The 2017 Institute for Public Art Research Network Meeting

15th-16th March 2017
Fine Arts College, Shanghai University

The researchers network meeting is co-sponsored by Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts and Moganshan Town. The main content of the meeting is to summarise the experience of the past three IAPA to analyse the future development of public art, and to promote public art research and the construction of a communication and sharing platform to drive the development of the network.

Selected Presentations

Gabriela Ribeiro (Brazil) – Art as an Awakening of the Relationship between Individual and City

Eveline Simkute (Lithuania) – ‘Šilainiai Project’ : Connecting people o places through art

Zeng Lingxiang (China) – Urban Transformation and Public Art in Midwest China

Diane Dever (UK) – Place re-making and its emergence from cultural activism in North Africa and the Middle East

Kelly Carmichael (New Zealand) – Pilgrimage, Polyswag, and Publics: Reflecting on current practice in Aotearoa-New Zealand

Jennifer Krava (USA) – Our Neighbourhood is Changing: The Impact of Public Art and Placemaking on Gentrification