Nottingham Contemporary

Artist and podcast host Sophia Mena leads a walkthrough of Julia Isídrez’s ceramic practice, tracing how skills and creative knowledge pass between generations. Look closely and share ideas about women, community and cultural memory in a relaxed discussion, with gallery stools available.

Make a portable personal altar with Nottingham-based artist and witch Wingshan, using painting, hand-stitching, herbs, fabric and found materials. Explore ritual, landscapes and cyclical change, with no experience needed - and bring items you’d like to include.

Experience Sarah Cunningham’s paintings through a British Sign Language tour led entirely in BSL by Jason Redwood, with no interpreter or voiceover. Explore speculative landscapes, ecology, art history and science fiction across Galleries 2 and 3.

Explore how artist-led spaces shape creative careers through Matthew Chesney’s reflections on Sarah Cunningham’s six years at BACKLIT studios. The conversation gets into finding space to work, earning a living and keeping an artistic practice going.

Walk through Sarah Cunningham’s exhibition with Dr Adam Searle, exploring her ideas about nature, feminist speculative fiction and more-than-human worlds. Then respond to selected excerpts from Ursula K. Le Guin with creative writing prompts.

Artist Martin Clarkson leads a slow-paced walkthrough of Sarah Cunningham’s exhibition, sharing stories from their friendship and reflections on her painting practice. Pause in the galleries to explore themes of nature, trees, deep time and our connections with the more-than-human world.

Hear ceramic sculptor Irina Razumovskaya and art historian Lara Pucci discuss clay from artistic and educational perspectives. Explore its physical properties and how it connects makers across places and cultures, while remaining rooted in place as it travels across contexts.

Build a planet’s past, map its present and imagine its future through a hands-on worldbuilding game with local artist Millie Quick. Use illustration, discussion and creative writing to draw on science and society - and take home a complimentary copy of the game.