This intimate exhibition includes a selection of previously unseen paintings of Jones's favourite places - Dartmoor, Oxford and London - and some wonderful portraits. In addition there are also sketches, letters and notebooks which give a fascinating insight into the life of this hugely talented artist. A talk about Jean Jones is being given by Michael Kurtz, one of the exhibition curators, on Wednesday, 19th May at 7pm. Please contact the gallery if you would like to attend. The talk will be filmed live and a video link will be put on the website.
The ‘community of practice’ is a concept that has emerged at the forefront of scholarly and professional discussions of apprenticeship, collective learning and collaboration. A particularly influential notion in the fields of the material arts, decorative arts, and crafts, community of practice emphasises a more democratic approach to the development of skills and ideas.
Drawing on ethnographic research with Mexican woodcarvers from the state of Oaxaca, Dr Alanna Cant, University of Reading reveals that the community of practice approach can also obscure the practices and...
Join a discussion with Randal Charlton, son of Warwick Charlton, famed for the Project Mayflower and the construction of the Mayflower II, a replica of the original vessel.
Join an insightful discussion with Randal Charlton, son of Warwick Charlton, famed for the ambitious Project Mayflower and the construction of the Mayflower II, a replica of the original vessel built to recreate its voyage.
The building of the Mayflower ll happened to coincide with the 1956 Suez Crisis and a major rift in US/UK relations. At the same time France and other European countries committed to...
Join an in-depth conversation about Kehinde Wiley’s fascinating career and how the successful New York based artist has become a symbol for black communities and their empowerment. The discussion takes the diverse artworks exhibited in Kehinde Wiley: Ship of Fools as a starting point to examine the ways in which the artist challenges the conventional depictions and aesthetics of power, taste and privilege. This podcast is an opportunity to familiarise with Wiley’s unique vision of the world.
Free to access online. Book your place via The Arts Institute website .
A Historical Association & University of Plymouth History department talk.
Fake news is not a modern invention. The Tudor regime deliberately and carefully projected a specific version of people and events to the public, to bolster and secure itself. Unflattering or unhelpful publications or images were ruthlessly suppressed and their creators suffered for their presumption. This talk from Dr Rebecca Emmett will focus on the reign of Elizabeth I and explore how the regime disseminated propaganda and repressed dissenting voices.
Join an in-depth conversation about Kehinde Wiley’s fascinating career and how the successful New York based artist has become a symbol for black communities and their empowerment. The discussion takes the diverse artworks exhibited in Kehinde Wiley: Ship of Fools as a starting point to examine the ways in which the artist challenges the conventional depictions and aesthetics of power, taste and privilege. This podcast is an opportunity to familiarise with Wiley’s unique vision of the world.
Free to access online. Book via The Arts Institute website .
With Dr Alan Butler, University of Plymouth, as part of the Kehinde Wiley exhibition Ship of Fools
“Confined on the ship, from which there is no escape, the madman is delivered to the river with its thousand arms, the sea with its thousand roads, to that great uncertainty external to everything. He is a prisoner in the midst of what is the freest, the openest of routes: bound fast at the infinite crossroads”. Michel Foucault, Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason .
Young men today are awash in a sea of identities....
Dartmoor farmers are invited to a free talk which focuses on how nature-friendly hill farms can be more profitable. Chris Clark, co-author of report ‘ Less is more: Improving profitability and the natural environment in hill and other marginal farming systems ’ is hosting the event which has been organised by Dartmoor Hill Farm Project. The event is taking place at the Two Bridges Hotel,...
Vlatko Vedral, Department of Physics, University of Oxford
University of Oxford physicist Vlatko Vedral introduces the mesmerising world of Quantum Physics. A better understanding of the atomic world affords the development of new technologies. Today’s digital computers process information encoded using binary digits. However, quantum processors do so using quantum bits. A binary bit can be in only one of two states, 0 or 1, but a quantum bit can be in both states at the same time. Quantum computing technology is opening exciting new avenues for creativity, including music....
Dr Dina Rezk lectures in Middle Eastern History at the University of Reading. She has researched the revolutions that swept across Iraq, Syria and Yemen, three devastating Arab-Israeli wars and moves towards an uneasy peace between Egypt and Israel in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Dina has looked at formative events, individuals and themes that have shaped the modern Middle East, from 'Nasserism' to political Islam. Her recent work concerns the latest upheavals of the 'Arab Spring' across the Middle East, and she has briefed UK and US government departments on...
