If you’re a festival producer, event manager, artist, practitioner, curator, local authority, funder or other organisation interested in light art festivals then this conference is for you.
We will be sharing our collective expertise through six themed sessions across the two days. Our conference will feature panel discussions, artist talks, Q&As, expert speakers, online premieres and a cocktail lounge networking opportunity.
9 December
12:45 - Welcome
Welcome address from Chair of Light Up the North, Ann Wishart.
In this session the speakers will discuss their approach to working with the local community, talk through case studies and answer questions on how to work with communities
This session will concentrate on how various established artists are having to change not only the way they work but how they present their work due to COVID-19.
This session will be of interest to artists, festival producers, curators and anyone who loves neon and wants to understand its development and how neon is being used by contemporary artists today.
This session will be of interest to artists, festival producers, curators and anyone who loves neon and wants to understand its development and how neon is being used by contemporary artists today.
This panel session brings together light festivals curators, producers and artists, and others with a stake in the future of festivals, to discuss what the future holds for these events.
This panel session brings together light festivals curators, producers and artists, and others with a stake in the future of festivals, to discuss what the future holds for these events.