Shared Plates

Shared Plates, Food & Art Festival
A one day food and art festival in and around New Art Exchange, Hyson Green.
Saturday 25th April 2026 | 11:00 - 18:00

  • Local Menu
    A selection of free food from local restaurant partners
    served in The Corner Cafe, New Art Exchange round a big table! 

  • Shared Places
    Photography exhibition in celebration of the people who cook, serve, and share food across Hyson Green’s diverse restaurants and cafés. 

  • Art Workshops
    Print making with our artist in residence and a collective mural.
    Community Mural
    Paint a giant artwork alongside an artist

  • Global Radio
    DJs and selectors spinning plates from around the world

  • Talks
    Food groups and local initiatives talking about the work they do

  • Walks
    Foraging and photographic walk around the local area

Mission
To use the joy of cooking food and creating art to bring communities together.

Guiding Values
Community
We believe in the power of people coming together. We build partnerships and initiate conversations between artists, cooks, residents, and organisations.
Creativity
We celebrate visual art and use creativity as a tool for expression, communication, and joy.
Diversity
We honour the rich mix of cultures that make Hyson Green unique, championing inclusion through shared experiences.
Legacy
We aim to create lasting impact, nurturing pride in Hyson Green’s cultural identity and inspiring future generations.

Further info
Food and art are universal languages that share culture, spark conversation, and bring people together. Hyson Green is a melting pot of cuisine and community, and Shared Plates celebrates that diversity by inviting people to experience the area through food and art. In collaboration with New Art Exchange, the UK’s largest gallery dedicated to contemporary visual arts from the Global Ethnic Majority, the festival unites local global cuisine with creativity forging new partnerships and shaping the identity of Hyson Green.

Programme.

Local Menu

Corner Cafe NAE

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Shared Places

Photography Exhibition with Sam Tariq
Mezzanine Gallery NAE

Community Mural

Help paint our community mural with artist WooSun Choi

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Global Radio

TANO’s Mixing Bowl with guest DJs
Corner Cafe NAE

Urban Foraging Walk

with Forager Dan

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Art Workshop

Print making with The Carousel Print Club
Print your own tea towel, artwork by Zena Kay
Learning Room NAE
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ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE

  • Illustrator

    Zena Kay is an illustrator and designer whose work is thoughtfully focused on food, seasonal storytelling, travel, and small brand content. Based in Nottingham, she collaborates with clients locally, nationally, and internationally across diverse cultures and sectors.

    She has participated in numerous mural exhibitions including the Nottingham City Library mural, Bridlesmith, and Art Fest. Additionally, she has hosted various workshops for small businesses and festivals.

  • Photographer

    I’m a photographer based in Nottingham. My work focuses on everyday life, portraits, and documentary-style stories that explore the connections between people and place. Blending street and observational photography, I’m interested in themes of identity, community, and how environment shapes experience.

  • Visual Artist

    Woosun Choi is a visual artist from Seoul, South Korea, based in Nottingham,UK. She studied her master of fine arts at Nottingham Trent University. She paints on canvas with oils and works on digitally too.

    Her practice revolves around the externalisation of personal emotions in various fictional characters that she asserts are all a part of herself, radically taking the idea of self-portraiture beyond the self. She examines the social and political nature of these themes; scrutinising the ordinary aspect of daily life and transforming, and transporting it into a new reality.