Broadway Media Centre, Nottingham
7 December 2007
The 3rd National Public Art conference presented the role of art, culture and architecture as catalysts for change in shaping regional identity, focusing on projects in Corby and Nottingham.
The event investigated artists' responses and interventions to civic culture and the challenge of architectural and environmental regeneration. It examined how art and culture-led approaches can provide wider social and economic benefits for people, places and communities.
For further information visit www.artandarchitecture.org.uk
Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, Wakefield
Friday 2nd November 2007 - Conference: with more than 120 dedicated sculpture parks, trails and gardens in the UK, this conference examined this expanding phenomenon.
Saturday 3rd November 2007 - YSP Walkabout: The second day included a tour led by YSP staff of the sculpture park, Longside Gallery and the Andy Goldsworthy exhibition.
For further information visit www.artandarchitecture.org.uk
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Thursday 20th September 2007
Part of London Design Festival and Urban Design Week 2007
Creativity, Culture and Change were the themes of a one-day conference on leading regeneration projects through art and creativity with a focus on the mega-development at Kings Cross. The event included presentations of Artists for Places - a partnership between CABE, A&B and Arts Council England; an evaluation by Comedia on the PROJECT scheme to support public art strategies embedded within the planning system; an open forum with key speakers on art, architecture, landscape and planning, debating the role or art and cultural activity within the design of the built environment.
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The Building Cultures Urban Walkabout offered a choice of two guided tours around Kings Cross or along the Euston Road charting previous public realm commissions and interventions and revealing the physical and social landscape within which the new art and cultural activity will be sited. The walk was followed by lunch, discussion and debate drawing together the themes of the conference with the issues and opportunities arising in Kings Cross.
For further information or copies of papers go to http://www.landorconferences.co.uk/
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Liverpool
17th November 2006
The 2nd National Public Art Conference focused on issues of placemaking and transformation within the contemporary urban renaissance together with the role of art, media and culture as catalysts for change in shaping regional identity. The conference offered a creative, progressive and positive vision of art to the regeneration agenda with case studies, documentation and discussion. Key speakers from art, media, architecture and property provided current information on how art and culture-led approaches, working across disciplines, are influencing the built environment.
Organised by Art & Architecture Journal and Landor Conferences and supported by ixia.
For further information or copies of papers go to www.landorconferences.co.uk
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The Effect of Art and Regeneration in Shaping Green and Public Spaces
18th October 2006
The Public Garden conference was concerned with the collaboration of landscape architects and designers with artists on public realm projects. It explored the current experience of visual art programmes, installations and events, looked at the effect of art and regeneration in shaping experiences of rural and urban parks, considered projects for diverse natural and managed green public and private space.
Other highlights:
Utilising art and environment for tourism and marketing
The artist as mediator and catalyst
The role of local authorities
Ecological and sustainable use of open spaces
Collaborative and interdisciplinary ways of working
New and ambitious art + landscape schemes
Wastelands regeneration projects
A conference CD-Rom is available of the conference. Please visit www.landorconferences.co.uk
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This event was held at the Mechanics Theatre, Manchester Rd, Burnley on Tuesday 4th October 2005. Co-organised with Mid Pennine Arts this one day event explored the evaluation of public art practice in the context of live projects.
The agenda included :
Catherine Ward-Thompson (OPenspace Research Centre) talking on evaluation of public art practice
Nick Hunt (Mid Pennine Arts) & TonkinLiu Architects talking on the Panopticons Project
A site visit to one of the Panopticon sites
A summary report on the event can be downloaded here Summary report
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March 2005
Think Tank, Millennium Point, Birmingham
15th March 2005
This one day event for those engaged in the commissioning, production and mediation of public art and the built environment explored current practice in the context of regeneration, engagement and diversity. The agenda for discussion was introduced in a series of papers contributed by artist Pervaiz Khan, Katherine Clarke from MUF and Noha Nasser from the University of Central England, all of whom facilitated the working groups on the day. The day was chaired by Wendy Shillam of Shillam & Smith Architecture and Urbanism.
Speakers' papers and a summary report can be downloaded here:
Pervaiz Khan
Katherine Clarke
Noha Nasser
Summary Report
Milton Keynes
October 2004
A one day event held in Milton Keynes with contributions from Gillian Rose & Doreen Massey, (Open University); artists Jacqui Rodger and Jayne Murray; Tim Hall, (University of Gloucestershire) and Anna Douglas (Independent Curator & Researcher).
The full event transcript available to download as a word document here, please note that this report if 61 pages in length.
Alternatively you can download each presentation.
As part of this event Roz Hall presented a paper exploring evaluation though reflection and dialogue. A pilot project will be set up to run over the next 12 months in order to evaluate ixia's programme. You can download the paper here.
Arup Offices, Bristol
22nd April 2004
A one day event held in Bristol and a collaboration with Public Art South West. Speakers: Philip Singleton, Design Advisor, Birmingham City Council, Artist Nayan Kulkarni, Maggie Bolt from PASW and Dominic Murphy from Creating Excellence. Event transcript available to download as a pdf document here.
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December 2003
A one day event held in partnership with Canterbury City Council considered the issues surrounding the decommissioning of public art. The event marked the launch of a new research study supported by the City Council and the Arts Council of England. Speakers included: Jon Rowland, Andrew Knight, Hazel Colquhoun and Sam Wilkinson. You can download the following pdf documents from the links below.
Introduction to Research Study, Hazel Colquhoun and Sam Wilkinson
Decommissioning by Desire, Design or Default, Andrew Knight
Summary of Discussion
Speakers Biographies
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June 2003
An event with Fusion Arts Oxford exploring the complex relationship between participatory practice and conventions of commissioning.
Read the event report here
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April 2003
A one day event bringing together representatives from the built environment, research and artistic practice in order to discuss future possibilites of public art practice to establish a dialogue that created an opportunity for NEW THINKING, NEW PARTNERSHIPS and NEW WORK. For the full Programme see the Conference Programme.
Keynote Speech by Mel Gooding, available to download here.
Artist John Newling was invited to make a response to the days proceedings, and as part of this response we publish a series of short papers on this site, these are available to download below.
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October 2002
A collaboration with Midland Architecture and the Designed Environment (MADE) and Public Art West Midlands (PAWM) for further information
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March 2002
In collaboration with the Irwell Sculpture Trust.
Read Event Report
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In collaboration with Northern Arts
January 2002
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October 2001
In collaboration with Public Art Leicester and Leicester City Council. Supported by East Midlands Arts.
Read Event Report
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October 2001
A one day conference to explore the changing nature of artistic practice in response to emerging technology.
The Auditorium at Bloomberg, Finsbury Square, London.
Speakers: Lia Ghilardi, Matt Locke, Clive Gillman, John Rouse.
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March 2000
RIBA, London
Conceiving and evaluating benefit in a complex environment.
Speakers: Jos Boys, Fred Manson, Gavin Jones.
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