New Art Exchange is a contemporary art gallery in
Nottingham's Hyson Green neighborhood representing contexts of Black, Asian, and minority ethnic artists and communities. The organisation formed as a charity in 2003 from APNA Arts (a South Asian arts groups) created by Parbinder Singh and EMACA (East Midlands African Caribbean Arts), which educationalist and historian
Len Garrison
Lenford Alphonso (Kwesi) Garrison (13 June 1943 – 18 February 2003) was an educationalist, community activist and historian whose life's work was to catalogue the development of the black British identity and its history and promote the works o ...
helped to establish.
Architecture
The building was designed by architects
Hawkins\Brown
Hawkins\Brown Architects LLP is an architectural practice with studios in London and Manchester.
History
Roger Hawkins and Russell Brown set up Hawkins\Brown in 1988.
In recent years Hawkins\Brown has won and been shortlisted for awards includ ...
. It opened in 2008, replacing the old Art Exchange building that was previously known as The People’s Dispensary. It was officially opened by Laura Dyer from
Arts Council England, Michael Williams from
Nottingham City Council
Nottingham City Council is the local authority for the unitary authority of Nottingham in Nottinghamshire, England. It consists of 55 councillors, representing a total of 20 wards, elected every four years. The council is led by David Mellen, of ...
, and artist
Hew Locke
Hew Donald Joseph Locke (born 13 October 1959) is a British sculptor and contemporary visual artist based in Brixton, London. In 2000 he won a Paul Hamlyn Award and the EASTinternational Award.
In 2010 he was shortlisted for the Fourth plinth, ...
on 5 September 2008. In 2009/10 The New Art Exchange building won five design & architecture awards including RIBA’s (
Royal Institute of British Architects
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is a professional body for architects primarily in the United Kingdom, but also internationally, founded for the advancement of architecture under its royal charter granted in 1837, three supp ...
) National Award, RIBA East Midlands Award, The City of Nottingham Lord Mayor’s Awards for Urban Design (New Build) & Overall Winner, and East Midlands National Civic Trust Award.
Events
New Art Exchange hosted Nottingham Mela 2018
New Art Exchange hosted Nottingham Mela 2017
Projects
The New Art Exchange successfully ran 'The Culture Cloud' project for The Digital R&D Fund for Arts and Culture that Nesta and the AHRC Fund. 40,000 votes were cast by the public for the 101 shortlisted art works and the Top 40 are now on display online and, as of this week, in the NAE's gallery space in Nottingham.
Further reading
Oxborrow, Lynn; Elijah, Ayodeji; and Lawton, Christopher, "Creative and Digital D2N2," ''Creative Quarter Company,'' December 2015 (http://www.d2n2lep.org/write/Documents/Creative_and_Digital_D2N2_Sector_Plan.pdf)
References
External links
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Creating Monument Symposium
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Arts centres in England
Art museums and galleries in Nottinghamshire