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is a bespoke publication, which organises a programme of
bespoke, partnered conferences, The A&AJ Conference Programme. |
| The A&AJ is continually looking for partners to collaborate in the magazine and it's conferences. Click here for information on Professional Partnerships and E-Promotion or CONTACT us to discuss possibilities |
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| CONFERENCES COMING UP |
| The next two conferences organised by the A&AJ and it's partners are: |
| - Ceramic City: Ceramic Design & the Public Realm, 9th/10th October, Stoke-on-Trent , linked to the 1st British Ceramics Biennial - Click here for details |
| - Genius Loci - Spirit of Place, Spring 2010 - Click here for details |
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conferences are generally aimed at Public Art Officers, Artists, Arts Administrators, Craftspeople, Urban Designers,
Environment Officers, Architects, Landscape
Architects, Landscape Designers,
Town Centre Managers, Regeneration Managers and Policy Makers,
Consultants, Interior Designers, Planners, Cultural Services Managers,
New Media Professionals, Educators, Researchers and Academics, Propery
Construction and Developers, Local Authorities. |
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| CONFERENCE: CERAMIC CITY: CERAMIC DESIGN & CRAFTS & PUBLIC REALM IN STOKE-ON-TRENT |
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| Date: 9th/10th October 2009 |
| Venue: Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, UK |
| Partners: British Ceramics Biennial |
Content: The
conference coincides with, and promotes, the The 1st British Ceramics Biennial in Stoke on Trent featuring Ceramic Design and Craft in the Public Realm - West Midlands as a cultural hub.
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| www.britishceramicsbiennial.com |
| The 1st British Ceramics Biennial is
an international ceramics festival taking place at Stoke-on-Trent in
September 2009 with the support and engagement of the local ceramics
community and industry.
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| Biennale Highlights: The wide ceramics spectrum and the impact of
ceramics in the world - Work
by designers, artists, studio
potters and manufacturers from across the globe - New viewpoints,
different and challenging ways of using ceramics - Breaking down the
barriers between Designers, Craftspeople and Artists, towards greater
inclusiveness. |
| Commissioned ceramics in the Public Realm is a main feature of the Biennial. |
| Linked to A&AJ 68/69 - 96pp double issue with cover and lead articles on The 1st British Ceramics Biennial. Publishing Date: Sep 2009 |
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| CONFERENCE: GENIUS LOCI - SPIRIT OF PLACE |
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| Cover for Art U Need. Courtesy Commissions East / Bob & Roberta Smith |
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| Date: Spring 2010 |
| Venue: tbc |
| Partners: Essex County Council - Commissions East |
Content: The
conference will promote the Genius Loci - Spirit of Place
programme, embedding artists within the planning process, derived from
the Public Art Common Fund, financed by development in Essex.
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| Themes:
Essex - Design Excellence - Artists - New Approaches. The idea of
Cultural Capital is a central theme: of adding to the quality of life
and public space through cultural destinations and activities;
attracting new economies into the region through culture. |
| Reference will also be made to the 2012 Olympics and the Thames Gateway |
| Essex
County Council and Commissions East will communicate the content of
Genius Loci through dedicated articles in the A&AJ magazine and
through this major conference |
| Linked to A&AJ 70/71: Genius Loci - Spirit of Place - 96pp double issue with cover and lead articles on Genius Loci. Publishing Date: 1st July 2009 |
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| CONFERENCES INCLUDING ART & ARCHITECTURE AS A MEDIA PARTNER |
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| The International Sculpture Center (ISC)
conference at Tate Britain in 2010 - click here for more information |
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| CONFERENCES PLANNED FOR 2010 AND BEYOND |
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| Future conferences planned and seeking potential locations and
partnerships include the British Sculpture Biennial; Art & Seaside Towns; Art in Transit; Art & Health; Cultural Olympiad. |
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| Conferences on the following themes are being finalised: |
| A 1st British Sculpture Biennial that feeds into the 2012 Cultural Olympiad |
| Art & Seaside Towns |
| Art in Transit - Beyond
the roundabout. Case Studies of innovative UK and International
integrated art and transport planning systems. |
| The 5th National Public Art Conference |
| Art &
Health - the role of art, architecture and creativity
in the hospital infrastructure and the role of creativity as part
of the process of well-being. |
| Design & Craft in the Public Realm: Glass Art - From the Studio to the Architect |
| The 6th National Public Art Conference |
| 2nd British Sculpture Biennial - Cultural Olympiad - 2012 |
| Art & Housing - Newcastle, European Architecture Capital - Challenging the boundaries of social housing by placing artists
at the heart of their building programmes. |
| The 7th National Public Art Conference |
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| POTENTIAL CONFERENCES |
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| Conferences on the following themes are being planned. Please CONTACT us if you are ineterested in getting involved. |
| We are seeking hosts and partners for these events. |
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| Art & Urban Lighting - A
presentation of a variety of public art and lighting programmes
approaches - Technical possibilities- City programmes - Individual sites
and schemes by artists, architects - Case studies from UK and
European cities: Turin, Lyons, Geneva, Le Mans and
Lisbon (Luzboa), City of London, Glasgow and
York |
| Art in the Retail Leisure Environment: 'Buying
culture' - Art in the expanding shopping and leisure environment
including the growth of Casinos in the UK - What does art add
to the visitor experience? How can it add to retail profits? - Case Studies: Qatar, Dubai, Abu Dhabi: "Wealthy
Middle Eastern states including Qatar and Dubai are setting up new cultural centres to diversify their economies
and attract more tourists. Qatar's new Isamic Art Museum will open in 2007, while Abu Dhabi in the UAE is planning
a Guggenheim Museum for modern art designed by Frank
Gehry. Dubai has opened Culture Village, a property
venture which is a t the centre of plans for more 'highbrow'
visitors. The Dubai market is a hub not only for Arab art-buyers
but also emerging entrepreneurs from India." - Janet
Street Porter in the Financial Times. |
| The Moving and Digital Image in the Public Environment II |
| The Public Garden II: Art - Landscape - Environment |
| Education & Evaluation |
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| OTHER EVENTS INVOLVING A&AJ |
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| Exhibition - This is Tomorrow2 - London + All over the UK |
| "Everything
is eclectic, there is no culture, it is what we receive, what we
decide, what we choose, and it's our responsibility to choose." -
Roger COLEMAN, Editor of Ark, 1957-58 |
| The Independant Group Exhibition of 1956 re-visited. As with the 1956
exhibition 12 groups of three / four people - an Artist, an Architect,
a Culture or Communications specialist - work together to create an
installation in a defined pavilion space reflecting their collaborative
artist / architect / urbanist vision of the future. |
| "We
are greatly interested in studying the modern world's mannerisms,
attitudes, contradictions and prospects... Most importantly, we work
in the culture bunker, rather than the ivory tower" - FAT
Architects. 2005 |
| Click here to visit the website www.thisistomorrow2.com |
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| CONTACT |
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| To discuss hosting, partnering, and contributing to, the conferences contact: |
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| FUTURE ISSUES OF THE ART & ARCHITECTURE JOURNAL |
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| Click here for details on the next issues of the Art & Architecture Journal linked to the next conferences |
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