Young, Black & Present
Young, Black & Present
28 October 2017
New Art Exchange
What does it mean to be young, black and British today? How are young people in Nottingham responding to contemporary issues through their work, community action, art and activism?
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Soetry
Soetry
2 November 2017
New Art Exchange
Award winning poet Panya Banjoko and ABII, internationally known singer-songwriter, combine their poetic and musical skills to create Soetry.
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NG83: When We Were B Boys
NG83: When We Were B Boys
4 November 2017
New Art Exchange
Adolescent dreams meet the realities of adulthood as five former breakdancers reflect on their youthful rites of passage through the vibrant UK hip hop scene.
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Exhibition Launch: Digging Deep
Exhibition Launch: Digging Deep
6 October 2018
Central Gallery
Join us for a special afternoon as we launch and celebrate the hidden history of former coal miners of African and Caribbean heritage from across the UK.
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Young, Gifted and Black
Young, Gifted and Black
12 October 2018
New Art Exchange
Presenting a selection of young Nottingham-based music artists of African and Caribbean descent who have been making their mark within the city's vibrant music scene.
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Skindeep
Skindeep
13 October 2018
New Art Exchange
Join us for a workshop using humour and quality skin products to explore how activists can take care of their physical and mental wellbeing offline.
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What's Race Got To Do With It
What's Race Got To Do With It
13 October 2018
New Art Exchange
This year's Young, Black & Present panel explores colourism, media representation and what is to be part of a young diaspora community in the UK today.
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Rafiki Jazz Up Close!
Rafiki Jazz Up Close!
18 October 2018
New Art Exchange
Rafiki Jazz are nine musicians remixing roots music and telling modern day stories with a glance back to the ancients.
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Calypso: Licks and Politricks
Calypso: Licks and Politricks
1 November 2018
New Art Exchange
Master musician, lyrical poet and the BBC's resident Calypsonian, Alexander D Great returns to NAE for an evening
of performance and discussion exploring the social and political history of Calypso music.
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Style in my DNA
Style in my DNA
10 November 2018
New Art Exchange
As a migrant, born in Jamaica and raised in Nottingham, Lorna Holder became a successful designer 'making it happen' in Britain, and her story bears witness to the evolution of fashion within the British Caribbean community.
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Nightclubbing: Drink Deep from the Light of the Universe
Nightclubbing: Drink Deep from the Light of the Universe
8 December 2018
New Art Exchange
Artist Rachael Young and her badass band of super humans embrace speculative fiction and visceral live music in a new performance installation, emerging from a weeklong residency at NAE.
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SheAfriq: Art Dates
SheAfriq: Art Dates
13 December 2018
New Art Exchange
Art Dates is a new series of social art gallery based events hosted by SHEAfriq
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Windrush: Journeys To Nottingham
Windrush: Journeys To Nottingham
10 January 2019
New Art Exchange
Join us as we launch the first collection of interviews and stories from Nottingham's Windrush generation and their descendants
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Truth Black History
Truth Black History
6 October 2019
New Art Exchange
Through music, spoken word and poetry, we reflect upon the relationship between Black history and the mental health issues affecting Black communities today.
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Black&
Black&
19 October 2019
New Art Exchange
With a collective understanding that Blackness is not a fixed notion and is experienced differently by members of the black community; join us for an open conversation that focuses on intersectionality, commonplace and everyday existence.
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Sip and Paint
Sip and Paint
25 October 2019
New Art Exchange
All Black Connect presents a relaxed painting session designed and lead by local artist Kim Thompson.
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DON’T TOUCH MY HAIR
DON’T TOUCH MY HAIR
26 October 2019
New Art Exchange
Through dance, devising, debate and performance set to Solonge Knowles’ song, Don’t Touch My Hair, this workshop explores the topic of ‘hair petting’, the touching of black or mixed raced people’s hair without their permission.
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BLACK FUTURITY AND RESISTANCE
BLACK FUTURITY AND RESISTANCE
31 October 2019
New Art Exchange
Join Kehinde Andrews, Arit Etukudo and Omara Dyer-Johnson to explore how Resistance is understood within different contexts, be that art, film or literature; fiction or real life.
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HORROR NOIRE
HORROR NOIRE
31 October 2019
New Art Exchange
Delving into a century of a film genre that utilised, caricatured, exploited, side-lined, and finally embraced them, Horror Noire traces the untold history of Black Americans in Hollywood through their connection to the horror genre.
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