About this Event
The event is organised by BACKLIT and Nottingham Green Partnership and designed to bring creative practitioners together to discuss how we can collectively play a role in initiating positive environmental change. What role does art play and can creative communities help to build hope and further resilience towards climate issues.
As a result of the discussions and activities, we aim to collect different ideas, opinions, and actions. This will help to directly inform local businesses of the important value of the arts, in helping to change behaviour, visually engaged communication, and a better understanding of environmental issues locally and nationally.
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We will document the event with photographs and note taking.
Tea and coffee available on arrive.
The event is free to attend, but booking is required.
****if you have any access requirements, please email [email protected] in advance****
- BACKLIT
Founded in 2008 as an artist-led space by Nottingham graduates, BACKLIT has evolved into an internationally renowned independent public gallery and cultural organisation.
Since opening, we have contributed to over 14 years of arts and culture, presenting more than 100 national and international exhibitions, and continuing to support significant discussions around contemporary art.
- Nottingham Green Partnerships
First formed in 1992, the partnership consists of over 40 organisations and businesses working across Nottingham to develop, share, and encourage businesses and organisations to work together to deliver carbon reduction strategies.
- Ismail Khoken
Ismail Khokon is a British Bangladeshi socially engaged visual artist based in Nottingham, working to platform the experiences of communities whose members have been systematically marginalised. He believed that he could play an active role in shaping the region’s arts ecology and by using my experience and expertise to continue to support some of the most isolated and vulnerable people in our community. In addition to his artistic practice, Ismail is also the Steering Group Member for Contemporary Visual Arts Network in the East Midlands. He is a Trustee at BACKLIT, an Artist member at Primary gallery and associate artist in the New Art Exchange Nottingham.
- Hayley Meaden
Hayley is an artist and activist with a focus on socially engaged and sustainable projects, methods and materials. Her background is in costume for theatre, and her education in Visual Arts and Contemporary Jewellery.
She creates wearable art from textile, metal and is currently focused on environmentally positive materials and practices. Her work aims to connect us with our environment, with our stories, our sense of self and with each other.
Hayley is a Senior lecturer in Costume Design & Making at Nottingham Trent University. She is an experienced costume designer, supervisor and maker, and finds great inspiration from developing these skills in her students.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
BACKLIT - Gallery/Studios/Projects, Basement Gallery, Alfred House, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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