Karen “Bit” Vejle‘s is a tale about not just the fulfillment of her own passion, but one to inspire us too in overcoming adversity through creativity and quiet determination. Vejle found solace and therapy in what has become her work; however, she insists it’s not raw talent which makes her special. We love the idea…
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Imagination Matters is proud to announce that we’ve teamed up with award-winning author Neil Gaiman, and Waterstones Children’s Laureate for 2015-2017 Chris Riddell, to celebrate their new work, Art Matters. Read on for an exclusive preview and your chance to win a copy of the book. “We have an obligation to imagine” Art Matters by Neil Gaiman Art Matters…
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Once you read about it, you can’t believe it’s taken this long, but you also can’t believe we had it any other way. Ian Cheng‘s works are essentially living art, or conversely, as he describes them, “computer games that play themselves”. Of course, there’s something inimitable about the joy of forming your opinion on a painting,…
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It’s one of the big debates of our age: will technology replace jobs, and how will it change the work we do in the future? So much of this conversation tends to be negative, so I thought it’d be useful to look at some of the opportunities ahead – and what we should be doing…
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We’re passionate about anything that inspires imagination, creativity, and a love of learning in children. With primary school art falling lower and lower on the list of priorities in favour of letters and numbers, we’re losing this vital part of educational development. Primary art specialist Emily Gopaul shows us how to avoid leaving art out…
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On Saturday 24 March, the Institute of Imagination are collaborating with Tate Britain for the biggest ever digital family day to be held in the Tate galleries; Imagine If. In this series of posts, artists from the festival tell us how they are using the Tate Britain as a space to imagine. Here, Very Very Far Away…
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On Saturday 24 March, the Institute of Imagination are collaborating with Tate Britain for the biggest ever digital family day to be held in the Tate galleries. Imagine what digital interventions you could create inspired by the iconic artworks and architecture of the Tate Britain? Over the next week, we’re sharing articles from some of…
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