film Screening

 

Set in futuristic Metro City, Astro Boy is about a young robot with incredible powers created by a brilliant scientist in the image of the son he has lost. Unable to fulfill the grieving man's expectations, our hero embarks on a journey in search of acceptance, experiencing betrayal and a netherworld of robot gladiators, before he returns to save Metro City and reconcile with the father who had rejected him.

 

Wednesday 20 October, 9.45am

Special screening for schools - You can book via www.nsfw.org

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Exchange

Artist-led Forum

 

Join us for a lively debate in this artist-led forum. This month we will be discussing themes including contemporary art, accessibility and British Art Show 7

 

Tuesday 26 October, 6 - 8pm

Admission: Free

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Sun Ra: A Joyful Noise

Directed by Robert Mugge (USA, 1978-80)

Film Screening

 

Sun Ra - space-age prophet, Pharaonic jester, shaman philosopher and keyboardist / bandleader. A Joyful Noise is a 60-minute portrait of visionary artist Sun Ra and his avant-garde Jazz Arkestra filmed in Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington D.C.

 

Thursday 4 November, 7pm

Admission: £3

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Exchange

Artist-led Forum

 

Join us for a lively debate in this artist-led forum. Further details of artists will be confirmed at a later date.

 

Tuesday 23rd November, 6 - 8pm

Admission: Free

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MACE Nottingham Film Archive

Film Screening

 

This is an invite for you to see the MACE / PBQ Archive Tour. In this screening you can see archive footage that is locally specific. The content consists of a 90-minute selection of archive footage - half of which is specific to Nottingham and surrounding areas, with iconic footage from the East Midlands as a whole. This tour is completely exclusive to East Midlands’ venues. Introduction by Phil Leach - MACE Cataloguer, Researcher

 

Thursday 25 November, 6pm

Admission: TBC

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Brother from another Planet (15)

Dir. John Sayles (1984, USA)

Film Screening

 

Joe Morton stars in this dramatic comedy, set in New York City in the early 1980s, as "The Brother" an alien and escaped slave who, while fleeing "Another Planet" has crash-landed in Upper New York Harbor. Picked up as homeless, he is deposited in Harlem. The sweet-natured and honest Brother looks like any other black man, except that he is mute and - although other characters in the film never see them - his feet each have three large toes.

 

The Brother has telekinetic powers but, unable to speak, he struggles to express himself and adjust to his new surroundings, including a stint in the Job Corps at a video arcade in Manhattan. Pursued by two white Men in Black who are also aliens, out to re-capture "The Brother" and other escaped slaves and bring them back to their home planet.

 

Thursday 13 January , 7pm

Admission: TBC

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Regular workshops

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Family Friendly Workshops

Every Saturday from 30 October

 

Come and take part in our regular Family Friendly arts events, each Saturday starting on 30th October 2010. Fun for all the family... Build robots, space ships, programme a computer game, watch films and it’s all for free!! Book your place now either by calling us or e-mailing us at education@nae.org.uk

 

30 Oct, 13 Nov, 27 Nov, 11 Dec, 18 Dec

Age Range: 4 - 11 Years accompanied by an adult

6 Nov, 20 Nov, 4 Dec

Age Range: Adult

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YARD - Youth Arts

Workshops

 

For our Arts Programme specifically for local young people which includes Drama, Music, Dance and other forms of Art,

 

YARD Youth Theatre is looking for new members! YYT meet every Tuesday and Wednesday. Develop your performing arts talents whilst working with theatre professionals. There are opportunities to develop acting skills, pick up new dance moves, stretch your vocal cords and put on shows. As well as working on stage, you can work backstage as script writers, set designers, light and sound technicians, directors, producers and much more.

 

Theatre / Drama workshops take place every Tuesday 5 - 8pm and Wednesday 5 - 7pm

 

For further information contact yard@nae.org.uk Tel: 0115 924 8630 or drop in! Please click here to see our full YARD programme.

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Community & Partner Projects

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Mackenzie Taylor: Joy Rosie Wilby: Further Science of Sex

As part of Nottingham Comedy Festival

 

Come and check out 'Joy' this critically acclaimed, albeit grumpy, young man on his quest to seek joy and happiness for one hour a day. While Rose presents the sequel to the Fringe Report Award winning The Science Of Sex, Funny Women Finalist delves further into the science of attraction and love.

 

‘Playful, intelligent and very, very funny’ - Dave Gorman

‘A pleasure to watch’ - Paramount Comedy

‘Wonderful’ - Time Out

‘Had her audience in stitches’ - Diva


Thursday 30 September, 8pm

Admission: £7 (£5 concessions)

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Night of Festivals 2010

@ Old Market Square, Nottingham Contemporary and New Art Exchange

 

New Art Exchange in partnership with ArtReach, University of Nottingham and Northampton University will celebrate and explore the struggle of 200 years of Latin America's independence through exhibitions (NAE), film (Nottingham Contemporary), talks, site-specific installation, carnival procession and an international artist residency. For further details go to

 

Thursday 16 - Saturday 18 September 2010

Admission: Free

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Reflections Leadership Day

Powerbrokers Leadership Pathways Workshop

 

What’s your perspective: Are you performing to your greatest leadership potential? Discover & Maximise Your Strengths

During the last in the current series of Powerbrokers leadership development one-day courses we ask participants to intentionally look back over the past year and to review the shift or transitional journeys that they are making.

Closing date: Tuesday 7 September 2010

 

“What are you doing to intentionally to lead yourself and how does that impact on your role in leading others?” During the Powerbrokers Reflections Leadership Day, mid-career BAME leaders are encouraged to benefit from the ritual of reflection and to unlock the power of using perspective.

 

Book online today: www.culturalleadership.org.uk/234

 

Led by Oliver Nyumbu, of Caret and co-faciliated by Powerbrokers’ Beverley Mason, individuals will demonstrate how they have been working to their strengths, have capitalised on their best potential, with many reviewing how the BuildStrengths® concept helped support sustainable change in their leadership behaviour and career progression. With Peer group workshops!


Wednesday 6 October

Admission: Free

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A World of Music Festival

Local music from around the world - 'Chill in the Park'

 

After the success of October 2009's Global Weekender and July 2010's One World Festival, Chilled Produce are back with Nottingham's largest event showcasing traditional and contemporary music and
musicians originating from Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

Chilled Produce sees A World of Music Festival as a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the region's vibrant and diverse music scene. The organisation has gathered together a line up that collectively makes A World of Music Festival a unique event for Nottingham.

A 4 part festival, with 3 events with free admission, taking place across the city over 3 days, A World of Music Festival offers
something, somewhere, for everyone. Admission: Free at New Art Exchange

The LINE UP includes:

* Cecilia Kovacs - Eastern-European traditional songs on the Hurdy-Gurdy
* Gren Bartley - Acoustic Folk and Blues
* Les Elus - Rhumba, Folk, Jazz, Blues, Zouk, Salsa
* Lisa de Ville - Original, acoustic singer / songwriter
* Lyrikool Lipz - Live improvised Beatbox through a looping pedal
* MuHa - New Roots from Eastern Europe
* Nottingham Youth Orchestra String Quartet - Classical music
* Nyam - Tradition Mongolian music
* Sahraab - Classical Persian / African / Spanish fusion

* Bana Congo - Rumba, Salsa, Reggae and Makosa

* Cadence Noir - Neuvo Goth Ballads

* Francesca Bandino - Jazz Standards from the American Songbook

* Gurdy-Gurdy - Eastern-European traditional songs on the Hurdy-Gurdy

* MC Primo - Unique female Rapper with a message

* Natalie Duncan - Soulful, heartfelt and melodic

* The Phil Langran Band - Celtic / American influenced original songs

* The Uke Box - The Uke Box ukulele jukebox

* Zacc Rogers - Soul, Jazz, Blues, Funk, Country Grass


Part 1 - Friday 15 October @ New Art Exchange, 7pm - 11pm

Part 2 - Saturday 16 October @ New Art Exchange, 6pm - 10pm


Part 3 - Club Global vs Musika! Saturday 16 October @ The Maze, 257 Mansfield Road, Nottingham. Admission: £5 / £3 Chilled Produce members, 10pm - 2am


Part 4 - Sunday 17 October @ New Art Exchange, 2pm - 8pm

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Dance4 Presents

Hetain Patel in TEN

Performance Art


Taking music and the Indian ten-beat rhythm cycle as a starting point, this seductively physical performance delves, with endearing honesty and humour, into questions of cultural identity. The long awaited piece by Hetain Patel developed in conjunction with New Art Exchange.

Following well received previews at Milton Keynes International Festival and Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham, TEN begins its national tour this Autumn:

25 September - Rich Mix, London
26 September - Greenwich Theatre, London
30 September - Colchester Arts Centre, Colchester
13 October - Salisbury Arts Centre, Salisbury
14 October - Arnolfini, Bristol
15 October - Brewhouse, Taunton
19 October - Drill Hall, Lincoln
20 October - Embrace Arts at The Richard Attenborough Centre, Leicester
21 October - MAC, Birmingham
22 October - Greenroom, Manchester
04 November - Nuffield, Lancaster

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Past Events

 

 

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