Summer school: the vikings are coming!

For young Vikings aged 8-13. This fantastic three-day summer school will give participants the chance to […]

Tags: Lakeside Arts Centre, summer school, travellers through time, vikings

Echoes and I Imagine

A dance/spoken word performance (Aakash Odedra Company).

Tags: dance, dance performance, Djanogly Theatre, echoes, i imagine, Lakeside Arts, Lakeside Arts Centre, theatre, theatre and dance, threads of empire

The dinosaurs are coming – help us hatch our baby dinosaur!

A world-exclusive dinosaur exhibition is coming to Nottingham this summer. The ‘Dinosaurs of China’ exhibition will […]

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Tags: crowdfunder, dinosaur, dinosaurs of china, Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham Lakeside Arts

Picnic in the Park

What better place to enjoy a picnic than the beautiful landscaped grounds of University Park? Throw in live music and a host of free activities and you’ve got a perfect way to spend a summer’s afternoon.

Tags: family, free, Friends of University Park, Highfields Park Boating Lake, Lakeside Arts Centre, Millennium Garden, Newstead Brass Band, Picnic in the Park

Pop Art to Britart

One of the most important collections of late-twentieth century and contemporary art in private hands is […]

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Tags: Bridget Riley, David Hockney, David Ross, Francis Bacon, Lakeside Arts Centre, Patrick Caulfield, Peter Blake, Pop Art to Britart, Richard Hamilton, Sir Nicholas Serota, The Carphone Warehouse

Healing power of art

The pioneering use of art from the early 1800s in helping to treat people with mental […]

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Tags: Althea Thauberger, Art in the Asylum: creativity and the evolution of psychiatry, Associate Professor in the Division of Psychiatry and Applied Psychology, Dr Victoria Tischler, Lakeside Arts Centre, Marat/Sade, Peter Weiss

Writing around Contemporary Art

Emma Biggs and Matthew Collings are successful artists and writers, and will discuss their involvement with writing and the making of art by critically analysing different forms of writing used in support of their work as artists.

Tags: art, Department of Culture Film and Media, Emma Biggs, Lakeside Arts Centre, Matthew Collings, Paul Gladstone

‘Gen Silent’ film screening

The evening will be introduced by Dr Kathryn Almack, who will speak about her research exploring end of life experiences and care needs in the lives of older LGBT people; a UK-based project funded by Marie Curie Cancer Care. This will be followed by a screening of Gen Silent, a critically-acclaimed US documentary, which explores real-life issues facing older LGBT people in later life and towards the end of life.

Tags: ESRC, Festival of Social Sciences, film, Lakeside Arts Centre, LGBT

Pop Art to Britart a smash

Pop Art to Britart is attracting thousands of visitors to Lakeside Arts Centre.

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Tags: Carphone Warehouse, Damien Hirst, David Hockney, David Ross, Djanogly Art Gallery, Impact: The Nottingham Campaign, Lakeside Arts Centre, LS Lowry, Marc Quinn, Nottingham Potential, Peter Blake, Pop Art to Britart, Sir Nicholas Serota

Art and science

A world premiere is being staged at Lakeside Arts Centre thanks to an innovative collaboration between researchers, the NHS and the arts.

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Tags: Director of Lakeside Arts Centre, Holly Webb, Impact: The Nottingham Campaign, Inside Out of Mind, Joanne Lloyd, Justine Schneider, Kezia Scales, Lakeside Arts Centre, Maurice Roëves, Meeting Ground Theatre Company, National Institute for Health Research, Professor of Mental Health and Social Care, REF, Research Excellence Framework, Shona Powell, Simon Bailey, Tanya Myers