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Sustainable Enterprise Festival
This week sees the final few days of the Sustainable Enterprise Festival, a great online event curated by my colleagues Siân Prime and Adrian De La Court in the Goldsmiths Institute for Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship (ICCE). Running online for the past fortnight and finishing this Friday 31 July, the Sustainable Enterprise Festival has set… →
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Goldsmiths degree shows go online
I’ve been so impressed by the ways Goldsmiths students have responded to the challenges brought about by Covid-19. The past few months have seen an end to face-to-face teaching and the cancellation of final year events, and students have worked incredibly hard to adapt. This year’s Degree Shows are the perfect example: unable to share… →
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Culture at home
I’ve been struck by the creative ways people and organisations are bringing us art and culture in the ongoing lockdown. Goldsmiths’ local education partners are sharing some great online resources. The Horniman Museum has been sharing videos from their Schools Team to support families with the challenges of home learning. Each edition of their Home… →
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Lewisham: Borough of Culture
I was delighted to hear earlier this month that Goldsmiths’ home borough of Lewisham will be London Borough of Culture for 2021. This winning bid for Lewisham sees the borough awarded over £1m of funding to create a year of cultural events and initiatives. I might be biased but Lewisham seems the perfect choice –… →
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Bridget Riley at the Hayward Gallery
Last week I visited Bridget Riley’s exhibition at the Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre. This is the largest exhibition of Riley’s work to date, a retrospective of pieces spanning a 70-year career, including during her time as a student at Goldsmiths. Her black and white optical pieces from the early 1960s are truly captivating, and with… →
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Revisiting the creative industries
Last week I welcomed colleagues and guests to an event on the creative industries organised by Goldsmiths’ Institute for Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship (ICCE) and co-hosted by the Policy and Evidence Centre (PEC). Creative Industries Revisited set out to review the current state of the creative and cultural industries and the narratives and policies associated… →
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Spreading CreActivity: with Venice Art Factory and UNHCR
On Friday 22 November I chaired a panel to mark the closing of Rothko in Lampedusa, an inspiring exhibition of artwork by refugees. The Rothko in Lampedusa exhibition ran from May to November 2019 and featured work by established international artists and younger refugee artists. I’ve worked with the event’s curators Venice Art Factory for… →
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The Goldsmiths Prize: Interview with Tim Parnell
Dr Tim Parnell is Senior Lecturer in English at Goldsmiths University of London and Literary Director of the Goldsmiths Prize. In this interview ahead of the announcement of the Prize’s 2019 winner, Tim shares how the Prize began and reflects on the outlook for the novel form. You set up the Goldsmiths Prize back in 2013 – why… →
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Footprints.
Today, as I announce that I’ve been appointed the next Warden of Goldsmiths, and will be leaving London College of Fashion, UAL – where I’ve been Head of College for the last fourteen years – I’m reflecting on the footprints I have made. →
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Mundo Latinx
Including a wide range of media such as film, photography and illustration, as well as textile and fashion design, Mundo Latinx also highlights the permeability of borders, the continual movement of people, which stimulates the formation of new ideas and identities, as well as large diaspora communities. →