Sketching Potential: The hope booth

I shared my Sketching Potential and Hope Booth research at the ELIA Biennial Conference Arts Plural at NABA Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti in Milan, Italy.

Thank you to all the participants who gave so generously and enthusiastically to explore artistic intelligence. A big thank you to Andris Brinkmanis for the wonderful introduction.

ELIA is a European network of arts education institutions and this was my first time attending an ELIA event and be a part of this community — it was an honour to have been chosen to present in this context. Thank you ELIA at NABA Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti.

Sketching Potential: The hope booth
Ilga Leimanis, University of the Arts London, United Kingdom

Join this speculative space for thinking through a question, using sketching and diagramming as tools to decipher, explore, and engage with the idea of emergence. The session will take both the form of a practical workshop as well as sharing practice following a pilot year facilitating Sketching Potential at University of the Arts London. The approach draws on diverse concepts such as hope as action, drawing to see, and notation as a refuge, and affect theory’s bloom-space. Bloom-spaces, described as excess, autonomous, and collective, capture the essence of these workshops. The facilitator delves into the transformative potential of sketching, addressing aspects like idea development, problem-solving, anxiety management, and fostering multiple perspectives. Join this session to unleash the emergent possibilities of visual thinking and collaborative exploration.

Thank you University of the Arts London and Graham Barton for supporting my work.