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Constellations ° Assemblies 2024 was a series of three online events involving a range of UK and international speakers and open to all artists, curators, practitioners, commissioners, communities, and those working across public art, social practice and regeneration.
UP Projects' latest edition of Constellations ° Assemblies explored the relationship between creative practice and policy across three online events.
- How can we harness political energy? With Artist Dread Scott and Chisenhale Gallery director Dr. Zoé Whitley [25 September 2024 | 14:00 – 15:15 BST]
- How can we push for culture-based climate action? [13 November 2024 | 14:00 – 15:15 GMT]
- Art in schools: how can we get culture back on the agenda? [12 February 2025 | 14:00 – 15:15 GMT]
Taking place between September 2024 and February 2025 and involving a range of UK and international speakers, our Constellations ° Assemblies 2024 programme was rooted in our firm belief that socially engaged practice has the potential to catalyse change while also recognising that this can only happen when supported by action at policy-level. Building on this premise, the three online Assemblies reflected on the role that art can play in supporting advocacy and campaigning, as well as acknowledging the challenges and obstacles that need to be tackled along the way.
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Constellations ° Assemblies 2024 was curated by UP Projects and supported by Arts Council England.
Events
Dread Scott: How Can We Harness Political Energy?
25 September 2024, 14:00 – 15:15 BST
Online
Part of Constellations ° Assemblies 2024
Pushing for culture-based climate action
13 November 2024, 14:00 – 15:15 GMT
Online
Part of Constellations ° Assemblies 2024
Art in Schools: Getting Culture Back on the Agenda
12 February 2025, 14:00 – 15:15 GMT
Online
Part of Constellations ° Assemblies 2024
Resources
Dread Scott: How can we harness political energy?
▶️ Event Recording
2024
Artist Dread Scott in conversation with Chisenhale Gallery Director, Zoé Whitley explore how public art can catalyse change (whether directly or indirectly) at policy level and how it can contribute to creating spaces that amplify diverse histories and foreground underrepresented voices.
Pushing for culture-based climate action
▶️ Accessible Event Recording
2024
Artists, Manon Awst, Anne Duk Hee Jordan, and Victoria Pratt (Invisible Flock) offer their perspectives on how we can best advocate for a public art ecosystem that is locally rooted, non-extractive and joined up to climate action. What does culture-based climate action mean? And what is the potential for artist led projects to catalyse change through advocacy and campaigning?
