Plans for the Presentation

What are the crossover POINTS of our projects?

SUSAN: HOW TO PUT ART AT THE CENTRE RATHER THAN ACCESS? TAKING A LEAD

ANNA : WHAT DIRECTION DO YOU WANT TO FACE IN? WHAT ARE THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU DO - AND HOW DO YOU MAKE THEM WORK FOR YOU? HOW TO MAKE GALLERY RELEVANT TO THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH IT IS IN? THROUGH DIALOGUE

JOHNNY : HOW TO BUILD A STRUCTURE THAT HAS ROOM FOR CHANGE?

EMILY : HOW CAN THE COMMISSIONING PROCESS GENERATE TRUST FROM THE COMMUNITY WITH WHOM IT IS WORKING? 

 17 JAN 2013

1) INTRODUCTIONS: Who you are individually (30 secs each) and as SAJE (1min) (CHARACTERS) 3 MINS

2) WHAT YOU DID? 4 MINS

SHARED PRACTICES,

LIFE CYCLE,

EXPLORE PERSONAL AREAS OF INTEREST IN RESPECT TO PARTICIPATION,

DID SOME RESEARCH,

CAME TOGETHER TO SHARE RESEARCH AND FINDINGS, FORMED QUESTIONS TO TAKE FURTHER, DECIDED TO DO A MIX TAPE.

3) WHAT HAVE YOU FOUND OUT ABOUT YOUR LEADERSHIP THROUGH YOUR PROJECT? (4 mins each) and as a group (4 mins) (INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS & AS WHOLE = 5 CONSTITUENT PARTS)

BE CONFIDENT THAT LEADERSHIP IS FLEXIBLE RESPONDING TO A SITUATION. TRUST TAKES TIME AND INTENTION.

 4) WHAT HAVE YOU FOUND OUT ABOUT YOUR LEADERSHIP THROUGH YOUR PROJECT? (relevant learning for wider group:

1. Emily: confidence about flexibility

2. Anna: The leader doesn't have to fill the gaps, the leader perhaps recognises the gaps, but allows the things that should fail to fail.

3. Susan: . Acknowledge and use the expertise of everyone in the room, including yourself.

4. Johnny: Value is fluid: there is no definitive value; it depends who is saying it and in what context.

Group learning:

Johnny: We are the leaders amongst our own projects, then with 4 leaders it is interesting to become aware of how you work, and that you don't always have to be in charge or take everyone with you: Recalibration.

5) WHAT ARE YOUR FINDINGS TO DATE?

(MOCK UP MIX TAPE PRESENTATION)

SAJE : MIX TAPE JAN 2013

TO DO: 

SUSAN

INTRODUCTION TO MISSION STATEMENT AND DRAWINGS REFLECTING ON STARTING POINTS FOR PROJECT.

ANNA

TRANSCRIBE INTERVIEWS WRITE UP RESEARCH HIDDEN GARDEN AND GRIZEDALE MEET ANDY AND GLEN TO REVIEW THE THREE QUESTIONS TO LEAD TO MISSION STATEMENT.

JOHNNY

2 PAGE NARRATIVE, DIAGRAMS, SCREENPRINTING.

FOR EMILY TO DO:

PHOTO SAJE : MIX TAPE. TRANSCRIBE INTERVIEW AND SCAN DRAWINGS FROM RESEARCH DAY = SLOGANS. 

In the cottage

We are in the cottage. A curry is bubbling on the stove, the wood burner is getting through a pile of logs, everyone is in socks and stripey tops. This morning we spent 5 minutes introducing who we are as practitioners and leaders: then 5 minutes introducing our research.

We then attempted to summarise for each other what we were hearing: which Emily pointed out may be problematic, as we may not be communicating what we think we are, and also the summariser will hear the bits they are most interested in. Anyway here is what we had at the end of that process:

Susan's research: A chance to be more strategic rather than reactionary and able to plan to embed art at the centre of what they (Artlink) do, and start there. Question: How do you plan to embed art at the centre of what you do?
Johnny: building a structure in order to understand what happens when one element changes, and considerations around failure. Question: How do you build a structure, which has room for change/failure?
Emily: Realisation that the commissioning process can be intuitive or built on trust. Question: How do you build trust into the process?

Anna: Usefulness of art, and ways to involve participants in the direction of a project. Questions: Which direction do you want to face in? What are the connections between all the things I am doing and how do they work for me? How to make the gallery more relevant to the community its placed in?

We went for lunch at a local pub. We are now making a curry and deciding how to progress: we want to spend the rest of the day finding common links between our research.
Tomorrow we want to decide on a manifestation, and how to approach the group project. Time is going too fast.

Peak District weekend

Accomodation is booked at Sycamore Barns Friday 14th December til Monday 17th December, leaving by 11am.

Here is some helpful info from Martin at the Barns and his contact is (0)7798 530536:

1. The nearest railway station to Sycamore Farm is Ambergate, which is about 3 miles away. It is easiest is you book a taxi to meet your train and they will bring you up here (it should cost about 6 pounds). We can provide taxi details, if that helps.

2. Wirksworth is our local town and has all the facilities you should need (it is about half an hours walk away – slightly more coming back up the hill!)

3. For four of you I would suggest Knob End for your stay, which is slightly more cosy than Matkins, which has a larger living area.

4. All our cottages have nice wood-burning stoves, and we include as much wood as you need in the price.

5. The whole of Sycamore Farm is primarily heated with wood, from a local pine forest that is being replaced with broad-leaved woodland.

6. The full price for 3 nights from 14th December is £446.25, however as you are intending to arrive by train we are happy to provide it for £400.00. I have pencilled in your booking. If you’d like to secure it we normally ask for a 25% deposit, with the balance due a month before your arrival....

Once we know when we are all arriving we can arrange to meet at Ambergate or the cottage.  Emily arrives about 12 and I will arrive about 1pm.  Emily needs to leave sunday evening, everyone else can stay til monday morning.  Here are details of local Taxi firms:

 

1. Amber Taxis – 01773 836100

2. MJs Taxis – 01629 826060

3. Matlock Taxis - 01629 584195