Everyone is an artist

Honey Williams painting her mural of Eric Irons OBE
Honey Willams' mural of Eric Irons, Lamar Francois 2023

Since 1977, we’ve been breaking down barriers to reconnect people with art, culture and creativity. We stand up for people who are underrepresented in the arts. We see talent where it has been overlooked and undervalued. Anywhere can be your studio, your gallery, your stage. At City Arts, we believe you are an artist. 

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Honey Williams painting her mural of Eric Irons OBE
Honey Willams' mural of Eric Irons, Lamar Francois 2023

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ELEVATE 2024

Jumpstart your creative career with our free course for 18-30 year old writers in Nottingham & Nottinghamshire.

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Exhibition

The National Puppetry Archive

Dates of event: Until 20 Apr 2024 Mon - Thu, Daily Opening Time: 10:00am - Daily Closing Time: 5:00pm

Venue Address: The Window Gallery, City Arts, 11-13 Hockley, Nottingham, NG1 1FH

As part of the Nottingham Puppet Festival, the National Puppetry Archive present a small exhibition of work by John M. Blundall (1937-2014). Blundall is best known for his early work…

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Networking & Finding Collaborators w/ Nottingham City of Literature

Date of event: 9 May 2024 Event start time: 7:00pm - Event end time: 8:00pm

Location: Online

Writing is often a solitary practice but this doesn't mean that you have to be alone. Networking and working in collaboration can enhance your work and help progress your career.…

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Projects

Get Creative participant, artist and volunteer

Find out more: Get Creative

Project dates: Since November 2011

Nottingham Puppet Festival

Find out more: Nottingham Puppet Festival 2024

Project dates: April 2024 - April 2024

ELEVATE

Find out more: ELEVATE 23/24

Project dates: October 2023 - May 2024

A panoramic view of a suburban landscape in Carlton, England, overlaid with the white, translucent text 'my voice my place'. The image shows rows of houses with varying roof designs on a hillside, a green football field in the mid-ground, and leafless trees scattered throughout, against a subdued, overcast sky.

Find out more: My Voice! My Place!

Project dates: October 2023 - April 2024

Young Producers - a group for 18-30 year olds

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Project dates: Since October 2014

RESIDENCE

Find out more: RESIDENCE 2

Project dates: November 2023 - October 2024

Audience watches performer with stag puppet. Text reads 'Hoopla - a mini festival of ages 0-4'.

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Project dates: July 2022 - August 2024

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Our Impact

Izzy Hollis with wearable puppets representing Tourette's tics.
Why Fish? by Izzy Hollis, Lamar Francois 2022

Case Study

You’ve given me the time and space to develop as an artist. I’ve built on the skills I learnt at Uni, and it’s given me the motivation to move forward.

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Key Stats April 2022 - March 2023

57k Exhibition audiences for the Window Gallery

1 in 6 Artists employed were deaf or disabled

262 Creative workshops

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