News Release
2013 CHEAD conference (20-21 March 2013) to examine Cultural
Value, Art and Design in Urban
Regeneration and the implications for HE of the current state of Art education in UK schools.
Value, Art and Design in Urban
Regeneration and the implications for HE of the current state of Art education in UK schools.
The value of Arts and Culture and the role of design
in Urban Development are high on the agenda for the 2013 CHEAD conference,
which will bring together senior figures in UK Art and Design education at Central
Saint Martins next week. Delegates
will also address the current state of Art education in English / Welsh and Scottish systems and its implications
for Higher Education. Members of the Council
for Higher Education in Art & Design (CHEAD) include the majority of the UK’s
institutions teaching Art and Design at post and undergraduate level. Its
current chair is Professor Linda Drew, Deputy Director of The Glasgow School of
Art.
in Urban Development are high on the agenda for the 2013 CHEAD conference,
which will bring together senior figures in UK Art and Design education at Central
Saint Martins next week. Delegates
will also address the current state of Art education in English / Welsh and Scottish systems and its implications
for Higher Education. Members of the Council
for Higher Education in Art & Design (CHEAD) include the majority of the UK’s
institutions teaching Art and Design at post and undergraduate level. Its
current chair is Professor Linda Drew, Deputy Director of The Glasgow School of
Art.
“At a time when arts and culture budgets are
under increasing pressure with councils from Somerset to Moray and Newcastle
voting to cut their arts funding entirely, there is no more important time to
understand the broader value of Arts and Culture in society,” says
Professor Drew. “This year’s CHEAD conference will investigate the contribution that art and design can
make in different areas of our society and how robust research is vital to
communicating this value.”
“With significant changes in both the
English and Scottish schools systems this is also an appropriate time for the
HE sector to take stock of the state of Art and Design education, and the
impact that this will have on the future of HE in the UK,”
she adds.
English and Scottish schools systems this is also an appropriate time for the
HE sector to take stock of the state of Art and Design education, and the
impact that this will have on the future of HE in the UK,”
she adds.
Professor Geoffrey Crossick, Distinguished
Professor of the Humanities in the School of Advanced Study, University of
London, and Director of the AHRC’s Cultural Value Project, and former
Vice-Chancellor of University of London, will open the 2013 CHEAD conference
with a keynote presentation on the AHRC funded project, which was launched last
year.
Professor of the Humanities in the School of Advanced Study, University of
London, and Director of the AHRC’s Cultural Value Project, and former
Vice-Chancellor of University of London, will open the 2013 CHEAD conference
with a keynote presentation on the AHRC funded project, which was launched last
year.
“While we might feel we instinctively understand the value of culture
and its importance to our lives, defining and expressing that value is
surprisingly difficult, let alone the challenge of persuading others of its
importance. But it is vital for us all, and for the future, that we do.
and its importance to our lives, defining and expressing that value is
surprisingly difficult, let alone the challenge of persuading others of its
importance. But it is vital for us all, and for the future, that we do.
Professor Rick Rylance, Chief Executive of the AHRC
It is
widely understood that culture brings considerable economic benefit to the UK
through the arts and creative industries. But there is also widespread
agreement that to understand these benefits in economic terms alone is to miss
some of the most important contributions that the arts and culture bring to
individuals and to society. Professor Crossick’s research is gathering and
developing robust evidence on the broader contribution of art and design which
can inform future policy development.
This address will be followed by a presentation
from leading architect Paul Williams of Stanton Williams on Art and Design
in Urban Regeneration. Stanton Williams won gold at Building Design’s
Architect of the Year Awards in 2012 for the Kings Cross development, a
design that illustrates the key role of the arts in successful urban
regeneration.
from leading architect Paul Williams of Stanton Williams on Art and Design
in Urban Regeneration. Stanton Williams won gold at Building Design’s
Architect of the Year Awards in 2012 for the Kings Cross development, a
design that illustrates the key role of the arts in successful urban
regeneration.
Also high on the agenda of the conference is the current
state of Art education in schools and the implications for Higher Education,
particularly comparing the impact of different systems through
the policies being developed in Westminster and Holyrood. Presentations on the
two systems will be given by Lesley Butterworth, General Secretary,
NSEAD and Prof. Sally Brown, Emeritus Professor, University of Stirling, who is
project consultant, Beyond the Senior Phase – University Engagement with
Curriculum for Excellence.
state of Art education in schools and the implications for Higher Education,
particularly comparing the impact of different systems through
the policies being developed in Westminster and Holyrood. Presentations on the
two systems will be given by Lesley Butterworth, General Secretary,
NSEAD and Prof. Sally Brown, Emeritus Professor, University of Stirling, who is
project consultant, Beyond the Senior Phase – University Engagement with
Curriculum for Excellence.
Other
speakers at the conference include Jocelyn Bailey,
Head of Manufacturing, Design & Innovation; Manager, Associate
Parliamentary Design & Innovation Group, and Sarah Rowles, Director of the
exciting student-led initiative, Q Art.
speakers at the conference include Jocelyn Bailey,
Head of Manufacturing, Design & Innovation; Manager, Associate
Parliamentary Design & Innovation Group, and Sarah Rowles, Director of the
exciting student-led initiative, Q Art.
For
further information on CHEAD visit: www.chead.ac.uk
further information on CHEAD visit: www.chead.ac.uk
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