Creative Interactions

More to come today from our Creativity, Creative Arts and Neurodivergence conference, with our first in-person/hybrid session at the Foundling Museum!

We also heard from learning design colleagues at Falmouth University, who are doing important work to make learning in the creative arts more accessible to neurodivergent students; and a collaboration between PhD students exploring embodiment and sensory experience in music.

We were having so much fun yesterday at the Creativity, Creative Arts and Neurodivergence conference we forgot to post about the rest of the sessions! We enjoyed hearing about Lou Barnell's performance work with Jennifer, a wearable instrument that responds to her voice and body movements.

Today we've gathered online for the first session of our Creativity, Creative Arts and Neurodivergence Conference! So far, we've had papers on the autistic Australian writer Les Murray and neurodivergence in Chinese performing arts at the Wuzhen theatre festival. More to come!

Booking is now open for our upcoming conference in June on Creativity, Creative Arts and Neurodivergence! Attend online or join us in person at the Foundling Museum in London. More details and registration here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/creative-int...

Deadline extended to 14 February, so there's still time to submit!

The Open University Recent research on neurodivergence and creativity posits that persons with neurodiverse traits have heightened access to creative thinking. Conversations among researchers suggest that having a diverg...

Announcing: our conference on Creativity, Creative Arts & Neurodivergence! We want papers, panels, and hands-on activities grounded in research and/or critical reflection that consider interactions between creativity and neurodivergence in all forms. Due 31 Jan. More: fass.open.ac.uk/research/gro...

Visit the link above for more info or email the conference email (found at the link!)

- How does ND impact your relationship with publication, production, exhibition, or performance? With engaging with your readers or audience?

- Do you feel you have any advantage or disadvantage as a practitioner in identifying as ND?
- How do you make your own creative space welcoming and adaptable for your needs as a practitioner? When working with other creatives, teaching, or leading community workshops?

Prompts for proposals:
- How does neurodivergence affect your artistic practice or your relationship with creativity? How does ND affect teaching creative arts?
- Has there been a ‘before and after’ in relation to identifying as ND in terms of how you see your art?

We'll consider neurodivergence (ND) in all forms including autism, ADHD/ADD, PTSD/CPTSD, dyspraxia, dyscalculia, & dyslexia. Proposals welcome from those who identify as ND, whether diagnosed, awaiting diagnosis, or self-diagnosed, & from those who identify as neurotypical & work with ND creatives.

The Open University Recent research on neurodivergence and creativity posits that persons with neurodiverse traits have heightened access to creative thinking. Conversations among researchers suggest that having a diverg...

Announcing: our conference on Creativity, Creative Arts & Neurodivergence! We want papers, panels, and hands-on activities grounded in research and/or critical reflection that consider interactions between creativity and neurodivergence in all forms. Due 31 Jan. More: fass.open.ac.uk/research/gro...

How do we learn? How can the arts provide a new or different way of seeing? How do we know and how do we see in a western society?
Questions put forward in the 'This is essential work' presentation by Susan Newman, Yuko Edwards and Michal Nahman: www.thisisessentialwork.com

Attending the OSC Arts Based Methods Cluster Event today via The Open University. Starting off with Dr Christine Plastow, Senior Lecturer in Classical Studies, introducing us to the Creative Interactions Group. If you're interested in the arts, this is a fantastic group to join #lawandart

We have several exciting events planned for this academic year, including a conference on creative arts and neurodivergence - follow for more details of this and other events, forthcoming soon!

Hello! We're the Creative Interactions research group at the Open University 👋 we're interested in any and all places where creative practice and academic research meet. Practice as research, research-based art, practitioner-academics and arts based methods (and more) all welcome!