STOKING CURIOSITY | SHORT REPORT 2018
FESTIVAL PROGRAMME ACTIVITIES
The final festival programme included 43 activities. Nine
activities did not happen, one organiser did not engage post
call out, three workshops did not get any visitors. Six activities
were multi-platform for example both discussion and an
exhibition or installation and a workshop. The festival ran
for two days to give time for a larger number of activities. Community members and University staff were
given an equal place to share their ideas, activities
and research and to learn together:
There were:
18
16
7
workshops discussions interactive exhibits
4 2 2
consultations
exhibitions
installations
Some workshops were all-day activities and others lasted
one to three hours. Most of the people running activities
used creative arts to engage visitors. Over half of the
activities were on topics that were a mixture of subjects.
Many of them brought the arts and sciences together.
"THE PAIRING OF THE FUTURISTIC
HAND WITH CURRENT PROSTHETICS
WAS FASCINATING"
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• 16 activities were presented by University researchers.
• 25 were presented by community members who were
employed, self-employed or volunteers.
• Two activities were run by academic–community
partnerships.
• 10 activities were from the arts and culture sector.
• 5 artists at ACAVA opened their studios to demonstrate
modern laser engraving, colour mixing, and the chemistry
behind colour in fused glass.
• 12 of the 18 workshops were offered by community
members or artists.
• Community members and academics were almost equally
likely to offer discussions.
• Five of the seven interactive exhibits were offered by
academics (two in partnership with community members).
• All the consultations were offered by community members
on a range of topics (arts and culture, use of derelict urban
spaces, education, health and well-being).