Below are a range of resources and information links about the impact of coronavirus on the arts and cultural sector, which we hope you will find useful to help navigate and survive these difficult times. Queen Mary Arts & Culture Support Centre Resources and support for arts and culture workers across the following areas: legal support […]
| Venue: | 3.20 Bancroft Building, Queen Mary University London |
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| Date: | 27-03-2020 |
| Time: | 13:00 |
A lunchtime lecture with visiting lecturer Dr. Rua Sen Chatterjee from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.
Due to restrictions on international travel in response to the spread of corona virus, we are postponing this conference so that our international collaborators and contributors can join us at a later date on 26 September 2020. How can the creative practice involved in festivals be better sustained? Network is delighted to bring together a […]
| Venue: | QMUL |
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| Date: | 21-01-2020 |
| Time: | 12:30 |
A collaborative lunchtime workshop exploring key roles and services within creative workspaces led by Network Senior Research Fellow, Davi Nakano, on the occasion of his visit from Brazil. Places are free but limited. Please follow the link to Eventbrite to book a place. The workshop aims to identify existing services and explore potential actors that […]
Network was delighted to partner with People’s Palace Projects and with the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre in a series of workshops exploring priorities for the development of the creative-industries policies we will need to address the challenges and opportunities of the coming decades. These workshops were held in Glasgow, in Manchester, in Cardiff […]
Network is currently collaborating with the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal on a consultancy project funded by the British Council (India) in partnership with the Department of Tourism of the Government of West Bengal. The project runs from September 2019 to January 2020, and its aims are: To establish the economic worth of […]
The Director and the Deputy-Director of Network recently visited Bangkok to undertake work in Partnership with the British Council on the development of a self-assessment framework for Creative Hubs in Thailand. Their aim was to support the desire of Hubs systematically to assess their own strengths, weaknesses, impacts, and opportunities and to do so within […]
Dr Tarek Virani was invited to give a keynote, which specifically looked at the role creative hubs play in creative economy, on 11 March 2019 in Malaysia. Please check the link to read the post from the British Council at: https://creativeconomy.britishcouncil.org/blog/19/05/21/hubs-good-southeast-asia-creative-hubs-forum/ Photo courtesy of the British Council
| Venue: | City, University of London Northampton Square Room A130, College Building |
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| Date: | 04-06-2019 |
| Time: | 17:00 |
Dr. Tarek Virani will be joining with Dr. Su Fern Hoe (Singapore Management University) and Dr. Jenny Mbaye (City, University of London) for a discussion session on creative clusters/hubs. The session will shed light on the emergence of creative placemaking as an urban cultural policy and the ensuing implications for local arts practice. Please do […]
SME partnerFrou Frou Days Research TeamDr Nima Heirati (mentor), Cara-Jayne Smithson and Charles John David Kennedy-Markham (UG students) Project DescriptionFrou Frou Days (FFD) offers bespoke decor services for private celebrations (i.e. birthday, anniversary, and wedding) as well as corporate parties and charity events. FFD s is all about spreading the joy of parties to make […]
SME PartnerDarren Hayman, Performing and Recording Artist Academic Partner Joad Raymond, Professor of Renaissance Studies, QMUL Project TitleSeventeenth-century prophets and visionaries: exploring the relationship between history, songwriting, and field music Project DescriptionWhat can we learn about history by writing and recording songs about it? What can we learn about the creative process of songwriting by […]
We have been taking part in an project, Digital Platforms for Craft in the UK and China, funded by AHRC. If you are working in craft sector or related areas, may we invite you to take part in a survey our team is currently running? The survey is available at: https://qmul.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/digital-platforms-for-craft-qmul We appreciate your time […]