World Event Young Artists

World Event Young Artists (WEYA) is a new international arts festival that will launch in Nottingham on 7 September 2012, as a finale to the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad.

1,000 artists, all aged between 18 and 30, from 100 nations have been selected to take part in this showcase of creative talent. They will bring their work to Nottingham for a 10-day festival celebration in 30 world class venues and alternative spaces across the city, including the School of Art & Design's Bonington Gallery.

NTU students and graduates selected to exhibit
We are also proud to announce that a number of NTU students and graduates have been selected to exhibit their work as part of WEYA:

Emily Maciness, BA Photography
Lauren O'Grady, MA Fine Art
Alice Gale-Feeny, BA Fine Art (2011 graduate)
Alice Georgina Thicket, BA Fine Art (2011 graduate)
Leila Al-Yousuf, BA Fine Art (2010 graduate)
Jeff Baker (as part of Institute for Boundary Interactions), BA Fine Art (2007 graduate)
Finbar Prior, BA Fine Art (2011 graduate)
Frank Kent, BA Fine Art (2009 graduate)
Alex Pain, BA Fine Art (2011 graduate).

UK Young Artists
This event is hosted by UK Young Artists, an organisation founded by Nottingham Trent University, De Montfort University Leicester, Loughborough University and the University of Derby, and supported financially by the Arts Council of England. Key partners of World Event Young Artists include:

In total 64 delegates from 25 countries - arts executives and artistic directors from Australia to Zimbabwe, from Bolivia to China - came to Nottingham for the WEYA launch event. They were able to network and learn more about World Event Young Artists, which will be the culmination of the Cultural Olympiad in the East Midlands.

Find out more on the World Event Young Artists website.