No One Size Fits All: Do Environmental Touring Innovations Shut Out Already Excluded Communities?

No One Size Fits All: Do Environmental Touring Innovations Shut Out Already Excluded Communities is the provocation for a new project being developed by ArtReach, the Norwegian Elle Sofe Company,  and Danish Artist Olga Regitze Dyrløv Høegh. The trio met as part of the International Touring & Environmental Responsibility (ITER) programme delivered by Julie's Bicycle and funded through a trilateral partnership between English, Danish, and Norwegian arts councils.

In this webinar, we'll learn more about the project, the ITER programme, and discussion the provocation at its core. 

This webinar is available for free to OAUK Members. It is £10 for freelance non-members and £20 for non-member organisations. Please note that this is per employee.

The session will be available via Teams, with a link emailed out the day before the session.

If you have any access requirements in order to join the session, please outline them when you book your ticket. The session will have BSL made available if requested.

The Speakers:

Paul is the CEO and Creative Director of Art Reach, an ambitious arts charity whose vision is to be an international leader in producing extraordinary art that reaches, inspires and connects everyone. Before joining Art Reach, Paul was the Director of Partnerships and Community at the Sheffield International Documentary Festival and the Managing Director of Junction Arts in Chesterfield. Paul has over twenty years senior management experience in the arts and cultural sectors and is passionate about cultural democracy and how the arts can transform people’s lives and bring communities together.

Maiken Garder is an established manager and producer in the performing arts field with a particular focus on Norway and the international market. She is currently the Managing Director and Producer for the acclaimed Elle Sofe Company, and together with Artistic Director and Choreographer Elle Sofe Sara has propelled the company worldwide. Garder holds a unique position in the milieu as she has developed a strong international network from her base in Sápmi, focusing on the representation from within and building bridges to the global world. 

Olga Regitze Dyrløv Høegh is a Danish scenographer & costume designer working in all scales and within different spatial formats - such as galleries, stages & public spaces. She holds a master in scenography from The Norwegian Theatre Academy and a bachelor in design culture from The Southern University of Denmark and has created stages and spatial experiences for opera, theatre, dance and audio across the world. Her scenographic practise explores the agency of things with a curiosity of the signs and meaning systems humans have assigned inanimate things.