Vee Pollock
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Dean of Culture & Creative Arts @UniofNewcastle Own views.
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Highlight of the week's AI tasks has been using AI software to generate 'How to' guides and videos - so useful, quick and easy. Applicable in a range of contexts and definite time saver. Most useful tool yet for me. #100DaysOfAI 100DaysOfAI 🧪
This weekend is your last chance to see 'Voicing Objects,' a mini exhibition featuring a moving image artwork by Olivia Turner created in response to selected clay artefacts from the Shefton Collection of Greek Archaeology. Info: greatnorthmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/voici…
On top of these excellent subject rankings, Arts and Humanities at Newcastle University have been ranked 90th in the world by QS Top Universities. Fantastic news for Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Here are our nominees for the Engaging for Cultural Benefit Award - Michael J Richardson, @vindolandatrust and sally waite 👏
This category recognises collaborative projects that contribute to the vibrancy and cultural richness of our place.
#WeAreNCL #EandPAwardsNCL
Join us this week for a fun, family-friendly adventure! We've got free trails available all week, & you can also visit our astronomical space exhibition & enjoy intergalactic activities. Part of our #WaysToPlay programme of free and low-cost family-friendly activities. Tyne and Wear Metro
After attempting to build an AI assistant yesterday, today's task was using AI search engines I'd never heard of and learning to hone my prompts. Definitely realising the shifting nature of searching to a more conversational process #100DaysOfAI 100DaysOfAI 🧪
My solo show VOICING OBJECTS continues until Sunday 14 April 2024 Great North Museum: Hancock 💫
Entry is free. Located on the ground floor next to Hadrian's Gallery
Thanks to colin davison for the beautiful pics 📷
#voicingobjects #greatnorthmuseum Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
'Cultural Policy is Local'—by Victoria Durrer, Dr Abi Gilmore, Leila Jancovich and David Stevenson—calls for a greater understanding of ‘the local’ within the ways the arts, culture and creative practices are governed, promoted, regulated, resourced and valued. bit.ly/3wxRPE1
Enjoying my 100DaysOfAI 🧪
challenge - getting a better understanding of the capabilities & limitations. So far we've used ChatGPT & Dorik, learning to draft emails, docs & create no-code websites - I got AI to create a new gallery website which was thought-provoking #100DaysOfAI
Our Farrell Centre Director Owen Hopkins is part of this esteemed #BritishPavilion team for 19th International Architecture Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia 2025. Looking forward to the conversations to be sparked around architecture's impact on communities & planet. Watch this space...
#SomethingNew that we've been working on for a while is cataloguing the archive of architect Sir Terry Farrell. After more than 2 years work it is now online!
This blog from 2022 reveals some of the work we've done and what is in the archive: blogs.ncl.ac.uk/speccoll/2022/…
#Archive30
Get yourself along to Great North Museum: Hancock and check out this wonderful new exhibition designed and curated by Astro-Obs Newcastle 🔭 - the perfect trip over the Easter holidays
And... we're back! Counting down the days until 🦻🏽Raymond Antrobus is here to read and celebrate the life of Benjamin Zephaniah w/ Newcastle University English at Newcastle's Dr Shalini Sengupta Dr Shalini Sengupta. Free 25 April, 6.30-8pm! ncl.ac.uk/ncla/events/ev…
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