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ANNUAL RESEARCH REPORT 2016/17

Originator: Sam BroadheadDate:

Annual Research Report 2016/17_____________________________________________________________________________

ContentsResearch Time and Staff Proposals...............................................................41. Bids for External Funding & Externally Funded Projects in 2016/17.......42. External Awards........................................................................................53. Internal Events..........................................................................................54. External Events, Exhibitions and Publications by ‘Teaching with

Research Staff’ 2016-17............................................................................65. External Events, Exhibitions and Publications by ‘Research Staff’ 2016-

17.............................................................................................................116. Invited Talks/ Reviewing/Editorial Work.................................................13

Invited talks..............................................................................................13Review work.............................................................................................13Editorial work...........................................................................................13

7. Ethics.......................................................................................................138. Gallery report..........................................................................................139. Research Excellence Frame Work Strategy 2015-20..............................1410. Consortium for Research Excellence, Support and Training (CREST)..1411.........................................................The Virtual Environment of Research

................................................................................................................. 1412........................................................................................Research Clusters

................................................................................................................. 14Technology...............................................................................................14Pedagogy..................................................................................................15Crossing Borders......................................................................................15Curatorial.................................................................................................16

13.....................................................Progression manager’s research project................................................................................................................. 16

14............................................................Research and postgraduate culture................................................................................................................. 17

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15................................................Research, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion................................................................................................................. 17

16.....................................................................Action Plan Progress 2016-17................................................................................................................. 18

17..........................................................................................Action plan 2018................................................................................................................. 19

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Research Time and Staff Proposals

The overall aim of the research strategy is to enhance students’ learning by staff being engaged in their own research practices and to bring research funding into the University. Within the context of Leeds Arts University (LAU) research is investigating; rediscovering or making a new contribution to knowledge in a chosen specialist field of study/practice that is open for scrutiny through peer review. Scholarly activity is defined as surveying existing developments in the researchers’ field, these developments may be practiced- based or technical as well as academic or theoretical; acquiring knowledge in order to keep up to date with developments in a specific area. Scholarship is similar to Continuous Professional Development (CPD) but more involved and focuses on a particular area of field of work, it may involve a number of different activities and goes beyond what is strictly necessary to do ‘the job’.

In the academic year 2016-17 the University allocated specific time for research to Higher Education (HE) academic staff on permanent contracts. The basis of the allocation was 15 days for full-time staff and a proportion of this for fractional posts e.g. 0.8 = 12 days; 0.6=9 days; 0.4=6 days; 0.2=3 days. This process was continued in 2013-14, where staff used the time in order to develop their research projects, or where appropriate start new research.

Clear guidelines were devised requiring the submission of a research proposal and the recording of research outcomes. Proposals were submitted for approval to the Senior Management Team (SMT). Research activity was monitored by the Head of Research electronic copies of the proposals provide a record of proposed activity and eligible members of staff are required to keep a record of their activities which are scrutinised at the end of the year by the Head of Research.

1. Bids for External Funding & Externally Funded Projects in 2016/17

Baines, M.(2017) gained a place on the Research Development Fellowship (2016-17) at the University of Sunderland for her project on the participation of boys on in art and design. She was commended on the strength and potential of her research proposal. She will be disseminating her findings in July 2017.

Bainbridge, S. (2016) has undertaken extensive research supported by the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Travelling Fellowship ( August 2016) about the use of archives to preserve millinery skills in Europe. See, http://www.wcmt.org.uk/fellows/news/preserving-knowledge-millinery-and-other-niche-skills.

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http://www.wcmt.org.uk/fellows/news/preserving-knowledge-millinery-and-other-niche-skills

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sustainability, collaborating with - Vienna Design Research Institute (AUT); Linneuniversitet (Sweden); Diversu NGO (DE) and Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (ITA).

Smith, A. (2017) has applied for the CREST sandpit project, if successful a collaborative, interdisciplinary research project will received funding. This is a competitive project where candidates must show creativity and innovation that has societal impact.

2. External AwardsRobinson, A. (2016) Times Higher Education Award for Outstanding Digital Innovation in Teaching or ResearchRobinson, A. (2017) University of Leeds and Leeds Arts University shortlisted for Guardian University Awards 2017 (Digital Innovation).

Barker, G. 2017 the winner of SKETCH2017 at Rabley Drawing Centre selected From over 500 submissions also 100 sketchbooks have been selected for the 2017 exhibition which will begin at Rabley Drawing Centre, Wiltshire before touring to Black Swan Arts, Frome, Plymouth College of Art and Peter Scott Gallery in Lancaster.

3. Internal EventsArcher, S., Broadhead, S. and Elzenbaumer, B (2016) Expanding Communities of Sustainable Practice symposium. Leeds Arts University, 15th October 2016. There was participation from researchers based in Pittsburgh, Mexico and Oslo. The CREST mobility fund paid the travel expenses for two delegate’s/presenters. Two staff papers were included Sharon Bainbridge’s ‘The Museum and the Maker: exploring sustainable models of education within craft’ and Karen Tobias-Green’s ‘Walking in Urbana: sustainable pasts and possible futures’. The papers from the conference are being collated into an eBook called Expanding Communities of Sustainable Practice: Sustainability Symposium – 15th October 2016 - Leeds Arts University which will uploaded into the university’s repository.

Tan, K. (2016) Co-ordinated Webinar with Leeds Arts University and Singapore Institute of Management University (Singapore): Participants were Head of Research Dr Sam Broadhead, Pedagogy Research Cluster leader Karen Tobias-Green, fine art lecturer Garry Barker, Head of the Education Programme Dr Ivy Chia, two educators with extensive experience working with ‘subaltern’ learners, Dr Felicia Low and Dr Philip Tan/Philbeat.

Riches, C. and Bainbridge, S. (2016) Led The Radical Decade symposium/colloquium to coincide with the exhibition (7 October - 16 December 2016) which explores the archive and work of the 1960s fashion designer Gerald McCann.

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The one-day symposium/colloquium explored the social, cultural and political dynamic changes enacted in the 1960s. The Key note talk was from Sylvia Ayton MBE. Other speakers include Jenny Lister, Fashion Curator at the V&A and Katie Cameron, Archive & Outreach Officer, M&S Archive. Jenny looked at Mary Quant and how she helped to make fashion the democratic art form it has become today. Katie explored how womenswear at M&S underwent a transformation in the 1960s.Staff and students contributed to an event which showcased the work of some prestigious makers and researchers.

Leeds Arts University Library (2017) Library Intervention programme: Reading Gendered Words. This year's Library Intervention has been substantially shaped by the renowned art writer Maria Fusco.

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Annual Research Report 2014/15________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. External Events, Exhibitions and Publications by ‘Teaching with Research Staff’ 2016-17

Papers published inpeer-referenced journals/ Book

chapters/Books/Conference Proceedings

Conference presentations ExternalExhibitions/screenings

Pedagogy research clusterBroadhead, S. (2017) ‘From RDF to PhD: the impact of the Research Development Fellowship on my practice and the college research community’ in edited proceedings from the Second Research and Scholarship in College Higher Education Conference: Scholarship Project, 28 June 2016. Found at https://www.aoc.co.uk/sites/default/files/HE%20Research%20%26%20Scholaship%202017%20%28Final%29_0.pdf

Broadhead, S. (2017) ‘All I Want to do is Make Things: Class, Men and Art and Design Higher Education’ in Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning Volume 19, Number 2, May 2017. ISSN: 1466-

Broadhead. S. (2016) paper presentation 'I always wanted to be creative': Post-Access to HE art and design students, phronesis and democratic education. British Education Research Association (BERA) 2016 Conference, University of Leeds: 12th -15th September 2016.

Broadhead, S. ( 2017) Co-organiser with A. Hudson (University of East London) of Access seminar sessions at 24th FACE Annual Conference, Hosted in partnership by the Glasgow School of Art and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

Tobias-Green, K. (2017) Launch of the International Writing with Impact Network, held at the Sheffield Institute of Education, Sheffield Hallam University, on 10th March, run by the Gender and Education Association.

Miles, R. (2017) ‘Artist as Superconnector/Superconductor’ Pedagogical Provocations: NAFAE, Coventry University, 24 March 2017.

Tobias-Green, K. (2017) Peer reviewed exhibition walking in Urbana, Rotunda gallery Leeds Arts University 26th jan-28th April 2017.

Broadhead, S. and Norton, F. (2017) Ann O'Donnell: Modernist Jeweller, Blenheim Gallery, Leeds Arts University, 12 May - 27 July 2017; public engagement talk, 25th May 2017.

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Broadhead, S. (2017) ‘’I worry about the future’: enhancement, inclusion and participation of non-traditional students in art and design higher education.’ Widening Participation in the Context of Economic and Social Change. Forum for Adult and Continuing Education:91-108. ISBN 978-0-9954922-1-9

Hudson-Miles, M (2016) : ‘Illustration; Education; Revolution.’ VaroomLab Journal 4 Visionaries

Hudson-Miles, R. (2017) ‘Foundations of a Creative Curriculum,’ Cut up curriculum Conference: BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead: 20th May 2017.Sykes, J. (2017) ‘Art From Leeds,’ Cut up curriculum Conference: BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead: 20th May 2017.

Jones. S. (2017) Abstract accepted for Call for papers - Twentieth-Century British Periodicals: Word and Image on the Printed Page: University of Reading, 4 July 2017.

Technology ClusterHayward, E. (2016) ‘Fruitful Futures – Imagining Pomona’, Published by Gaia Project in collaboration with Manchester Metropolitan University & Life (Living in Future Ecologies)

Robinson, A. (2017) Geoscience education and digital landscapes: Birmingham JISC Digifest 14-15/03/2017

Robinson, A. (2017) The virtual landscapes project: Geoscience education Innovation and excellence in teaching and learning. HEA and UK Universities 29/03/2017

Robinson, A. (2016) collaborated with The AOC Archaeology Group to explore and reinterpret a church using an archaeological laser scanner

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Research Group.Clark, M. (2017) ‘Hair; The Development of Simulation. An Historical Account.’ Accepted for 29th SAS-Society for Animation Studies Annual Conference "...And Yet It Moves!" July 3-7, 2017 at Università degli Studi di Padova (Italy), hosted by the Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali.

Henderson, S. (2017) ‘Special and Earnest – What makes Ethel & Ernest the archetypical British animation.’ Accepted for 29th SAS-Society for Animation Studies Annual Conference "...And Yet It Moves!" July 3-7, 2017 at Università degli Studi di Padova (Italy), hosted by the Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali.

Davis, A. (2017) Exhibition of photographic work ‘Cities of Exchange’. Part of the ‘Look Photography Festival’, Liverpool. April and May 2017.

and a sound installation by audio designer, Jez Wells: 19th October 2016.

Robinson, A. (2016) presenting her projection work with Devika Dance Theatre at the Stage, Leeds: 5th-6th October 2016.

Robinson, A. (2017) Traces of Sound and Light. (Installation and artists talk) National Centre of early Music: York Festival ideas

Craddock, J (2016) Photographic work has been installed in the Boardroom.

Craddock, Jo. (2017) talk about ‘Thank you Estelle’, and ‘Passage’ 21 March 2017 5-7pm. 'Thank you Estelle' is also exhibited in on-line peer-reviewed journal

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Feast http://feastjournal.co.uk/issue/decoration/

Crossing Borders research clusterChambers, P. (2017) The Nightdress I Wore to Give Birth In for the On The Maternal issue of Performance/Research journal

Gaffney, S. (2017) A story within a story within a story, a story within a story: British art school experience retrieved through archive, anecdote and life writing. N.paradoxa CFP Ends and beginnings Volume ( 40)

Palin, P (2017) The (In)Significant Detail: The paintings of Richard Baker (supporting essay) for An Instant Longer: Studio One Gallery. 27/07/2017 – 06/08/2017

Taylor, S. (2017) Aspirational Beauty: Painting Class ...the

Steans, D. (2016) presentation at European Arts Research Network, 'That Art Exhibits' conference at LUCA school of arts in Brussels, 13th-14th October.

Welding, P. (2017) ‘Get off my Patch! The Visibility of Vernacular Creativity is SeriouslyCramping my Style’, 4th International Conference of Photography & Theory (ICPT2016) ,Nicosia, Cyprus on 2-4 December 2016.

Barker, G. (2016) presenting at ‘Tracing the Bridge Conference’, University of London 5-6th September 2016.

Barker, G. Drawing as Conversation. In Drawing Matters York St. John University.

Gaffney, S. Research dissemination at Artists Introductory Day with museums, Supported by CVAN, Contemporary Visual Arts Network, December 13th 2016.

Gaffney, S. (2017) Convenor of ‘The Power of Plasticity .’Drawing in the Age of the Artist as Networker: AAH

Steans, D. (2016) exhibition, Mould Map 6: Terraformers' runs 17 September – 21 October, Bonington Gallery, Nottingham

Sarah Taylor - Residency being held at Browns Forge Road, New Milford, Connecticut, CT 06755

Cook, L. (2017) Opening of Exhibition RAUMX London, London Borough of Camden. April 2017.

Attah, T. (2017) 5-day tour of Russia including St Petersburg, Angelhelsk and Moscow. Research focus

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importance of personal narrative in painting. In Hartshorne, I., Moloney, D. and Quaife, M. (eds), Teaching Painting: How Can Painting Be Taught in Art Schools? London: Black Dog: 72-77.

at Loughborough University. 6-8 April, 2017.

Gaffney, S.92017) A story within a story within a story, a story within a story: British art school experience retrieved through archive, anecdote and life writing.Local/global dynamics in feminism and contemporary art. 03/07/2017

Taylor, S. ‘Study – Academic Poster,’ TILT ReGenring Academic Writing and Assessment, Nottingham Trent University: 21st June 2017.

Attah, T. (2017) To make purple, you need blue: Prince as embodiment of the postmodern blues aesthetic. In Purple Reign International Conference. University of Salford. 25/05/2017.

was non-anglophone reception of blues music performance.

Curatorial research clusterBainbridge, S. (2017) ‘From fibre to fabric creating innovative learning perspectives on Yorkshire’s wool heritage through collaborative practice.’ In Barbara Merrill, José González-Monteagudo, Adrianna Nizinska, Andrea Galimberti,

Harrison, S. (2016) presentation, Exploring Territories: mapping the terrain graphic design education, Graphic Design Educators' Network 8th-9th September 2016

Ayre, S (2016) presenting at The Personal, Fashionable and Archival Spaces of Hair conference, Summerset House, London, 25th November 2016.

Riches, C (2016) Curated The Radical Decade, Blenheim gallery, 7th October – 16th December 2016.

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Miguel A. Ballesteros-Moscosio (Eds) Adult Learning, Educational Careers and Social Change. Seville: University of Seville / ESREA 2017 pp. 106-118. IBSN: 978-84-617-8989-4

Dirix, E. (2017) “Feast of Fools”- #Festivalready-style, appropriation and online identity . Fashion, Race and Cultural Appropriation: Central Saint Martins: 10/06/17.

Jones, S. (2017) Kerrang magazine and the representation of Heavy Metal masculinities: A content analysis of Kerrang cover images from 1981-1995. 20th Century British Periodicals conference, Reading, Tuesday 4th July 2017.

Unmake Remake exhibition at Sunny Bank mills, Farsley. September 8-10th 2017.

5. External Events, Exhibitions and Publications by ‘Research Staff’ 2016-17

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PAPERS PUBLISHED INPEER-REFERENCED JOURNALS/ BOOK CHAPTERS, BOOKS, CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

EXHIBITIONS INTERNATIONALCONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Elzenbaumer, B. (2016) “On practice-based research”. In Are We There Yet? Perspectives on Design Research edited by Gesche Joost et al. Basel: Birkhäuser.

Elzenbaumer, Bianca and Franz, Fabio (2017) Notes on design education and (prefigurative) work politics. Art, Design & Communication in Higher Education, 16 (1). pp. 117-123.

Latham, A, and Syng Tan, K. (2017) “Running into Each Other: Run! Run! Run! A Festival and a Collaboration.” Cultural Geographies (Sage), April. doi:10.1177/1474474017702511.

McCara, C. (2016) A Surrealist Stratigraphy of Dorothea Tanning’s Chasm (Routledge, 2017): https://www.routledge.com/A-Surrealist-Stratigraphy-of-Dorothea-Tannings-Chasm/McAra/p/book/9781472463449

McCara, C. and Eburne, J., (2017) Leonora Carrington and the International Avant-Garde (Manchester University Press http://www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781784994365/

Mcara, C., curated Leonora Carrington/Lucy Skaer, Leeds Arts University (15 july – 2 september 2016)

Tansley, G. (2017) was selected to present his work at List í Ljósi Light Festival 2017 in Seyðisfjörður, Iceland on the 24-25th of February 2017.

Dr. Kai Syng Tan curated Roam, Roam, Roam private view 12 Jan 2017.

Elzenbaumer, B. (Brave New Alps) Keynote ‘Design education and prefigurative (work) politics’, at ‘Exploring Territories: mapping the terrain graphic design education’, Graphic Design Educators' Network 8th-9th September 2016

Tan, K. (2016) Performance-lecture, Royal Geographical Society Conference. UK.Tan, K. (2016) Official selection. Ottawa International Animation Festival. Canada.Tan, K. (2016) Fall issue. ‘Tough Ultramarathons and Life on the Run’. Transfers Interdisciplinary Journal of Mobility Studies.

Syng Tan, K. (2017) 6. RUN! RUN! RUN! Hand-In-Hand! And other performative tactics involving running to make small steps to re-connect with others amidst a world in motion and commotion and to stick two fingers up at Trump’s erections (of walls). Nordic Geographers Meeting, Stockholm: 18 – 21/06/2017

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PAPERS PUBLISHED INPEER-REFERENCED JOURNALS/ BOOK CHAPTERS, BOOKS, CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

EXHIBITIONS INTERNATIONALCONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

McCara, C. (ed) (2016) The World of Tessa Farmer (Strange Attractor Press, 2016): http://strangeattractor.co.uk/news/fairyland-world-tessa-farmer/

McCara, C. (2016) ‘Emma’s Navel: Dorothea Tanning’s Narrative Sculpture’ In Intersections: Women/Surrealism/Modernism, edited by Patricia Allmer (September 2016): https://www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9780719096488/

Dr. Catriona Mc Ara presented Curating the Fairy Tale, A Feminist Practice at Fireworks: The Visual Imagination of Angela Carter – Conference, Bristol, 09 January 17 - 10 January 2017.

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6. Invited Talks/ Reviewing/Editorial Work

Invited talks

Broadhead, S. (2016) ‘From RDF to PhD: The impact of the Research Development Fellowship on practice’: Research Development Fellowship seminar supported by the Education and Training Foundation focussing on refining research questions and delivered by SUNCETT (Sunderland University Centre of Excellence in Teacher Training): 03rd November 2016.Broadhead, S. (2017) keynote talk about the significance of practitioner research at the ETF research conference 4th July 2017.Dr. B. Elzenbaumer asked as a keynote speaker and workshop at the University of Bozen-Bolzano for their annual by Design or Disaster conference 9-10 March 2017.Davies, A., (2016) Panel member for discussion on ‘Learning from digital’ at Recontres D’ Arles Photography festival, France in July 2016. Davies, A., (2017) Panel member at theoretical discussion in response to ‘Discursive Documents’ exhibition at Huddersfield Art Gallery. April 2017.

Review work

Collins, D. has been asked to do peer review work on Visual Thinking – Analysis, methodologies and principles for LUP / Lapland University Press.

Editorial work

Broadhead, S. (2017) Appointment to the Editorial Board, Journal of Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning.

7. Ethics Research proposals for the upcoming academic year 2017-2018 were reviewed by the Ethics Sub-Committee. Proposals where the ethical questions had not been considered were given conditional approval on addressing any outstanding ethical issues. It was noted by the sub-committee that there was a rise in ethical issues around those wishing to research mental health.

8. Gallery reportDuring the academic year 2016-17, Exhibitions have made a big step forward in terms of supporting staff research and REF outputs. 'The Radical Decade curated by Caroline Riches' and 'Ann O'Donnell: Modernist Jeweller' curated by Sam Broadhead and France Norton were two examples of how peer-review from the International Exhibitions Advisory Board can benefit to process of curating research in our main, public-facing gallery space. Both also served as examples of how to curate material from design-orientated disciplines within an academic context. Other highlights from Exhibitions this year included 'Felice House: Re/Western' curated by Sharon Bainbridge. ____________________________________________________________

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This was an excellent example of how a research theme and political question can generate multiple research channels and ongoing collaborations. The aftermath of this show has so far included a peer-reviewed journal article and a photography exhibit in The Corridor space. The painting exhibition itself was highly impactful, with unprecedented press attention and feedback from senior cultural figures including Peter Heslip (Head of Arts Council England) and Sir Christopher Frayling (former RCA director).

9. Research Excellence Frame Work Strategy 2015-20All HE course teams were invited to a meeting with the Pro-Vice Chancellor (academic) and the Head of Research. Staff were informed that everyone would be submitted for Research Excellence 2020, where they could submit 1-6 outputs. The census period will fall between late 2014 and 2019.

10. Consortium for Research Excellence, Support and Training (CREST)

CREST’s researcher mobility fund was really useful in supporting presenters from the University of Plymouth to come and present their research. They also helped us publicise the event as well as the Radical Decade.

11. The Virtual Environment of Research More staff are beginning to engage with the repository. At the moment the work of five researchers from Leeds Arts University have been uploaded. But progress is slow, even the most experienced researchers struggle to meet all the RIOXX and REF criteria set by the repository. The amount of uploads are 25 over the previous five years.

•2017 (9)•2016 (7)•2015 (4)•2014 (2)•2012 (1)• Previous to 2012 (2)

12. Research Clusters

Technology

The Technology Cluster supported the Twilight Café, on Tues 25th Oct 2016.Liam Jefferies demonstrated his current Augmented Reality project for Temple Newsam’s Museum Displays.

The Technology Cluster Show (Place & Presence - 23rd Feb 2017) was a test bed for work and practice based research in progress. Work was displayed

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for the duration of the exhibition, with a weekly pop up show for certain presentations. The participants were a mix of disciplines who responded to the call in a wide variety of ways:

Mat Clark (Animation) – Breakdown video reel demonstrating his motion capture and rendering pipeline for the main character he is developing for his final Masters Animation to be completed Late 2017.He has also produced a paper on History of Hair Simulation in 3D CGI animation, which he is submitting to Society of Animation Studies.

Joanne Craddock (Photography) – is investigating animated .GIFS, producing whimsical stop-motion animated loops exploring Dance. This informs some of her investigation into digital imagery on the internet.

Matthew Burton (Film Workshop) – is currently investigating 3D body scans and motion capture, to create impossible poses of characters in action. He will produce a short animation.

Duncan Mosley (Fine Art) – Current practice based research into use of Manipulated Digital Imagery in his painting process and reference of subject. He will be presenting one of his paintings from a current range of work.

Graham Tansley (Associate Researcher) – will present a bespoke pop up video projection piece for one night, on his current investigation into Transforming spaces with Building Projection. His research practice has recently had work presented at Light Night 2016, and Projections around Otley. He is currently developing a video projection project for a festival in Iceland.

Annabeth Robinson (Animation / Creative Practice) – will present a pop up show demonstrating her current investigation into VR/360 animation for Google Cardboard. This will include work that was presented at York as part of Vespertine Events OCT 2016, and Uncommons Event National Media museum & Delius Center in Dec 2016.

Pedagogy

The research pedagogy cluster exhibited on the 4th May 2017 showing work on the theme of research led teaching. The exhibition welcomed visual, aural, performative, textual art practices which addressed this in any form and from any standpoint. Research opens up knowing rather than shuts it down, and teaching happens in a multiplicity of ways.

The 3rd Art of Writing will take place on March 15th in conjunction with the Progression Manager Martell Baines under the Twilight Café banner. It will develop the successful model of providing resources, advice and responses to questions in an accessible format/location. This session- 3rd in the series- hopes to include input from a range of sources across University. The art of writing sessions are aimed at bringing interesting and innovative ways of ____________________________________________________________

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writing about art into accessible spaces and are part of the cluster’s ongoing work on the pedagogy of art writing.

Crossing Borders

Fair Exchange 2, 07 April - 07 May 2017. Work from Leeds Arts University students and alumni presented at the Wall Gallery at the School of Art, Syracuse University, First-Floor Hallway, Shaffer Art Building, Main Campus, New York, USA.

Pink Slip was an exhibition of Stephen Gouldin’s and Andrew Havenhand’s work, at the The Studio Theatre Gallery, Leeds Arts University, November 2017.This exhibition continued the ongoing relationship between the University of Syracuse USA, and Leeds Arts University. As part of the Crossing Borders cluster involvement with the exhibitions’ programme it was a joint research cluster exhibition. Pink Slip introduced an exhibition that made connections between the current work of the Assistant Professor in Painting at Syracuse University, (Andrew Havenhand an Alumni of Leeds Arts University 1975-1976) and Steven Gouldin an artist based in Wakefield, (also an alumni of Leeds Arts University 2010-2013.)

Pink slip- Public engagement eventAn informal an in-conversation was held on Thursday 2 February which related to the Crossing Borders research cluster exhibition ‘Pink Slip’ held in The Studio Theatre Gallery.This provided the opportunity to consider not just the works in the exhibition but where the research points historically, socially and materially. Professor Steve Swindells (curator of Mining Couture, 2012, Huddersfield Art Gallery) considered the work.

Curatorial

The Radical Decade exhibition opened at Leeds College of Art which was a culmination of three years’ research. Caroline Riches is now working with Dr Kevin Almond on a journal paper from the initial research.

Re/Western opened on 19th January in the Blenheim Walk Gallery. An exhibition of work by Texas artist Felice House. This is to be accompanied with a range of events including an artist talk, film screening and contextual writing.

A photography project has commenced with S Bainbridge, P Peaurt and F House to explore the representation of the cowboy subject through Yorkshire lens. This has developed further with another photographer to examine the gendered lens alongside the gendered portrait.

The curatorial exhibition in Summer 2017 had the title of Curation as Disruption informed by ‘Disruptive Agents’ and ‘Portfolio of Sartorial

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Defects’ following on from the reading of David Balzer Curationism: How Curating Took Over the Art World and Everything Else.

13. Progression manager’s research project Martell Baine’s Research Fellowship has led to a paper and presentation called ‘The dilemma of the increasing under-representation of male students in art and design education’. The aim and academic rationale of the research project was to examine the factors that are contributing to the decreasing of the number of male students in creative arts education. The objective was to design and deliver outreach activities informed by the research that effectively engage male students; particularly those students who could potentially progress into the creative industries.

The research method selected was to undertake a series of professional conversations within her role as a Progression Manager in a specialist art and design institution. The sphere of professional contacts consisted of peers, specialist and collaborative networks, support groups and policy makers. What emerged from the conversations focused on the current dilemma was that systemic changes to the compulsory education curriculum in art and design are adversely affecting the numbers of participants in studying creative subjects. Male pupils are being deterred, by a range of factors, in continuing their pre and post compulsory education in art or design. Barriers appear to commence at the early stages of a students’ pathway; their home environment, their curriculum, cultural experiences and their influencers support for creative development may also be a factor.

14. Research and postgraduate culture

The postgraduate students have engaged with the curatorial and pedagogy shows. Another student has been successful in gaining a place on a practice-based PhD in order to explore Victorian Death Culture. A previous MA student studying a practice-based PhD on the Lancaster Witches exhibited at the university and also did a PhD public tutorial with their supervisors, which was well-received. The students have presented their research externally; on the 27th May 2017 there was a public critique called Stranieri at the Artists’ House in Canale di Tenno, Italian Alps which how cased the student ‘s research. A second year student has had an abstract accepted at Manchester University conference in June 2017 . One second year student has had an abstract accepted at The International Conference on Educational, Cultural, and Disability Studies 2017 Liverpool Hope Uni July 2017. Another one of our second years has had their paper, 'The Aesthetic Limb: Prosthetics and Potential', accepted for 'Skeletons, Stories and Social Bodies.' An interdisciplinary conference hosted by the department of Archaeology and the Centre for Learning Anatomical Sciences at The University of Southampton, 24th - 26th March 2017.

15. Research, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

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The gender ratio of the Research Committee is 7 female and 3 male for 2015/16. The split in representation is in line with the gender ratios of the academic staff within the college. The gender ratio of the Ethics Sub-Committee is 5 female to 2 male. The cluster leaders are 4 female.

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16. Action Plan Progress 2016-17

Objective Action ProgressPrepare the University for REF2021 Encourage staff to deposit outputs into

repositoryProvide one-to-one support where necessary

Five members of staff are represented in the repository.Meetings were held with the higher education courses to discuss Ref. 21 and the expectations of staff when submitting outputs.

Maintain and where cost effective increase outputs created by academic HE staff

Mentor colleagues in achieving peer review research outputsSupport staff producing 2* outputs within budgetary constraints

Seven teaching/research staff have written articles; 10 teaching/research staff have contributed to external exhibitions. 18 teaching/research staff have presented at conferences.

Increase academic staff applying for exhibition space through the peer review process

Feedback to staff through proposals possibility of exhibiting in the gallery after a peer review process has been followed.

The gallery was promoted through feedback in staff in research proposals. Two proposals did come in and were peer reviewed. They are awaiting staff to act on the feedback.

Grow and develop research environment

Plan dissemination eventsShare opportunities for research activities

A range of symposia and cluster shows have taken place.

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Objective Action Progress

Promote use of research website and Twitter.

Carry out regular meetings with Technology Research Cluster Leader to monitor progress.Plan and carryout training where appropriate for research cluster leaders in using website.

Twitter has been good in promoting staff research. Staff are asked to tweet if they receive funding from the university.

The research website has been populated with information, but the cluster leaders have not engaged with it as anticipated.

17. Action plan 2018

Objective Action ResponsibilityPrepare the University for REF2021 Procedure is developed for supporting staff

in their use the repository. This may need the input of Human Resources and the Library.

The Head of Research

Maintain and where cost effective increase outputs created by academic HE staff

The Head of Research

Increase academic staff applying for exhibition space through the peer review process

Feedback to staff through proposals possibility of exhibiting in the gallery after a peer review process has been followed.

The Head of ResearchThe Curator

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