Lakeside Arts is the University of Nottingham's public arts centre and a leading regional venue for theatre, dance, and visual arts located on University Park. It offers an eclectic year-round program including exhibitions, workshops, and family-friendly performances across galleries, a museum, and a theatre. It’s an absolute gem of a place and, for the last couple of months, has been home to the original artworks of Andy Warhol. Some of the works on show haven’t been available to the public in a decade but thanks to Lakeside Arts and an amazing initiative with Artist Rooms they’re available for you to see. Artist Rooms is a programme run by the National Galleries of Scotland and the Tate which, amongst many positives, makes Art more accessible to the public away from London and Edinburgh, for example but more on that later.
In the first of this two part special, I chat with Ashley Gallant who is the Head of Visual Arts at Lakeside. He chats about his role and the logistics in making sure that the original artworks of Andy Warhol are both cared for and presented in an accessible way for the general public.
The second part of this series is also now LIVE! Head over to the Arts & Toast podcast with me, Kirsty, to hear from Ashley and also Ceri Lewis from Artist Rooms about their goal to make art accessible to the public, outside of areas such as London and Edinburgh.
