ANNUAL REPORT 2019/2020
DECEMBER 2020 1. NEW ART EXCHANGE VISION, MISSION AND VALUES CONTENTS 2. CHAIR’S INTRODUCTION 3. CEO’S WELCOME
4. SUMMARY OF ACHIEVEMENTS
5. VIRTUAL REALITY WALKTHROUGHS AND ARTIST FILM
6. THE YEAR IN NUMBERS
7. ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE AND RESEARCH
8. AUDIENCES
9. TALENT DEVELOPMENT
10. SCHOOLS LEARNING PROGRAMME
11. DIGITAL ADVANCEMENT
12. ADVOCACY
13. SUSTAINABILITY AND ENTERPRISE
14. UPLIFT PRIORITIES
15. FINANCIAL STATEMENT
16. LIST OF EXHIBITIONS
17. PARTNERS
18. TEAM MEMBERS
19. BOARD MEMBERS 1.
VISION NEW ART “Arts from diverse cultures for all”
EXCHANGE MISSION “To stimulate new perspectives VISION, MISSION about the value of diversity in art and society”.
AND VALUES NAE will champion, embrace and engender cultural diversity in all that we do. We will play a leading and stimulating role in the region to ensure that diversity resonates more widely at a national and international level. Through our commitment to informing and promoting the relationship between art and society, NAE will strive to make increasingly visible the contribution of diverse voices to this agenda.
VALUES
• Nurturing: To become a place where talent and creativity is nurtured • Accessible: To make art and culture accessible to all • Open and experimental: To be open and receptive to new ideas and opportunities • Excellence: To recognise the value of excellence in all that we do 2.
In the year 2019 – 2020 New Art Exchange made great strides in its ambition to become the leading organisation in the UK for cultural CHAIR’S diversity and the visual arts. We delivered a year of ground-breaking exhibitions and we engaged with thousands of people through our pioneering engagement programmes, events and festivals.
In Hyson Green our local impact was strengthened as we launched new INTRODUCTION schools and community programmes and initiated the first NAE Open project for artists from culturally diverse backgrounds and those living locally.
I warmly welcome six new esteemed board members, Ashitey Akomfrah, Jiten Anand, Meeta Dave, Mahtab Hussain, Rhiannon Jones and Sophia Ramcharan. They will join me, and all the board in thanking the dedicated team at New Art Exchange for their valuable contributions, and their ability to adapt so quickly to the “exceptional” circumstances created by COVID-19 which emerged at the end of the year.
I would also like to thank our communities, investors, funders, audiences, artists and instigators for their invaluable support. We look forward to re-opening in the year ahead with determination to overcome challenges posed by the global pandemic.
Leslie McDonald Chair, New Art Exchange, Board of Trustees 3.
This year has seen an exceptional period of growth and development. It marks the halfway point in the “uplift” business plan. We continued CEO’S WELCOME to champion cultural diversity in art and society, support new creative businesses to open and achieve greater impact locally, nationally and internationally.
We have without doubt presented a stellar year of exhibitions from diverse artists. Our new commissions included Everyday Superstars by Hassan Hajjij, Mimesis: African Solider by John Akomfrah, Encroachments by Shezad Dawood in partnership with biennials in Sharjah and Lahore, Does Anyone Leave Heaven by Ibrahim Ahmed and a new iteration of Jambo Cinema by Dawinder Bansal.
Around the time of the 100th anniversary of the first Remembrance Day we showcased When the Snow Melts, in partnership with Himmah as part of the Muslim Memory project with artists Jagdish Patel and Farida Makki. This powerful exhibition charted the stories of Nottingham’s Muslim communities involved in the Second World War. The stories from this exhibition reached national news and were archived by the BBC.
Internationally and nationally we continued to make an impact through our touring exhibitions, 3 of our exhibitions toured to 6 dierent galleries in the UK and USA. Our international programme Here, There & Everywhere secured several major partnerships across Africa, and featured in biennials in Casablanca and Lagos.
The year ended unexpectedly with the temporary closure of NAE because of COVID-19. The ongoing situation presents many challenges to come for both our sector and society. We are planning how to adapt and return, maintaining our role as a home for audiences and centre for artistic excellence.
I would like to thank our funders and investors, especially Arts Council England and Nottingham City Council; the hard-working NAE team and trustees, and all the incredible artists, local communities and audiences that support the sector, our venue and programme, as we venture forwards into a new year.
Skinder Hundal CEO 4.
238 9 SUMMARY OF 9 NEW COMMISSIONS BY 238 ARTISTS SUPPORTED ACHIEVEMENTS CULTURALLY DIVERSE ARTISTS UK IN 2019 – 2020 USA SAN FRANCISCO
YORK BRADFORD
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OXFORD BRISTOL • MUSEUM OF AFRICAN DIASPORA IN SAN FRANCISCO, USA • MODERN ART OXFORD • YORK ART GALLERY • THE ROYAL WEST OF ENGLAND ACADEMY • IMPRESSIONS IN BRADFORD • GALLERY OLDHAM
3 NAE EXHIBITIONS TOURED TO 6 DIFFERENT VENUES ACROSS THE UK AND IN THE USA OPEN
REAL CREATIVE FUTURES PROGRAMME 42% OF AUDIENCES FROM SUPPORTED 7 NEW BUSINESSES TO OPEN CULTURALLY DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS SUMMARY OF ACHIEVEMENTS 20% IN 2019 – 2020 INCREASE
OVER 700 APPLICATIONS FOR VIEWS OF OUR DIGITAL CONTENT THE NAE OPEN INCREASED BY 20% 5% 15%
AUDIENCE TO OUR PUBLIC 5% INCREASE IN VISITORS TO NAE PROGRAMMES GREW BY 15% 5. VIRTUAL REALITY WALKTHROUGHS AND ARTIST FILM
1 2 Some of our exhibitions were recorded in virtual reality for the fi rst time, view highlights below and the full list on our website.
https://bit.ly/3gV7eAL
1. The Path by Hassan Hajjaj https://bit.ly/3gWkKEr
2. The NAE Open https://bit.ly/2QPlXCH
3. Mimesis: African Solider by John Akomfrah https://bit.ly/2QOp5i6 3
4. When The Snow Melts https://bit.ly/2YYBwfJ
5. Encroachments by Shezad Dawood https://bit.ly/3br9ZZI
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9 8 Artist Film
Watch highlights from our artist fi lms this year and fi nd the full list on New Art Exchange’s youtube channel.
6. Hassan Hajjaj, Everyday Superstars – Artist Profi le 10 https://youtu.be/mCbT-V_-gAM 11 7. New Art Exchange Open https://youtu.be/K8hZjswk-Ac
8. John Akomfrah in conversation with Jenny Waldman and Skinder Hundal https://youtu.be/P6XThuKYCgQ 12
9. Ibrahim Ahmed, Does Anyone Leave Heaven? https://youtu.be/86-tZ7V-yCw
10. Shezad Dawood, Encroachments – Artist Profi le https://youtu.be/DyVbc2pmKY0
13 11. Dawinder Bansal, Jambo Cinema https://youtu.be/d3VlawYBTe0
12. Lady Skollie, Artist Profi le part of Here, There and Everywhere programme https://youtu.be/vHbBlw-uzbQ
13. Nottingham Arts Mela 2019 Playlist 14 https://youtu.be/f2m5MTSovLo
14. When The Snow Melts https://youtu.be/pqHWQy6XLj4 6. 15 238 9 69,273 Exhibitions Artists supported New Art Commissions Visitors to NAE Programmed
337,936 74,696 40,294 19,824 Public Art Audiences Touring Exhibition Main Gallery Mezzanine Gallery Audiences Audiences Audiences THE YEAR 48,491 6989 85,568 Central Gallery Audiences to Digital Audiences IN NUMBERS Audiences offsite events
42% 232,953 29% 512 Percentage of our Number of unique views Hyperlocal Audiences – Number of creatives audience from Culturally on our website and living within a mile supported through Diverse backgrounds video content radius of NAE Real Creative Futures
10,804 99% 127 7 40 Engagement in all Visitors rating their Hours of 1-2-1 coaching New creative businesses Individuals mentored public programme overall experience of delivered through the opened through through the Real and learning events NAE as good or Real Creative Futures Real Creative Futures Creative Futures on site very good programme support programme 7. ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE & RESEARCH
In 2019 – 2020 New Art Exchange presented leading contemporary visual art representing culturally diverse perspectives. Our exhibitions and research programmes raised the profile of culturally diverse artists, influencing and transforming arts practices locally and across the UK.
Exhibitions & Commissions Touring Programme We began the year with The Path by Hassan Hajjaj, curated The exhibition touring programme had a highly successful by Ekow Eshun with NAE. Hajjaj is known as the “Andy year. Three exhibitions curated and produced by NAE, Warhol of Marrakesh” and the exhibition presented a unique Sounds Like Her, The Script by Akram Zaatari and Africa and timely consideration of culture and identity in the State of Mind toured to six venues including the Museum of modern, globalised world. The NAE Open, showcased over African Diaspora in San Francisco, USA, Modern Art Oxford, 50 artists from diverse heritage or living in Nottingham York Art Gallery, The Royal West of England Academy, through this hugely popular open call project. Mimesis: Impressions in Bradford and Gallery Oldham. African Solider by John Akomfrah, a co-commission with 14- 18 NOW, commemorated the millions of African and colonial Research soldiers, labourers and carriers who served in the first world war. The exhibition launched in autumn 2019 with a fully Here There & Everywhere booked artist talk. Does Anyone Leave Heaven by Ibrahim NAEs international programme focused on developing Ahmed, installed at PRIMARY in Nottingham commented partnerships across African and UK cities and hosted a on the constructed mythology surrounding the US as a series of residencies, research visits, talks and exhibitions. place of desire and opportunity. Encroachments by Shezad Ibrahim Ahmed’s, commission for NAE, Does Anyone Dawood, took a direct look at relations between Pakistan Really Leave Heaven, featured at PRIMARY and the Havana and the US since partition in 1947 through a Virtual Reality Biennial, and Hassan Hajjaj’s The Path are just two examples. environment, set in an installation with wallpaper, neon, The UK-wide partnership includes venues in Birmingham, sculpture and print. Nottingham, Derby, London and Leeds. New developments When the Snow Melts charted the stories of Nottingham’s and partnerships across Africa include Casablanca Biennial, Muslim communities involved in the Second World War. Lagos Biennial and Bamako Photo Biennial. A major Dawinder Bansal presented a new iteration of Jambo conference was delivered at Venice Biennale through the Cinema a recreation of her family living room along with the African Art in Venice Forum. Research trips were conducted corner shop, Bansal Electrical which had been in storage by UK curators and artists who ventured to Morocco, since 1989. The exhibition reflected on life for the first Nigeria, Senegal, Mali, Ghana and South Africa. generation of South Asian’s to make the UK their home. In the Central Gallery, 30 local photographers were Academic in Residence showcased in O-Centre, Nottingham’s independent Professor Anthony Downey, from Birmingham City photography festival. A Black Canvas, curated by our young University (BCU), joined the NAE programme to explore people’s group, All Black Connect highlighted the practice Artificial Intelligence and arts practice. Ian Sergeant, also of 11 black creatives from the East Midlands. from BCU joined the creative academic team to study black masculinity and the arts. Image Credit: Visitor to NAE Open. Image Credit: Roma Community Celebration Day. 8.
Nottingham Arts Mela NAE teamed up with Nottingham Mela Network to help It’s an ongoing process of deep listening, observation, AUDIENCES deliver a week- long festival of South Asian Arts across building trust, establishing networks, and collaborating three core sites: Hockley, NAE and the Arboretum park. with local community leaders and organisations. Over 80 artists participated and over 6500 audiences and Working with Amity, Truth Mental Health and Nottingham communities participated and benefitted. Refugee Forum, we’ve co-planned and hosted regular AND LOCAL community cohesion events, including Eid Jam, a community Family and Young People Activities Iftar, Punjabi Café, Truth Black History and ESOL workshops Saturday Art Club is a drop-in creative workshop designed using the exhibitions. We’re also developing engagement for families to create and have fun together. The Holiday strategies for new public programme events such as COMMUNITIES Harvest Gathering. Programme is led by artists and takes place during holiday periods, for those aged 7 – 11 years and 11 – 16 years. Our ongoing partnership with National Justice Museum and Communities Inc has created the ongoing Walk the Talk There was 5% increase in visitors to the gallery compared to the previous Access Programme programme. We have strong connections with several women’s year and a 15% increase in the number of people who took part in our public organisations. Working in collaboration with Nottingham We run two projects as part of our access programme; Body programme of events onsite. 42% of our audiences were from black, Asian Muslim Women’s Network, Juno and Equation, we delivered As Canvas, a creative workshop delivered by and for adults or minority ethnic backgrounds. Over 20,000 visits came from visitors the Know Your Rights workshop. Our Community Activism with learning disabilities from our collaborators LEVEL; project uses creative and holistic approaches to inform women living within a mile radius of NAE. and Verbal Imaging, a specialist gallery tour and workshop about self-care, wellbeing, rights and responsibilities, forced suitable for blind and visually impaired visitors delivered The Public Programme at NAE, like its exhibitions, celebrates the region’s marriage and domestic abuse. cultural richness and diversity. We present an ever-changing programme of in partnership with My Sight Nottinghamshire. We plan to expand our engagement with disabled audiences in the We collaborated with Streetwise Opera to devise a pop- creative activities for families and young people, artist talks, film screenings, years ahead. up opera within Hassan Hajjaj’s The Path. This created an symposiums, workshops, skill-building sessions and festivals which included ongoing dialogue about homelessness and the arts. live performances of music, dance and theatre. Community Engagement We’ve hosted several community conversations about hate crime, in partnership with Communities Inc and Nottingham The Community Programme engages local audiences with City Council. We’ve recently secured Police & Crime NAE’s exhibitions and co-creates projects in response to Commissioner funding, supporting our ongoing work with community interests and needs. The programme is emerging community cohesion, positive community narratives and and has been through an extensive ‘trial and testing’ phase prevention of hate crime. over the last year. Image Credit: (Left) Saturday Art Club. (Right) Nottingham Arts Mela. Image Credit: Honey Williams, NAE Prize Winner in front of her artwork, Big Black Truth (2016). 9.
Young People – YARD & YOUnique YARD and the YOUnique Festival are key projects within This year the programme helped to start 7 new creative TALENT NAE’s youth engagement strategy designed to unlock businesses, supported 512 creatives, delivered over 127 and nurture the creative potential of young people aged hours of 1-2-1 coaching and mentored 40 individuals. 7-17 years. This year YARD participants have developed 4 RCF participants also showed work in the NAE Open. confidence, wellbeing and social skills through regular DEVELOPMENT participation in drama sessions led by professional theatre ExperiMentor practitioners. ExperiMentor provides bespoke support for artists of Talent Development is threaded through all of NAE’s work and we YOUnique Festival was organised by and for young people. all disciplines. The cohort this year took part in sessions In its second year of development, a group of Young seek to support the development of the next generation of artists, with leading artist, Ibrahim Ahmed and Sarah Perks, an Producers aged 12-17 years strengthened their skills in creative producers, leaders and social change-makers through a independent curator and former Artistic Director of HOME. project management, marketing and programming to Katharina Fitz, presented work within the NAE Open and wide range of activity. Talent Development projects are distributed present a vibrant day of workshops, pop up exhibitions and took part in a residency and exhibition at One Thoresby across the organisation in NAE’s Creative, Learning, International performances for their local community. Street, Nottingham. Following their time in the programme Programme and Real Creative Futures teams. Billy Dosanjh received a major funding award from Film All Black Connect London and Chiara Dellerba received an a-n seed bursary. All Black Connect (ABC) is NAE’s young people’s collective ExperiMentor artists in 19/20 were: Ey Harle, Farida Makki, aged 18 – 30. They design socially engaged projects Amelia Seren Roberts, Billy Dosanjh, Katharina Fitz, Chiara focused on issues impacting young black people in the UK Dellerba and Kim Bormann. today. They delivered The Black Creative Network project, a significant professional networking event for over 40 local VIP black creatives. NAE supported the practice of five ABC NAE’s Volunteer programme provides work experience members through paid opportunities as contributors to to gain new skills and to advance professionally within NAE’s public programme. the creative sector. Two of our volunteers gained paid work at NAE this year. Real Creative Futures (RCF) RCF is a business support programme, aimed specifically at the creative and digital Industries (CDI) sector in Nottingham. It is a part of The Big House project, partners include The Creative Quarter, Derby QUAD, Derby Theatre,
Image Credit: (Left) Black Creatives Network Event. NBV, Nottingham City Council, Nottingham Trent University (Right) Filming for YOUnique, young people’s festival. and the University of Derby. 10. SCHOOLS LEARNING PROGRAMME
Over the course of 2019 NAE began developing a creative NAE partnered with Heathfield Primary School pupils learning programme for Nottinghamshire’s primary and to deliver the Art Champions project where two secondary schools, colleges and other education providers, representatives from every KS2 class attended an art club with a focus on celebrating, valuing and exploring cultural to work towards their Explore Arts Award, with a visit to diversity through creativity. This aim was to be achieved every NAE exhibition to see the art, meet sta and create by supporting the curricula and social development art. needs of young people and translating artistic ideas into inspiring exhibition visits, workshops and in-school learning Creating Connections, a partnership between NAE with experiences. We prioritised NAE’s local schools whilst six inner-city and county-wide schools with support from reaching out across the city and shire. Nottingham Trent University and Art Fund. Here, artists, teachers, NAE sta and classes of young people work NAE received a series of school visits every season and we together to explore issues around tolerance and respect developed three further special projects as detailed below. for diverse cultures and faiths using practice based in philosophy and art. Arts Awards programme including Discover-in-a-day, Explore Arts Award and Own Art Club where participants worked towards Bronze Arts Award with one of our Associate Artists.
Image Credit: Scotholme Primary School visit to The Path. 11.
DIGITAL ADVANCEMENT
NAEs core Digital Strategy for this period was to embed digital Audience Development across the organisation with consistency, clarity and ambition. This year we reached 20% more audiences online compared Virtual reality walkthroughs documenting each exhibition The role of digital is shared, with project leaders in Marketing, to the previous year. We created 12 artist films which were were created by V21 Artspace this year. Hosted on our Creative and Technical teams. watched over 50,000 times, an increase of 25% compared website and online, they provide increased access to our to 18/19. Social media followers continued grow at a healthy programmes and form a rich archive to build on. There are three guiding principles of the strategy rate, with many channels exceeding expectations. The project to develop a new website was put on hold because of Organisational Sustainability COVID-19. It is planned to resume in 2021/2022. Sustainability covers several areas from income generation to management of the building. Progress was made against Artistic Innovation all targets including the implementation of a cloud-based NAE has a strong track record of supporting and producing IT system. quality digital art and experiences. This year we continued to present artistic excellence and innovation by commissioning new digital work, presented in complex AV installations, pushing the limits of this medium. New content was created for The Path and the Everyday Superstars film by Hassan Hajjaj. New digital commissions included Mimesis: African Soldier
Image Credit: Digital Music workshop as part of YOUnique festival. by John Akomfrah and Encroachments by Shezad Dawood. 12.
ADVOCACY
NAE profiled and advocated the impact of its work to influence policy locally and nationally and create conditions to attract future funding.
As the leading arts organisation representing the creative case for diversity, NAE played an advisory role in the Arts Council’s 10 year forward plan, Let’s Create. Skinder Hundal was interviewed for Frieze magazine for this opinion on the arts sector and immigration post Brexit. NAE had a presence at the monthly Nottingham Cultural Partnership meetings thoughout the year, attended by the CEO or the Head of Business Development.
We worked with an external PR specialist for Hassan Hajjaj’s exhibition, The Path, which resulted in strong press coverage in print and online across arts, culture, lifestyle and news press nationally. Later in the year Channel 4 News covered When the Snow Melts alongside other national platforms including the BBC and Metro. Other coverage highlights included Art Monthly, BBC 6 Music and range of local press, Left Lion, East Midlands Today, Radio Nottingham, Nottingham Post.
Good progress was made on the Corporate Communications Strategy.
Image Credit: (Top) Skinder Hundal, CEO of New Art Exchange in Shezad Dawood’s exhibition, Encroachments at the season launch event. (Bottom) Audiences at the Prize-giving event for the NAE Open. 13. SUSTAINABILITY AND ENTERPRISE
New Art Exchange is a proud recipient of the Arts Council England Trusts and Foundations Café, Hire and Retail National Portfolio Organisation funding 2018-2022, which drives the A total of £212,000 in additional bids were submitted to Trading in the café achieved 94% of its target which ambitions of the organisation to achieve its vision. It receives some a variety of trust and foundation sources including Paul included a loss of 15 trading days because of closure regular funding from Nottingham City Council but also works to Hamlyn Foundation, Art Fund, ERDF, The Nationally Lottery due to COVID-19. Sales figures for hires increased 36% diversify its income generation streams through applications to and Children and Need, however all these applications compared to previous years. External catering reached Trusts and Foundations, and income through enterprise initiatives. were suspended in March as a result of COVID-19. New calls 82% of target. Both Hire and Catering results were adversely for funding will begin to remerge as part of the £1.57bn aected by the closure of the building. Income generated cultural renewal funding announced recently. Two funding through retail sales and donations both increased compared applications planned to be submitted in 2019/2020 were to the previous year and exceeded target. rescheduled to 2020/2021 before COVID 19 emerged. NAE successfully secured £32,732 in funding support Environment through ACE Catalyst Evolve. This also enabled work to NAE were successful in their application to join Julie’s successfully apply for other funding totalling £35,000 from Bicycle Accelerator to learn best practice about how to trusts and foundations, and consultancy work to deliver become more environmentally e³cient and sustainable. projects in the UK and in Italy. Participation has been postponed because of COVID-19 but is expected to resume soon.
Image Credit: (Left) South Asian Elder’s event at Dawinder Bansal’s Jambo Cinema. (Right) Stall holders at the Melting Pot Festival. Image Credit: Nottingham Carnival Performers at Melting Pot Festival. 14.
UPLIFT PRIORITIES
Please note the following activity is made possible through the increase in funding during the 18 – 22 period.
Enhanced engagement and learning/personal development programmes Leading to audience diversification and growth with a focus on culturally diverse and low socio-economic groups.
Embedding digital technologies Working with more digital communications, art practices and mediums across all NAE activities.
Drive a stronger culture ensuring sustainability and commerciality Via new sources of commercial and trading income, sponsorships, private giving.
Enable radical innovation through research, development and experimentation Determining new models, practices encouraging a pragmatic think tank to materialize.
Strengthen marketing and communications to transform audience engagement Market profile, investment and awareness of NAE’s activity and purpose.
Image Credit: International dance star Wahab Shah performs at Nottingham Arts Mela. 15. STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITY
INCOME TOTAL FUNDS 2020 (£) TOTAL FUNDS 2019 (£)
Grant income 852,898 867,975
Fund raising activities 221,820 126,685
Income from charitable activities 490,712 858,339
Interest received etc 610 387
Total Income 1,566,040 1,853,386
EXPENDITURE
Costs of generating voluntary
Income 43,427 66,606
Trading expenses of café 34,213 34,749
Costs of charitable activities 1,468,319 1,733,457 including charity overheads
Total Expenditure 1,545,959 1,834,812
NET OPERATING SURPLUS BEFORE DEPRECIATION 20,081 18,574
DEPRECIATION 106,434 100,519 *
SURPLUS/DEFICIT FOR THE YEAR PER - 86,353 - 81,945 16. EXHIBITIONS
Main and Mezzanine Gallery The Street Gallery Hassan Hajjaj, The Path Laura Pannack: Separation: What does Brexit Mean for Love? 6 April – 23 June 2019 15 March – 14 April 2019 (Part of Format Festival) NAE Open, Nirvair Singh Rai and Janhavi Sharma, Memory of Land 13 July - 8 September 2019 1 August 2019 – 13 March 2020
Main Gallery TOURING EXHIBITIONS John Akomfrah, Mimesis: African Soldier Sounds Like Her 27 September – 31 December 2019 York Art Gallery, 12 July 2019 – 15 September 2019 Shezad Dawood, Encroachments Gallery Oldham, 14 December 2019 – 7 March 2020 18 January - 15 March 2020 Africa State of Mind Mezz Gallery Impressions Gallery, Bradford, Jagdish Patel, When The Snow Melts: 29 March - 15 June 2019 The World Wars, Empire And Muslim Soldiers Museum of African Diaspora, San Francisco, USA 27 September – 31 December 2019 4 September to 15 November 2019 Dawinder Bansal, Jambo Cinema Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, 18 January - 15 March 2020 14 December 2019 to 1 March 2020
Akram Zaatari, The Script Central Gallery Modern Art Oxford, Richard Chung, Everyday Superstars 23 March - 12 May 2019 6 April – 23 June 2019 Nottingham Trent University O¬ Site Partner Projects Photography Degree BA Show Showcase, Ibrahim Ahmed: Does Anybody Leave Heaven? 18 May – 9 June 2019 Havana Biennale, Positive Images by Alina Moldovean, Stelian Afrasinei, 12 April to 12 May 2019 Minerva Hartley, and Community Participants, 13 July - 8 September 2019 PRIMARY, 27 September – 19 October 2019 Michael Ellis, Beyond Diagnosis presented by Sistas Against Cancer, Self Help UK and Macmillan Beyond Diagnosis Service, 27 September – 31 December 2019 O Centre Photo Festival, 16 September – 31 December 2019 ABC, A Black Canvas, 18 January - 15 March 2020 Keisha Castello and Kairos, This is Who I Am 18 January - 15 March 2020 17. PROGRAMME COLLABORATORS AND CULTURAL PARTNERS
New Art Exchange believes in developing strong, long term partnerships and has successfully nurtured existing relationships and forged new ones during the year, bringing new grant funders, commissions, sponsors and supporters.
Programme Collaborators
1525 Collective FORMAT19 National Justice Museum Sharjah Biennial All Black Connect Gallery Oldham Nottingham Arts Mela Sistas Against Cancer Amity Global Sistaz United Nottingham Asian Smoking Dogs Films Architecture of Shame HTE Consortium Arts Council The Tetley Art Fund Ian Robinson Nottingham Black Archive The Big House ArtSpeak Idea Room Nottingham Mela Network Timothy Taylor Baby People Imperial War Museum Nottingham Muslim Together Today Women’s Network Bagri Foundation Jhaveri Contemporary Truth Mental Health Nottingham Poetry Birmingham City University John E Wright 14–18 NOW Nottingham Refugee Week ChalleNGe Lagos Biennial 4/4 Gallery Nottingham Trent Communities Inc Lahore Biennial University Creative Quarter LEVEL O« Centre Delfina Foundation Midlands Art Centre Poets Against Racism Derwent Valley Mills Manushi Dance Company Primary World Heritage Site Matera Città Aperta Radford Academy Eastside Projects Matera Open Future Royal West of England European Regional Muslin Memory Project Academy Development Fund My Sight Nottinghamshire Sharjah Art Foundation 18. TEAM MEMBERS
* Indicates joined in this period Aaron Schoburgh Community Link Coordinator Martin Kostov Guest Services Assistant (Catering) ** Indicates left during this period Alice Avis* Digital Marketing Assistant Melanie Kidd Director of Programmes Anita Kumari Support Services Coordinator / Mercè Santos Mir* Public Programme Producer General Manager Muna Kandel Guest Services Assistant (Catering) Bethan Davies** Public Programme Producer Nadia Higgins Guest Services Assistant (Catering) Cindy Sissokho Touring Coordinator & Assistant Nicholas Hatch** Head Chef Curator Oliver Fox RCF Programme coordinator Craig Humpston Technical Manager (Exhibitions & Creative Programme) Olivia Austin Guest Services Assistant (Catering) David Mather RCF Programme Manager / Parmjit Sagoo Community Projects Producer Head of Business Development Rachel Willcocks* Marketing & Fundraising Assistant Davinder Virdi Deputy Chief Executive O³cer Richard Chung Front of House Assistant Elaine Carthy FOH / Administrative Assistant Ritika Biswas* Curator & Exhibitions Producer Emma Gower Executive Support Manager Ruth Lewis-Jones Learning Producer Fergus Carney* Guest Services Assistant Skinder Hundal CEO (Catering) Victoria Godfrey Head of Marketing, Francesca Vaney** Marketing O³cer PR and Digital Communications Ian Kaye Guest Services Assistant Vishal Taak Guest Services Assistant (Catering) (Cleaning) Joined and left Jade Foster* Creative Programme Coordinator Jeremy Bernholz Facilities & Operations Manager Joshan Gangotra Front of House Assistant Kyle Futers Guest Service O³cer Laurence Stone Customer Experience Duty Manager Laurencia Sutherland Finance Assistant Lisa Bonsu Guest Services Assistant (Cleaning) Manya Benenson Talent Development Producer 19.
BOARD MEMBERS
* Indicates joined in this period Ashitey Akomfrah* ** Indicates left during this period Jiten Anand* Meeta Dave* Sardul Gill Mahtab Hussain* Dr Rhiannon Jones* Mohan Khera (Company Secretary) Leslie McDonald (Chair) Professor Christopher O’Brien (OBE) (Vice Chair) Sophia Ramcharan* Jennifer Spencer (Vice Chair)
Leslie McDonald (Chair) Mahtab Hussain, Ashitey Akomfrah, Dr Rhiannon Jones, Professor Christopher O’Brien, Sophia Ramcharan, Sardul Gill, Jennifer Spencer, Mohan Khera, Meeta Dave. Not pictured Jiten Allen. New Art Exchange 39 – 41 Gregory Boulevard Hyson Green, Nottingham NG7 6BE 0115 924 8630 www.nae.org.uk
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