Interpreting the goals of Art for Reconciliation

The Brian Friel Theatre in the Queens Film Theatre University Road, Belfast BT7 1NN

Saturday 8 June 2019 1.30 – 7.30 pm!

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This is the first of three public Exchange Forums to examine how - and if - theatre, visual art, dance, music can reflect, represent, or respond to experiences of political conflict and deliver reconciliatory outcomes. Join funders, artists, arts managers, community support professionals, academic researchers and the public to explore the role and potential of Art for Reconciliation. The discussion will be followed by an hour-long showcase exploring innovative ways in which the arts are contributing to peace-building in Northern Ireland.

Showcase: Paula Carson, James Doran, Vincent Higgins and Simon Sweeney performing extracts from Green and Blue by Laurence McKeown and A Queer Ceili at the Marty Forsythe by Dominic Montague. Produced by Kabosh Theatre, directed by Paula McFetridgeFilm examples from work created by The Playhouse Theatre and Peacebuilding Academy. Live music from Columbian children’s welfare activist Genesis Quintero Perez, in Belfast at the invitation of Beyond Skin.

Exchange Forum: Our research is driven by co-production and engagement. We wish to hear all voices that are related to AfR. Together we will:

• Learn more about the intentions of our research
• Hear findings from our first phase of research, which focuses on what we learnt about the funding of AfR work in NI
• Hear about the way the project has located and researched funding data and how we have conceptualised AfR
• Respond to those findings, help co-produce future research and bring relevant voices to the conversation and debates that concern AfR
• Help develop networks to support future practice
• Hear and feed into our plans for the next phase of the research
• Hear about our interactive website and the plans for it
• Observe and engage with an arts showcase

1:30pm	Registration	Presented by
2:00pm	What are our intentions of researching Art for Reconciliation	Pete Shirlow, Principal Investigator, Arts for Reconciliation research team and Director at the University of Liverpool’s Institute of Irish Studies.
2:15pm	Data, Practitioners Perspectives and Concepts	Peter Campbell and Sarah Jankowitz, co-Investigators, Arts for Reconciliation research team.
3:15pm	Co-producing Research: A roundtable discussion led by Tori Durrer and members of the AfR Research Advisory Committee	Tori Durrer (co-Investigator Arts for Reconciliation research team) with Eamonn Baker, Maggie Cronin, Sarah Feinstein, Ali Fitzgibbon, Jennifer Goddard, Paula McFetridge and Hugh Odling-Smee.
4.30pm	The AfR Project website	Pauline Hadaway (AfR Administrator) and Simon Hagan (AfR website designer) pixeldub.net
5:00pm	Buffet	Café Krem
6:00pm	Showcase	Paula Carson, James Doran, Vincent Higgins and Simon Sweeney performing extracts from Green and Blue by Laurence McKeown and A Queer Ceili at the Marty Forsythe by Dominic Montague. Produced by Kabosh Theatre, directed by Paula McFetridge. Film examples from work created by The Playhouse Theatre and Peacebuilding Academy. Film extracts from Don’t Shoot my Wanes, Shoot me, Shantallow Community Arts and Unlocking by Raymond Watson. Music from Beyond Skin.
7:00pm	Followed by wine reception