13 Feb, 2016
FINAL REMINDER CPD;
One month to go! CPD for Arts Professionals ...
The courses have been developed for arts professionals and will be run by Franco Bianchini and Leila Jancovich from Leeds Beckett University both regarded internationally as experts within this field.
All courses are held at Leeds Beckett University, and will run from 10.00-17.00 over two days as follows
Ask the Audience ‘Exploring Participatory Decision Making' - 7-8 March 2016
This course focuses on the principles underpinning the trend towards participatory decision making in the public sector.
You will get the chance to explore the possibilities and challenges in implementing such practices within the arts by reflecting on policy analysis, case study examples and examination of toolkits and evaluations of existing practice. At the end of the course, you will be able to identify appropriate models to employ participatory decision making processes.
From Planning to Evaluation – 9-10 March 2016
This module focusses on examining the planning models and evaluation tools most commonly used in arts management, in order to help participants avoid the common pitfalls in delivery. In addition, the course aims to support on-going monitoring and reporting mechanisms within a team and with external stakeholders.
During the course, everyone will develop a bespoke planning and evaluation template, which could be used equally to support you to undertake your own evaluation as well as those writing briefs for external evaluations.
Culture-Based Local Development – 11-12 March 2016
Looking at arts in the context of public funding cuts and economic crisis, this course will focus on the specific problems and potential of culture-based local development strategies.
Throughout the course, contributions will be given from leading policy makers and other experts, giving examples of good practice from the rest of Europe and beyond (ranging from Scandinavia to France, Colombia and Brazil). Particular attention will be given to innovative and sustainable funding strategies, in a challenging financial climate. At the end of the course, you will be able to understand the theory and the main applications of the concept and method of ‘cultural planning’.
To book a place on these courses please visit http://onlinestore.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/browse/product.asp?compid=1&modid=5&catid=5 or for further information please contact us at : participationandengagement-arts@leedsbeckett.ac.uk or speak to Leila Jancovich directly at l.jancovich@leedsbeckett.ac.uk
More info here;
http://www.participationandengagement-arts.co.uk/CPDissuesandStrategies
TWO NEW CALL FOR PAPERS;
The Museums Association (MA) is calling for session proposals for its annual conference, which takes place this year at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre in Glasgow on 7-8 November.
Themes and topics being considered this year are a sense of place: telling the stories of people, communities and collections; and being brave: taking risks and being courageous, ambitious, innovative, outspoken and creative.
The MA would also welcome proposals that involve speakers from outside the sector and, reflecting the increasing number of international delegates at conference, those that have an international dimension.
The deadline for session proposals is 26 February 2016.
For further information please go to www.museumsassociation.org/news/19012016-conference-proposals-glasgow-2016
Emma Mitchinson
Marketing & Sales Officer
Museums Association
E: emma@museumsassociation.org
Doing Critical Policy Studies differently? An Anti-Conference Fringe Event at the 2016 IPA Conference
Call for papers, anti-papers and anything in between
What appeals to many scholars about interpretive and critical modes of policy analysis is the common normative desire to provide voice to the local knowledge of subalterns and challenge the hegemony of power within contemporary neoliberal society. This fringe event to the 2016 conference begins from the premise that in replicating the norms of academic disciplines the IPA conference has inadvertently become what it often critiques when analysing policy-making. By replicating many of the practices that are common in academic conferences, it can reinforce hierarchies; lack reflexivity of power/knowledge within academic contexts; and perpetuate behaviours and norms that can exclude certain groups and individuals.
As such, and taking its inspiration from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival that was established in opposition to the heavily curated and elitist Edinburgh International Festival, this year the IPA conference will also include an anti-conference fringe event that seeks to challenge those practising IPA to question if their own academic practice matches their analysis of others. The plan is for a whole day event to take place over one day of the conference. The original Edinburgh Fringe Festival offered no barriers to entry – performers just had to pay to be included in the programme and find a venue. The IPA Fringe has the same ethos, but with even fewer barriers. You can either contact the organisers in advance to discuss your ideas, or just turn up on the day and “perform”.
Presented work can focus either on the practice of IPA, or research that has been conducted using its principles. However, we are keen not to replicate the norms of the academy, therefore activities that are particularly encouraged are those which:
• Use novel presentation techniques – interpretive dance, not Prezi;
• Use non-academics to present research – either as video recordings or as conference participants;
• Present virtually, or via social media to save the air travel;
• Celebrate difference and diversity in society;
• Use mixed media and are fully plural in what constitutes knowledge and knowing;
• Offer critiques of university practices, research, academic disciplines and academia;
• Pose new, critical questions for discussion – either on specific research topics or broader theoretical issues within IPA.
The overall aim will be to create a safe space for difference to be explored and celebrated – doing IPA as practice at an academic conference. We cannot guarantee an audience, but we aim to create a lively space all day where people drop-in. AV equipment, pens, paper, flipcharts and other materials will be provided by the organisers to encourage creativity.
It would be great to have your contribution to this event, so if you would like to make a proposal or even just to discuss your ideas, please email peter.matthews@stir.ac.uk and dstevenson@qmu.ac.uk
For details of the event see: http://www2.hull.ac.uk/fass/fass/facultyevents/ipa2016.aspx
PHD OPPORTUNITY:
PhD Scholarship Artist Live/Work Scheme: a partnership between East Street Arts and the University of Huddersfield
Whilst research about community-public art tends to focus on the aesthetic, cultural and political intentions and processes that shape its production, this research also examines the challenges of how to measure the impact of Live/Work and associated artistic production in a domestic/community location and, in parallel, working with the community, analyse the effectiveness of communal co-interpretation of Live/Work as artistic endeavour and as a process for public engagement.
East Street Arts (Leeds) aim of Live/Work is to provide good quality Live/Work space that encourages artists to live in an area and become active citizens in their community: to stimulate the locale and resident communities by supporting artists to create physical and wellbeing impact in the neighbourhood. The project is thus a unique opportunity for a doctoral researcher to engage with an established artist-led organisation and their audiences, to understand their priorities in relation to cultural and economic regeneration.
Commencing September 2016: Fees paid plus a bursary of £10,400 per annum for three years. The scholarship is only available to UK home/EU applicants. Dependent on successful related and appropriate funding applications East Street Arts and the University of Huddersfield will seek to increase the bursary to reflect RCUK collaborative doctoral awards: please note an increase in the bursary is not guaranteed throughout the three years 2016 to 2019.
Deadline for applications Tuesday 15th March: applicants must apply online.
Applications can be made at: http://www.hud.ac.uk/researchdegrees/howtoapply/
Further details:
http://www.hud.ac.uk/schools/artdesignandarchitecture/research/scholarships/#live-work-scheme
East Street Arts opportunities http://eaststreetarts.org.uk/opportunities/our-opportunities/
East Street Arts Live/Work http://eaststreetarts.org.uk/pro