Join a range of inspiring artists and designers, the MIMA team and Professor Simon James for an evening offering new insights into supporting imaginative lives through education.
Meet artists through creative challenges around MIMA’s galleries, hear from those passionate about learning, and connect with curators for short, sharp tours of exhibitions that bring together artworks, social history and the latest in material design. Professor Simon James was the Principal Investigator for the Durham Commission on Creativity and Education. A partnership between Arts Council England and Durham University, the Durham Commission investigated the benefits of teaching young people to be creative and to think creatively.
MIMA is an international art gallery and museum that connects art, people and ideas. A cultural and community hub, MIMA is powered by a vision to positively contribute to society. MIMA is part of Teesside University and leads the MIMA School of Art & Design.
Chemical City is a major thematic exhibition that explores the histories and legacies of the production of synthetics in the Tees Valley and shows contemporary innovations in the development of more sustainable fabrics.
16.00 – 16.30: Arrivals and Refreshments
16.30: Welcome
16.45: Group tours of the exhibitions and/or creative making activities
17.30: Professor Simon James: keynote and Q&A facilitated by Sharon Paterson
18.00: Reading/provocation by artist Lisette Auton
18.10: Refreshments
18.30: close
Contact
Vickie Allport
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