Conference programme — Day one
10am
Registration and refreshments
11am
HF and HEA welcome and context setting: Robert Dufton, Director, Paul Hamlyn P Foundation and Paul Kleiman, UK Discipline Lead & Consultant, Higher Education Academy Introduction to ArtWorks: Claire Whitaker, Director, Serious and Chair of ArtWorks Steering Group and Susanne Burns, Project Director, ArtWorks
11.30am
I ntroduction to Changing the Conversation: Eric Booth of Juilliard, Stanford and the Kennedy Center; Founder of the Teaching Artist Journal; author of The Music Teaching Artist’s Bible; Leader of the World’s First Teaching Artist Conference and Senior Advisor to El Sistema USA and CtC Rapporteur
11.45am Session one: What do Artists, Commissioners, FE and HE need from each other? 11.45am
rovocation: How can we and why should we think differently? P Anna Cutler, Director of Learning, Tate
12.15pm
anel presentations, discussion and Q&A: chaired by Steve Seidel, Patricia Bauman P and John Landrum Bryant Lecturer in Arts in Education; Faculty Director, Arts in Education; Senior Research Associate, Project Zero Anna Cutler, Director of Learning, Tate Chrissie Tiller, Director of the MA in Participatory and Community Arts at Goldsmiths, London University and Consultant, CTA Solutions Melaneia Warwick, Winston Churchill Fellow 2013 and Director PRIA Arts (Practice and Research in Inclusive Arts) Alice Fox, Course leader, Principal Lecturer MA Inclusive Arts Practice and Artistic Director Rocket Artists
1pm Lunch Shared Practice: Sharing of conference participants short films/presentations/project case studies over lunch. 2pm Session two: Working together: The qualities of quality, space, time, content, how you do it? 2pm
Provocation: What does quality look like and how do we achieve it together? Steve Seidel
2.30pm
orking Together Conversations: Participatory workshops bringing together artists, W providers and commissioners in clusters to generate ideas about language/learning models/ sharing practice/building sustainable relationships. The question: What could we do together that might help to change the conversation and the practice?
3.45pm Afternoon tea 4pm
Session three: Parallel strands of panels
4pm – 5.30pm Three Parallel strands of panels Breakout one Perceptions, pathways and provision: The challenges in developing FE and HE provision Chair: Mark Webster, Head of School - Art & Design, Staffordshire University Panel: Sean Gregory, Director of Creative Learning for the Barbican Centre and Guildhall School of Music & Drama; Judith Hills, Associate Dean – Recruitment and development, University of Sunderland; Russell Martin, Programme Manager, Artquest and Jamie Buttrick, Director, Consilium Research & Consultancy Ltd. This breakout will look at what has been learnt from the ArtWorks Pathfinders in relation to existing FE and HE provision. The discussants will consider perceptions, the differences between different pathways and the challenges we face in developing provision to meet the needs of artists. Breakout two The ‘Quality’ Question: Chair: Régis Cochefert, Head of Arts, Paul Hamlyn Foundation Panel: Fiona Dean, Artist/Researcher, fugitivespaces and ArtWorks Scotland; Maia Mackney, Collaborative Doctoral Award Student, Barbican Guildhall Creative Learning and Toby Lowe, Chief Executive, Helix Arts What is being learnt in the ArtWorks initiative about quality. What do we mean by ‘Quality’ in the context of artists working in participatory settings and how do we ensure it is there for participants? Is quality different for the various partners to the process – artists, participants and employers? Breakout three A musical approach to understanding the career progression of an artist with Pete Moser, Artistic Director, More Music This breakout will be a fun participatory workshop using words and songs to think about issues surrounding the career progression of artists and seeking to identify some things that might provoke positive change 6.30pm
Drinks reception and networking
7.30pm Dinner, with an introduction from Régis Cochefert
Conference programme — Day two
10.00am
I ntroduction to Changing the Conversation Day 2: Eric Booth, of Juilliard, Stanford and the Kennedy Center, Senior Advisor to the Music National Service initiative (lead trainer and training designer for MusicianCorps) and Senior Advisor to El Sistema USA, CtC Rapporteur
10.15am
Session four: Working together
10.15am
rovocation: How can we make some changes stick and progress the practice P collectively? Professor Helen Nicholson, Professor of Drama and Theatre, Department of Drama and Theatre, Royal Holloway
10.45am
orking Together Conversations: Participatory workshops bringing together artists, W providers and commissioners to generate ideas about language/learning models/ sharing practice/building sustainable relationships. The question: What could we do together that might help to change the conversation and the practice?
11.30am
Tea break
11.45am
Session five: Parallel strands of panels
11.45am
arallel Sessions P Breakout one The big ‘So What’? Chair: Susanne Burns Panel: Tamsin Cox, DHA Associates, Barbara Taylor, Consultant and Esther Salamon, Consultant. The challenges of learning from the action research and moving it forward to implement change. Breakout two Creating enhanced infrastructure and connectivity: What operational models are we exploring? ArtWorks Scotland, ArtWorks Cymru and ArtWorks Navigator Chair: Régis Cochefert Panel: Rhian Hutchings, Director WNO MAX Programme; Chrissie Ruckley, Development Officer, Creative Scotland and Ken Bartlett, Creative Director, Foundation for Community Dance This breakout will consider the learning from the ArtWorks Pathfinders about generating greater connectivity and enhanced infrastructure. What are the challenges we face and how can we move forward together? Breakout three Employers, Employment and Employability: The common ground Chair: Graham Jeffery, Reader: Music and Performance, University of the West of Scotland Panel: Gail Dudson, Yorkshire Youth Music and Kathryn Deane, Sound Sense and Consultants carrying out Employer research for ArtWorks. What are the issues from the employers’ perspective? What do we mean by employability? What do we mean by employment? Who commissions and employs and how do they get what they want and need?
1pm Lunch Shared Practice: Sharing of conference participants short films/presentations/project case studies over lunch. 2pm
Session six: The demand side of the equation
2pm Provocation: What does the market need from artists and how best can we develop these qualities and skills together? Pauline Tambling, Joint Chief Executive, Creative & Cultural Skills Response: Graham Jeffery Discussion chaired by Susanne Burns 3.30pm
Afternoon tea
4pm
lenary with Rapporteur and Keynote Speakers Eric Booth, P Helen Nicholson, Pauline Tambling, Susanne Burns
4.30pm Ends