Women Who Create,

About the event

This conference aims to bring together scholars, creatives, postgraduate students, and professionals to explore and discuss the relationship between the feminine and the arts, whether it appears in history, science, pop culture, or any other epoch or discipline.

Creative people, whether they are visual artists, poets, writers, musicians, designers, or actors (to name a few) have constantly changed the world. We would like to take a closer look at how women have played this vital role. How has women’s creativity changed, shaped, and formed the world through impacting different cultures, environments and disciplines?

Why do women write, paint, dance, and perform? Whether as a hobby or a need, women create for various reasons and because of multiple impetuses: they may do so to connect, to inform, to move, and to inspire others. But what has become manifest is that women who create, for whatever purpose, from anywhere in the world, all do so with courage and strength. As Margaret Atwood said about the writing experience, “A word after a word after a word is power.”

Why should you sponsor?

Aligning with Women's History Month, this transdisciplinary conference explores how women's creativity has shaped the world across cultures and disciplines.

The conference will feature two world-leading experts in arts-based research as keynote speakers:

•       Dr. Patricia Leavy – renowned sociologist and pioneer in arts-based research, whose work has shaped the field internationally

•       Dr. Sandra Faulkner – whose groundbreaking contributions have advanced arts-based research methodologies globally

A highlight of the conference will be the declaration of the third winner of The Patricia Leavy Award for Arts-Based Research, which recognizes innovative and impactful arts-based research projects. This prestigious award presentation adds significant academic weight to the conference and offers sponsors association with cutting-edge scholarship in the field.

We anticipate over 60 speakers (in-person and online) from the UK, Europe, North America, and beyond, spanning academics, artists, and researchers.

Your sponsorship supports venue costs at Cambridge, accessibility features, and participation opportunities for emerging women scholars and artists. This is an opportunity to connect with the arts-based research community in your home city while supporting research that aligns with your gender studies and literature publishing programmes.

Arden Waterman

Who we are

The London Arts-Based Research Centre (LABRC) is the UK’s premier arts-based research organization, operating as a not-for-profit and offering a wide range of inspiring projects, conferences, and creative research opportunities. Our activities bridge literature, science, art, philanthropy, and spirituality, and are held both online and onsite at selected venues such as libraries, universities, and museums. LABRC also issues Indelible, a popular literary and arts journal, featuring the works of international creatives (writers, poets, photographers, visual artists, and reviewers), both established and emerging. As well as Indelible, the LABRC hosts the digital arts-based research salon Psychreative, and online literary events series Indelible Evenings. 

 

Our Mission

The London Arts-Based Research Centre (LABRC) aims to advance knowledge, foster creativity, and promote innovative research through the integration of creativity and academic inquiry. We strive to create a dynamic platform for writers, scholars, academics, and artists to explore, collaborate, and push the boundaries of arts-based research methodologies.

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