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The Partnership Lab introduced a number of initiatives such as 'meet the Director', hot desking and bespoke partnership events which catalysed ways for creative and cultural practitioners, producers and companies to get to know Professor Haidy Geismar, Director of the School for the creative and Cultural Industries (SCCI), and to test and explore ways of working in the new university spaces.

Haidy said:

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A series of roundtable events brought 麻豆传媒视频网站 academics, national creative and聽cultural policy colleagues and London鈥檚 Arts and Culture institutions together to explore ways to innovate university-industry engagement and work together to contribute to the sustainability of London鈥檚 cultural landscape.

The Partnership Lab hosted London鈥檚 contemporary visual arts network in residence. is a research-led, sector support and advocacy network that represents arts professionals, arts organisations, studios and art schools across London borough.

In January 2023, 麻豆传媒视频网站 Urban Room Curator Kara Blackmore and CVAN London Director organised the launch of the AREVA report in the Urban Room, the new 麻豆传媒视频网站 East space hosting events, exhibitions, workshops and engagement with local stakeholders, professional audiences, and the wider public in East London. Written by artist Dr Jack Ky Tan, the is the culmination of a knowledge exchange project initiated by CVAN London in collaboration with Iniva and funded by Arts Council England exploring how arts organisations may establish and support anti-racist and equitable working practices.

CVAN members Claudel Goy and Nimrod Vardi, Directors of ,聽a London-based art organisation which supports the development of contemporary artists working across emerging artforms, visited the Lab and met , Head of the Media BA programme to discuss shared interests in digital arts. Following this introduction arebyte are hosting work placements for Media聽BA students, planning a residency with a public outcome at the gallery for the next academic year and are exploring longer term partnership opportunities. Reflecting on the new partnership, Managing Director Claudel Goy said that聽鈥榁ery fruitful collaborations lie ahead of us!鈥�.

As the residency draws to an end, Jo Townshend said:

鈥�On behalf of CVAN London, I鈥檇 like to express my thanks and gratitude to Professor Haidy Geismar and 麻豆传媒视频网站 colleagues for hosting us at the School for the Creative and聽Cultural Industries at the new East London campus, home to so many artists, art workers, galleries and studios. I am sure the conversations started here will move forward into meaningful long-term partnerships and in doing so, turn the potential of university collaborations into impact for London and the visual arts community鈥�.

From the the English National Opera and Horniman Museum to the Government Art Collection and Rosetta Arts, the Partnership Lab has welcomed聽a diverse range of guests from the creative and cultural sectors through its doors. Since launching in Autumn 2022, more than 80 external creative and cultural organisations have begun partnership discussions with over 40 麻豆传媒视频网站 academics.

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