We're Nottingham Contemporary's young people! We host events for young people across Nottingham, and invite you to join us!
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For those who would like to follow the work of Nottingham Contemporary's monthly workshop groups and monthly art and music socials. Their work is all part of the Circuit Programme. Anyone between the ages of 15 - 25 years old is welcome to come and get involved with the workshops and socials. No previous experience in the arts is necessary, just an interest in being creative and the desire to meet
new people. The workshops run every Friday evening and are hosted by exciting guest artists. Then on the last Saturday of the month, the group’s work is showcased at an exciting and lively social, including live music. To find out how to get involved, contact our youth programmer Alice at [email protected].
02/08/2024
Cor Creative recently visited Nottingham Contemporary to deliver a cosy, peer-to-peer workshop for our 1525 Collective members. Facilitated by Amira Dabboussi and Maya King Dabbs, we focused on portfolio building and the concept of personal archives. Through storytelling and the use of archival materials, our members explored how to create and document personal archives that enrich their portfolios. The session sparked conversations about the role of archives in creative practice and the challenges of preserving your artistic legacy. A big thank you to everyone who joined us!
04/04/2024
In our second session of the '1525 Rights to Our City' series, we explored local parks, pavements, and hidden spots to find 'volunteer plants', a kinder term for what many call 'weeds'. We gathered plants with interesting shapes and used them to make cyanotype prints, a type of sun print known for its vibrant blue colour.
Take a look at how Paul Mpagi Sepuya uses cyanotype prints in his current exhibition ‘Exposure’ here at Nottingham Contemporary.
🌍Don’t miss our third workshop in this series on Sat 20 April, free and open to all young people aged 15-25. Link to book in bio. See you there!
06/03/2024
“This is the sigil of the spirit Saphœðra (sah-fo-ethra) …
Saphœðra brings her power and protection to the wishes and desires of q***r people placed into her care, represented by the sigils that surround her own, and nurtures them safely into fruition...”
Saphœðra (sah-fo-ethra) emerged from a project sparked during our Ridykeulous exhibition season. Drawing inspiration from the Ridykes, this project uses sigils magic as a tool for radical change. We worked with GenderPhoria , led by Winter Beaumont , to create a collection of sigils. The sigils were integrated into a powerful ‘mother sigil’ created by Winter to provide protection and unity.
✨Thank you to our friends over at , , , and for visit and support during our launch night!
You can view our sigil artwork in our calm space within Gallery Zero.
06/03/2024
To kick off our first workshop in the ‘1525 Rights To Our City’ series, our associate artist Amelia Daiz of led us on an exciting exploration of our neighbourhood. We used photography, experimenting with textiles and gel filters, to transform spaces in imaginative ways. As the session progressed, we began to craft a mythology about Nottingham’s past, present and potential future using map-making and drawing to bring our visions to life.
🌿Our next workshop is on Sun 31 March, free and open to all young people aged 15-25. Link to book in bio. See you there!
12/12/2023
👀 Sneak peak of our walkthrough preparations for tomorrow...
💭Join us at 2pm for our delivery of the Wednesday Walkthrough!
Expect the unexpected...
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02/09/2023
📢Calling all 15-25 year olds!📢
We have a series of events coming up across September and October looking at how to plan events, how to host audiences and communities and how to test out your ideas!
These workshops will be lead by Sonia Tyrna, who is a q***r and Polish ceramic artist. Sonia is Co-Founder of a social enterprise Collaborative Future, and a part of Zesty’s Collective, a Nottingham q***r collective.
🎟 Book free tickets at the link in our bio!
📆 How to Host Spaces: Wed 13 Sep, 5pm-6.30pm
📆 How to Plan Events: Tue 19 Sep, 5pm-6.30pm
📆 Testing Ground: Tue 4 Oct, 5pm-6.30pm
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Image description 2: sonia and a group of young people in a workshop, there are post-it notes across the table]
19/07/2023
WE'RE BACK!
To kick things off come along to our FREE slow craft social lead by Textile Artist and Visitor Services Supervisor, Emma Graves.
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Drawing ideas from Craftivism and Mindfulness, we will explore relaxing techniques such as embroidery, collage, and printing in the session.
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No need to have previous craft experience. Drop-in at any time but booking is required.
Materials will be provided!
19 August. 1-4PM. Link in the bio!
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08/03/2023
UPCOMING THIS SATURDAY.....Following last year's Nottingham Youth Climate Assembly residential, young people (aged 14-25) and youth leaders are invited to be part of talks and workshops on tackling climate justice in Nottingham and beyond.
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We will open the discussion by talking about the youth manifesto for climate action from Nottingham Youth Climate Assembly. We will cover youth-led conservation, social action and policy making alongside community meals, allotments and more!
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This event aims to leave you with inspiration and information to take on the future with energy to build more positive stories for our city and our world...
🟢Sat 11th March
🟢2.30pm-4.30pm
🟢Free - book online on our website!
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16/02/2023
Come along next week to 1525 Food for Thought, a casual and comfy reading group for 15-25 year olds.
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In this session we'll be joined by local artist and musician Khaya Job. Khaya is best known for her work under Femme Fatale Gals, an annual magazine and empowerment platform that champions mental health, race and feminist issues.
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Wed 22 5pm-6.30pm
Tickets are free, link in the bio!
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20/12/2022
❄️Winter blessings❄️
It's nearly the end of 2022 - let's have a look back over the youth programme this year....
A big thanks to everyone who has connected with us and supported the delivery of our programme. Special thanks to workshop facilitators, co-ordinators and of course, 1525 collective.
See ya in 2023 for more fun!
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Image 2: Black and white photo of young people doing capoeira movements in a room with wooden flooring and a long wide black curtain.
Image 3: A scroll of white paper with the words 'Q***r Fest' stuck down in multicoloured lettering. Random multicoloured drawings are around it, and a hand poised with a yellow pen ready to draw.
Image 4: Screengrab of a powerpoint slide that reads the title 'What are Safety tools?' in white followed by bullet pointed text that reads 'Systems, processes or "things" that help make the game more accessible, and help people communicate their needs and boundaries before, during and after games. Empowering everyone at the table.' in white. The background is blue and green with pale white overlapping circle shapes.
Image 5: Black and white image of group of people at around a screen with a powerpoint presentation. Two people are stood up speaking.
Image 6: A multicoloured drawing of a fantasy map of nottingham. Atop lies a king of spades, dice and scattered blue siny stones. A hand is clasped around a small pile of stones.
Image 7: Artwork by 1525 collective member Leonor: The background is black with collage of images of the Hollow Earth exhibiton at Nottingham Contemporary. White curved shapes are scribbled ontop.
Image 8: Tumeric yellow blanket with multicoloured hand-made zines displayed on top. The zine at the front has a vibrant purple splash of ink on the cover.
Image 9: Large room with grey concrete walls and wooden floor. There is warm lighting and grey cushions arranged in a circle. A person is stood in the distance.]
20/10/2022
Are you aged 15-25?
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Come along for a day of vocal games, creative play, circle singing and meditation!
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Sun 13 Nov, 11am–4pm
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03/10/2022
INTRODUCING... Prue, our GM for Defenders of the Great Oak!
Prudence (she/they) is a community leader, writer, and avid player of table top role playing games (TTRPGs). With 10 years of experience under their belt, they have launched various digital and community projects focused on the power of table top storytelling – anything from folklore storytelling to audience driven collaborative gaming. They founded and coordinated Roll For Good, a charity initiative highlighting and playing games within the European TTRPG community and raising over £6000 for charity to date. They have released two of their own games – ranging from fun uses of physical space to emotional lyric games with a focus on self-identity. When she is not gaming, Prudence is an environmental scientist, enjoys fantasy worldbuilding, and exploring our place in the natural world as part of her gaming.
🎃Come along and Prue for our FREE online TTRPG weekender! Booking required - link on Nottingham Contemporary's website🎃
11/08/2022
Come join our interactive workshop turn social lead by ! We will explore our own identities by imagining spaces we each call our own, and collectively creating Q***rville - a world which could better benefit us in our expression.
Look forward to crafts, chats and exercises - no art skills needed!
We’ll be fostering a safe space of active listening throughout so that everyone feels seen and heard.
Any people of LGBTQIA+ and questioning identities are welcome.
Free. Booking is required - link in the bio.
Sat 3 Sep, 2pm–5pm
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08/08/2022
Imagine a Nottingham but not as we know it...
Combining popular fantasy tabletop game ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ with world-building and cartography game ‘The Quiet Year’, we will design the future of Nottingham and live amongst this imagined world as defenders of the Great Oak.
Can our community survive an ordeal and come out stronger? Will our Defenders prevail? Only through playing can we know the answer.
Sat 27 Aug – Sun 28 Aug
Free. Online. Booking required, link in the bio!
This is a 2-day tabletop role play gaming event - please only book if you can attend both sessions as spaces are limited.
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01/08/2022
Want to make zines but don't know where to start? Our upcoming workshop will show you how!
Join us for an introductory zine making workshop, lead by Ed Phipps of Dizzy Ink and Bikini State, where you will learn 3 simple zine making techniques. In the session you will be guided on how to make your own zines using the materials provided. Feel free to bring along any visual materials that you want to include or collage into your zine!
Wed 17 Aug, 5–6.30pm
Free. Limited spaces. Book your ticket with the link in our bio!
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26/07/2022
💧This summer we've been working alongside Imara's Participation group in a series of creative workshops lead by artist and designer
💧We've been experimenting with different mark-making and printing techniques to create pieces of work that will go in the 'Seaglass' exhibition at Nottingham Society of Artists on 22-29th August.
💧We're really keen to have other people contribute artworks on the theme of Hope!
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11/07/2022
Curious about drag? Gagging to learn more about your fave local performers?
Join us next week for a fun-filled reflective chat with non-binary drag artiste and Gay Up Duck’s shape shifting drag performers, .versa and .nova. Leading this discussion will be none other than Jade Bramley who is a member of 1525 and the brains behind ***rnotts_zine.
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02/05/2022
We are looking for new members to join 1525 Collective! Are you a creative person between the ages of 15-25 years old?
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We are 1525, a group of young creatives who gather regularly at Nottingham Contemporary. We strive to be a proactive collective in sharing resources, discussing ideas, and mutually supporting each other’s creative interests. We provide a space for critical engagement combined with invention and playfulness. We pledge to connect and respond to the issues that affect young people in the city. Together, we move to reimagine the arts in a broadening experimental practice.
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27/04/2022
The rhythmic, fluid and fast movements of Capoeira.
We had a Capoeira Taster session lead by organisers of .geracao2022. In this introduction to Capoeira, we were encouraged to connect with the ground below us and to be present in our bodies, as we moved around the Temple space.
Despite the fact that Capoeira has been in the UK for over 30 years, it is still unknown to many people.
Nova Geração 2022, is a 3-day event involving Capoeira, music and workshops led by up-and-coming young teachers. We are thrilled to be hosting the final 2 days here at Nottingham Contemporary.
Sat 30 Apr - Sun 1 May.
Book your tickets with the link in our bio!
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24/03/2022
We are thrilled to be hosting the final 2 days of Nova Geração 2022, a 3-day event involving capoeira, music and dance workshops led by up-and-coming young teachers.
Created by Capoeira Collective and WAHAD, a collective of young Capoeiristas around the UK, this event is for people that are interested in capoeira, those with years of experience and anyone interested in trying capoeira for the first time.
Despite the fact that capoeira has been in the UK for over 30 years, it is still unknown to many people. With the introduction of social media, capoeira is becoming more popular, with many dancers, martial artists and movement practitioners showing interest in capoeira. By calling on some of the most talented young Capoeiristas in the UK, this event aims to create a safe space where young people in the capoeira community can meet others that share the same interests.
A capoeira event like this has never been attempted before in the UK.
Sat 30 Apr – Sun 1 May, book your tickets at the link in our bio.
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23/03/2022
Last month we hosted a workshop with Architectural Designer William Harvey and artist Ryan Boultbee, two creatives obsessed with the built environment.
The small group gathered to share their thoughts on the future of Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station, an unofficial landmark that welcomes you to the city. It is likely to be the last coal-fired power station in the UK.
Using an architectural scale drawing, depicting the empty shell of a cooling tower, we encouraged everyone, individually and collectively, to share their ideas about what a future re-use of this part of the infrastructure could be. We saw a range of fabulous ideas, including vertical farms, community housing, a giant game of snakes and ladders, and a colossal pop-up cinema. We stuck all the drawings onto the walls of Nottingham Contemporary, assembling a micro exhibition to collectively soak up the creative possibilities.
What do you think the future of Ratcliffe-on-soar power station should be?
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10/03/2022
Board the train to the future.
As part of our work with to co-create a wellbeing-centred installation imagining the garden shed as a Museum of the Future, we worked with local artists to put on a series of workshops.
Inspired by fantasy, sci-fi, and nature, four workshops were undertaken to create the pieces and give the participants an opportunity to curate their own space.
In the second workshop, the focus was on sound, frequencies and light. Participants were given props, instruments and prompts to create expressions of what they believe the future will sound like.
You can listen to a recording of this put together by artist Benjamin Rostance at the link in our bio.
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09/03/2022
With the guidance of a team of artists, we worked with two groups at to co-create a wellbeing-centred installation imagining the garden shed as a Museum of the Future.
Inspired by fantasy, sci-fi, and nature, four workshops were undertaken to create the pieces and give the participants an opportunity to curate their own space.
An aspect of this project was the formation of a toolkit that would highlight areas of interest for the development of future workshops that may increase their accessibility and usefulness for future attendees.
The toolkit was written by Benjamin Rostance, and includes details of the work, and 10 Recommendations for both workshop providers and participants.
You can find this toolkit at the link in our bio.
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08/03/2022
Have you ever wondered…what does the future hold for Nottingham?
We teamed up with Confetti Institute of Creative Technologies to create Gamechangers 2094, a video game aimed at turning these thoughts into reality.
Set in the year 2094, Nottingham Contemporary is at the centre of one of the last remaining strongholds of civilisation. Atop of this building stands The Major Oak - a sanctuary for the citizens of a future society. Explore its roots and meet friends along the way.. together we will navigate this new world in an adventure that will teach us lessons of humanity, survival, and kinship.
This game was developed over a series of five, short workshops at Nottingham Contemporary, and launched on our cafe terrace last week. You can now download the game to try it out yourself at the link in our bio.
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18/02/2022
Have you ever woken up and looked out the window to wonder… What does the future hold for Nottingham? We’ve teamed up with Confetti Institute of Creative Technologies to create a project aimed at turning these thoughts into a reality through the use of creative storytelling and worldbuilding using videogame creation and development software.
Join us to celebrate the launch of our new digital game: Gamechangers 2094.
23 Feb, 5-7pm
Book at the link in our bio
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04/02/2022
We recently created a meditative soundscape through a session which aimed to ease anxieties about the future. Through the soundscape, they showed the participants how experimenting with object triggers, similar to ASMR, can be used as a meditative tool in moments of stress.
Listen to the full soundscape at the link in our bio.
Design + photos:
Curated by: .lagden &
01/02/2022
We recently hosted a workshop around eco-anxiety and radical tech with artist Sean Roy Parker earlier in the month, and you can now listen to an edited recording of the workshop online
Listen to the full talk at the link in our bio
29/01/2022
Eco-Anxiety Download is a new meditation by Dudley commissioned by young Nottingham artists Robin Pierce and Lucy Morris as part of .
In this meditation, the artist embodies a discarded Christmas tree and guides us through a meditation to help our anxieties about the planet. Take part in this meditation by listening to Dudley's recording at the link in our bio .
[ID: The words "Eco Anxiety Download" drawn onto a close up photo of a Christmas tree]
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We recently created a meditative soundscape through a session which aimed to ease anxieties about the future. Through the soundscape, they showed the participants how experimenting with object triggers, similar to ASMR, can be used as a meditative tool in moments of stress.
Listen to the full soundscape at the link in our bio.
Design + photos: @crartck
Curated by: @ellismolinghen @sophie.lagden & @crartck
We recently hosted a workshop around eco-anxiety and radical tech with artist Sean Roy Parker @fermental_health earlier in the month, and you can now listen to an edited recording of the workshop online
Listen to the full talk at the link in our bio
Earlier in the month we hosted a workshop on radical tech for survival and eco anxiety with artist Sean Roy Parker @fermental_health
You can now listen to an edited recording of this session at the link in our bio ✨
In 2021, we worked with local art space and community interest company @gasleakmountain to host a series of workshops for an LGBT+ youth group @base51_outburst at @base5_1 . Through the sessions which explored queer utopian futures, the young people produced a series of oracle cards which act as tools for self reflection. 🔮
Each card comes with a description to help the user understand it, which you can view on our website at the link in our bio.
The oracle cards are all currently on display in the foyer outside our café so do pop in to view them in person.
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Summer Exhibition Launch Party: Pia Camil and Trix & Robert Haussmann
Over the years our young people have been involved with some major projects within our gallery and around the city.
Since 2010, we have always offered valuable creative learning experiences for young people. Before 1525 Collective, our collective was called Collabor8. The Collabor8 collective grew from of a national programme called Circuit led by Tate and funded by Paul Hamlyn Foundation, which took place 2013-2017 and aimed to connect 15–25 year olds to the arts. Through this project, nearly 10,000 young people in the programme were involved in programming, courses, events and workshops
In 2015, Collabor8 organised Affinity Festival. After a year’s planning, programming and hard work and dedication, the festival became a huge success, reaching 4,000 young people aged 15-25 over two days. Other events include Collabor8’s regular party events, Frequency, which included music, gaming, creative workshops, vintage photography booths and more. Collabor8 also programmed regular after-hours film nights inspired by our exhibitions, among many other events.
1525 exists as a space for you creatives in Nottingham to come together to support each other and our creative interests. We meet on a weekly basis to engage in discussions, attend workshops, plan and execute events and more. Our aim is to respond to issues facing young people in the city, and to encourage a connection between young people and the arts.
If you would be interested in getting involved, contact our youth programmer - Wingshan - for more information: [email protected]
