Association of Performing Arts Collections’ Annual Study Day
- Time and Date
- 22 May 2025
- Venue
The Garrett Centre
- Address
117A Mansford Street, E2 6LX
- Timings
11am – 3pm
- Price
- Free for APAC members; £5 for non-members.
Join us for the Association of Performing Arts Collections‘ Annual Study Day, hosted by LADA.
The 2025 APAC Study Day will explore Live Art archives to discuss how these collections can be activated and their discoverability improved, along with how artists develop and embed research in their artistic practice. We will be joined by artists working within Live Art and interdisciplinary performance practice, who have worked with LADA’s collections, as well as APAC members who collect and care for Live Art archives and make them available for research and inspiration.
APAC is keen to encourage members to attend who research Live Art or hold Live Art and/or interdisciplinary performance practice as part of their collections, as they hope that this study day will be a springboard for an APAC working group focusing on Live Art collections.
APAC is able to offer a number of travel grants to support members wishing to travel to the event. If interested in receiving this grant, please fill out this form.
Coffee/tea will be provided, but we are unable to provide lunch, so please do bring lunch with you.
Access Information
LADA space
LADA and The Garrett Centre are wheelchair accessible by lift and provide gender inclusive bathrooms. You can find more information and see photos of the space here. Should you have any particular access requirements, please email [email protected] and we will be happy to offer further support.
Banner image credit:
Audience at Jess Dobkin’s Wetrospective: Book Launch & Celebration, LADA, March 2025. Photo by Christa Holka.
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