Constellations is a learning and development programme for artists, curators, producers, commissioners and all those who are active and/or interested in the expanded field of public art*.
Constellations is curated by UP Projects, the UK’s leading public art organisation specialising in socially engaged public art commissioning.
The programme explores issues and best practice relevant to the public art sector via Constellations ° Assemblies, three online panel discussions open to all involving a range of UK and international speakers, taking place between June 2025 and March 2026.
*By ‘the expanded field of public art’, we mean the work that happens at the intersection of contemporary art and culture, social practice, and the public realm.
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Programmes
Constellations ° Cohort
Constellations ° Cohort
45 cohort members have taken part in high quality learning workshops, seminars and public events as part of Constellations over the past four iterations. Previous Constellations Alumni include: Beverley Bennett, Connie Butler, Ting-Ting Cheng, Edmund Cook, Carla Cruz, Sophie Hoyle, Gal Leshem, Camara Taylor, Amanda Ramasawmy, Angharad Davies, Dunya Kalantery, Edwin Mingard, Hannah Kemp-Welch, Katie Fiore, Mai Omer, Miki Holloway, Adam Moore, Hussina Raja, Lady Kitt, Niki Colclough, Mark Bleakley, Sophie Seita, Tom Pope, Winnie Herbstein, Youngsook Choi, Amina Lawal Agoro, Benedict Rutherford, Jordan Rowe, Kate Mahony, Laura Eldret, Manon Awst, Monica Tolia, Nisha Duggal, Rebecca Moss, Taey Iohe, Seyi Adelekun, Ian Giles, Holly Graham, Faye Hamblett-Jones, Benjamin Malcolmson, James McColl, Laura Onions, Cherelle Sappleton, Giulia Shah and Becky Warnock.
Contributors
The past six iterations of Constellations have invited a wide range of creative professionals to deliver workshops, seminars and public events, both online and in-person. Previous venue partners include: Camden Art Centre, Goldsmiths College, University of London, Whitechapel Gallery, Art Night, South London Gallery, Cubitt, Barbican, The Bluecoat, Granby Winter Garden, John Hansard Gallery, Central Hall.
Previous workshop leaders, facilitators and mentors include: Ain Bailey, Helen Cammock, Jasleen Kaur, Rory Pilgrim, Rehana Zaman, Rosalie Schweiker, Kathrin Böhm, Torange Khonsari (public works), Davina Drummond, Daniel Fernández Pascual & Alon Schwabe (Cooking Sections), Samaneh Moafi (Forensic Architecture), and Topher Campbell, Beverley Bennett, Larissa Blasic, Imani Robinson & Rabz Lansiquot (Languid Hands), Stine Marie Jacobsen, Paul Purgas, Kerenza McClaren (Buddleia: Commissions in Public Space), Ruth Beale & Amy Feneck (The Alternative School of Economics), Adam James, Andy Merritt, Shuddhabrata Sengupta (Raqs Media Collective), Barby Asante, Vivienne Reiss, Harold Offeh, Edwin Mingard, Harun Morrison, Youngsook Choi, Kiera Blakey, Joyce Cronin, Nephertiti Oboschie Schandorf, Jes Fernie, Lynton Talbot, Kate Phillimore and Viviana Checchia.
Previous speakers include: Gavin Wade, Jeanne van Heeswijk, Tom Murphy, Arman Nouri, Jes Fernie, Nephertiti Oboschie Schandorf, Mat Jenner, Ulrika Flink, Magda Fabianczyk, Cíaran Malik, Amy Franceschini (Future Farmers), Neysa Page-Lieberman & Jane M. Saks (Monuments to Movements), Elmgreen & Dragset, Raqs Media Collective, Sara Reisman, ruangrupa, Binki Taylor, Siddharth Khajuria, Soledad Gutiérrez Rodríguez (st_age [TBA21]), Penny Rafferty (Black Swan DAO), Laurie Peake, Kiera Blakey, Bolanle Tajudeen, Rachel Anderson, Matteo Lucchetti, Samra Mayanja, Kerry Campbell, Amanprit Sandhu, Roseanna Dias, Linda Rocco, Ahmet Öğüt, Magdalena Malm, Neelika Jayawardane, Alice Sharp, Dr Julie Freeman, Zoë Palmer, Jack Ky Tan, Khanyisile Mbongwa, Morgan Quaintance, Dread Scott, Zoé Whitley, Manon Awst, Anne Duk Hee Jordan, Victoria Pratt, Farah Ahmed, Cathy Wade, Abbas Zahedi and Steve Moffitt.
