10th Birthday Party
Join us to celebrate ten years of Nottingham Contemporary, with a vibrant family-friendly day of activities.
10am – 6pm
Illumaphonium
Play with our colourful interactive musical sculpture. The Illumaphonium responds to your touch and creates an ever-changing pattern of light and sound.
11am-3pm
Family Activities & Face Painting
Explore sound and colour and make your own artworks together as a family. Then turn yourself into a work of art with our face painting, inspired by the weird and wonderful costumes of the Bauhaus.
11am-3pm
Costumes
Look out for the imaginative creations of recent Nottingham Trent University graduates - Rose Jennings, Jenny McInally, Luciane Humblot and Sophie Brown. Photographs by Crash Taylor Photography.
12-12.15pm
Metallic Band Performance by Edna G Olds School
Hear percussion music made from all sorts of metal items. Year 5 students at Edna G Olds school have been working with our Associate Artist, Chris Lewis-Jones to create this unique musical piece.
1-3pm: 1525 Tarot Card Making Workshop: Young Humans of Nottingham
3-5pm: 1525 Tarot Readings
Illustrate your own tarot cards based on Nottingham and Nottingham Contemporary, with artists Kim Thompson and Arit Etukudo. Open to 15-25 year olds. Please book.
11.30am-12.30pm – Talk with Cedric Fauq (Curator)
1–2pm – Talk with Carolina Rito (Head of Public Programmes and Research)
2.30–3.30pm – Talk with Olivia Aherne (Assistant Curator)
Find out more about our exhibition and creative programme from the team at Nottingham Contemporary.
3pm-3.15pm
Cake Cutting
Join us for a slice of cake, and hear from our director, Sam Thorne. Our cake is inspired by an iconic artwork we’ve exhibited, and tastes delicious.
5.30pm onwards
Live Music
A line-up of local music acts including Clyde Scothern, Esther Van Leuven, Chai 6ix Band, Tesla’s Kiss and headlined by Jimi and the Strangers, who will be performing their jig-inducing, toe-tapping melodic bluesy alternative rock.
In addition, there will be a number of talks throughout the day from our team. Gain unique and personal insights into our exhibitions and creative programme.If you have any birthday messages for Nottingham Contemporary, please tag us, or use the hashtag #alwayscontemporary.
To help us fund our next ten years, text TENYEARS to 70085 to donate £5. This costs £5 plus your standard message rate.
Free, but donations are encouraged.