The Arts Institute Explained

The Arts Institute
Formerly:	Peninsula Arts
Headquarters:	Roland Levinsky Building, University of Plymouth.
Leader Title:	Director
Leader Name:	Rupert Lorraine
Leader Title2:	Musical Director
Leader Name2:	Robert Taub^[1]
Parent Organization:	University of Plymouth

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]

External links

• The Arts Institute
• Contemporary Music Festival Website

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2023-02-07 . Plymouth Uni music director Robert Taub on Musica Viva concerts . 2023-06-29 . Great British Life . en.
2. News: Elmes . Sarah . Plymouth Arts Centre saved from closure - but building has been sold . 25 August 2022 . Plymouth Live . 25 October 2018.
3. Web site: About The Arts Institute . 2023-06-29 . University of Plymouth . en.
4. Web site: Plymouth’s Contemporary Music Festival Focuses on Biomusic – Seen and Heard International . 2023-06-29 . seenandheard-international.com.
5. Web site: The Arts Institute, University of Plymouth . 2023-06-29 . VASW . en-GB.
6. Web site: The Arts Institute . 2023-06-29 . Visit Plymouth . en-GB.
7. Web site: THE ARTS INSTITUTE, PLYMOUTH . 2023-06-29 . Jill Craigie . en.
8. Web site: The Arts Institute . 2023-06-29 . Made in Plymouth . en-US.
9. Web site: MacDonald . Fiona . 2016-02-08 . Disabled Violinist Uses Thoughts to Make Music For The First Time in 27 Years . 2023-06-29 . ScienceAlert . en-US.
10. Web site: Magazine . Smithsonian . Fessenden . Maris . A Scientist And a Slime Mold Are Set To Play a Duet . 2023-06-29 . Smithsonian Magazine . en.
11. Web site: Freeman . Martin . Bayley . Jon . 2018-02-21 . Former Levellers guitarist becomes Plymouth student to make seizures into music . 2023-06-29 . PlymouthLive . en.