Future of cultural value for Auckland

Future of cultural value for Auckland

An expert on the future of cultural value will visit Auckland in December to give a public lecture at the University of Auckland.

Professor Jonothan Neelands from the University of Warwick is the Director of Study for the Warwick Commission on the Future of Cultural Value.

He visits New Zealand as the Creative Thinking Project’s sixth Creative Fellow.

During his New Zealand visit, he will speak to Auckland audiences about the topics covered in the Warwick Commission’s recently released report, Enriching Britain: Culture, Creativity and Growth.

The report identifies strategies around
• growing the ‘creative ecosphere’ culturally and economically
• making culture and creativity accessible to all
• providing world-class creative and cultural education
• shaping a thriving digital cultural sphere
• reflecting community expressions of identity, creativity and culture locally and nationally.

His Auckland public lecture is on “Creativity, arts and culture: a blueprint for enriching lives”, on Monday 7 December 2015 at 6pm in the University of Auckland’s Owen G. Glenn Building, in Grafton Road.

As Associate Dean for Creativity, Jonothan Neelands is Professor of Creative Education at the Warwick Business School and Chair of Drama and Theatre Education at the University of Warwick.

He is working with colleagues to integrate creative activities into the curriculum and the extra-curricular life of the School, such as student performances and participatory theatre workshops that use classical literature to explore the human questions and issues at the heart of all businesses.

Professor Neelands’ recent research has included working in partnership with the Department for Education, Higher Education Academy for the Open Space Learning project at Warwick; the Birmingham Royal Ballet; Birmingham Repertory Theatre; the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Association of Youth Theatres.

He has advised government on the identification and training of exceptionally able and motivated young performers and is an Executive Director of Drama UK which represents industry standard drama training. He is also a Board Member of the Warwick Arts Centre and Patron of the International Schools Theatre Association (ISTA).

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