DIALOGUES is a rolling programme, offering free online 1-2-1 sessions. These informal sessions with Nottingham Contemporary staff are aimed at early-career artists based in the Midlands region.

These sessions will last up to 30 minutes and give participants the chance to discuss their work, receive advice and critical feedback on topics such as artist statements, portfolio building, funding applications and more. Please see our staff bios below for more information on staff specialties and areas of expertise.

Sessions will be made available at the beginning of each exhibition season and can be booked on a first-come, first-served basis through Ticket Tailor. We offer 1 session per exhibition season per participant, and no more than 3 sessions per year.

Please include information in your booking stating what you would like to focus on during the session and send us any work to be discussed at least a week in advance, in order to allow staff time to review.

Please read our FAQ guide here before making a booking.

For more information please contact our Assistant Curator of Live Programmes, Klara via email - kszafranska@nottinghamcontemporary.org

About the event

Online. Free. Limited Capacity. First come first served. Booking is required.

We offer 1 session per exhibition season per participant, and no more than 3 sessions per year per participant.

Following booking, you will receive an email with a zoom link for the date of your session.

Klara Szafrańska (she/they) is Assistant Curator of Live Programmes at Nottingham Contemporary. She has previously worked in the same position at BACKLIT Gallery, Nottingham (2023), as well as working as a Community Assistant at Nonsuch Studios, Nottingham (2022-23). Klara is interested in inter-disciplinary methods of working that overlap artforms and audiences. She is interested in exploring live programmes as a physical but temporary space to unravel notions around intersectional temporalities and queer transnationalism, particularly through site-specific, immersive and narrative-based events spanning performance, sound, sculpture and installation.

Klara is also an artist and a BACKLIT Gallery studio holder, with experience delivering workshops for groups and institutions.