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CONFERENCE: Fairytale or horror story? Urban designer and artist collaboration: what value do they bring?
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| Date: Wednesday, 14th May 2008,
10am - 4pm |
| Venue: Leigh Court, Abbots Leigh, Bristol BS8 3RA - www.leighcourt.co.uk |
| Tickets:
Early Bird (before 14th April) £185/£80 + VAT - Standard £215/£110
+ VAT. RUDI members get a 15% discount on these prices |
| Bookings: contact Tom Evans on tom@rudi.net or visit www.rudi.net or publicartonline.org.uk |
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| Collaborative practice between
artists and urban designers has been promoted as a means of producing
creative solutions for urban environments; enhancing the quality of
urban design and creating imaginative environments that reflect local
identity and meet communities’ needs. |
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funding and policy initiatives have encouraged such collaborations,
presenting greater opportunities for the professions to work together
within a design team. But what is the real added value of these working
partnerships, and how do they work in practice? |
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| Click here to download booking form (pdf) |
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| Who should attend:urban designers - planners - regeneration
specialists - public art specialists - artists and designers - funding
bodies - landscape designers - developers - consultants - commissioners
- policy makers - town centre managers - academics |
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Organisers: RUDI (Resource for Urban Design Information), PASW (Public Art South West) and Creating Excellence |
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| Partners: Art & Architecture Journal as Media Partner and also supported by:Axis,
ixia (Public Art Think Tank), Urban Design Group, MADE, The Academy of Urbanism, The Architecture Centre, Turley Associates |
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Art & Urban Lighting
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| Spring 2008 |
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| Venue: tbc |
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presentation of a variety of public art and lighting programmes
approaches Ð technical Ð city programmes Ð individual sites
and artists, architects schemes. Case studies from UK and
European cities Ð Turin, Lyons, Geneva, Le Mans and
Lisbon (Luzboa), City of London, Glasgow and
York. |
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| Bookings: contact Tom Evans on events@artandarchitecturejournal.com |
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| Who
should attend: Public Art Officers, Artists, Urban Designers,
Environment Officers, Architects, Landscape
Architects, Landscape Designers, Town Centre Managers, Regeneration Managers, Consultants,
Planners, Cultural Services Managers |
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Organisers: Art & Architecture Journal |
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| Partners: Axis,
Fraser Brown MacKenna Architects, ixia (Public Art Think Tank), RBS (Royal Society of British Sculptors), RUDI (Resource for Urban Design Information) |
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Art & Housing
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| Spring 2008 |
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| Venue: tbc |
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| Subject:
Challenging the boundaries of social housing by placing artists
at the heart of their building programme. Inviting an artist
on to the design team for a new supported housing project. Commitment
to using both/or either an artist or landscape architect on
all external sites. Presentation of case studies for Housing
and Care Arts Programme strategies: Encouraging customer
involvement - Enabling customers to become more integrated into
local communities - Improving the home environments of customers
- Interface with other consumer and environment services such
as training, employment development and maintenance. |
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| Bookings: contact Tom Evans on events@artandarchitecturejournal.com |
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| Who
should attend: Public Art Officers, Artists, Urban Designers,
Environment Officers, Architects, Landscape
Architects, Landscape Designers, Town Centre Managers, Regeneration Managers, Consultants, Planners,
Cultural Services Managers |
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Organisers: Art & Architecture Journal |
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| Partners:
Art in the Open, Axis,
Fraser
Brown MacKenna Architects, ixia (Public Art Think Tank), Look Ahead, RBS (Royal Society of British Sculptors), RUDI (Resource for Urban Design Information) |
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Art & Transport
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| Spring 2008 |
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| Venue: tbc |
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| Beyond
the roundabout. Case Studies of innovative UK and International
integrated art and transport planning systems. Public art is
a feature of travelling on public transport and of the shared
space within the public realm. Metro stations, Railway stations,
bus interchanges, multi-storey car parks, integrated pedestrian/vehicle
shared space are among the sites where the work of contemporary
artists have been integrated. It examines the benefits it brings
to the travelling environment.services. Art in Transport, acknowledges
that art in public places is a vital component in creating and
sustaining lively cities, a better environment and an improved
quality of life. Case Studies: Docklands Light Railway, Tyne & Wear Metro (Nexus), Ashford ring Road, London
Underground, Sustrans. |
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| Bookings: contact Tom Evans on events@artandarchitecturejournal.com |
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| Who
should attend: Public Art Officers, Artists, Urban Designers,
Environment Officers, Architects, Landscape
Architects, Landscape Designers, Town Centre Managers, Regeneration Managers, Consultants, Planners,
Cultural Services Managers |
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Organisers: Art & Architecture Journal |
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| Partners: Axis,
Fraser
Brown MacKenna Architects, ixia (Public Art Think Tank), RBS (Royal Society of British Sculptors), RUDI (Resource for Urban Design Information) |
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Art & Urban Design - Workshop
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| Spring 2008 |
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| Venue: tbc |
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| Art
& Town Centre Management |
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| Bookings: contact Tom Evans on events@artandarchitecturejournal.com |
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| Who
should attend: Public Art Officers, Artists, Urban Designers,
Environment Officers, Architects, Landscape
Architects, Landscape Designers, Town Centre Managers, Regeneration Managers, Consultants, Planners,
Cultural Services Managers |
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| Organisers: Art
& Architecture Journal |
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| Partners: Axis,
Fraser
Brown MacKenna Architects, ixia (Public Art Think Tank), RBS (Royal Society of British Sculptors), RUDI (Resource for Urban Design Information) |
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Art in the Retail & Leisure Environment
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| Autumn 2008 |
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| Venue: tbc |
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| 'Buying
culture'. Art in the expanding shopping and leisure environment
including the growth of Casinos in the UK. What does art add
to the visitor experience? How can it add to retail profits? |
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| "Wealthy
Middle Eastern states including Qatar and Dubai are setting up new cultural centres to diversify their economies
and attract more tourists. Qatar's new Isamic Art Museum will open in 2007, while Abu Dhabi in the UAE is planning
a Guggenheim Museum for modern art designed by Frank
Gehry. Dubai has opened Culture Village, a property
venture which is a t the centre of plans for more 'highbrow'
visitors. The Dubai market is a hub not only for Arab art-buyers
but also emerging entrepreneurs from India." - Janet
Street Porter in the Financial Times |
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| Bookings: contact Tom Evans on events@artandarchitecturejournal.com |
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| Who
should attend: Public Art Officers, Artists, Urban Designers,
Environment Officers, Architects, Landscape
Architects, Landscape Designers, Town Centre Managers, Regeneration Managers, Consultants, Planners,
Cultural Services Managers |
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| Organisers: Art
& Architecture Journal |
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| Art
& Health |
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| February
/ March 2009 |
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| A
conference concerning the role of art, architecture and creativity
in the hospital infrastructure and the role of creativity as part
of the process of well-being. |
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will look at US models of Evidence Based Analysis in determining
hospital spending on art and design as part of the essential hospital
environment. It will include a presentation by SKOR (Foundation
for Art in the public sphere, Netherlands) on progressive art
projects in hospitals in the Netherlands. |
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| Contact Tom Evans on events@artandarchitecturejournal.com |
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| Who
should attend: Public Art Officers, Artists, Urban Designers,
Environment Officers, Architects, Health
Service Managers, Medical Consultants,
Consultants, Planners, Cultural Services Managers |
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| Organisers: Art
& Architecture Journal |
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