Donegal Artists of the Diaspora

R-M222: Contemporary Artists of the Donegal Diaspora

PhD researcher/artist Rachael Flynn is exhibiting work as part of this exhibition at the Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny, from 8th July - 24th August. 

The R-M222 project brings together a number of artists of the first, second, third and fourth generation Donegal Diaspora. The exhibition features artworks in different media by a line-up of highly regarded international artists that will include Liam GIllick, Frances Hegarty and Padraig Timoney among others. The title of the project R-M222 refers to the Y-chromosome associated with people whose roots lie in the counties of Northwest Ireland, Ulster and Lowland Scotland.

In her memoir Why be happy when you can be normal, Jeanette Winterson writes:

“Where you are born–what you are born into, the place, the history of the place, how that history mates with your own– stamps who you are, whatever the pundits of globalisation have to say.”

The R-M222 project extends this argument further to the diasporic context of parents, grandparents and great grandparents.

Scottish artist Rachael Flynn’s mixed media exhibition is a creative exploration of the memories of migration handed down within the Irish Diaspora, in particular a celebration of the women’s stories. There will also be another opportunity to see the wonderful PEACE III funded Local People art and social history exhibition featuring the stories of 40 people from Derry and Donegal this summer. One of the biggest exhibitions ever commissioned in Donegal, Local People is an entertaining, informative and enjoyable experience. It is a great way to learn about a wide spectrum of life in Donegal and Derry over the past 50 years from people’s first hand accounts.

Creative Futures Institute: Gdansk Summer School

Here is the outline programme for the Summer School in Gdansk that has been organised by PhD researcher Roman Sebastyanski, bringing together students from the MA in Creative Media Practice at UWS with students from the Gdansk Academy of Fine Art. 

PROGRAMME OF THE SUMMER SCHOOL IN THE GDANSK SHIPYARD

Day 1 (Tuesday, 6^th August) – introduction to the different views of the Gdansk Shipyard

Morning session; 9:30-13:00

-        introduction (1 hour) - chair Katarzyna Kosmala

-        guided tour around the site by Roman Sebastyanski (1,5 hour)

-        brief (20 min) presentation (by dr Waldemar Affelt) of the Gdansk Shipyard historical heritage issues followed by discussion (40 min)

Lunch; 13:00-14:00 bar “U Kazia” in the Gdansk Shipyard

Afternoon session; 14:00-18:00

-        brief (20 min) presentation (by prof. Jacek Dominiczak) of the urban regeneration planning issues followed by discussion (40 min)

-        brief (20 min) presentation by artist Michal Szlaga on the artistic engagement issues followed by discussion (40 min)

-        concluding the introduction to the Gdansk Shipyard and brainstorming; problems and potentials for positive transformations (1 hour) – chair Graham Jeffery

-        reflections of the CCI/UWS students on the UK experience of similar post-industrial urban regenerations followed by discussion (1 hour) – facilitator Graham Jeffery

Day 2 (Wednesday, 7^th August) – alternative urban development thinking

Morning session; 9:30-13:00

-        Subjective Bus Line[1] (0,5 hour)

-       guided tour through exhibition the “Alternativa – Till Tomorrow! Ideologies of City Planning and the Tactics of Dwelling”[2] (by Hubert Bilewicz, curator of educational program, and ASP students of prof. Dominiczak, presenting their works followed by discussions (3 hours)

Lunch; 13:00-14:00 – bar “U Kazia” in the Gdansk Shipyard

Afternoon session; 14:00-18:00

-       artistic tactics to engage public for transformative action (15 min presentations by Katarzyna Kosmala, Graham Jeffery and Roman Sebastyanski) followed by discussions (1,5 hour)

-       workshop 1; looking for ideas – time for independent students’ work (2,5 hour)

Dinner; 19:30 (free evening for all participants)

Day 3 (Thursday, 8^th August) – imagining alternative futures of the Gdansk Shipyard regeneration

Morning session; 9:30-13:00

-        discussion with prof. Grzegorz Klaman, author of Subjective Bus Line (0,5 hour)

-        presentations and discussions of the initial ideas (1 hour) – chair Graham Jeffery

-        workshop 2; developing initial projects’ concepts for engaging citizens in creation of alternative vision (2 hours) - facilitator Roman Sebastyanski

Lunch; 13:00-14:00 bar “U Kazia” in the Gdansk Shipyard

Afternoon session; 14:00-18:00

-       presentation and discussion of the initial projects’ concepts (1,5 hour) – chair Graham Jeffery

-        workshop 2; developing projects proposals for engaging citizens in creation of alternative vision (2 hours) – facilitator Roman Sebastyanski

Day 4 (Friday, 9^th August) – outcomes’ presentation

Morning session; 9:30-12:30

-       Public presentation of the workshop’s outcomes and open discussion (3 hours) – chair Katarzyna Kosmala and Graham Jeffery, facilitation Roman Sebastyanski

Farewell Lunch; 13:00-15:00 – “Panorama” restaurant (at the 16^th floor with a view toward the shipyard)

http://panoramarestauracja.pl/

-       Arrival at the Lech Walesa Airport (16:30) and departure to Glasgow (18:55)

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[1] http://www.wyspa.art.pl/title,ASUBJECTIVEBUSLINE,pid,44,oid,38,cid,4,type,2.html

[2] http://www.wyspa.art.pl/title,ALTERNATIVA2013TILLTOMORROWIDEOLOGIESOFCITYPLANNINGANDTHETACTICSOFDWELLING,pid,44,oid,38,cid,410,type,1.html

Writing in Creative Practice

Here's a short video that gives a flavour of the Higher Education Academy Art Design and Media  supported workshop at the UWS Ayr Campus that took place in April 2013.

Thinking Dangerously in Teacher Education: Walking, Drawing & extending sites for learning

UWS Ayr Campus, Tuesday 18th June: a seminar organised as part of the Festival of Dangerous Ideas presenting the interim findings of a Creative Scotland funded project on Creativity in Initial Teacher Education, which has been developed by a cross-faculty group of staff at UWS.

13.30	WELCOME by Prof Henry Maitles, Head of School, School of Education.		Room GT25
13.35	Diarmuid McAuliffe (School of Education) Graham Jeffery (School of Creative and Cultural Industries)	Thinking Dangerously in Teacher Education? Walking, Drawing and Extending Sites for Learning:  an overview of the cross-faculty project which set out to address how creativity can be developed within emerging models of ITE and teachers’ CPD, designed to deliver the recommendation of the Teaching Scotland’s Future Report.	Room GT25
14.00	Dr Anne Pirrie (School of Education)	Ariadne’s thread: some reflections on extending sites for learning	Room GT25
14.30	Paul Kelly (University of the Highlands and Islands), John Ferry (Glasgow Museums) Paul Gorman (Visible Fictions)	their failures and successes and the implications for learning following a 5 day walk from Glasgow to Fort William  along the West Highland Way	Room GT25, Via Skype from Fort William
14.50	Parallel sessions
	Louise Barrett (School of Education) and Dr David Manderson (School of Creative and Cultural Industries) Richard Bracken (Room 13)	On Walking and Creative writing Lines of Inquiry and Journeying: a Room 13 Approach	Room GT25
	Claire Mackie Sarah Wylie, Dr Philip Morris, Dr Fernando Leon-solis (School of Education) and Dr Gill Jamieson (School of Creative and Cultural Industries) Joe Gallagher (East Ayrshire Council)	Using concept visualization in enabling support for learning Using moving image to teach Modern Foreign Languages Creative Connections and interdisciplinary learning	Room GT15
15.45	Prof Tim Ingold (University of Aberdeen)	On Walking, Drawing and Extending Sites for Learning	GT 25
16.30	Plenary		GT 25
17.00	Close of Seminar

CONTRAvention, Royal Institute of British Architects, 25th May

The main CONTRAvention event - Cultural Hijack: Rethinking Intervention, takes place at RIBA (the Royal Institute of British Architects), Saturday 25^th May 9am – 6pm.

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Speakers include:  Gregory Sholette, Voina (Yana Sarna), John Jordan, Krzysztof Wodiczko, Space Hijackers, Ztohoven, David Pinder, Ben Parry, Peter McCaughey, Nina Edge, Barbara Steveni, Graham Jeffery, Gavin Grindon, Alana Jelinek, Tobias Klein

RIBA 25^th May - Conference Schedule.

09.00      Registration: Tea & coffee and a bun

10.00      Welcome: Tobias Klein (Architectural Association)

10.05      Introduction: Peter McCaughey & Ben Parry Overview of Cultural Hijack & live-programme

10.30      Keynote: Gregory Sholette  Dark Matter  (30 min + 15 min Q&A)

11.15      Break – tea & coffee

11.30      Voina (Yana Sarna) Art & Politics in Russia  (30 min)

12.00      Short interventions   

                 Gavin Grindon,  (10 min)

                 Alana Jelinek, This is Not Art: Activism and Other 'Not-Art'(10 min)

12.20      Panel discussion: Yana Sarna, Gregory Sholette, Gavin Grindon, Alana Jelinek

12.45      Break - Lunch

1.45         Krzysztof Wodiczko War Veteran Projects  30 mins + 15 mins (Q&A)

2.30        Short intervention: David Pinder Geographies of Resistance  (10 min)

2.40        ‘Unsanctioned Resistance’ Presentations from:

                 Space Hijackers  (20min)   

                 Ztohoven Moral reform and media sculptures (20min)

3.20       Panel discussion - Space Hijackers, David Pinder, Ztohoven, Graham Jeffery

3.40      Break:  tea & coffee

4.00      Short interventions Nina Edge 

4.15      Presentation by John Jordan Resisting Stockholm Syndrome: Anecdotes on Omniside, artivisme and sinkin your                 cultural capital.

5.00      30 one-minute statements from the floor...   - invited from the floor chaired Graham Jeffery 

5.30      Closing comments Barbara Steveni (APG)

5.45      End performance

6.00      CLOSE

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Book your place NOW at: 

http://culturalhijack.eventbrite.co.uk

Ticket price: £15/£25/£40 includes refreshments throughout the day