CREAM (Centre for Research and Education in Arts and Media)
University of Westminster, London
PARTICIPANT: CONVERSATIONS ON CERAMICS IN THE EXPANDED FIELD
Link: Conversations on Ceramics in the Expanded Field
ABOUT
Established in 2002, the Centre for Research and Education in Arts and Media (CREAM), University of Westminster, is a world-leading centre and pioneer in practice-based, critical, theoretical and historical research in art, creative and interdisciplinary practice. CREAM’s research areas encompass Film and Media; Art and Society; Photography; Fashion and Music. Our researchers work across these areas and developinterdisciplinary projects, platforms and networks with external and international partners.
CREAM researchers are leading artists, filmmakers, photographers, curators, theorists, critics, historians, designers and musicians. We integrate research activities into teaching UG and PG levels and PhD supervision across areas of art, film, media, television, creative practice, photography, technology, music, fashion, visual culture, with an emphasis on fostering interdisciplinary intersections. CREAM staff are largely based in the Westminster School of Arts, and a small number are in the School of Media and Communication, and School of Humanities.
Recognised as the leading UK research centre in Art and Design, the 2014 Research Excellence Framework identified 95% of CREAM’s research outputs as world leading and internationally excellent.
The Ceramics Research Centre (CRC-UK) is a leader in the debates surrounding international contemporary ceramic practice and critical discussion is essential to the development of the discipline. Members of the Centre are committed to exhibiting and publishing, as well as hosting and participating in conferences, symposia and dialogues. Developing from their original focus on ceramic installation and art practice, and the interface between ceramics, performance and museology, their interests have expanded to explore social engagement, interdisciplinary curatorial practice and the nature of the ephemeral, through the broader context of clay within culture and society.
The CRC-UK developed from the interface between teaching and research based on the historic Harrow Ceramics course which ran from 1963 until 2012 (see Tradition and Innovation). During the first decade of the 21st century, research staff Edmund de Waal and Christie Brown began to explore a strategy to address new agendas in the field, joined in 2004 by Clare Twomey. In 2011 the CRC-UK was awarded a major AHRC grant to explore the relationship between contemporary ceramic practice and museum culture. (see Ceramics in the Expanded Field). CRC-UK now builds on the strong profile of its members and their international activities. The CRC-UK is led by Professor Clare Twomey and its current members include Research Associate Phoebe Cummings, Senior Lecturer Tessa Peters, artist Philip Lee and Emerita Professor Christie Brown. The growing number of current doctoral students and recent PhD successes demonstrate the broad arena in which the discipline operates.
The following five conversations took place on May 6, 2016, at the Pompidou Pavilion, Musée National de Céramique, Sèvres, Cité de la Céramique, Paris
PARTICIPANTS:
Alun Graves, Senior Curator, V&A Museum, London, UK. Glen R. Brown, Professor of Art History, Kansas State University, USA. Namita Gupta Wiggers, Independent writer, curator and educator, director of the Critical Craft Forum, USA. Christie Brown, Professor of Ceramics, University of Westminster, London, UK. Clare Twomey, Research Reader, University of Westminster, London, UK. Hyeyoung Cho, Independent Curator, adjunct professor, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.
Facilitator: Kim Bagley, Research Associate, University of Westminster, London UK.
ARTIST RESIDENCIES IN MUSEUMS – A SUSTAINABLE TOOL OF COLLABORATIVE CRITIQUE?
Link: CONVERSATION
LOCATION | Pompidou Pavilion, Musée National de Céramique, Sèvres, Cité de la Céramique, Paris
DATE | 6 May 2016
PARTICIPANTS:
Alun Graves, Senior Curator, V&A Museum, London, UK. Glen R. Brown, Professor of Art History, Kansas State University, USA. Namita Gupta Wiggers, Independent writer, curator and educator, director of the Critical Craft Forum, USA. Christie Brown, Professor of Ceramics, University of Westminster, London, UK. Clare Twomey, Research Reader, University of Westminster, London, UK. Hyeyoung Cho, Independent Curator, adjunct professor, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.
Facilitator: Kim Bagley, Research Associate, University of Westminster, London UK.
THINKING BACK TO GO FORWARD – THE MUSEUM AS A HUB
Link: CONVERSATION
LOCATION | Pompidou Pavilion, Musée National de Céramique, Sèvres, Cité de la Céramique, Paris
DATE | 6 May 2016
PARTICIPANTS:
Alun Graves, Senior Curator, V&A Museum, London, UK. Glen R. Brown, Professor of Art History, Kansas State University, USA. Namita Gupta Wiggers, Independent writer, curator and educator, director of the Critical Craft Forum, USA. Christie Brown, Professor of Ceramics, University of Westminster, London, UK. Clare Twomey, Research Reader, University of Westminster, London, UK. Hyeyoung Cho, Independent Curator, adjunct professor, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.
Facilitator: Kim Bagley, Research Associate, University of Westminster, London UK.
THE ENDURING TRAJECTORY OF CERAMICS – HOW DO WE TALK ABOUT CLAY?
Link: CONVERSATION 5
LOCATION | Pompidou Pavilion, Musée National de Céramique, Sèvres, Cité de la Céramique, Paris
DATE | 6 May 2016
PARTICIPANTS:
Alun Graves, Senior Curator, V&A Museum, London, UK. Glen R. Brown, Professor of Art History, Kansas State University, USA. Namita Gupta Wiggers, Independent writer, curator and educator, director of the Critical Craft Forum, USA. Christie Brown, Professor of Ceramics, University of Westminster, London, UK. Clare Twomey, Research Reader, University of Westminster, London, UK. Hyeyoung Cho, Independent Curator, adjunct professor, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.
Facilitator: Kim Bagley, Research Associate, University of Westminster, London UK.
FEEDBACK ON FEEDBACK – THINKING THROUGH QUALITATIVE TOOLS FOR UNDERSTANDING AUDIENCES TODAY
Link: CONVERSATION
LOCATION | Pompidou Pavilion, Musée National de Céramique, Sèvres, Cité de la Céramique, Paris
DATE | 6 May 2016
PARTICIPANTS:
Alun Graves, Senior Curator, V&A Museum, London, UK. Glen R. Brown, Professor of Art History, Kansas State University, USA. Namita Gupta Wiggers, Independent writer, curator and educator, director of the Critical Craft Forum, USA. Christie Brown, Professor of Ceramics, University of Westminster, London, UK. Clare Twomey, Research Reader, University of Westminster, London, UK. Hyeyoung Cho, Independent Curator, adjunct professor, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea. Helen Walsh, Curator of the Centre for Ceramic Art, York Art Gallery, UK.
Facilitator: Kim Bagley, Research Associate, University of Westminster, London UK.
DOCUMENTING THE EPHEMERAL – COLLABORATION AND INTERPRETATIVE DOCUMENTATION
Link: CONVERSATION
LOCATION | Pompidou Pavilion, Musée National de Céramique, Sèvres, Cité de la Céramique, Paris
DATE | 6 May 2016
PARTICIPANTS:
Alun Graves, Senior Curator, V&A Museum, London, UK. Glen R. Brown, Professor of Art History, Kansas State University, USA. Namita Gupta Wiggers, Independent writer, curator and educator, director of the Critical Craft Forum, USA. Christie Brown, Professor of Ceramics, University of Westminster, London, UK. Clare Twomey, Research Reader, University of Westminster, London, UK. Hyeyoung Cho, Independent Curator, adjunct professor, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.
Facilitator: Kim Bagley, Research Associate, University of Westminster, London UK.