Symposium – Artist Development at Castlefield Gallery: Policy Change Through the Counterpublic?
8 November 2016 / 1-6pmArtist Development at Castlefield Gallery: Policy Change Through the Counterpublic? is a report by Rebecca de Mynn (nee Hartley), and one of the outcomes of a collaborative doctoral award between Manchester Metropolitan University and Castlefield Gallery. The report, the result of a year of ethnographic research at Castlefield Gallery, presents findings on the subject of artist development (AD). It concludes that as a subaltern and agonistic practice AD exemplifies how arts organisations are not only influenced by, but themselves influence, policy agendas.
We would like to invite you to an afternoon of panel and group discussions that will provide the opportunity for artists, industry professionals, researchers, and policymakers involved in AD to share responses, ideas and experiences.
The premise of the research is that AD assists artists to access and assess the multiple channels of possibility available to them. It focusses on four main areas: (1) entry points into artist development; (2) the extensive range of artist development activities observed at Castlefield Gallery; (3) the problems of retrospectively capturing the value of artist development; and (4) how artist development practices can be used as a lens to understand the context of cultural policy.
Note: the report will be shared with participants before the event.
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| 13:00 | 3 | Registration and refreshments |
| 13:15 | 3 | Panel discussion Findings of the report presented by Rebecca be Mynn (nee Hartley). Brief panel discussion with Castlefield Gallery’s Kwong Lee, curator Kate Jesson and artist Hilary Jack. |
| 13:45 | 3 | Recommendations Rebecca will discuss her recommendations for Castlefield Gallery and the contemporary visual arts sphere based on her report findings. These include alternative mechanisms for capturing the lasting impacts of artist development, and presenting an approach for the sphere to change the policy agenda. |
| 14:00 | 3 | Breakout sessions 1 & 2 Participants to discuss these key areas of the report – (1) entry points into artist development and (2) the extensive range of artist development activities observed at Castlefield Gallery. |
| 15:15 | 3 | Refreshments |
| 15:30 | 3 | Breakout sessions 3 & 4 Participants to discuss these key areas of the report – (3) the problems of retrospectively capturing the value of artist development; and (4) how artist development practices can be used as a lens to understand the context of cultural policy? |
| 16:45 | 3 | Closing comments |
| 17:00 | 3 | Drinks |
Image: Cheese Cube – A collaborative project by Alexander Morrison and Robin Broadley, featuring work by Brian Griffiths, Stephanie Rohlfs and Leeds Weirdo Club (Matthew Crawley, Harry Meadley, Doug Bowen and David Steans). Photo by John Lynch, taken at Toast, 6th Floor, New Art Spaces Federation House March 2015.
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