ROOM

To mark our 10th anniversary, Freelands Foundation will host ROOM in our new space near Old Street.

ROOM is a one-day gathering dedicated to sharing resources, exchanging ideas and exploring the symbiotic relationship between making and teaching art. Bringing together artists, educators and art practitioners, ROOM will reflect on the key issues that have shaped art education over the past decade, while proposing ideas for the future.

Through open discussions and practical exchanges, the gathering will highlight diverse approaches to education; from alternative, sci-fi-inspired utopian visions to innovative local arts education programmes and provocations on the role of the studio as a site for learning.

Participants will be invited to reflect on their own experiences, examining how teaching and making art inform one another and evolve in response to shifting educational and cultural landscapes.

Presented through screenings, conversations, seminars and workshops, these discussions look to shape the next chapter of collaborative work taking place at the Foundation’s new home over the coming decade, and with organsiations across the UK.

Save the date and register now.

Date: Saturday 7 June, 10.00am – 5.30pm
Location: 12 Errol St, London EC1Y 8LX

Please note, this is a full-day event. Registration will be from 10am, with the programme commencing from 11am until 5pm, followed by a drinks reception.

Lecture Theatre

10–10.45 | Registration

10–11.00 | Louisiana Channel Films (Film)

11.00–12.00 | Opening Address & Provocations (Talk)

12.10–13.10 | Speaking Studios (Talk)

13.10 – 14.10 | Lunch and Louisiana Channel Films

14.20–15.20 | Artists Should Teach (Talk)

15.30–16:30 | Inside Out – Alternative Models of Art Education (Talk)

16.30–17.30 | Drinks, Closing Remarks and Louisiana Channel Films

Council Chamber

12.10–13.10 | I, Object (Workshop)

14.20–15.20 | Drawing with Threads and Sand (Workshop)

15.30–16:30 | Art teachers should have the space to be rebellious (Workshop)

Office

12.10–13.10 | Making and Talking (Talk)

14.20–15.20 | Roaming Pedagogies (Workshop)

15.30–16.30 | Studio Manifesto Karaoke (Workshop)

Kitchen

12.10 | Fully Awake: Black Mountain College, 2008 (Film)

13.10 | We Have No Art, 1967 (Film)

13.40 | Manifest / Manifesto, 2020 (Film)

14.20 | Fully Awake: Black Mountain College, 2008 (Film)

15.30 | We Have No Art, 1967 (Film)

16.00 | Manifest / Manifesto, 2020 (Film)