A panel discussion in the Edinburgh International Culture Summit Digital Programme, produced in partnership with the UK Government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
The Edinburgh International Culture Summit brings together culture Ministers, artists, thinkers and arts leaders from around the world to share ideas, expertise and best practice, with a view to inspiring positive change in cultural policy and investment.
In 2021, the Summit, working closely with our key partners, began a digital programme of bimonthly discussion panels exploring questions around sustainability and education.
The next event in the EICS Digital Programme, Creativity as a skill: how do you teach it and why is it important? is produced in partnership with the UK Government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. The conversation will reflect on the legacy of the historic Rome Declaration of the G20 Ministers of Culture, 2021, as a springboard to debate the role of culture as an engine for sustainable socio-economic recovery coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Rome Declaration states the importance of the creative and cultural sectors in generating skills and influencing the wider economy. Our panel will discuss what creativity as a skill means, how we make culture accessible to all, and how creative practices and thinking enrich individual lives, the economy and society as a whole.
The panel and an audience Q&A will be chaired by UK Minister for Arts, Lord Parkinson, who will be joined in conversation by Professor Anne Bamford OBE, Strategic Director of Education, Skills and Culture for the City of London, Dr Katia Pizzi, Director of the Italian Cultural Institute in London and Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock MBE, Board Member, UNBOXED.
This digital event will stream live on Culture Summit Hub with an introduction from Sir Jonathan Mills, Programme Director, Edinburgh International Culture Summit.
Register HERE