MELA: NAAC Summer Sessions
Nottingham Asian Arts Council are offering Free Taster Sessions in Tabla, Kathak, Bhangra, Bollywood, Vocals and Dohl Drumming. Taking place at Radford Academy. ALL WELCOME | PLEASE BOOK IN ADVANCE
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Join us for the Reclaim season. A platform for communities and creatives from the Global Majority to takeover New Art Exchange. From the NAE Open to Reside to Mela, NAE is extremely excited to showcase the most inspiring storytellers who bring the unseen and the unheard to be shared and mainstreamed through our gallery and surrounding spaces.
Saturday Art Club
Kickstart your Saturday with these free drop-in creative workshops. These bi-weekly family sessions make space for creative learning and lots of fun, the perfect chance to get creative as a family! DROP IN | AIMED AT AGES 4–7 (AGES 0–10 WELCOME)
MELA: NAAC Summer Sessions
Nottingham Asian Arts Council are offering Free Taster Sessions in Tabla, Kathak, Bhangra, Bollywood, Vocals and Dohl Drumming. Taking place at Radford Academy. ALL WELCOME | PLEASE BOOK IN ADVANCE
Mela 2022
We’re excited to bring you Nottingham Mela 2022, a four day festival happening at New Art Exchange from 1 -4 September. This year’s theme is ‘In Joy’, inviting you to absorb and immerse yourself in different states of joy throughout the Mela experience. Join us for a vibrant programme of live music, theatre, dance, film […]
Mela: Double Bill Film Screening: The ‘Chai Experience’ and ‘The Namesake’
The Chai experience is a social heritage project, run by Nottingham City Libraries. Their short documentary film captures the experiences of Nottingham’s South Asian citizens as they’ve arrived from India and settled in Nottingham. Followed by a screening of the ‘The Namesake’, a beautiful film capturing the story of an Bengali couple who migrate from […]
MELA LAUNCH
Come along to the official Mela Launch, find out about what’s happening across the weekend, and enjoy some live Bollywood and Bhangra music by Kaykay. ALL WELCOME | FREE | BOOK IN ADVANCE
Nott Another Mela!
Comedy and Live Music Curated in collaboration with ‘Nott Another’, we’ll be showcasing some amazing local South Asian talent, with comedians, poets, singers and rappers taking over the NAE building throughout the evening. ALL WELCOME | FREE | BOOK IN ADVANCE
Saturday Mela Art Club
Inspired by Patta Chitra, a style of traditional Indian folk art, you will work with visual artist Ismail Khokon to design and paint your own roti-shaped motif, expressing what Joy means to you A free, family friendly, drop In activity. Suitable for ages 4 plus, but younger children welcome. FREE | DROP IN
