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Welcome Welcome to the latest edition of our newsletter. By following the links below you can read about the work of our PhD students and staff, and also the forthcoming Newcastle Poetry Festival curated by the Newcastle Centre for Literary Arts, which runs from 2nd-5th May (see https://www.newcastlepoetryfestival.co.uk/). Professors Linda Anderson and Sinead Morrissey, and colleagues, have put together an absolutely outstanding programme around the theme of Crossings, and you can read about our collaboration with NCLA and TWAM for the Festival below.

Our team have also been busy on a number of initiatives. Mel Whewell and Professor Eric Cross have been leading the University's involvement in the Great Exhibition of the North which launches on 22nd June and runs until September 9th. The Great North Museum is one of three hubs and will be transformed to host the exhibition 'Which Way North' that promises to present the North, and the Museum, as you've never thought about it before. The campus will also be enlivened with various events, performances and activities throughout the exhibition period so do watch out for future announcements.

Also, amidst all the snow in February, Catriona Macdonald and I made a trip to Norway to explore potential collaborations with Fine Art and Music colleagues. Needless to say, despite feet of snow and bone-chilling temperatures across the North Sea, the only challenge was getting home! The trip went well and we hope to update on initiatives soon.

We also held an event bringing together artists and scientists working together across the University and a result of this is that we're looking to create a network to enable sharing of projects, best practice and to maximise synergies for research. If you'd like to know more about this, do get in touch. Finally, you might remember that I mentioned our funding guide in my introduction to our previous newsletter, well this will be launching in early May so keep your eyes open for announcements and do get in touch if a copy doesn't make it's way to your mailbox.

As always, thanks for your support of the Institute, and do get in touch if there's anything we can do to support your work.

Professor Vee Pollock, Director

If you would like to contribute, please e-mail [email protected] or follow us on Twitter CreativeArts@NCLUni Newcastle Poetry Festival 2018 teams up As part of the Creative Practice Research with the Tyne & Wear Archives & Forum, Usue Ruiz Arana, presented last Museums for a unique poetry/painting month her research project that set out to collaboration funded by the Newcastle explore the concept of silence in the University Institute for Creative Arts landscape of Northumberland National Practice, read more Park, read more

Ghosts of The NewBridge / A Spark of An AHRC / Newton funded project, Plural Life: Electricity, Frankenstein and Heritages of Istanbul: the Case of the Regeneration at Carliol House. Land Walls, is exploring the potential of An immersive installation at Carliol House, design research techniques to frame, in Newcastle’s city centre, read more develop and inspire community film co- production, read more The Institute’s Creative Practice Research Forum is held on the first Wednesday of each month during term time.

The aim of the Forum is to give practitioners from across subject areas a space and time to meet to discuss their research amongst a group of critical friends who bring cross- disciplinary insight. We also intend to grow our research environment through greater collaboration.

Activities could include: • practitioners discussing their current projects; • themed sessions drawing together practitioners from across subject areas; • presentations of proposed funding bid ideas for feedback; • invited guests.

The next forum will take place on Wednesday 6th June 13:00-14:00, all welcome. Look out for your invite!

Kiss the Wooden Lady

Date/Time: Wednesday May 2nd only, 5.30 - 7.30pm

Venue: Trinity House, Broad Chare, Quayside NE1 3DQ

Newcastle Poetry Festival

Date/Time: 2-5 May 2018

Venue: Sage Gateshead, Northern Stage, Newcastle University

The Producers Part II: New Positions on Curating

Date/Time: Tuesday 8th May, 17.15pm

Venue: Fine Art Lecture Theatre, Newcastle University

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