Launching 23 August 2023
After two years of regular creative play sessions, Build Create Play has developed to create a public artwork for the new playground. The artwork is being designed by artist Ismail Khokon through a series of creative workshops with local children – exploring what play means to them and the materials, shapes and colours that spark their imaginations.
Build Create Play is a project working with local families and young people around Ronald Street Playground in Radford. The playground is currently a neglected space with old play equipment and this project aims to bring local people’s voices and ideas in to shape how this space is developed.
Read MoreThis short film offers a tour of the Making Place Exhibition that took place at Primary in 2021 and an overview of collaborative community projects from the previous three years.
Read MoreWhen This Tree Blossoms… began in 2018 as part of a national project exploring how we can envision positive futures in response to climate and environmental change. The first event took place when artists Frank Abbott and Rachel Jacobs followed the blossoming of the cherry trees in Christ Church Gardens across the road from their studios at Primary.
Read MoreA series of inspiring activities, created by artists, for you to try at home. Suitable for kids and adults of all ages to experiment and enjoy!
Read MoreAn expansive and celebratory exhibition marking three years of Making Place, our long-term community programme looking at how we learn from the city and how we use public space. Join us as we reflect on past projects and generate ideas for the future.
May - July 2021
Read MoreOur long-term programme focusing on learning from the city and use of public space, comprising of a number of commissions and ongoing projects, including regular event series’ Social Practice Social, Skillshares, and Tell Me Something I Don’t Know.
2017 - present
Read MoreIf lockdown was a rhythm, what would it be? A group of local young people aged 16-25 will produce a podcast or radio show focused on stories, thoughts, and reflections about the lockdown, led by digital storyteller Jaya Gordon-Moore and creative practitioner Parmjit Sagoo.
September - October 2020
Read MorePrimary have been archiving and releasing Tell Me Something I Don't Know recordings as a podcast.
May 2020 - present
Read MoreA public artwork, created by Bahbak Hashemi-Nezhad in collaboration with local residents, responding to the question 'What is Lentonness?' at a time when the neighbourhood has undergone significant changes.
April - September 2019
Read MoreOur long-term programme to develop a dye and pigment garden, working with Primary resident artists and local communities to design, build, grow, and process plants, and to learn new skills together.
Summer 2018 - present
Read MoreA project led by maker duo Effy Harle and Finbar Prior to design and build bespoke furniture for the Reading Room at Primary.
August 2019
Read MoreA collaborative project between artist Chiara Dellerba and children at Edna G Olds Academy to design a public mural in a newly developed area of Lenton.
July 2019 - present
Read MoreA project led by Nottingham Black Archive and Primary to document the experiences of members of the Windrush generation, and their descendants, who worked for Raleigh Industries.
May 2019 - present
Read MorePhotographer Ben Harriott presents an exhibition of photographs and audio recordings from Radford’s Mill Allotments, capturing gardeners’ memories and experiences, some of whom have been working this patch of land for over 50 years.
November 2018
Read MoreAn exhibition, meal, and walk led by artist Jagdish Patel, bringing together stories of people from the South Asian disapora who settled in Nottingham and challenged everyday racism through activism.
September 2017 - June 2018
Read MoreA collaboration between Primary and Maraa exploring artistic practice in public space, taking place across two intensive labs and follow-up public events, in both Nottingham and Bangalore.
June - September 2017
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