The Arts Institute

The Arts Institute
HeadquartersRoland Levinsky Building, University of Plymouth.
Director
Rupert Lorraine
Musical Director
Robert Taub[1]
Parent organization
University of Plymouth
Formerly called
Peninsula Arts

The Arts Institute (formerly Peninsula Arts[2]) operates from within the Faculty of Arts and serves as the Arts and Culture programming umbrella organisation for the University of Plymouth. The year round public programme includes exhibitions, music, film, talks and performing arts.[3]

Its aim is to provide a prestigious and wide-ranging series of events which open up the arts and university to the people of Plymouth, the South West and visitors to the region.

The University of Plymouth Contemporary Music Festival is an annual event hosted with the University of Plymouth Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Research, and occurs in February.[4]

Venues and locations

The Levinsky Gallery is the main hub for The Arts Institute, and the largest contemporary art gallery in the south west of England.[5] It is located inside the Roland Levinsky Building at the university. Admission is free but may be restricted during events.[6]

The House is another building at the university located behind the Roland Levinsky Building, which is used for theatre and dance performances,[7] and the Jill Graigie Cinema which is used for showing films and lectures at the university.[8]

Notable performances

  • Rosemary Johnson, a disabled violinist played music using an EEG cap.[9]
  • In 2015 a slime mould and a lecturer played a piano duet based on the mould's movements.[10]
  • In 2018, brainwaves recorded during seizures were turned into music.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Plymouth Uni music director Robert Taub on Musica Viva concerts". Great British Life. 7 February 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  2. ^ Elmes, Sarah (25 October 2018). "Plymouth Arts Centre saved from closure - but building has been sold". Plymouth Live. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  3. ^ "About The Arts Institute". University of Plymouth. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Plymouth's Contemporary Music Festival Focuses on Biomusic – Seen and Heard International". seenandheard-international.com. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  5. ^ "The Arts Institute, University of Plymouth". VASW. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  6. ^ "The Arts Institute". Visit Plymouth. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  7. ^ "THE ARTS INSTITUTE, PLYMOUTH". Jill Craigie. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  8. ^ "The Arts Institute". Made in Plymouth. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  9. ^ MacDonald, Fiona (8 February 2016). "Disabled Violinist Uses Thoughts to Make Music For The First Time in 27 Years". ScienceAlert. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  10. ^ Magazine, Smithsonian; Fessenden, Maris. "A Scientist And a Slime Mold Are Set To Play a Duet". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  11. ^ Freeman, Martin; Bayley, Jon (21 February 2018). "Former Levellers guitarist becomes Plymouth student to make seizures into music". PlymouthLive. Retrieved 29 June 2023.