Join renowned photographer Andy Earl in conversation with Tom Godfrey, Curator & Director of Bonington Gallery, as they explore the stories, processes and experiences behind Flash and Blur, Earl’s major exhibition celebrating a remarkable career documenting some of the most influential cultural figures of the past half-century.
Spanning more than four decades, Flash and Blur brings together photography, video, and archival material, tracing Earl’s remarkable career from his time as a photography student at Nottingham Trent University (1974-1977) to the present day.
In this special evening event, Earl will discuss the development of his practice, the people and places behind the images, and the role photography has played in documenting cultural history.
Following the conversation, visitors will have the opportunity to explore the exhibition after hours, with the gallery remaining open exclusively for event attendees. This is a unique chance to hear first-hand from the artist and experience the exhibition with fresh insight into the stories behind the photographs. This event is free to attend, but booking is essential. Learn more about the exhibition: Andy Earl: Flash and Blur.
Doors open: 5.45 pm
Running time: In conversation approximately 1.5 hours (with questions), followed by reception in Bonington Atrium and late night gallery opening until 9pm.
Book your free ticket here.
Join us for a free guided tour of Bonington Gallery’s latest exhibitions with BSL interpretation.
Book your free ticket and enjoy a guided tour of Flash and Blur, an exhibition by Andy Earl, led by the Gallery’s Director, Tom Godfrey.
Along with an introduction to the exhibition, Tom will talk through the accompanying Vitrines exhibition, When Attitudes Become Attitude.
This event will last up to an hour. Please meet inside Bonington Building in the foyer space outside the Gallery doors at 12.55 pm. Free and open to all, booking required.
Book your free ticket here.
Join us for a free guided tour of Bonington Gallery’s latest exhibitions with BSL interpretation.
Book your free ticket and enjoy a guided tour of Common Grounds – Counterculture & Confrontation since 1976 , an exhibition by Alan Lodge, led by the Gallery’s Director, Tom Godfrey.
Along with an introduction to the exhibition, Tom will talk through the accompanying Vitrines exhibition, It’s a Wonderful Protest.
This event will last up to an hour. Please meet inside Bonington Building in the foyer space outside the Gallery doors at 12.55 pm. Free and open to all, booking required.
Join us for a free guided tour of of Ibiye Camp’s solo exhibition layt de kam at Bonington Gallery, and her newly commissioned artwork in NTU’s new Design and Digital Arts building close by.
The tour will be led by Tom Godfrey, Curator and Director of Bonington Gallery.
This event will last up to an hour. Please meet at the entrance to Bonington Gallery for a prompt start at 1.00 pm. Free and open to all, booking required.
Ibiye holds an MA in Architecture from the Royal College of Art, and BA (Hons) in Fine Art, from the University of the Arts London, Central Saint Martins. Ibiye’s Thesis project titled Data: The New Black Gold was awarded the School of Architectures Dean’s Prize and was nominated for the RIBA Silver Medal Award.
Ibiye has presented her work at The Sharjah Architecture Triennial titled Rights of Future Generations in 2019 and Triennale Milano The State of the Art of Architecture conference in 2020. She showed in the Istanbul Biennial titled Empathy Revisited in 2020, and MAAT – Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology’s exhibition titled X is Not a Small Country in 2021 and the 13th Shanghai Biennale titled Bodies of Water in 2021, and London’s Art Festival, Deptford X in 2022. In 2023 Ibiye was included in the Venice Architectural Biennial within the group exhibition Guests from the Future, and in 2024, was included in Unseen Guests, a project organized by Iniva as part of the British Pavilion’s public programme at the 60th Venice Biennial.
Ibiye Camp, Rhiarna Dhaliwal and Emmy Bacharach run a BA Studio titled Digital Native at the Design Academy Eindhoven.
Join us for a free guided tour of of Ibiye Camp’s solo exhibition layt de kam at Bonington Gallery, and her newly commissioned artwork in NTU’s new Design and Digital Arts building close by.
The tour will be led by Tom Godfrey, Curator and Director of Bonington Gallery.
This event will last up to an hour. Please meet at the entrance to Bonington Gallery for a prompt start at 1.00 pm. Free and open to all, booking required.
Ibiye holds an MA in Architecture from the Royal College of Art, and BA (Hons) in Fine Art, from the University of the Arts London, Central Saint Martins. Ibiye’s Thesis project titled Data: The New Black Gold was awarded the School of Architectures Dean’s Prize and was nominated for the RIBA Silver Medal Award.
Ibiye has presented her work at The Sharjah Architecture Triennial titled Rights of Future Generations in 2019 and Triennale Milano The State of the Art of Architecture conference in 2020. She showed in the Istanbul Biennial titled Empathy Revisited in 2020, and MAAT – Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology’s exhibition titled X is Not a Small Country in 2021 and the 13th Shanghai Biennale titled Bodies of Water in 2021, and London’s Art Festival, Deptford X in 2022. In 2023 Ibiye was included in the Venice Architectural Biennial within the group exhibition Guests from the Future, and in 2024, was included in Unseen Guests, a project organized by Iniva as part of the British Pavilion’s public programme at the 60th Venice Biennial.
Ibiye Camp, Rhiarna Dhaliwal and Emmy Bacharach run a BA Studio titled Digital Native at the Design Academy Eindhoven.
On the occasion of Ibiye Camp’s solo exhibition at Bonington Gallery and the newly commissioned artwork displayed in NTU’s Design and Digital Arts Building, we are delighted to welcome Ibiye to give a talk about her recent work and wider practice, followed by a Q&A led by Bonington Gallery Curator & Director, Tom Godfrey.
The talk will take place in the Bonington Lecture Theatre, just next door to the gallery, and is free and open to all, booking required.
Ibiye holds an MA in Architecture from the Royal College of Art, and BA (Hons) in Fine Art, from the University of the Arts London, Central Saint Martins. Ibiye’s Thesis project titled Data: The New Black Gold was awarded the School of Architectures Dean’s Prize and was nominated for the RIBA Silver Medal Award.
Ibiye has presented her work at The Sharjah Architecture Triennial titled Rights of Future Generations in 2019 and Triennale Milano The State of the Art of Architecture conference in 2020. She showed in the Istanbul Biennial titled Empathy Revisited in 2020, and MAAT – Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology’s exhibition titled X is Not a Small Country in 2021 and the 13th Shanghai Biennale titled Bodies of Water in 2021, and London’s Art Festival, Deptford X in 2022. In 2023 Ibiye was included in the Venice Architectural Biennial within the group exhibition Guests from the Future, and in 2024, was included in Unseen Guests, a project organized by Iniva as part of the British Pavilion’s public programme at the 60th Venice Biennial.
Ibiye Camp, Rhiarna Dhaliwal and Emmy Bacharach run a BA Studio titled Digital Native at the Design Academy Eindhoven.
Join us for a free guided tour of Bonington Gallery’s latest exhibitions with BSL interpretation.
Book your free ticket and enjoy a guided tour of layt de kam, a solo exhibition by Ibiye Camp, led by the Gallery’s Director, Tom Godfrey.
Along with an introduction to the exhibition, Tom will talk through the accompanying Vitrines exhibition, Through Our Eyes, In Our Words.
This event will last up to an hour. Please meet inside Bonington Building in the foyer space outside the Gallery doors at 12.55 pm. Free and open to all, booking required.
Join us for a free guided tour of Bonington Gallery’s latest exhibition with BSL interpretation.
Book your free place and enjoy a tour of Bonington Gallery’s first exhibition of the season, To Farse All Things a joint exhibition by William English and Sandra Cross, led by the Gallery’s Director, Tom Godfrey.
Along with an introduction to the exhibition, Tom will talk through the accompanying Vitrines exhibition, Someone’s Doing Something.
This event will last up to an hour. Please meet inside Bonington Building in the foyer space outside the Gallery doors at 12.55 pm. Free and open to all, booking required.
In this series of events, which are part of Jenni Ramone’s project on breastfeeding narratives and representations, Jenni is joined by photographer Karim Iliya, writer ‘Pemi Aguda, and nurse educator Meg Moorman. These conversation events invite us to think about how the arts and humanities can transform the way we practice and understand breastfeeding, health, and our interactions with other animals and the planet.
Join Karim Iliya discussing the hidden underwater worlds and other natural places he has portrayed in photography and films, with NTU’s Jenni Ramone.
Karim Iliya is a photographer, filmmaker, whale swimming guide, and former dearMoon crew member based in Iceland. He also co-founded Kogia, a nature conservation non-profit. Karim grew up in the Middle East and Asia and developed an insatiable curiosity for the natural world which has taken him into the midst of exploding volcanoes, battling whales, ice worlds of the Arctic, and many of the incredible places where humans and animals make their homes. Through his photography and films, Karim takes his audiences to hidden underwater worlds and documents other natural places in an effort to protect Earth’s delicate ecosystems. Karim has worked in over 50 countries, won multiple awards, and his work has been featured in numerous distinguished magazines, documentaries, and publications.
For more on Karim’s work, check out his website and for more of his photos follow this link to his Instagram.
Join fiction writer ‘Pemi Aguda reading from and discussing her recently published collection of short stories, Ghost Roots, with NTU’s Jenni Ramone.
‘Pemi Aguda is from Lagos, Nigeria. She has an MFA from the Helen Zell Writers’ Program at the University of Michigan. Her writing has been published in Granta, Zoetrope: All-Story, Ploughshares, and One Story, among others, and won O. Henry Prizes. Her novel-in-progress won the 2020 Deborah Rogers Foundation Writers Award, and she is the current Hortense Spillers Assistant Editor at Transition Magazine. Ghostroots, a finalist for the 2024 National Book Award in Fiction, is her first book.
For more information about Pemi’s work, please visit her website, webstore, and Instagram
Join nurse educator Meg Moorman discussing her project on using visual thinking strategies to enrich nursing education and patient care, and considering how the strategies might be applied to breastfeeding support, with NTU’s Jenni Ramone.
Meg Moorman is a pioneering nurse educator whose innovative integration of the arts into nursing education has significantly influenced the development of clinical judgment and holistic care practices. As a Clinical Associate Professor at Indiana University School of Nursing, she also serves as the Coordinator of the MSN in Nursing Education Program and directs the Faculty Innovating for Nursing Education (FINE) Research Center. Dr. Moorman’s contributions have been recognized nationally; in 2022, she was inducted as a Fellow into the National League for Nursing’s Academy of Nurse Educators, honouring her innovative approaches to nursing education. She has presented her research internationally and consulted with various universities and healthcare workers throughout the world. Her ongoing efforts continue to inspire educators to incorporate humanities-based methodologies, like visual thinking strategies (VTS), to enrich nursing curricula and ultimately enhance patient care outcomes. Through her research and practice, Dr. Moorman has demonstrated that VTS can foster a safe learning environment, encourage diverse perspectives, and improve medical professionals’ ability to interpret complex clinical situations. Her work has shown that engaging with art through VTS not only sharpens visual literacy but also cultivates empathy and reflective thinking among nursing students. She was recently accepted into the Harvard Macy’s Art- Museum-based Health Professions Education Fellowship.
Form more information about Meg’s work, please follow this link to their website, and a feature written about this project can be found here.
Join us for a discussion and audio experience with Nottingham rapper Cappo and collaborating sound artist Tom Harris, exploring the ideas and processes behind CAPStone, Cappo’s week-long exhibition at Bonington Gallery between 14 – 21 June.
For the third event in our Bonington Connects programme, we are delighted to invite Nottingham based rapper Cappo and sound artist Tom Harris to discuss their collaboration and explore the ideas behind Cappo’s solo exhibition CAPStone. The two artists will also lead an improvised sound workshop and experience – utilising spoken word and elements found within the exhibition.
Bonington Connects
Bonington Connects is a student-programmed talks, discussion and workshop series inviting people to engage in thought-provoking conversations in response to Bonington Gallery’s exhibition programme. Aimed at creating an accessible atmosphere, this series encourages exploration of our exhibitions in informal, open and engaging settings. This installment has been programmed and organised by final-year MFA Fine Art student Vidhi Jangra.
We are pleased to acknowledge that funds from NTU TILT have supported this event.
