engage Scotland Conference 2008:
What Do We-Think?
engage in new approaches to interpreting art
11 & 12 September 2008
Tramway and The Lighthouse, Glasgow
What do We-Think? looked
at how 'open-source' and 'mass-collaboration' trends currently transforming the
world of business could be applied to the cultural sector. Specifically the
conference asked how these phenomena could revolutionise how arts organisations
engage with audiences, not just in relation to marketing but at the more
fundamental level of making and interpreting art.
Keynote Speaker:
Charles Leadbeater,
Ideas Generator, Strategic Advisor and 'Wizard of the Web'.
Chair:
Moira Jeffrey, Journalist, Broadcaster and Art Critic for Scotland on Sunday.
The conference themes reflect some of the findings of engage Scotland's recent
Interpretations action research project addressing interpretation methods at four
Scottish galleries.
Click here to download the final report
Click here to download the final report appendicies.
The conference was attended by gallery educators, artists, curators, arts organisation directors, cultural co-ordinators,
policy makers, students, funders and others working in the education and cultural sectors.
Delegates and engage members can still add ideas, ask questions and talk to other attendees at the engage Scotland Conference Crowdvine,
click here for more information.
Click here for comprehensive notes taken at the conference
Click here
to download speakers' biographies.
Click here
for the programme.
Click here
for a booking form.
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for travel and accommodation information.
What's on...
Click here for a programme of exhibitions in Glasgow in September.
Click here for flyer on a Thursday evening trip to Edinburgh
for 'Under Assured' screening'.
For more information contact:
Clare Charles
engage, Rich Mix, 35 - 47 Bethnal Green Road,
London E1 6LA
clare.charles@engage.org
Tel. 020 7729 5858
engage Scotland would like to thank Tramway and The Lighthouse for their support
of the engage Scotland Conference.