• Still I Rise: Feminisms, Gender, Resistance.

    Last week I visited the Contemporary’s newest exhibition, Still I Rise. Displayed across four galleries, Still I Rise has over 100 exhibits, including new commissions as well as previous work not often exhibited here in the UK. Each gallery offers a different thematic perspective and are all open for...
  • CROP UP Gallery Nottingham

    Do you enjoy long walks around art galleries? Art-themed club nights? Blog writing and more? Then CROP UP Gallery is perfect for you! CROP UP is a student-run art gallery, who are passionate about immersing themselves in the art world. We curate pop-up exhibitions and organise fundraising club nights...
  • Winifred Nicholson: Liberation of Colour @ Nottingham Lakeside Arts

    Nottingham Lakeside Arts’ latest exhibition, Winifred Nicholson: Liberation of Colour, is a marvellous exploration of the use of colour in impressionism. On show until the 4th June in the Djanogly Gallery, the exhibition shows the development of lesser-known artist Winifred Nicholson through her life, and the influence her various trips...
  • Candid Confessions – Part Two: Working In A Gallery

    Impact Arts asks students who have worked in the arts industry about some of their funniest moments. This week Isla McLachlan and Ingrid Jauffret share their gallery giggles. What is your funniest story or most memorable moment? ”To encourage their creativity, I did a physical impression of the route...
  • Let’s Articulate #16: Are galleries and theatres being ruined by smartphones?

    I recently visited the ‘Records and Rebels’ exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. This fantastic exhibition demonstrated the era-defining importance of the late 1960s and its impact at the time. It included fashion, film, design and activism as well as some of the best music of...
  • Ctrl – Shift – Curate – Interview with Legacy Russell

    Business Insider recently named Legacy Russell as one of their coolest women in UK tech. Hailing from New York’s East Village, Russell now lives in London, and works at the online platform Artsy. Impact Arts’ Aaron Tej recently spoke with Russell, also the founding theorist behind Glitch Feminism, about the way we interact...
  • The Grand Tour (Part 1): Nottingham Contemporary

    The Grand Tour originally took place in the 17th – 19th centuries for rich travellers so they could become ‘cultured’. The tour took them across the globe, from England to Italy and Greece. For the modern day traveller however, this has been narrowed down to the much more accessible local...