Working with
Diverse Audiences
Fabrica presents a
series of
practice sharing events for artists and other professionals working with
the
arts in health, social care, education and gallery settings.
Jointly devised
by Liz Whitehead, a
Co-director of Fabrica gallery, and artist Naomi Kendrick, the programme
sets
out to explore various approaches to working with diverse audiences,
using the
contemporary visual arts.
The programme
draws directly on
Naomi’s research into and practice of a multisensory approach to
engaging with
people about contemporary art. It also draws on the perspectives of
other
artists, researchers, social care and health professionals, to
articulate the
challenges and opportunities particular to these contexts – both for
artists and
participants.
Working with
Diverse Audiences
comprises workshops, professional presentations and peer critique
sessions. It
is aimed at giving participants a rounded learning experience, and
encouraging
best practice.
APRIL
2012 TIMETABLE
Saturday 21
April, 9.30pm-1.30pm
- A Multi-sensory Approach. £5 including lunch. (Takes place at Friends
Meeting
House) This
half-day workshop is designed as a practical introduction to Naomi’s
multi-sensory method, why this method is useful for working with a
diverse
group and as a way of encouraging participants to think more directly
and
personally about the many ways an exhibition can be interpreted and
explored.
Monday
23 April, 1.30-3pm and Tuesday 24 November, 1.30-3pm - Second Sight.
Free
entry.
Second Sight workshops are regular
events in Fabrica’s education
programme – two events take place per exhibition. Led by Naomi
Kendrick, the workshops explore the current
exhibition through an audio described tour, and through sound, touch,
smell,
and group discussion.
We invite professionals to join
these workshops like any other
participant, and after the workshop there will be a chance to take part
in a
short discussion about their experience of the workshop.
Monday
23 April, 7-9pm - Professional Practice Presentation – Lucinda Jarrett.
Free
entry.
Lucinda Jarrett is artistic
director of Rosetta
Life. She founded the organisation in 1997 in order to challenge our
contemporary representation of illness and to enable people who are
facing
death to participate more fully in cultural life. Lucinda worked in
television
for five years as associate television producer for French, American and
British broadcasters, before founding Rosetta Life. She is a published
writer
and poet, has a strong track record of delivering theatre within
healthcare
settings, and has worked with independent dancers and is a founder
member of
the Living Body alliance, a network of movement practitioners working in
End of
Life Care. She is currently holder of a Wellcome Trust Clore Leadership
Fellowship exploring arts as a tool for advocacy and public engagement.
Tuesday
24 November 5-7pm - Working With Diverse Audiences Peer Critique. £5
(including
refreshments).
These sessions are for those who have attended at least one Second
Sight workshop and/or A Multisensory Approach workshop. The sessions
provide a
space for discussion about participants’ current practice and working
environment, and as a way of participants generating ideas to be taken
forward.
For
further information, or to book for any of the events contact clare.hankinson@fabrica.org.uk
or
phone 01273 778646
