Lancaster Arts at Lancaster University
A remarkable and diverse mix of artists from across the world have shared and created work at Lancaster Arts and include (as a tiny snapshot): Bobbie Baker, Augusto Boal, Rebecca Chesney, Forced Entertainment, Gandini Juggling, Jerzy Grotowski, Adrian Howells, Andy Holden, Lost Dog, the BBC Philharmonic, Manchester Camerata, Proto-type Theatre, Russell Maliphant, Peter Liversidge, Rajni Shah and Roderick Williams.
Their vision is of a world where social and environmental justice drives change for our future and is inspired and provoked by artistic practice.
Prior to their merger in 2007 the Lancaster International Concert Series, Peter Scott Gallery, and Nuffield Theatre were operated separately.
[10] Professor Denis McCaldin retired as Director of Music in 2001, having overseen 1000 concerts, to fill the ceremonial position of President of Lancaster Concerts; a position previously held by Sir Arthur Bliss, Paul Tortelier and Dame Janet Baker but which no longer exists.
This merger was termed The Public Arts with Matt Fenton, former director of the Nuffield, overseeing this unification which was completed in 2009.
In October 2010 the administrative amalgamation became public under the name Live at LICA (Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts) which would refer to all three organisations.
Live at LICA continued to work closely with Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts to supplement the academic courses with artist talks, performances for students and partnerships.
In 2013 Jamie Eastman, previously Curator of Performance at Arnolfini, replaced Matt Fenton as Live at LICA's second director.
It was also the place where the renowned popular concerts were staged in the 1980s, these were organised by Barry Lucas working with the JCR (Junior Common Room).
The Jack Hylton Music Rooms, a purpose-built theatre production workshop, rehearsal spaces, and a Life Drawing Studio.
The music for Not Until We Are Lost was commissioned by Lancaster Arts and they hosted an Ockham's Razor Summer School 2011 in the Nuffield.
[20] A huge range of musicians have performed in The Great Hall and Nuffield Theatre Lancaster International Concert Series is the main provider of classical music in north Lancashire and Cumbria.
Among other British artists whose work is represented are Norman Adams, Patrick Caulfield, Elisabeth Frink, Kenneth Martin and Winifred Nicholson.
The collection also includes a number of antiquities, many of which are on permanent display in the John Chambers Ceramics Room of The Peter Scott Gallery.
Examples of items from the collection include a Roman stylus, an Egyptian papyrus fragment from a Book of the Dead.
[25] The Peter Scott Gallery also houses one of the most significant collections of Pilkington's Tile and Pottery Company in the UK.
Wu Chi-Tsung was presented in the gallery and at The Storey as part of the national Recalibrate programme in 2014 the world included Crystal City, cyanotypes from the Wrinkled Textures series and several examples of still life video works.
The festival included artistic exhibitions from Sarah Vanhee and Tania El Khoury, performances from Season Butler and Proto-type theater, a lecture at The Dukes by Owen Jones and a performance of Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No 1 by Chetham's Symphony Orchestra.
The festival culminated in two 'days of questions' in which panels of artists, academics, and commentators discussed 'pressing questions of the day' speakers included: David Kynaston, Melissa Benn, Colin Grant, David Goodhart, Dr Simon Mabon, Cat Smith MP, Professor John Urry and Caroline Criado Perez.
