20 April 2018
11am - 5pm
St. George's Theatre, Great Yarmouth
Archive
2018
- Nastja Säde Rönkkö at Somerset House Studios
- On Cripping
- Syllabus III: Can We Still Be Friends
- Tai Shani: Semiramis at The Tetley
- Tito Valery in conversation with Harold Offeh
- The Rural at Istanbul Biennial
- The Rural: Contemporary Art and Spaces of Connection
- Lucy Steggals: Florulary
- Creating Change: How communities and artists can work together
- Tai Shani: Dark Continent
- Syllabus Guest Projects 10th Anniversary
- Florian Roithmayr: Humility of Plaster
- Anna Bunting-Branch
- AV Festival
- How to Create and Collaborate Symposium
- Creative Workspace Summit
- Donna Lynas at the RCA
- Phuplec
Creative Workspace Summit
The East Contemporary Visual Arts Network (ECVAN), of which Wysing is chair and coordinator, is pleased to announce the Creative Workspace Summit: The Role of Creatives in Creating a Great Place.
ECVAN member originalprojects; is hosting the summit which will explore the role of creatives (individuals and organisations) in creating great places and how creative workspaces can make the most of a town's potential.
There will be a keynote lecture about 'Why' creative individuals and organisations are important to places by Charles Landry.
He is author of 'The Creative City: A toolkit for Urban Innovators' (2000); 'The Art of City Making' (2006); and 'The Intercultural City: Planning for Diversity Advantage' with Phil Wood.
Following this, we will look at 'How’ creative individuals and organisations have found ways to exist within and contribute to the vitality of their locations. Case studies will be presented by:
East Street Arts (Leeds)
Creative Foundation (Folkestone)
Dove Street Studios (Norwich)
originalprojects; (Great Yarmouth)
Focal Point Gallery and Southend Borough Council (Southend)
Outset (London/ UK)
HAT projects (Essex)
OUTPOST (Norwich)
Wysing Arts Centre (Cambridge)
Smiths Row (Bury St. Edmunds)
Mazi Reverso (independent networking)
A discussion chaired by Sarah Barrow, Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Film and Media at University of East Anglia, will follow the presentations.
The Aims of the summit are:
- To explore some of the issues facing creatives today and the ways that they are solving their workspace issues through innovative resourcing and place making initiatives
- To share practical case-study experiences that inspire artist, creatives, students, budding entrepreneurs and SMEs
- To inform decision makers (civic leaders and private business owners) of the beneficial role of creatives can play in creating great places and how creative workspaces can make the most of a town's potential, attract diverse visitors and serve the year-round economy.
This event will be of interest to:
Artists, creatives, students, budding entrepreneurs, SMEs, councillors, planners, policy decision-makers, economists
For tickets and more infrmation about the event, click here.
