Communiversity Conference timetable

updated 19 August1999

 

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Timetable

The 2nd Comrnuniversity Conference, Barnet College - London - England, 1st to 3rd September 1999

 

Communiversity day

 

WEDNESDAY 1 ST SEPTEMBER 1999

Chair: Andrew Crummy

12.30 Registration and lunch (The Bull, Cafe area, studio one)

Buffet food supplied by Don't tempt me (Bromley by Bow Healthy Living Centre)

14.00 John Skitt (TH) Introduction and Welcome

14.10 Andrew Crummy (TH)

Rationale, history and update from last conference

Communiversity updates (TH) Craigmillar Communiversity

14.10 Dr Helen Crummy MBE and Phil Denning

Presentation of Craigmillar Communiversity feasibilit y study and Bromley by Bow Communiversity feasibility study. How the Craigmillar Communiversity has developed since the last conference.

14.30 Video by Dave Smith, showing of Art and HIV drug video, Scotland

15.00 Coffee (TH)

 

Communiversity and Architecture

15.15 Steve MacAdam, University of North London, Tollington Initiative, Fluid Design.

15.45 Jim Bryson Senior Architect at HTA Associates and architect for The Fife Christian Counselling Centre.

16.15 Max Comfort/Varda Zisman LOCO, a London co-housing project.

16.45 William Cochrane (TH) The Community bridge, USA.

17.30 Questions

 

 

Arts and Health Day

 

THURSDAY 2ND SEPTEMBER 1999

 

Chair: Trisha Cox

 

9.30 Registration, tea and coffee

10.00 Introduction and Welcome (Barnet General Hospital, first floor foyer of new building)

10.05 Public Art and health

Candice Hurwitz, Arts Director, Barnet General Hospital

10.15 Tour of artwork and performances at Barnet General Hospital

Tour guides will be Sophie Bahar, Paul Griffiths, Debbie Waterton and Candice Hurwitz. See examples of interactive artwork, murals, community ceilings, sculpture and a few surprises!

11.00 Coffee (Tudor hall, Barnet College: TH)

Please choose one of the following three workshops:

11.15 Jane Webster, children learning about illness through wearable sculpture (Exhibition and talk).

11.15 Jo Goodman, Alternative/Complementary Medicine can play in the health of the Performing Artist

11.15 Nazral Islam, Poetry and Bromley By Bow Centre

 

11.45 Jill Rakusen, Sound health consultancy, Birmingham.

Community Lunch at THE BULL ARTS CENTRE prepared Bandi do Cafe

The main meal of the conference, a feast to behold!

 

Healthy Living: Arts, Education and Health (Tudor Hall, Barnet College.TH)

The afternoon session brings together three important proponents of The Healthy Living centre concept Andrew Mawson (Bromley by Bow Healthy Living Centre), Dr Malcolm Rigler (Withymoor surgery, Birmingham) and David Lloyd (Pioneer Healthy Living Centre).

The aim of this afternoon is to begin to produce a proposal for an HN/degree Arts and Health for Healthy Living Centres and help the debate on Healthy Living Centres in Barnet.

14.00 Andrew Mawson, CAN (Community Action Network)

14.30 Bromley By Bow Health Living Centre

14.50 Art in Community Practice, Middlesex University, P Machin, C Gillespie

15.10 David Lloyd, Pioneer Healthy Living Centre 1935-50

15.30 Coffee (TH)

15.45 Dr Danni Abse (TH) Poetry and paintings

16.30 Dr Malcolm Rigler (TH)

Art, Education and Health

17.15 Questions, Chaired by Trisha Cox

17.30 Close

 

Educational debate

 

FRIDAY 3RD SEPTEMBER 1999

 

Chair: Andrew Crummy

 

10.00 Welcome

 

10.15 Virtual Conference,

10.20 CCIS (Online) \par

10.35 Dave Smith, Greater Craigmillar Multimedia Group (Online)

10.45 Anne Saunders, University of Ballarat, Australia (Online)

 

11.00 Setting up the Communiversity Network

 

11.15 Education Circle

Agenda

Day one: Communiversity

Day two: Arts and Health

Day Three: Communiversity website

Outcomes of conference

Any other business

 

12.00 Communiversity Lunch (The Bull)

(Don't Tempt me, Bromley by Bow Healthy Living centre) 13.30 close conference.