FRINGE EVENTS & VISITS

WEDNESDAY 1 APRIL 2020
 

NETWORKING BRUNCH
10.30 - 11.30
Want to know more about international artistic and curatorial research and practice? Come along to this Networking Brunch at the BxNU Institute at Baltic39. An opportunity to find out more about the unique Baltic39 galleries and teaching spaces, BxNU and the Experimental Studio. There will be an informal introduction to the space by Andrea Philips, BALTIC professor, and then an opportunity for delegates to meet, chat and network over tea and coffee.
Venue: BALTIC39, 31-39 High Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 1EW
No booking, just turn up.

THURSDAY 2 APRIL 2020
 

BOOKFAIR & BUFFET LUNCH
12.15 - 14.15
The bustling Bookfair is a fantastic opportunity for delegates to meet commissioning editors and talk about publishing research, as well as a chance to purchase books and magazines.
Venue: Atrium, Business & Law Building, Northumbria University
No booking, just turn up.

MEET THE EDITORS: MUP and MIT
12.30 - 14.00

12.30 – 13.00 Manchester University Press
Venue: Room G0.18 Business & Law Building, Northumbria University (next to the bookfair)

13.30 – 14.00 MIT Press
Venue: MIT Press exhibition stand in the bookfair

No booking, just turn up

WORKSHOP: KNOW YOUR IMAGE RIGHTS
12.45 - 13.45
Do you have a book coming out? Come along to this workshop learn about everything you need to know about clearing image rights. Clearing the rights in third party material can be a daunting prospect, especially if you are short for time. The DACS Copyright Licensing team has over 35 years’ experience in gaining copyright clearance of modern and contemporary art. Attend this workshop to gain practical guidance on obtaining permission for copyright protected imagery. It will cover how to establish if permission is required, what information to provide, the fees to expect, and obtaining high resolution files. It will also address copyright myths, while giving an overview of the copyright framework in the UK. To be delivered by DACS as a practical session addressing copyright clearance for visual works.
Venue: Room TBC, Business & Law Building, Northumbria University
No booking, just turn up.

MEET THE EDITORS: ART HISTORY
16.15 - 17.30
Would you like to find out more about the possibility of publishing your work in the Association for Art History's journal Art History? All of our editors will be attending the Annual Conference, come along to meet them.
Venue: Nancy’s Bordello, 13 Argyle Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 6PF
No booking, just turn up.

MEET UP: PhD & EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS
16.15 - 17.15
During the refresment break there will be an opportunity for delegates who doctoral or early career researchers (DECR), particularly recipients of the DECR bursaries, to meet up. This will be an informal meet up that gives delegates a chance to meet each other and also meet the Association's DECR committee, who award the bursaries. Open to all. Do drop by, we're a very friendly bunch!
Venue: Room tbc, Business & Law Building, Northumbria University.
No booking, just turn up.

MEET THE EDITOR: YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS
16.30 - 16.45
Delegates will have the opportunity to meet the editor for Yale University Press to talk about publishing research.
Venue: Room G0.18, Business & Law Building, Northumbria University (next to the bookfair)
No booking, just turn up.

FRIDAY 3 APRIL 2020
 

THE LIT & PHIL - GUIDED TOUR
13.15 - 15.15
The Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle (better known as the Lit & Phil) is the largest independent library outside of London. Established in 1825 it became a hub of learning and enlightenment long before the city’s universities existed. The Lit & Phil houses several important as well as interesting paintings, sculptures, plaster ornaments and engravings. Perhaps the most impressive is ‘The Building of the New Castle on the Tyne, 1080’, painted by William Bell Scott.

Pre-book this guided tour by Monday 2 March. Click here to book
Cost: £5 plus travel on the Metro
Number of places available: 20

Meet at the Conference Registration Desk in the Armstrong Building foyer, Newcastle University at 13.15 prompt.
A conference assistant will accompany you to and from the Lit & Phil.
Tour will commence at 13.45 until 14.45. 

BALTIC EXHIBITION & ARCHIVES – GUIDED TOUR - FULLY BOOKED
13.15 - 15.15
A unique opportunity to view the Judy Chicago exhibition and explore the archives at the BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art. BALTIC is the UK’s largest dedicated contemporary art institution.

Pre-book this guided tour by 2 March.
Cost: £5 for transport
Number of places available: 15 

Meet at the Conference Registration Desk in the Armstrong Building foyer, Newcastle University at 13.15 prompt. 
Tour will commence at 13.45 until 14.45. Transport will be provided.

CANCELLED
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT EUROPEAN (ERC) FUNDING
13.45 - 14.45

HATTON GALLERY & FINE ART STUDIO TOUR, NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY
13.30 – 15.00
Visit the exhibitons at the Hatton Gallery and a take a behind the scenes tour of the Fine Art studios at Newcastle University.

Pre-book this guided tour by 2 March. Click here to book
Cost: Free
Number of places available: 15

Meet at the Conference Registration Desk in the Armstrong Building foyer, Newcastle University at 13.30 prompt.
 

EVELYN AND WILLIAM DE MORGAN: CURATOR TOUR 
13.15 - 15.00
Artists Evelyn and William De Morgan were described as 'two rare spirits' but what exactly does that mean? In this guided tour of the De Morgan exhibition at the Laing Art Gallery curator Sarah Hardy, will show you William's lustrous ceramics and suggest that he was actually more scientist and inventor, rather than just a potter. Seeing Evelyn De Morgan's glowing, dreamlike Victorian canvases will convince you that she was not just woman Pre-Raphaelite. Image: Eos by Evelyn De Morgan (1895)

Pre-book this tour by 2 March. Click here
Cost: £12 
No of places available: 15

Meet at the Conference Registration Desk in the Armstrong Building foyer, Newcastle University at 13.15.

Delegates will also have an opportunity to visit an exhibitiion of work from Northumbria University's Collection on Wednesday and Thursday, and an exhibition of work by students at Newcastle University on Friday.