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Monday, September 29, 2008 from 4:30 PM - 5:45 PM (GMT)
Date: Monday, 29th September 2008
Time: 4.30-5.45pm followed by a drinks reception
Venue: NESTA, 1 Plough Place, off New Fetter Lane, London, EC4A1DE
On Monday 29th September 2008, NESTA will publish the results of its latest research report, “The Art of Innovation: how fine arts graduates contribute to innovation”.
Written in partnership with Central St Martin’s College of Art & Design, the LSE and the University of the Arts, London, the report is the result of a nine-month inquiry into the working lives of fine arts graduates over the last fifty years. It examines the ways in which they contribute to innovation, both within the arts and the wider economy, and provides some intriguing insights into an area that has, to date, been neglected by researchers and policymakers.
To mark the launch, we are hosting a presentation and evening reception. We are delighted that Matthew Collings – artist, writer and broadcaster – will also be joining us to talk through his own experience of some of the themes in the report.
Programme
16.30 – 17.00 Registration and refreshments
17.00 – 17.05 Welcome from Chris Powell, Chairman of NESTA
17.05 – 17.15 The Art of Innovation: How fine arts graduates contribute to innovation, Professor Kate Oakley, University of the Arts, London
17.15 – 17.25 Personal Reflections - Matthew Collings
17.25 – 17.45 Q&A Session
17.45 – 19.00 Drinks and canapés
Background and Bios
Over the past year NESTA has published a series of research reports on the creative industries and innovation. During this period NESTA has also launched two major pilot programmes to support innovation in the film and video games sectors. Policymakers are committed to further exploring the role that the arts and creative industries play in stimulating innovation, most recently in the government’s Innovation Nation White Paper.
Matthew Collings is an artist and writer. He is the former editor of Artscribe International and for many years he was the art critic on BBC2's The Late Show. He has written several books on art, including Blimey, This Is Modern Art, and This Is Civilisation. The TV series of This Is Modern Art (Channel 4, 1999), which he wrote and presented, won many awards, including a BAFTA. The TV series of This Is Civilisation, which was shown in 2007 on Channel 4, will be rebroadcast worldwide in 2009. Also in 2007, he co-curated (with Emma Biggs) an exhibition of Picasso's late style for the Helly Nahmad Gallery, which premiered at the Basel Art Fair and was then reinstalled for eight months at Helly Nahmad's London space. Matthew Collings' paintings are done jointly with Emma Biggs and exhibited regularly at The Fine Art Society, London.
Professor Kate Oakley is a writer and policy analyst, specialising in the creative industries, cultural policy and regional development. She is a Visiting Professor at the University of the Arts London and City University. She is an Associate of Demos, the independent think tank, and of the Burns Owens Partnership, which specialises in cultural and creative industries research.
She was the author of Creative London (2004) and has worked with a number of cities and regions, both in the UK and internationally, on public policy in the creative industries. Publications in this field include The Independents (2000), Surfing the Long Wave (2001), co-written with Charles Leadbeater, and London’s Creative Economy: An Accidental Success? co-written with John Knell and recently published by The Work Foundation. She is also author of CSMs Innovation’s study of innovation in SMEs: Business Interaction with Design and Innovation.
Chris Powell is NESTA's Chair. In the public sphere, his experience includes chairing the Institute of Public Policy Research think tank; the British Council's Creative Industries Advisory Panel; Ealing Hammersmith and Hounslow Health Authority; and vice-chairing the Public Diplomacy Board. He serves on the Government's Science Forum and on the board of Riverside Studios.
In the commercial world, Chris's experience includes non-executive directorships at UBM, Dr Foster and Renew. He is a member of the Advisory Panel at PWC. Chris comes from an advertising background. He was a founder of the advertising agency BMP DDB and went on to become its chief executive and then chairman.
NESTA is the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts. We are the largest single endowment devoted exclusively to supporting talent, innovation and creativity in the UK. Our mission is to transform the UK’s capacity for innovation. We invest in early stage companies, inform innovation policy and encourage a culture that helps innovation to flourish.
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