Inside Out Festival 2015 – Only a week to go!The Culture Capital Exchange is delighted to announce that the Inside Out Festival is returning for its sixth year with an erudite and eclectic mix of debates, performances, walks, screenings, exhibitions and workshops. Showcasing the extraordinary contribution made by the TCCE member universities to the capital’s vibrant cultural life, from Monday 19th – Saturday 24th October 2015. 
King’s Arts & Humanities Festival (12 – 23 October 2015)This year’s Art & Humanities Festival at King’s College London, 12 – 23 October 2014, explores the theme ‘fabrication’. The suggestiveness of fabrication takes us to the core of the arts and humanities. The original meaning of ‘fabricate’ is ‘to make anything that requires skill’, in its sense of making, fabrication covers all forms of creation, fashioning, construction, manufacture. Textile … 
The Globe Road Poetry Festival from 13th – 15th November 2015The QMUL Centre for Poetry is thrilled to invite you to a three-day world poetry festival, celebrating the diversity of local and global poetic traditions in London’s East End, to be held at Queen Mary University of London, 13-15 November 2015. With readings by Linton Kwesi Johnson, Myung Mi Kim, Daljit Nagra, and a host of local and international poets, … 
Calling all Digital Technology companies to take part in Tech Nation 2016 surveyTech City has announced (17th September 2015) a collaborative research partnership with Nesta for Tech Nation 2016. This year’s project will build on the success of last year’s research, which was the first comprehensive analysis of the clusters powering the UK digital economy. Marketing and Big Data specialists, Growth Intelligence, have been recruited as the core data partner for Tech … 
Creative Industries Federation launch Creative Diversity ReportThe Creative Industries Federation, in partnership with the MOBO organisation, have launched Creative Diversity – The state of diversity in the UK’s creative industries and what we can do about it. Drawing on benchmark studies from across the spectrum of creative disciplines, as well as a range of insights and analysis from industry heavyweights, “Creative Diversity” reaches behind the headline … 
Researchers, innovators and local authorities to realise vision for future cities through Urban Living PartnershipEngineers, ecologists, economists and heritage experts will be among diverse research teams joining with local authorities and innovative business to build successful 21st century cities. Announced by Universities and Science Minister, Jo Johnson (23rd September 2015), The Urban Living Partnership will harness the broad spectrum of UK research and innovation expertise to help cities realise their aspiration of healthy, prosperous and … 
Research Reflections: Home FuturesI’m an artist working with photography and sculpture. At the centre of my practice are the concepts of Home and Dwelling. Earlier this year, Creativeworks London gave me the unique opportunity to do a residency in the school of Geography at Queen Mary University of London to explore notions of Home Futures in response to Dr Richard Baxter’s research project … 
Disruptive Innovation Festival (DIF) 2nd – 20th November 2015The Disruptive Innovation Festival is curated by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and in 2015 will take place over three weeks from 2nd – 20th November. The DIF brings together thought-leaders, entrepreneurs, businesses, makers, learners and doers to catalyse system-level change for a future economy. Over three weeks, using a mix of online and face to face events, participants have an … 
The Audience Agency teams up with ImpactThe Audience Agency is delighted to announce a new partnership with marketing agency Impact. Using Audience Spectrum, The Audience Agency’s audience profiling and segmentation tool, Impact will develop a range of marketing services allowing organisations to target highly engaged customer segments. The partnership will help those cultural organisations signed up to the free Audience Finder tool to translate their audience insights into tactical … 
Open call for Madlab and Makerversity Art/Tech PilotMadlab and Makerversity have both launched open calls for participants in Arts Council England/Innovate UK’s pilot art and technology innovation programme. This £1m pilot programme will support practitioners working at the intersection of arts and technology. Responding to rapid developments in technology and accompanying shifts in ways of working, the £1m programme focuses support on groups of creative people who …
Arts Council England Quality Metrics framework moves into national test phaseThis autumn 150 National Portfolio Organisations (NPOs) and Major Partner Museums (MPMs) will be given an opportunity to take part in a free, nationwide test phase of the Quality Metrics evaluation framework. This is designed to offer arts and cultural organisations greater insights into what people value about their work. This sector-led initiative has been in development since 2013, when … 
World Wilder Lab receives second prize at N.I.C.E 2015 AwardsWorld Wilder Lab research conducted together with Chelsea College of Arts, UAL as part of Creativeworks London Creative Entrepreneur-in-Residency has been awarded second prize at the N.I.C.E. – Network for Innovations in Culture and Creativity in Europe Award. The subject of the research: “PlanEt – Can data from plants help us to increase our city’s resilience?” was chosen from 15 nominees from submissions from all over the … 
Vital Arts and Central Saint Martins producing cookbook for dialysis patientsThe Renal Unit at the Royal London Hospital is densely populated and whilst it’s design functional it does not contribute to an engaging patient experience. Patients on dialysis are those who have had kidney failure. They need a machine to clean and filter their blood. Dialysis takes five hours a day, three times a week. Rachel Louis from Vital Arts, … 
New research into the impact of music-making in primary schools in Tower HamletsBetween 2013 and 2015, funding from Creativeworks London allowed the School of Geography, Queen Mary University of London to help Spitalfields Music explore the impact of their work in two primary schools in Tower Hamlets. Researchers looked at the Takeover festivals in Kobi Nazrul and Shapla primary schools. These projects enabled Year 3 pupils to create, programme and produce their … 
Do you work in the arts, culture or creative industries? Take our survey on diversity in the sectorIs it hard to get a job in the arts if you’re working class, minority ethnic, or a woman? Do you need prior connections to get ahead? And what do you think needs to change? This is your chance to contribute to major research into diversity in the creative industries – make your voice heard Do you work in the … 
IoTUK launches to support Internet of ThingsIoTUK launches to support and advance the UK’s Internet of Things capability IoTUK, a national programme designed to amplify the UK’s Internet of Things (IoT) capability, has launched (10th September) as part of the Government’s £40m investment in IoT. Powered by the Digital Catapult and the Future Cities Catapult, IoTUK will look to advance the UK’s global leadership in IoT … 
Independent review into how the BBC is governed and regulatedAs part of the ongoing review of the BBC’s Royal Charter, Sir David Clementi is to look at how the BBC is governed and regulated, the Government has announced. The independent review will form part of the ongoing process to review the BBC’s Royal Charter to make sure it remains a valued public broadcaster. It will be led by Sir David … 
The London Design Festival (19th – 27th September 2015)The London Design Festival is a nine day festival of contemporary design that celebrates London as the creative capital of the world. Over 350 events and installations will be on offer across the city, from a stimulating programme at the Victoria and Albert Museum to a series of installations and exhibitions in Somerset House. The Festival will showcase ideas from … 
Become part of UAL’s dynamic network of fashion/textile innovators – F.I.R.EF.I.R.E (Fashion, Innovation, Research, Evolution) has been awarded a second round of funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council to develop a new, online fashion research portal, which you can become part of. Principal Investigator, Professor Sandy Black and the FIRE team have worked hard to evolve the platform so that it is a space where academic researchers can … 
Tickets now on sale for Invisible Treasure an Interactive Digital PlayspaceTickets are now on sale for Invisible Treasure, the project on which Creativeworks London Creative Entrepreneur-in-Residence Dan Barnard has been collaborating with Dr Marco Gillies and Nicky Donald from Goldsmiths, University of London. Invisible Treasure is an interactive digital playspace, an electrifying exploration of human relationships, power structures and individual agency, where your actions can change everything. No actors. No … 
World Wider Lab Exhibition opens at Wits Art Museum in Johannesburg, SAKasia Molga who is co-founder of the World Wilder Lab project was invited to take up residency with digital artists Jepchumba, Ling Tan and Nathan Gates occupying the basement of the Wits Art Museum (WAM) as part of the Fak’ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival, exploring the theme – “Futurist Visions of Johannesburg: uncovering place and space, physical and virtual responses … |
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