Mind the Gap: Designing residencies for everyone
2023 Res Artis conference
6-9 September 2023
Mind the Gap: Designing residencies for everyone will bring the international artist residency community together in the UK for the very first time, celebrating the 30th anniversary of Res Artis and 50 years of Acme.
This year’s event will help chart a future for impactful residency opportunities, with a focus on optimism and practical working solutions for issues facing the sector. We will explore our post-pandemic and increasingly fragmented world. The event will propose co-creation and collaboration as positive solutions to shared obstacles faced globally by residency providers and the artists they host.
In-person tickets are almost sold-out, but you can still join in online! For £60, online registration gets you:
- Live access to all panels from days 1 & 2
- A livestream of all sessions and performances from day 3
- Exclusive interactive webinars for online participants
Our web-only sessions feature two online conversations focusing on capturing data and maintaining an archive, as well as residency application processes and programme evaluation.
Wherever you are, don’t miss your chance to explore the future of impactful residency opportunities by securing your online registration today.
Mind the Gap: Designing residencies for everyone will bring the international artist residency community together in the UK for the very first time, celebrating the 30th anniversary of Res Artis and 50 years of Acme. This year’s event will help chart a future for impactful residency opportunities, with a focus on optimism and practical working solutions for issues facing the sector.
Taking place in London with live-streamed sessions, we will explore our post-pandemic and increasingly fragmented world. The event will propose co-creation and collaboration as positive solutions to shared obstacles faced globally by residency providers and the artists they host.
Every aspect of our conference, Mind the Gap: Designing residencies for everyone, is committed to the overarching themes of diversity, access and inclusion. The conference programme seeks to dismantle hierarchies and provide fair access for all.
Pre Conference Arrival: Tuesday 5 September 2023, Mama Shelter, 437 Hackney Rd, London E2 8PP
3PM onwards Check in & registration
5-7PM Welcome drinks
Day 1: Wednesday 6 September 2023, UCL at Here East, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London E20 3BS
Day Moderator: Paul Bayley - Head of Residencies & Awards, Acme (UK)
9-9.25AM Coffee & registration
9.30-10AM Welcome remarks, housekeeping & conference handover (Auditorium, Ground Floor)
Lea O’Loughlin - Co-Director, Acme (UK)
Kieren Reed - Director, Slade School of Art, UCL (UK)
Daniel Marro - Treasurer, Res Artis (Australia)
10-11.30AM Setting the Scene: Artist mobility in an age of instability (Auditorium, Ground Floor)
Panel facilitated by Arts InfoPoint UK
Yohann Floch - Director of Operations, On the Move (France)
Miha Brebenel and Sepideh Ardalani - Executive Coordinators, MASSIA residency (Estonia)
Manojna Yeluri - Asia Regional Representative, Artists at Risk Connection (India)
Ukhona Ntsali Mlandu - Founder, makwande.republic; Director, Greatmore Studios (South Africa)
Audience Q&A
11.30-11.55AM Break
12-1.30PM Residencies for Everyone: Equality, diversity and inclusion in local and global contexts (Auditorium, Ground Floor)
Saber Bamatraf - Digital Communications Manager, Art27Scotland (Yemen/UK)
Sheryll Catto - Co-Director, ActionSpace (UK)
Paula Orrell - National Director, England, CVAN (UK)
Sarah Cullen - Artist and Founder of MOTHRA: Artist-Parent Project (Canada)
Ellie Liddell-Crewe - Programme Manager, Unlimited (UK)
Audience Q&A
1.30-2.25PM Lunch
2.30-4PM The Gap: Bridging power disparities between artists and providers (Auditorium, Ground Floor)
Zita Holbourne - Co-founder & National Chair, BARAC UK; Joint National Chair, Artists Union England; Artist (UK)
Victoria Tillotson - Talent Development Lead, Watershed (UK)
Marie Fol - Development Lead, Keychange; Board Member, Res Artis (Belgium)
Lina Ángel - Co-Founder, R.A.R.O.; Director of the programme in Buenos Aires
Audience Q&A
4-4.25PM Break
4.30-6PM Simultaneous Workshops (Breakout Rooms, First Floor)
IN PERSON ONLY
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Health Check for Residency providers
Dr Ope Lori - Founder & CEO, PILAA (UK)
On Care: Creating boundaries and avoiding burnout
Ika Sienkiewicz-Nowacka - Head of the Artistic Residencies Department, Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art (Poland)
Bojana Panevska - Programme Advisor, DutchCulture | TransArtists
Fairness and Value: Strategies for equitable collaboration
Ajit Sidhu -Artists Development & Research Associate, East Street Arts (UK)
Kate West - Artist Development and Research Lead, East Street Arts (UK)
Boiling Point: Navigating conflict resolution
Natasha O’Brien - Mediator & HR Advisor, Acme (UK)
Daniel Marro - Treasurer, Res Artis (Australia)
4.30-6PM Rethinking Selection and Evaluation ONLINE ONLY
Jon Opie - Head of Artist Support, Acme (UK)
Victoria Tillotson - Talent Development Lead, Watershed (UK)
Valentia Orrù - Producer, Evaluation Consultant and Researcher (UK)
6-6.25PM Break
6.30-7.30PM Artist Project: Reality is Just a Design (Auditorium, Ground Floor)
Tiz Creel - Artist (Mexico/UK)
Day 2: Thursday 7 September 2023, UCL at Here East, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London E20 3BS
Day Moderator: Oyindamola Fakeye - Board Member, Res Artis (Nigeria/UK)
9-9.25AM Coffee
9.30-11AM Co-creation: Challenges and opportunities (Auditorium, Ground Floor)
Joey Chin - Artist; Writer (Singapore)
Sam Wilkinson - UCL Head of Public Art & Cultural Engagement (East) (UK)
Russell Martin - Director/Programme Manager, Artquest (UK)
Lissa Kinnaer - International Relations Specialist, Flanders Arts Institute (Belgium)
Audience Q&A
11-11.25AM Break
11.30AM-1PM Wider Residency Networks: Creating opportunities and working with purpose (Auditorium, Ground Floor)
Iris Ping-Chi Hung - President, Taiwan Art Space Alliance (Taiwan)
Sebastian Dahlqvist - Artistic and Executive Director, Hägerstensåsens medborgarhus, Den kollektiva hjärnan (Sweden)
Eduardo Feuerhake - Director, Chiloé Museum of Modern Art (MAM Chiloé); Director, Al otro lado (Chile)
Ana María González - Curator and Art Director, Chiloé Museum of Modern Art (MAM Chiloé); Al otro lado (Chile)
Marnie Badham - Secretary, Res Artis (Australia/Canada)
Audience Q&A
1-1.55PM Lunch
2-3.30PM Simultaneous Peer-to-Peer Sessions (Breakout Rooms, First Floor)
Embedding ecological sustainability
Dr Taru Elfving - Curator and writer; Artistic Director, CAA Contemporary Art Archipelago; Research Affiliate, Visual Cultures, Goldsmiths University of London (Finland)
Facilitated by The Finnish Institute in the UK and Ireland
Working with displaced artists
Manojna Yeluri - Asia Regional Representative, Artists at Risk Connection (India)
Rahima Mahmut – Activist; Singer; UK Director, World Uyghur Congress (UK)
Anna Kostritskaya - Artist (Ukraine/UK)
Supporting neurodiverse and disabled artists
Sheryll Catto – Co-Director, ActionSpace (UK)
Michael Achtmann - Artist (UK)
Working with a fair and equitable mindset
Lizzy Baddeley - Community Engagement Manager, UCL East (UK)
Marnie Badham – Secretary, Res Artis (Australia/Canada)
2-3.30PM Building and Activating your Archive ONLINE ONLY
Marion Crick - Records and Archive Manager, Acme (UK)
Annette Mackin - Heritage Officer (Archives), Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archives (UK)
Hannah Jones - Sector Development Manager East, Arts and Charities, The National Archives (UK)
3.30-3.55PM Break
4-5.30PM Simultaneous Workshops (Breakout Rooms, First Floor)
IN-PERSON ONLY
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Heath Check for Residency providers
On Care: Creating boundaries and avoiding burnout
Fairness and Value: Strategies for equitable collaboration
Boiling Point: Navigating conflict resolution
5.30-5.55PM Group Photo (Assemble outside by building entrance)
6-7.30PM A Continent of Multiplicities: A perspective from the African continent on intersectional iterations of residencies – realised and imagined
Limited Capacity - In person registration only
Ukhona Ntsali Mlandu - Founder, makwande.republic; Director, Greatmore Studios (South Africa)
crazinisT artisT - Artist; Artistic Director and Curator, perfocraZe International Artist Residency (Ghana)
Tankiso Mamabalo - Musician, Actress and Curator (South Africa)
Oyindamola Fakeye - Board Member, Res Artis (Nigeria/UK)
Day 3: Friday 8 September 2023, The Bloomsbury Theatre, UCL, 15 Gordon St, London WC1H 0AH
Day Moderator: H Haidy Geismar, Director School for the Creative and Cultural Industries UCL
9-9.15AM Audience takes their seats
9.15-45AM Artist Presentation: Arm’s-Length Suite
Daniel Cockburn - Artist (Canada/UK)
9.45-9.55AM Welcome
Haidy Geismar - Director, School for the Creative and Cultural Industries, UCL (UK)
10-10.55AM State of Play: Artists & residencies
Julie Lomax - Chief Executive Officer, a-n, the artists information company (UK)
Josephine Mead - Communication & Programme Coordinator at Res Artis (Australia)
Discussion facilitated by Lea O’Loughlin - Co-Director, Acme (UK)
11-11.25AM Break
11.30AM– 1PM Artist Voices: Reflections on equitable working and co-creation from creators
Haffendi Anuar - Artist (Malaysia/UK)
Lisa-Marie Harris - Artist; Publisher (Trinidad & Tobago/UK)
Shaymaa Shoukry - Choreographer (Egypt)
crazinisT artisT - Artist; Artistic Director and Curator, perfocraZe International Artist Residency (Ghana)
Audience Q&A facilitated by Jon Opie - Head of Artist Support, Acme (UK)
1-1.55PM Lunch
2-2.25PM Artist Spoken Word Performance
Niko Hallikainen (Finland)
2.30-3.30PM Changing the Status Quo: Residencies, higher education and alternative pathways
Polly Brannan - Artistic Director, Open School East (UK)
Kieren Reed - Director, Slade School of Art, UCL (UK)
Gordon Knox - Board Member, Res Artis (USA)
Conversation facilitated by Dr Tarek E. Virani - Associate Professor of Creative Industries, School of Arts, University of the West of England, Bristol; Board Member, Acme (UK)
Audience Q&A facilitated by Haidy Geismar - Director, School for the Creative and Cultural Industries, UCL (UK)
3.35-4PM Performance
Saber Bamatraf - Pianist and composer (Yemen/UK)
4-4.25PM Break
4.30-5.30PM Resources, opportunities and advice for artists and organisations
Julie Lomax - Chief Executive Officer, a-n, the artists information company (UK)
Stacie McCormick - Founder, Unit 1.1 Gallery & Fair Art Fair (UK)
Yohann Floch - Director of Operations, On the Move (France)
Russell Martin - Director/Programme Manager, Artquest (UK)
Josephine Mead - Communication & Programme Coordinator, Res Artis (Australia)
Katie James - Arts Infopoint UK Officer, Arts Infopoint & Wales Arts International (UK)
Conversation facilitated by Haidy Geismar - Director, School for the Creative and Cultural Industries, UCL (UK)
5.30-5.45PM 2024 Conference Announcement
Lea O’Loughlin - Co-Director, Acme (UK)
5.45-6PM Conference Wrap Up & Close
Haidy Geismar - Director, School for the Creative and Cultural Industries, UCL (UK)
6.30-9PM End of Conference Reception
Hosted by Kieren Reed and UCL Innovation & Enterprise
Day 4 – Saturday 9 September 2023 (Optional)
Join local artists for a walking tour of London gallery spaces, open studios and artist projects.
If attending, conference participants are able to book a morning session, afternoon session or both. For each session, participants are asked to indicate their preference for one location (East London, South London, Central London) on registration.
Detailed itineraries will be available closer to the time. Those with access or mobility concerns are encouraged to indicate their requirements in the registration form and get in touch with the conference organisers by emailing office@resartis.org.au
MORNING SESSION:
10.30AM-12.30PM East London/South London/Central London
AFTERNOON SESSION:
2-4PM East London/South London/Central London