NOTTS ART NOTES

This page highlights some art and craft venues and exhibition spaces in and around Nottinghamshire (and occasionally beyond) and points to some exhibitions that might be of interest. Like much in life, its not definitive.

“The arts … are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow …”, Kurt Vonnegut

Art/Craft Venues (in Notts & nearby):

Bassetlaw Museum, Retford
Harley Gallery, Worksop
Mansfield Museum
National Holocaust Centre & Museum, Laxton
Spotlight Gallery, Newark-on-Trent
Patchings Arts Centre, Calverton

Lincs:

Slumgothic, Gainsborough
The Collection & Usher Gallery, Lincoln
Sam Scorer Gallery, Lincoln (Note: closed from 4 Sept 2022)
The Hub, Sleaford

North Lincs:

The Ropewalk, Barton-upon-Humber

South Yorks:

Doncaster Museum & Art Gallery

Derbys:

Leics:

Leicester Museum & Art Gallery + Newarke Houses, Leicester
Attenborough Arts Centre, Leicester

Other arty guides:

Inspire: Culture Learning Libraries – art events in Notts libraries.
Nottingham Art Map
Visit Nottinghamshire
Visit Leicester
Art Galleries in Sheffield
Contemporary Visual Arts Network – East Midlands (CVAN EM)
Art Fund – includes a whats on for art exhibitions, events & over 700 museums, galleries and historic places to visit across the UK.

Online Arts Stuff:

Covid-19 disrupted everyone’s ability to physically experience art – these are some online resources of the time, in no particular order:

Art Detective (podcasts by Dr Janina Ramirez)
The Lonely Palette
History of Art (Oxford University lectures)
The Great Women Artists podcast
V&A Podcasts
The Artcast
Royal Academy of Arts podcasts
British Museum on Streetview
‘Virtual galleries’ at the British Museum
British Museum on Google Arts and Culture
V&A Museum – Curator Tour of Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk

Some Exhibitions: (Sort by clicking the column headings)

Start	End	Exhibition	Venue
23/09/2022	22/01/2023	Billy Dosanjh [Traveller, Your Footprints]	Nottingham: New Art Exchange
23/09/2022	22/01/2023	Communities in Motion	Nottingham: New Art Exchange
24/09/2022	24/01/2023	Hollow Earth: Art, Caves & The Subterranean Imaginary	Nottingham Contemporary
08/10/2022	14/01/2023	Paintings by Bryan Day	Notts: Bassetlaw Museum, Retford
15/10/2022	15/01/2023	Henry Moore: Threads of Influence	Derby: Museum of Making
29/10/2022	05/03/2023	Mohammad Barrangi: Playing in Wonderland	Leicester: Attenborough Arts Centre
12/11/2022	29/01/2023	Russell Wilson: Birds and Beasts	Nottingham: Lakeside Arts – Gallery Cafe
12/11/2022	19/02/2023	Barbara Laws: Nottingham Portraits	Nottingham: Lakeside Arts – Angear Visitor Centre
19/11/2022	12/03/2023	Sophie Ryder: Sculpture, Drawings, Prints	Nottingham: Lakeside Arts – Djanogly Gallery
26/11/2022	05/03/2023	Gunn Ceramics – Bypass	Lincs: The Hub, Sleaford
26/11/2022	19/03/2023	Welcome to My World – Ceramics with Narrative	Lincs: The Hub, Sleaford
10/12/2022	20/01/2023	Open 33	Leicester: Leicester Museum & Art Gallery
14/01/2023	12/03/2023	Sue Stone: Shifts and Allusions	Lincs: The Hub, Sleaford
21/01/2023	11/03/2023	Cedar Lewisohn: Patois Banton	Nottingham: Bonington Gallery (NTU)
28/01/2023	22/04/2023	Journey of the Mind	Nottingham: New Art Exchange
11/02/2023	07/05/2023	Carolyn Lazard: Long Take	Nottingham Contemporary
11/02/2023	07/05/2023	Rosalind Nashashibi: Hooks	Nottingham Contemporary
11/02/2023	07/05/2023	Charlotte Johannesson	Nottingham Contemporary
25/02/2023	30/04/2023	Where We Live	Nottingham: Lakeside Arts – Angear Visitor Centre
18/03/2023	30/04/2023	Design-Nation Nottinghamshire: Translating Nature	Lincs: The Hub, Sleaford
18/03/2023	14/05/2023	Emily Rickard: KnitWell	Lincs: The Hub, Sleaford
25/03/2023	13/05/2023	Emily Andersen: Somewhere Else Entirely	Nottingham: Bonington Gallery (NTU)
29/04/2023	04/06/2023	Open Studios Notts – Bringing Artists into View	Notts (Inspire): Arnold, Beeston & Worksop Libraries

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