Based at the University of Bath, ICIA presents a public arts programme that is selected around an annual theme. The season includes theatre, dance and music with an interdisciplinary emphasis, exhibitions, films, discussions, practical workshops and classes. As an academic research centre, ICIA commissions and supports new arts projects and present training opportunities, seminars and symposia exploring interdisciplinary arts practice.
Theme for 2010:
Over the coming year ICIA prepares for its new home in the University’s Arts Complex, due to open in 2011. With this in mind, our season takes the place of work as its theme, featuring artists who explore the workplace and the part work plays in our lives.
View current Jan-May 2010 brochure [PDF]
New Films about ICIA and its commissioned work:
- See two new films about ICIA's work with artists and students.
- If you have missed ICIA's Autumn 09 commission of Speeches, a public performance project by internationally celebrated performance company Lone Twin, check out the films of the speeches.
University associated Arts Organisations:
Students Union -- arts societies -- Holburne Museum of Art (located in Bath - closed for re-development)
What's on
>> Film >>
Couscous (15) - La Graine et le Mulet
Winner of the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival 2007, Couscous is a family drama focusing on the travails of an ageing North African who attempts to realise his dream of opening a restaurant
17 Mar - Full details
>> Music >>
Spirit Talk Mbira with Chartwell Dutiro
Spirit Talk Mbira is a vibrant seven piece band fronted by singer and master mbira player Chartwell Dutiro
11 Mar - Full details
>> Talks >>
Deborah Robinson & Dr Richard Hooley in Conversation
Deborah Robinson & Dr Richard Hooley discuss her exhibition Fish-Eye-I
22 Apr - Full details
>> Theatre >>
Lone Twin Theatre - The Festival
The Festival is a love story told against a backdrop of the here and now
27 Mar - Full details
What's on - Student Events
>> Dance >>
Bodysoc - A Night at the Movies
Through a variety of popular dance styles, the University's Dance Society brings you the glitz and glamour of Hollywood.
15 Apr - 17 Apr - Full details
>> Music >>
University of Bath Chamber Choir - Concert
Choral classics from central Europe, including music by Brahms, folksongs by Matyas Seiber, and motets by Lassus and Schutz.
20 Mar - Full details
>> Other Events >>
Bath University Students' Union - Global Evening
The Global Evening is a time when students put on a showcase of acts to celebrate the diversity of the University's community.
12 Mar - Full details
>> Theatre >>
Bath University Student Musicals Society - Footloose
In this lively all-singing all-dancing musical, Ren, a city kid, struggles to adapt his life from the bustling city to an ultra-conservative backwater Midwestern town. He soon ends up leading the town's teenagers in a rebellion against a 'no dancing' law.
17 Mar - 20 Mar - Full details
>> Current Exhibitions >>
Swindon College
The sixth in a series of exhibitions showing work by graduates of the BA Fine Art Drawing at Swindon College's School of Art & Design.
21 Jan - 19 Mar
University of Bath & Photosoc
See all the entries and winners from this year's student and staff competition
11 Feb - 26 Mar
>> Upcoming Exhibitions >>
Artist in Residence - Margareta Kern
The artist uses Art Space 1 as a 'site of production' for her new installation, Guest, which will develop and
change over the course of the exhibition
Reception & Artist's Talk - Thurs 6 May
Artist in Residence - Deborah Robinson
Deborah Robinson enters the hidden world of the aquatic lab in the University's Department of Biology & Biochemistry.
Exhibition Opening & Talk - Thurs 22 April