The Norfolk Autumn Festival Awards & NCAS

The Norfolk Autumn Festival Arts Award Ceremony, recognising the arts and creative talent across the region, took place on Friday 3 November 2023, at the Ocean Room in Gorleston. Invited guests included the Singh Twins and Dr Rosy Gray, Curator of Contemporary Art at Norwich Castle Museum, who were finalists for the Diversity Award for their Slaves of Fashion exhibition. ncas is enormously proud to have been closely involved with this exhibition and commissioned the permanent artwork now on display at the museum. Invited trustee Helen Eisler represented ncas at this enjoyable gala evening. The Singh Twins were pipped to the post by Queerfest, who generously gave the Twins the most effusive praise in their acceptance speech. Groundwork Gallery in Kings Lynn was runner-up to Will Corvidae Sparling for the Visual Arts Award. Our recently appointed ncas patron, Alan Water, was awarded a Peter Wilson Special Recognition Award.