The SPARC team are delighted to announce that registration is now open for the Audience Research in the Arts conference, 3–5th July 2019, The University of Sheffield Find out more on our conference website! At the moment, we’re busy planning an exciting and varied conference programme, which will be released …
We’re announcing a Postgraduate and Early Career Researcher Morning on Wednesday 3rd July 2019, 9am-1pm, at The University of Sheffield. PGRs and ECRs, submit your proposal now! Deadline: 25 January 2019. This session is part of our Audience Research in the Arts conference, 3-5 July 2019 at the University of Sheffield. While postgraduate and …
We’re hosting a conference next year with our lovely friends from iNARPA, The Audience Agency, Routledge, The University of Leeds and Deakin University where we’ll be celebrating the end of the UACA and Modern Fairies projects. Submit your papers now – proposals due by the 7th January. For more information, see …
SPARC hosted an Open Space event at the University of Sheffield on 20th September 2018. Arts professionals, practicioners and academics gathered to discuss the provocative theme: “We are all participants now – so what is the future for presentational arts?”. Read our report on the event to find out what went …
Our research on the ‘Understanding Audiences for the Contemporary Arts’ project has led us into the minefield that is ethical, diverse, engaging research about arts practices in contemporary society. As we enter the second year of our project, we’d like to face up to those challenges and to provide an …
On 29th June, SPARC and the Urban Institute hosted a one-day, interdisciplinary symposium, convening a gathering of researchers and practitioners from a broad spectrum of backgrounds. SPARC research fellow Dr Michael Bonshor has written the following reflective report on the day – read it here!
Musical groups and organisations shape and are shaped by their localities in a plurality of ways, reaching in and through communities to achieve tangible and intangible impacts. This one-day symposium, hosted by the Sheffield Performer and Audience Research Centre (SPARC) and the Urban Institute, brings together academic and practitioner networks …
#CultureFeast ROUND TWO has just been announced! SPARC is delighted to be working with contemporary arts organisations in Birmingham to offer audiences something a little different. The Spring 2018 Culture Feast will consist of a 7 course menu of contemporary art for only £30. Book now at culturefeast.org Events from Grand Union, Birmingham Hippodrome, DanceXchange,Birmingham …
Birmingham’s leading contemporary arts organisations have joined forces to create Culture Feast: a joint ticket that gives access to six theatre, dance, music and art events all for £25 total. This has grown out of the Birmingham Contemporary Arts Network in response to findings from the Understanding Audiences for the Contemporary Arts project at …
The new SPARC reading group starts Friday 13th October at the Jessop Building, University of Sheffield.