Communities Linked

Join Communities Inc and NAE for a series of online conversations to explore what being actively anti-racist means to you, and how we can unite across communities to combat racism together.

Roopa Panesar

New Art Exchange

Discover India's iconic instrument '“ the sitar.

Spanish and Italian Gallery Tour

During this informal gallery tour you will learn more about the artist and have the opportunity to exchange your opinions about the show.

Farsi and Urdu Gallery Tour

This tour will be delivered in English, Farsi and Urdu by Mina Fatemi and NAE team members.

Gallery Tour with Verbal Imaging

Jeanne Roberts, Arts Development Officer at My Sight Nottinghamshire, and NAE’s curatorial team will deliver a specialist gallery tour suitable for blind and visually impaired visitors. Jeanne will be using verbal descriptions to help participants form a mental image of the exhibits. There will also be opportunity to touch and interact with the artworks.

Farsi and Arabic Gallery Tour

Join Exhibiting NAE team members Mohammed Elzohiry and Armindokht Shooshtari for a diverse range of perspectives about our exhibitions.

Verbal Imaging Gallery Tour

Jeanne Roberts, Arts Development Officer at My Sight Nottinghamshire, and NAE's curatorial team will deliver a specialist gallery tour suitable for blind and visually impaired visitors.

ARABIC TOUR

Fayrouz Kaddal leads a special gallery tour in Arabic.

JO DACOMBE TOUR

Jo Dacombe, artist, explores archaeology and myth in the work of Larissa Sansour.

Shiraz (U) Film Screening

Based on the romance between 17th-century Mughal ruler Shah Jahan and his queen, this epic silent film is the ravishing, romantic tale behind the creation of one of the world's most iconic structures: the Taj Mahal. With music specially commissioned and delivered by Anoushka Shankar

Culture Unwrapped: Word Power

New Art Exchange

Anila Dhami, journalist and producer, uses her platform to start conversations to shed light on topics that affect communities, such as women'™s empowerment, domestic abuse, and homosexuality.

Culture Unwrapped: Being Brown

New Art Exchange

Skinder Hundal, CEO of New Art Exchange, will moderate a discussion about BBC Radio 4's controversial broadcast of Enoch Powell's infamous 1968 "rivers of blood" speech.

READING BEYOND: EMPIRE’™S ENDGAME

This informal reading group is part of our '˜Beyond Black History Month'™ programme, and in collaboration with ABC'™s Between The Lines Book Club.

Beyond Black History Month: Forum #1

In response to the feedback received during the first Beyond Black History Month event in October 2020, NAE has developed an open forum for people to share their opinions and views on the history and life of racialised communities in Nottingham.

Even When I Fall (2017)

Sheetal and Saraswoti met as teenagers in a Kathmandu refuge, both survivors of child trafficking to Indian circuses.

Reading Beyond: Black Feminist Geographies

This informal reading group is part of our '˜Beyond Black History Month'™ programme, and in collaboration with ABC'™s Between The Lines Book Club.

Digital Horizons RCF Workshop

New Art Exchange

This series explores how digital fabrication, artificial intelligence and related technologies will physically and culturally impact the human condition.

Sura Susso

New Art Exchange

Discover the musical stylings of kora player, percussionist and singer-songwriter Sura Susso.

Artist’s short film + Q&A with English subtitles

We'll be showing two short films, Children Playing God and Dada and The Punjabi Princess. The screening will be followed by a discussion between directors Ashok Vish, Chila Kumari Burman and Skinder Hundal.

Focal Point Light Night

Focal Point is a series of photography outings co-ordinated by artist Mohamed Elzohiry, based at New Art Exchange.

Vidya Patel and Shammi Pithia Converse

Vidya Patel and Shammi Pithia present an extraordinary conversation between Kathak dance and live contemporary music. After performing together in the internationally successful About the Elephant, dance artist Vidya Patel and skilled multi-instrumentalist Shammi Pithia join forces once again in their newest collaboration, Converse.

YARD THEATRE PERFORMANCE

Our talented YARD Young People's Theatre group will perform at Nottingham Playhouse on Wednesday, 3rd May at 7.30pm.The group will perform A Drop in the Ocean, inspired by the stories of people forced to leave their own countries.

Kefaya

New Art Exchange

Kefaya are a band that truly escape musical definition. An eclectic group of immigrants, travellers and international artists, Kefaya seek to find the common ground between folk traditions of the world with a cutting-edge sound rooted firmly in the 21st century.

AFTERGLOW

New Art Exchange

What do a beatboxer, visual artist, Indian sitar player and a Western flute player have in common? These five innovative artists will share a new piece of work at Afterglow following a five-day residency.

Zoe Rahman presents Zoe Rahman Trio

A vibrant and highly individual pianist and composer, Zoe Rahman's style is deeply rooted in jazz yet it reflects her classical background, British/Bengali heritage and her very broad musical taste.

Jasmine Rodgers and Mendi

Nottingham Arts Mela in collaboration with Jam Café, Hockley welcomes Jasmine Rodgers and Mendi who offer a unique blend of folk guitar and vocals with south Asian tabla.