Conversations towards change [Editorial]

This issue looks at a range of arts practice supported, and in some cases not supported, by the Canadian Council for the Arts. It expounds the virtues of seeing and hearing works and understanding the inter-relationship of spaces, places and artworks that help us all to form our own sense of identity but also informs how we view others

The new apothecary's cabinet II

The new apothecary's cabinet II. Nature Connections Festival and Exhibition, Markeaton Gallery, University of Derby, Derby, 11 September 2015 - 29 January 201

Paper or practice

This paper takes the form of an email dialogue between Jessica Naish and Professor Alison Oddey, in which some key questions pertaining to practice as research are raised. It was first presented at the Practice Based Research seminar at the American Society for Theatre Research conference in New York, November 2000. It is written as a documentation of an ongoing dialogue between a prospective Ph.D. student and her potential supervisor. It is intended to stimulate further debate about the nature of practice in academic research contexts. Written in the moment, it is an improvised dialogue, marking pertinent questions at a particular time. It is one point of departure in the swelling tide of debate and documentation about practice as research

A gift for Eleonora

The performance, ‘A gift for Eleonora’ is a research output, which investigates the cultural value of the arts for health, happiness and well-being as a cultural health intervention for public engagement in an UNESCO World Heritage Site. This was performed in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Basilica di Santa Croce, in the Cappella dei Pazzi, Florence, Italy on May 13-15, 2015