As a result of educational policy changes and the impact of austerity on arts spending over recent decades, the delivery of arts education in schools, colleges, and universities has been pitched into an unprecedented crisis. Across geo-political contexts, a narrowly financialised discourse of the arts has come to predominate in public culture, often making arts education seem unworthy when contrasted with disciplines with supposedly better monetised outcomes and job prospects.
The conference will feature an array of performative lectures, round tables and interactive workshops designed to ignite meaningful dialogue, innovative thinking and strategise for an arts education of tomorrow. Together, we can envision and create a more inclusive, imaginative, and impactful landscape for arts education, ensuring that every voice is heard, and every perspective is valued.
The full conference schedule, including keynotes, activities and detailed session times will be announced in early January 2025. Lunch and refreshments provided.
Please book single tickets for each day of the conference you wish to attend.If you are no longer able to attend the conference please return your ticket or contact us on communicationsteam@balticmill.com
Education for creative industries
Emma Coffield & Katie Markham
Tamsyn Dent & Tessa Read
Dave O'Brien
Kate Shorvon
*Experimental cultures: then and now
Robin Deacon
Kate Sloan
James Bell
*How does an artist learn?
Graham Ellard
Hestia Peppe
Judith Winter
Claudette Davis-Bonnick
*Imagining alternative worlds
Ruth Beale & Natasha Bird
Melisa Maida & Bex Mather
Steve Klee
Lizzie Lovejoy
Learning in cultural institutions
Chris Roberts & Gabriel Birch
Emma McGarry & Amy McKelvie
Dawn Bothwell
Rebecca Huggan
Performance Lecture
Richard Allen
Corin Sworn
Owen Parry & Marc Hulson
*Rethinking national curricula
Mim Monk & Fiona Crouch
Bex Harvey
Beverley Briggs
Jill Duncan
The neoliberal academy
Amelia Jones & Benjamin Nicholson
Campbell Edinborough
Tero Nauha
Workshop
Moyra Derby & Flora Parrott (Distraction in Action)
Helen Burns
Adrian Kear, Richard Allen and Sian Rees
*Taking place on Fri 7 and Sat 8 with different speakers
Arts education for whom?
Tanveer Ahmed & Jane Trowell
Lucas Ferguson-Sharp
Edwin Mingard
Arts education toward criminal justice
Aylwyn Walsh & Sarah Bartley
Deirdre O'Neill
Alice Myers
Can you draw it? Between visualcy and literacy
Ellen O'Gorman
Yeonjoo Cho
Chris Koning
*Experimental cultures: then and now
Heike Roms
Marion Harrison
Sarah Edith James
Sophia Yadong Hao
Health and aesthetic education
John Cussans
Garry Nicholson
Chris Bogle
John Quinn
*How does an artist learn?
Andrew Bracey & Laura Onions (Speculative Matterings)
Lukasz Jastrubczak
Kate Liston
Oreet Ashery
*Imagining alternative worlds
Haorui Yu
Marianna Tsionki
Danica Maier
Izzy Finch
Learning from feminist archives
Rebecca Fortnum
Marita Fraser
Catherine Grant
Althea Greenan
Performance Lecture
Beth Kurkjian
Paul Stewart
*Rethinking national curricula
Kara Christine & Janet McCrorie
Mary O'Neill
Jason E. Bowman
Kat Cutler-MacKenzie
Roundtable
Elena Joy Miller, Matt Stalker, Louise Wicks
The value of Arts education
Pauline Moger & Sophie Ward
Lorraine Yang
Victoria Jaquiss
Workshop
Dean Kenning & David Burrows
Sarah Bailey & Kate Houlton (Heart of Glass)
Judy Thomas & Florence Darling
*Taking place on Fri 7 and Sat 8 with different speakers
