AKO Storytelling Institute
We want to work with artists, performers and designers from a range of disciplines within UAL and beyond to challenge policies on climate and ecology, as well as questions of economic, social and racial justice.
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Email us: storytelling@arts.ac.uk
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What's on
Register for our events.
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'Constellation, A Watch of Nightingales', Kate Keara Pelen, Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative Carev
Creativity, Care and the City (part one)
11 Jan 2-5pm. With Greater London Authority (Culture and Creative Industries Unit), London Arts & Health, World Cities Culture Forum and Nesta.
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Laurane Le Goff, Sympoiesis, featured as part of Earth Quest: Your Ecological Adventure, Barbican and Climate Emergency Network, 2022 | Photography : Hydar Dewachi
Creativity, Care and the City (part two)
1 Feb 2-5pm. With Greater London Authority (Culture and Creative Industries Unit), London Arts & Health, World Cities Culture Forum and Nesta.
Coming soon
Creating Value
January - March
Central Saint Martins student-led talk series, MA Art & Science, MA Biodesign
Glitching Realities & Alternative Futures: embodying change
March (research season)
Performance Programme Forum
The Social Purpose of Museums
Spring
With UAL Collections and Galleries
About us
Established this year at University of the Arts London (UAL) the Institute works at the intersection of artistic practice and social change.
It brings together world-class creatives with campaigners, educators, and policymakers. Through collaboration, knowledge exchange and action-research we are building an evidence base for what works and helping to establish the discipline and practice of storytelling-for-change.
AKO Storytelling Institute Launch Event
14th October 2022
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' Memory Work',Memory Work Collective, City of Toronto | Photograph: Jeremy Glenn
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'Well of Possibilities' by Alisa Ruzavina, Graduate of MA Material Futures, Central Saint Martins | Earth Quest, Barbican Centre and Climate Emergency Network, 2022 | Photograph: Hydar Dewachi
With thanks to our pilot season partners and contributors
Arts Council England, Arts & Humanities Research Council, Barbican Centre, Citizens UK, Create4Glasgow, Culture&, Culture and Creative Industries Unit, Greater London Authority, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Doc Society, Fair Acre Press, Foundation for Future London, Fourth Plinth Commissioning Group, Google Arts & Culture Lab, Little Amal, LocalGlobe, London Arts and Health, Making for Change, National Activity Providers Association, National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement, Nesta, Royal Literary Fund, Royal Opera House, Sabir, September Publishing, UAL Climate Emergency Network, UAL Decolonising Arts Institute, UAL Social Design Institute, University of Exeter, Watson Little, World Cities Culture Forum.
Pilot season team
- Ruth Mackenzie – Launch Director
- Kate Keara Pelen – Head of Creative Projects
- Natasha Mays – Creative Producer
- Sarah Cook – Operations Manager
The AKO Storytelling Institute has been established with the generous support of the AKO Foundation, as part of UAL Social Purpose Group.