Full-dome taster show by international art-science project Creativity and Curiosity, part of Space Lates at the National Space Centre, Leicester, 2nd February 2024, 8.30 pm.
British Association of Planetaria Conference
Ione Parkin and Gillian McFarland will be presenting a talk about the Creativity and Curiosity project at the British Association of Planetaria Conference at the National Space Centre, Leicester in September 2022, alongside Steve Gray (Director of Cosmos Planetarium).
Interact Symposium
Ione Parkin will be giving a talk on the public engagement aspects of the Creativity and Curiosity project at the Interact Symposium at Cardiff City Hall in September 2022. The symposium is organised in partnership with the Science and Technology Facilities Council and Cardiff University.
Space Park Art Exhibition
Ione Parkin and Gillian McFarland have been invited to join the selection panel for the inaugural Space Park Art Exhibition at Space Park Leicester, scheduled for World Space Week, October 2022.
Current Exhibition: University of Birmingham
The Creativity and Curiosity project is currently exhibiting at the University of Birmingham as part of the University’s Cultural Programme for the Commonwealth Games 2022. The exhibition is hosted by the Birmingham Business School and collaborating astronomer Professor Amaury Triaud. It runs from April 2022 to 31 August 2022. You can watch a short video clip about the exhibition here.
Hebridean Dark Skies Festival
Creativity and Curiosity held a major exhibition of the project at the Hebridean Dark Skies Festival at An Lanntair, Stornoway, in 2020. Ione Parkin and Gillian McFarland co-curated talks and events, including collaborating astronomers Professor Amaury Triaud (University of Birmingham), Professor Roberto Trotta (Imperial College London) and Royal Astronomical Society archivist Dr Sian Prosser.
Honorary Visiting Fellowship Renewed
Ione Parkin is delighted that the University of Leicester renewed her Honorary Visiting Fellowship in the School of Physics and Astronomy from March 2022, in recognition of the art-science dialogue and outreach work she has undertaken with co-artist Gillian McFarland under the Creativity and Curiosity art-science project.
Festival of Tomorrow
Ione Parkin collaborated on public engagement workshops with the SunSpaceArt team (artist Helen Schell and solar scientists Helen Mason and Robert Walsh) at the Festival of Tomorrow 2022, Swindon, February 2022. The Festival was organised in partnership with UK Research and Innovation.
National Astronomy Meeting
Gillian McFarland presented a talk on the Creativity and Curiosity project at the National Astronomy Meeting in 2019, held at the University of Bath, and participated in an art-science discussion hosted at 44ADGallery, Bath.
Association of Interdisciplinary Studies Conference
Ione Parkin and Gillian McFarland gave a presentation at the Association of Interdisciplinary Studies Conference in Amsterdam in October 2019, also giving a talk at the University of Amsterdam (hosted by astronomer Professor Gianfranco Bertone).
Royal Observatory Greenwich
The Creativity and Curiosity project took part in the Marvellous Moons event at the Royal Observatory Greenwich in 2019, hosted by Public Astronomer Brendan Owens and accompanied by C&C collaborating astronomer Amaury Triaud (University of Birmingham). Ione Parkin, Gillian McFarland and Amaury Triaud presented talks and full-dome images in the Peter Harrison Planetarium.
Glasgow Science Centre
A Creativity and Curiosity exhibition was part of the Moon 50 celebrations at the Glasgow Science Centre, including paintings, prints, mixed media work and film..
Disciplinary Convergence Conference
Ione Parkin gave a presentation on the Creativity and Curiosity project at the Disciplinary Convergence Conference at the University of Notre Dame (USA) in England, in April 2019.
Honorary Visiting Fellowship
Ione Parkin is delighted to have been awarded an Honorary Visiting Fellowship in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Leicester, from March 2019.
Art of the Cosmos
Ione Parkin and Gillian McFarland have been selected for the Art of the Cosmos exhibition organised in connection with the Hubble Space Team. The exhibition will be held in Pasadena, California in April April 2020. [Note: this event was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.]
Children's Article - RAS
Creativity and Curiosity gave a talk about the project at the Royal Astronomical Society’s Fun Palaces Open Day in October 2018. Bright young visitors from the Haverstock School Journalism Project were inspired by this event and sent us their thoughts and ideas (to read the children’s article, click here)! This is a photo of Declan holding one of Gillian McFarland’s glass globes. Thank you, from the C&C Team!
Berlin Science Week
The Creativity and Curiosity team will be taking part in Berlin Science Week in November 2018. An exhibition will be held at the Zeiss-Gross Planetarium and there will be a talk on 1 November (20.00-21.30) and a panel discussion on 7 November (20.00-22.00).
Visions of Science Exhibition, The Edge, University of Bath
Ione Parkin and Gillian McFarland are showing work at the Visions of Science exhibition at The Edge, University of Bath, from 14 September to 17 October 2018
Royal Astronomical Society - Fun Palaces Event
The Creativity and Curiosity team (Gillian McFarland SSA, Ione Parkin RWA and Kate Bernstein) will be taking part in the Fun Palaces event at the Royal Astronomical Society in London (Piccadilly) on Saturday 6th October. Ione Parkin will be giving a talk about the C&C project in the lecture theatre at 12.30 pm and repeating at 3.30 pm.
Grant from the Hope Scott Trust
November 2017 - We have been awarded a grant from the Hope Scott Trust in relation to the Augmented Reality aspect of the Creativity and Curiosity project. This has enabled us to purchase two Occulus Rift headsets and we have begun working with digital researchers from De Montfort University.