How can we ensure meaningful collaborations between arts practitioners and higher education? What new ways of working need to be adopted to produce outcomes that advance practise? Join us for a one day conference featuring discussion panels, presentations and networking opportunities where together we will identify areas of potential.

Schedule

10.00-10.30 Registration and coffee

10.30-10.45 Welcome (Sarah Martindale, University of Nottingham)

10.45-11.45 Panel discussion 'Supporting Artistic Research' (Carolina Rito from Nottingham Contemporary, Rebecca Beinart from Primary, Paul Hegarty from University of Nottingham)

11.45-12.20 'The Moment' film screening (introduced by Richard Ramchurn, University of Nottingham)

12.20-13.30 Lunch and networking (lunch provided free of charge)

13.30-13.45 'Losing her Voice' (Elizabeth Kelly, University of Nottingham)

13.45-14.00 'Recovering a Sense of Strength: Practicing Creativity in Academia' (Xenia Pestova, University of Nottingham)

14.00-14.15 'Lace2Place - A VR Sprint of Nottingham's Lace Market' (Spencer Jordan, University of Nottingham)

14.15-14.30 'Tracking Arts Learning and Engagement' (Pat Thomson, University of Nottingham)

14.30-14.45 Coffee

14.45-15.45 Panel discussion 'Practitioners as Researchers' (Sarah Martindale, Roma Patel from Makers of Imaginary Worlds, Lee Nicholls from Near Now, Richard Ramchurn)

15.45-16.00 Closing discussion (Paul Hegarty)

16.00-17.00 Drinks reception and networking