Archive for: March, 2024

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Organisation: Global Creative Economy Council

The Global Creative Economy Council (GCEC) brings together academics, practitioners, policy professionals and investors from five continents to identify and discuss emerging trends of global significance in creative economy practice and policy. In particular, it aims to provide inclusive perspectives on global policy issues that span both Global South and Global North, and consider ideas for transnational policies and standards. Supported by Creative PEC and the British Council, it contributes to the work of both organisations by providing targeted insights and related research. https://pec.ac.uk/people/global-creative-economy-council/ Posted on behalf of  Stuart Hedley – Research and Knowledge Exchange    

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IAA FUNDED PROJECT WINS 3RD SECTOR CARE AWARDS – 3RD SECTOR CREATIVE ARTS AWARD WINNERS – WE CARE AND DOMESTIC DUSTERS COLLABORATION

Vanessa Marr (Domestic Dusters) and Katy Styles (We Care) were awarded the 3rd Sector Care Creative Arts Award in Birmingham on 15 March 2024. This award recognises exceptional practice that supports the care sector. We Care, a grassroots organisation run by Katy Styles, campaigns for the rights of unpaid carers, and Domestic Dusters,  practice-based research project by Principal lecturer Vanessa Marr, who uses embroidered dusting cloths to champion the rights of women, share a mutual interest in the invisible nature of care in a domestic context. Both partners have singlehandedly built their initiatives from scratch, fuelled by a desire to translate lived-experience into positive change-making and impact-led activities. This craft-activist collaboration has united unpaid carers in in a common creative and change-making cause to improve their rights, giving them a voice where they would otherwise be silenced, unheard or ignored. The carers, many of them parents or spouses of those they […]

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Event: Integrating AI Into Your Business | 3 April 2024 6pm- One Family, 16-17 West Street Brighton

Join us for an enlightening meetup where the future of Artificial Intelligence and business integration will take centre stage. Together with a panel of experts, we will explore how AI is reshaping industries across the spectrum and delve into some of the most interesting tools on the market. Whether you’re immersed in the tech industry, the creative sector, or anywhere in between, this event promises to deliver insights and practical knowledge that you can carry forward into your business strategies. Our soon to be announced panel will comprise of those who’ve harnessed AI tools to drive success, to visionaries who’ve pioneered AI applications, with real-life case studies and invaluable lessons they’ve learnt along the way. Register here https://www.meetup.com/brighton-ai/events/299747258/ Posted on behalf of Stuart Hedley – Research and Knowledge Exchange

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Events: Game Dev Drinks Every last Friday of the month from 6pm at the Caxton Arms in Brighton (usually situated in the Garden)

Are you a game developer? Want to meet other developers in the Brighton area? Come along to Game Dev Drinks, a monthly networking and social get-together hosted by Justin French (Founder, CEO, and Creative Director of Dream Harvest). Next one is Friday the 29 March from 6pm 2024 https://www.meetup.com/sussex-game-makers/events/299698826/ Posted on behalf of Stuart Hedley – Research and Knowledge Exchange

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Event: ‘work in progress’ exhibition of recent work by MA Fine Art Full Time Students – Private View | Edward Street 20 March 5–7pm 2024 – Exhibition runs until 18 April 2024

You are invited to the private view of ‘work in progress’ an exhibition of recent work by MA Fine Art Full Time Students. Private View: Wednesday 20th March 5pm – 7pm. All Welcome. 154-155 Edward Street, Ground Floor, University of Brighton, BN2 0JG The exhibition is open to University of Brighton students and staff from 20th March – 18th April. Posted on behalf of Amy Cunningham Senior Lecturer School of Art and Media

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EVENT: View of Ambient Occlusion – Eloise Calandre/ Dorset Place Gallery – 21 March 24 5:30-7:30pm Exhibition runs to 6 April 2024

Evening viewing of Eloise Calandre’s exhibition Ambient Occlusion, at Dorset Place Gallery . Next Thursday 21st March from 5:30-7:30pm. Eloise Calandre has been utilising the gallery as a site for investigation and new approaches to making, as part of her ongoing research. See the press release here: Ambient Occlusion press release March24 “It would be great to share and discuss my experimental new work, hope to see you there”.   Posted on behalf of Eloise Calandre by Karen Gainsford. Image: work by Eloise Calandre.

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£500 prize Research and Knowledge Exchange = Research Poster Competition has been extended to Monday 18 March 2024

The deadline for submissions to the Research Poster Competition has been extended. The Research and Knowledge Exchange team would like to encourage all research staff, as well as postgraduate research students, to participate. There will be three categories for judging and a prize of £500 each for research-related expenses for each of the following: People’s Prize Postgraduate Research Student prize Staff prize Voting for the People’s prize takes place at our Research and Knowledge Exchange Showcase Event, open to our entire University of Brighton community, including all academic and professional staff and students. Taking place at the Sallis Benney Theatre at Grand Parade (3pm-4.30pm). You can vote for your favourite research poster on display in the Grand Parade foyer. Competition winners will be announced at the Showcase Event and there will be an opportunity for networking over refreshments at the end of the day. Visit the Research and Knowledge Exchange Week blog to see the timetable for […]

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Event: International Women’s Day – INSPIRE INCLUSION Creative and academic workshop : 8 March 2024 12-3pm M2 Grand Parade

The University of Brighton’s School of Art and Media are marking International Women’s Day with a 3-hour creative and academic workshop exploring issues of inclusivity within the community, within feminism and within creative and academic practice and labour. This inclusive session will be running both in-person and online, to allow for as many participants to join as possible. In-Person Venue: M2 Grand Parade Campus University of Brighton MS TEAM :  here   Posted on behalf of Katie Beecroft, School of Art and Media by Karen Gainsford. Poster art work by Che Harrison.

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Call for Papers: by 12 April 2024 for Symposium Vestiges of Memory – Intersections between photography and autobiographical memory – University for the Creative Arts, Canterbury, UK | 18 July 2024

“I cannot penetrate, cannot reach into the Photograph. I can only sweep it with my glance, like a smooth surface” (Barthes, 2000: 106) We are pleased to announce the call for papers for the International research symposium that focuses on the intricate relationships between photography and autobiographical memory, which is scheduled to take place on 18 July 2024 at The University for the Creative Arts in Canterbury, UK. This interdisciplinary event aims to explore ways in which 21st century artists, photographic practitioners and other researchers attempt to reach and rummage beyond the smooth surface of the photograph, and contemplate its relationship and contributions to the construction of autobiographical memory. We invite scholars, artists, academics, practitioner-researchers, researcherpractitioners, and other professionals doing research into relationships between memory and images created through the “frightfully speculative eye” (Deleuze, 1990: 243) of the photographic camera to propose papers and panels that explore, but are not […]