Austerity, Adversity, Art?

Austerity, Adversity, Art?
Fine Art education as a site of social and political resistance, initiative and engagement

NAFAE's annual symposium and AGM is a selection of pecha-kucha style short provocations, poster presentations, and 20 minute papers/case studies.

As a network we are primarily interested in practice and projects; in how people are producing and how educators and fine art practitioners are responding to challenge.

These contributions address:

Contexts – challenges for or outcomes from Fine Art Education
Responses – what are you doing now?
Proposals – what should we be doing?

Positive inventions that have significant value. The role of Fine Art and cultural activism at times of specific deprivation. Examples of partnerships beyond the sector. Activism and counter-practices. Impacts from austerity and alternative economies. A future with or without Europe. Teaching craft and making. Emerging skills. Skills preparating future graduates. Teaching beginners and those without prior foundations in Art and Design. Supporting poverty in the student body. Countering adversity. Art education as resistance. Managing commercial priorities and an instrumentalised education sector.

Conference date: 23rd March 2018

Hosted jointly by NAFAE and Wolverhampton University.

Location

Wolverhampton City art gallery.
The current exhibition is Diaspora Pavilion: Venice to Wolverhampton. Lichfield St.
Wolverhampton
West Midlands
WV1 1DU

George Wallis (MK) building
Molineux Street
City Campus North
WV1 1DT

Download a campus map
Download a map of Wolverhampton

The morning sessions are all in the Wolverhampton City Art Gallery (TBC), which you can find under Places of interest on the interactive map.
The afternoon sessions are a 10 minute walk away the other side of the main road in the George Wallis (MK) building, under Buildings on the same interactive map.

Accommodation

Nearby there is: a Premiere Inn; the Britannia, a more traditional hotel; Novatel; and the Red Wings Lodge.

You can download the map here:
City Campus Molineux

Getting There by road

Junction 10 of the M6 is the nearest motorway junction. The University is split into two sites - City Campus North and South - both of which are signposted from the Ring Road and the A449.

Parking

Although there is only very limited metered parking by the main reception on Wulfruna Street, there are a number of public pay car parks within walking distance.
Of these, the Civic Centre car park, at the end of Wulfruna Street, or the long-term car park off Whitmore/Broad Street are the closest.

• General parking spaces are indicated on the Wolverhampton Street Map (PDF 1,851K, Downloads file).
• Details of the type of parking (public, disabled or staff) can be found on our interactive campus map.

Getting there by public Transport

Walking from the station

The City Campus is right in the centre of Wolverhampton. It is a seven-minute walk from both the train station and St Georges Metro terminus, and a five-minute walk from the main bus station.

• From the train station - as you exit walk straight ahead and veer right across the road bridge going over the ring road.
• From the bus station - walk stratight ahead as you exit, past WH Smiths on your left and continue to the crossroads.
• At the cross roads continue straight ahead down Lichfield Street, you will see the Britannia hotel and The Grand Theatre on your left as you continue down the road.
• At the next junction where you reach Indi bar and the Royal London Buildings turn right – you will see The George in front of you. This is the beginning of the 'University Quarter'
• From the Metro - upon exiting the Metro station, walk towards Primark, cross the road and then take a right alongside Marks and Spencers
• Continue along this road - it will bend slightly to the right and then back to the left. Keep going until you reach a crossroads - you will have Indi Bar on your left.
• Cross over and continue on the same direction around the Royal London Buildings. You should now see The George in front of you.

CALL FOR PAPERS

NAFAE is inviting proposals for provocations and contributions for their up-coming annual symposium.
Please submit up to 200 word abstracts by 29th January 2018 for either: pecha-kucha style short provocations, poster presentations, or 20 minute papers/case studies.

Austerity, Adversity, Art?
Fine Art education as a site of social and political resistance, initiative and engagement

As a network we are primarily interested in practice and projects; in how people are producing and how educators and fine art practitioners are responding to challenge.

We are looking for papers and contributions that address:

Contexts – challenges for or outcomes from Fine Art Education
Responses – what are you doing now?
Proposals – what should we be doing?

Positive inventions that have significant value. The role of Fine Art and cultural activism at times of specific deprivation. Examples of partnerships beyond the sector. Activism and counter-practices. Impacts from austerity and alternative economies. A future with or without Europe. Teaching craft and making. Emerging skills. Skills preparating future graduates. Teaching beginners and those without prior foundations in Art and Design. Supporting poverty in the student body. Countering adversity. Art education as resistance. Managing commercial priorities and an instrumentalised education sector.

Please include your name, email address and institution or status, along with the title of the proposed contribution and any technical details such as duration and format

Deadline for proposals: 29th January 2018
Conference date: 23rd March 2018
Send abstracts to: admin@nafae.org.uk

Hosted jointly by NAFAE and Wolverhampton University.