Airpocalypse
On the second day of COP26, Clare Nattress, Lecturer in Graphic Design, explains her innovative performance research into air quality and its impacts on human health. My ongoing practice-based research…
#ClimateJusticeTakeover of the ISJ blog
Today is the first day of COP26 in Glasgow – the ten-day conference which may well be the world’s last realistic chance to avoid climate breakdown. As policymakers gather from…
Art in Hospitals: YSJ students use photography to engage with mental health and wellbeing
Second year BA Hons Photography student Holly Burton writes about a public engagement project that staged two exhibitions in hospitals during Covid-19. In 2020-21 second year BA Hons Photography students…
Re-thinking arts as intervention: the creative role of performance in dementia care
To mark the publication of her new book – Performance and Dementia – Dr Nicky Hatton, lecturer in drama at York St John University, reflects on her experiences as an…
Inclusive, socially-distanced community arts during Covid-19
Community Arts During Covid-19 The disruptions and requirement for physical distancing caused by Covid-19 throughout 2020 has forced the majority of community groups to drastically adapt, or even halt, their…