Dr Loraine Leeson
| Name | Dr Loraine Leeson |
|---|---|
| Job title | Professor of Fine Art |
| Research institute | |
| Primary appointment | School of Arts |
| Email address | l.leeson@mdx.ac.uk |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6684-3911 |
| Contact category | Academic staff (past) |
Research outputs
The Changing Picture of Docklands
Leeson, L. 2025. The Changing Picture of Docklands.Community arts: making a difference - in it for the long term
Kidd. B, Leeson, L. and Phillips. J 2025. Community arts: making a difference - in it for the long term. Museum of UnRest.Ethical co-production, sustainability, creativity and wellbeing in the Active Energy project [Presentation]
Leeson, L. 2024. Ethical co-production, sustainability, creativity and wellbeing in the Active Energy project [Presentation]. EDI and Sustainability in Research Symposium. City, University of London 04 - 05 Apr 2024Photo-mural imagers from the Docklands Community Poster Project
Leeson, L. and Dunn, P. 2025. Photo-mural imagers from the Docklands Community Poster Project.Developing an evaluation strategy in Kashmir: assessing the impact of an arts intervention with school children in an area of conflict
Holt, N., Mytton, J., Brännlund, E., Buser, M., Sinha, V. and Leeson, L. 2024. Developing an evaluation strategy in Kashmir: assessing the impact of an arts intervention with school children in an area of conflict. Perspectives in Public Health. 144 (5), pp. 273-275. https://doi.org/10.1177/17579139241287020The Art of Engagement [Presentation]
Leeson, L. 2023. The Art of Engagement [Presentation]. GRASP 2023. Roskilde, Denmark 28 - 29 Sep 2023The Art of Engagement
Leeson, L. 2022. The Art of Engagement.Kalakar Qasbah - Online Journal
Leeson, L. 2021. Kalakar Qasbah - Online Journal.The Art of Healing
Leeson, L., Buser, M., Brännlund, E., Holt, N., Mytton, J., Fazli, A., Roy, A. and Sinha, V. 2020. The Art of Healing.Community action, counter-professionals and radical planning in the UK
Slade, J., Inch, A., Brownill, S., Ellis, G., Howcroft, M., Humphrey, D., Leeson, L., O'Hara, G., Sartorio, F. and Robbins, G. 2024. Community action, counter-professionals and radical planning in the UK. City: Analysis of Urban Change, Theory, Action. 28 (5-6), pp. 681-704. https://doi.org/10.1080/13604813.2024.2427437The Art of Engagement: creating foundations for an international learning community in social practice [Presentation]
Leeson, L. 2022. The Art of Engagement: creating foundations for an international learning community in social practice [Presentation]. ELIA Biennial Conference 2022: No Stone Unturned. University of the Arts, Helsinki, Finland 23 - 26 Nov 2022Active energy: creating change through citizen engagement [Panel Discussion]
Leeson, L. 2024. Active energy: creating change through citizen engagement [Panel Discussion]. Putting power back in the hands of people: Community-Owned Renewable Energy. Wellspace Hackney, London, UK 07 - 07 May 2024Making a difference through art practice, research and knowledge exchange [Presentation]
Leeson, L. 2024. Making a difference through art practice, research and knowledge exchange [Presentation]. The Urgency of the Arts Assembly 2024: I WANT YOU TO SPEAK TO ME URGENTLY!. Royal College of Art, London 18 Jan 2024Active Energy: creating change through citizen engagement [Presentation]
Leeson, L. 2024. Active Energy: creating change through citizen engagement [Presentation]. Arts and Citizenship: Moving and Belonging. Northern School of Contemporary Dance, Leeds 11 - 12 Jan 2024Photomontage and collective action [Presentation]
Leeson, L. 2023. Photomontage and collective action [Presentation]. Political Photomontage: Peter Kennard and Loraine Leeson in discussion. Four Corners, London, UK 19 - 19 Sep 2023In/secure childhoods: children and conflict in Kashmir
Brännlund, E., Buser, M., Holt, N., Mytton, J., Fazli, A., Leeson, L., Roy, A. and Sinha, V. 2024. In/secure childhoods: children and conflict in Kashmir. Childhood: A Journal of Global Child Research. 31 (1), pp. 48-66. https://doi.org/10.1177/09075682241226521Two posters: 'The Things That Make You Sick' and 'Women Beware of Man Made Medicine'
Leeson, L. 2023. Two posters: 'The Things That Make You Sick' and 'Women Beware of Man Made Medicine'.Art/Process/Change: inside a socially situated practice [Public Lecture]
Leeson, L. 2023. Art/Process/Change: inside a socially situated practice [Public Lecture]. Feinart Lecture Series. Online webinar 15 Jun 2023Spaces of Hope
Leeson, L., Brownill, S., Inch, A., Ellis, G., Sartorio, F. and O'Hara, G. 2023. Spaces of Hope. Art in the Docks at the Royal Docks, London, UK 11 - 11 Jun 2023The Art of Engagement: creating foundations for an international learning community in social practice
Leeson, L. 2023. The Art of Engagement: creating foundations for an international learning community in social practice. National Centre for Academic and Cultural Exchange (NCACE) .Creating a difference – a role for the arts in addressing child wellbeing in conflict-affected areas
Buser, M., Brännlund, E., Holt, N., Leeson, L. and Mytton, J. 2024. Creating a difference – a role for the arts in addressing child wellbeing in conflict-affected areas. Arts & Health. 16 (1), pp. 32-47. https://doi.org/10.1080/17533015.2023.2168710Make a difference: collaboration and participation in arts-led research [Website contribution]
Leeson, L. 2022. Make a difference: collaboration and participation in arts-led research [Website contribution]. THE - Times Higher Education.Active Energy: bringing local knowledge into the public realm [Presentation]
Leeson, L. 2022. Active Energy: bringing local knowledge into the public realm [Presentation]. WEAD Art and Education No. 5: Ecoart in Action: Fostering Social and Ecological Change. Online 22 May 2022Arts in regeneration: from creative community-led planning to institutional instrumentalism in East London
Leeson, L. 2022. Arts in regeneration: from creative community-led planning to institutional instrumentalism in East London. PeoplesPlans.org.Active Energy: Bringing local knowledge into the public realm
Leeson, L. 2022. Active Energy: Bringing local knowledge into the public realm. in: Geffen, A., Rosenthal, A., Freemantle, C. and Rahmani, A. (ed.) Ecoart in Action: Activities, Case Studies, and Provocations for Classrooms and Communities New York New Village Press. pp. 215-219Materials included in "Life Support: Forms of Care in Art and Activism"
Leeson, L. 2021. Materials included in "Life Support: Forms of Care in Art and Activism".Spaces of Hope
Leeson, L., Slade, J., Brownill, S., Inch, A., Ellis, G., Sartorio, F., O'Hara, G., Howcroft, M., Humphrey, D. and Robbins, G. 2021. Spaces of Hope.PeoplesPlans.org
Leeson, L., Brownill, S., Inch, A., Ellis, G., Sartorio, F. and O'Hara, G. 2021. PeoplesPlans.org.The Art of Healing
Leeson, L. and Buser, M. 2021. The Art of Healing.Active Energy: Communities countering Climate Change
Leeson, L. 2020. Active Energy: Communities countering Climate Change. Women Eco Artists Dialog - Magazine & Directory.Interdisciplinary research in Rajasthan, India: exploring the role of culture and art to support rural development and water management
Buser, M., Leeson, L., Rathore, M., Roy, A. and Sabnani, N. 2020. Interdisciplinary research in Rajasthan, India: exploring the role of culture and art to support rural development and water management. Water Alternatives. 13 (3), pp. 822-842.Active energy - visual narrative
Leeson, L. 2020. Active energy - visual narrative.The things that make you sick
Leeson, L. 2020. The things that make you sick. in: Deepwell, K. (ed.) Feminist art activisms and artivisms Amsterdam, The Netherlands Valiz. pp. 228-235Geezer power: the Active Energy project
Leeson, L. 2020. Geezer power: the Active Energy project. in: Povall, R. (ed.) Culture, community and climate: conversations and emergent praxis Dartington, UK art.earth.Active energy: pedagogy as practice
Leeson, L. 2018. Active energy: pedagogy as practice. in: Geffen, A. and Pindell, D. (ed.) Provocations, pedagogy, and other strategies for teaching ecological art New York New Village Press.Active energy (2007 - 2020)
Leeson, L., Light, A. and SPACE 2007. Active energy (2007 - 2020).Practice-based teaching in MA Art and Social Practice and BA Fine Art Social Practice
Leeson, L. 2019. Practice-based teaching in MA Art and Social Practice and BA Fine Art Social Practice. Work Based Learning e-Journal International. 8 (2), pp. 110-115.Social action and the arts - in statutory, further and higher education, 1992 – 2019
Leeson, L. 2019. Social action and the arts - in statutory, further and higher education, 1992 – 2019. Social Action and the Arts. WE Schools, 14 Bowden Street, SW11 4DS 09 Oct 2019Active energy: Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park - communities countering climate change - project installation
Leeson, L. 2019. Active energy: Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park - communities countering climate change - project installation. Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London The cSPACE Trust.De l’art comme forme d’activisme, entretien avec Peter Dunn et Loraine Leeson par Juliette Desorgues
Desorgues, J., Leeson, L. and Dunn, P. 2019. De l’art comme forme d’activisme, entretien avec Peter Dunn et Loraine Leeson par Juliette Desorgues. Paris Switch (on Paper) journal.Art as a tool for social change: The Docklands Community Poster Project and its legacy
Leeson, L. 2019. Art as a tool for social change: The Docklands Community Poster Project and its legacy. Royal l Docks l Works. The Good Hotel, Royal Victoria Dock, Western Gateway, Royal Docks, London E16 1FA 22 Jun 2019Participation and collaboration in contemporary art practices
Leeson, L. 2019. Participation and collaboration in contemporary art practices. Construir complicitats: Pràctiques artístiques col·laboratives [BUILDING COMPLICITIES: Collaborative artistic practices]. Arts Santa Mònica, Barcelona 30 May 2019Docklands community poster project: Peter Dunn & Dr. Loraine Leeson [Interview]
Kenna, C., Lobb, S., Leeson, L. and Dunn, P. 2019. Docklands community poster project: Peter Dunn & Dr. Loraine Leeson [Interview]. London Greenwich Mural Workshop.From photo-murals to water wheels: a role for art in strategies of change
Leeson, L. 2019. From photo-murals to water wheels: a role for art in strategies of change. Kenna, C. and Lobb, S. (ed.) For Walls With Tongues Seminar, History of Street Murals 1966-85. University of Greenwich, London, UK 14 May 2019 Greenwich Mural Workshop. pp. 27-29Docklands Community Poster Project
Dunn, P. and Leeson, L. 2019. Docklands Community Poster Project.An Art of Change - photomontage 1977-2017
Leeson, L. 2018. An Art of Change - photomontage 1977-2017. Photomontage Then and Now. Four Corners, 121 Roman Road London E2 0QN 20 Sep 2018Water power: creativity and the unlocking of community knowledge
Leeson, L. 2018. Water power: creativity and the unlocking of community knowledge. in: Roberts, L. and Phillips, K. (ed.) Water, Creativity and Meaning: Multidisciplinary understandings of human-water relationships Routledge. pp. 23-35The operation was successful but the patient died
Leeson, L. 2018. The operation was successful but the patient died. Patricide. 1 (1), pp. 7-12.Feminist Art Activisms and Artivisms - 2 July 2018, Middlesex University
Deepwell, K., Kokoli, A., Robinson, A., Mullaniff, K., Dick, E., Attwood, F., Leeson, L. and Maude-Roxby, A. 2018. Feminist Art Activisms and Artivisms - 2 July 2018, Middlesex University. Feminist Art Activisms and Artivisms. Middlesex University, London, UK 02 Jul 2018 Middlesex University. https://doi.org/10.22023/mdx.6716054.v1Interview for "The NHS: A People's History" [TV Contribution]
Leeson, L. 2018. Interview for "The NHS: A People's History" [TV Contribution]. BBC FOUROur Land: creative approaches to the redevelopment of London’s Docklands
Leeson, L. 2019. Our Land: creative approaches to the redevelopment of London’s Docklands. International Journal of Heritage Studies. 25 (4), pp. 365-379. https://doi.org/10.1080/13527258.2018.1485166Silvertown and North Woolwich - past and present
Leeson, L. 2018. Silvertown and North Woolwich - past and present. University of East London 12 - 16 Jun 2018Situated art practice and strategies for change in London’s East End
Leeson, L. 2018. Situated art practice and strategies for change in London’s East End. Symposium: Communalities, Urbanities and Artistic Commonalities. Birkbeck University of London, London, UK 05 Jun 2018Co-creation as a strategy for change
Leeson, L. 2018. Co-creation as a strategy for change. Co-Creation: Creativity-Based Methods to Engage with Communities. University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom 24 May 2018Experience as art: fine art social practice at Middlesex University
Leeson, L. and Duman, A. 2018. Experience as art: fine art social practice at Middlesex University. in: Sholette, G., Bass, C. and Social Practice Queens (ed.) Art as Social Action: An Introduction to the Principles and Practices of Teaching Social Practice Art New York Allworth Press. pp. 223-228Cultural democracy [Blog post]
Leeson, L. 2018. Cultural democracy [Blog post]. MDX Minds Middlesex University.SUITE (212): Cultural democracy (radio panel discussion) [Radio contribution]
Jacques, J., Leeson, L., Wainwright, H. and Mahamdallie, H. 2017. SUITE (212): Cultural democracy (radio panel discussion) [Radio contribution].For Walls with Tongues [Conference item - Other]
Leeson, L. 2017. For Walls with Tongues [Conference item - Other]. For Walls with Tongues. Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK 01 Nov 2017Art > Process > Change 1977 – 2017
Leeson, L. 2017. Art > Process > Change 1977 – 2017. Delirium and Resistance: Activist Art and the Crisis of Capitalism. The Showroom Gallery, London 27 Sep 2017Confluence: Public Art and the Thames / A Conversation with Six Artists
Leeson, L. 2017. Confluence: Public Art and the Thames / A Conversation with Six Artists. Totally Thames Festival. Thames Tunnel Shaft, Brunel Museum 11 Sep 2017The Unlimited Edition Live!
Leeson, L. 2017. The Unlimited Edition Live! London Festival of Architecture 2017. Underdog Gallery, London 07 Jun 2017Places in Flux and the Place for Art
Leeson, L. 2017. Places in Flux and the Place for Art. Places in Flux and the Place for Art. V&A Lansbury Micro Museum, London 29 Apr 2017Art: Process: Change - inside a socially situated practice
Leeson, L. 2017. Art: Process: Change - inside a socially situated practice. London and New York Routledge.Interview and video in London Community Video Archive
Leeson, L. 2017. Interview and video in London Community Video Archive.Active energy: Three Mills - project launch
Leeson, L. 2017. Active energy: Three Mills - project launch.The Things that Make You Sick
Leeson, L. and Dunn, P. 2017. The Things that Make You Sick. ICA, London 06 May - 09 Jul 2017Active energy - Three Mills water wheel
Leeson, L. 2017. Active energy - Three Mills water wheel.Interview for The GLC Story
Leeson, L. 2017. Interview for The GLC Story.The Docklands Community Poster Project and other creative approaches to regeneration
Leeson, L. 2016. The Docklands Community Poster Project and other creative approaches to regeneration. Top down meets bottom up in post-industrial regeneration: Good practice and challenges in participatory approaches to community engagement in city planning. Riverside Museum, Glasgow 20 - 21 Jan 2017Active Energy
Leeson, L. 2016. Active Energy. Feeding the Insatiable: a creative summit. Dartington Hall, Devon, England 09 - 11 Nov 2016The art of the state
Leeson, L., Tomkins, A., Harpe, B. and Wainwright, B. 2016. The art of the state. The World Transformed. The Black-e, Liverpool 23 - 27 Sep 2016Bred and born - a reflection
Leeson, L. 2016. Bred and born - a reflection. Four Corners - 40 Years of Film in the East End. Whitechapel Gallery 02 Jul 2016Collaborative art activism – a UK perspective [Presentation]
Leeson, L. 2016. Collaborative art activism – a UK perspective [Presentation]. Public Exposures: the art - activism of Condé + Beveridge (1976-2016) - Symposium. OCAD University, Toronto, Canada 27 - 29 May 2016Conceptualism/feminism/cultural activism
Leeson, L. 2016. Conceptualism/feminism/cultural activism. The Practicing Feminist. Tate Britain 21 May 2016The Practicing Feminist: Interview with Margaret Harrison and participation in roundtable discussion [Panel discussion]
Farkas, R., Harrison, M., Kokoli, A., Leeson, L. and Maple, S. 2016. The Practicing Feminist: Interview with Margaret Harrison and participation in roundtable discussion [Panel discussion]. The Practicing Feminist. Tate Britain 21 May 2016Active Energy: Three mills - hydrocitizenship open workshop
Leeson, L. 2016. Active Energy: Three mills - hydrocitizenship open workshop. Hydrocitizenship.Community politics of the GLC (Greater London Council)
Leeson, L. 2016. Community politics of the GLC (Greater London Council). How to Do It: Creating bottom-up political participation. King's College London, UK 09 - 10 Apr 2016Active energy - London: capital / climate / culture
Leeson, L. 2015. Active energy - London: capital / climate / culture. Deadline@Tate. Tate Modern 04 - 06 Dec 2015Cultural policy of the GLC
Leeson, L. 2015. Cultural policy of the GLC. A Greater London: the GLC story 1981-8. The Rag Factory 02 Dec 2015Community collaborations 1978-2015
Leeson, L. 2015. Community collaborations 1978-2015. Community arts? Learning from the legacy of artists’ social initiatives. The Black-e, Liverpool, United Kingdom 01 Nov 2015Case study: engaging older people in creative thinking: the Active Energy project
Leeson, L. 2015. Case study: engaging older people in creative thinking: the Active Energy project. in: Clift, S. and Camic, P. (ed.) Oxford Textbook of Creative Arts, Health and Wellbeing: International perspectives on practice, policy and research Oxford University Press (OUP). pp. 245-250East London Health Project
Leeson, L. 2015. East London Health Project. Storming the Citadels?: changing attitudes and frameworks to arts practices sf research in community contexts. Birkbeck University of London, London, United Kingdom 25 Jul 2015Lambeth floating marsh
Leeson, L., Rai, N. and Iles, H. 2015. Lambeth floating marsh. cSPACE.Giving more than you take: a conversation about the ethics, responsibilities and practicalities of facilitating student participation in community-based projects: Dr. Loraine Leeson in conversation with Marianne Springham
Leeson, L. and Springham, M. 2015. Giving more than you take: a conversation about the ethics, responsibilities and practicalities of facilitating student participation in community-based projects: Dr. Loraine Leeson in conversation with Marianne Springham. in: Collins, D. (ed.) The Tetley Feast: Documentation and Critical Reflections Leeds College of Art. pp. 81-85Reflections on an art and politics of social engagement
Leeson, L. 2014. Reflections on an art and politics of social engagement. The Impossible Constellation. University of Lincoln 02 - 03 Jun 2014Re-thinking (e)valuation
Leeson, L. 2014. Re-thinking (e)valuation. Art, Recognition and Social Science: Re-Thinking (E)valuation. Central Library, Liverpool, UK 16 May 2014Art as a force for change
Leeson, L. 2014. Art as a force for change. Curating Community? The Relational and Agonistic Value of Participatory Arts in Superdiverse Localities. Centre For Creative Collaboration, London, UK 01 May 2014Experiments in ‘real world’ education
Leeson, L. 2014. Experiments in ‘real world’ education. Just What Is It That Makes Today's Art Schools So Different, So Appealing?. ICA, London 29 Mar 2014Some lessons learned on the art and politics of social engagement 1978 – 2013
Leeson, L. 2014. Some lessons learned on the art and politics of social engagement 1978 – 2013. The Tetley Feast. The Tetley, Leeds, UK 08 Jan - 12 Feb 2014Active Energy - where art and engineering meet
Leeson, L. 2014. Active Energy - where art and engineering meet. CAA 102nd Annual Conference. Chicago, USA. 12 - 15 Feb 2014Big money is moving in, Docklands community poster project and posters from the east London health project
Leeson, L. and Dunn, P. 2015. Big money is moving in, Docklands community poster project and posters from the east London health project.Citizen innovation: DIY design and the Thames water turbine
Leeson, L. and Light, A. 2014. Citizen innovation: DIY design and the Thames water turbine. Creative Citizens. Royal College of Art, London 18 - 19 Sep 2014Active Energy (2014-2020)
Leeson, L. 2014. Active Energy (2014-2020). Middlesex University Research Repository.Groundswell on the Thames: 30 years of cultural activism with London’s riverside communities
Leeson, L. 2014. Groundswell on the Thames: 30 years of cultural activism with London’s riverside communities. Women Environmental Artists Directory. (7).Active energy: turbine on the Thames
Leeson, L. 2013. Active energy: turbine on the Thames.The young person's guide 2 East London
Leeson, L. and cSPACE 2012. The young person's guide 2 East London. cSPACE.Active energy
Leeson, L. and SPACE 2009. Active energy. SPACE Studios.Active Energy web site
Leeson, L. 2007. Active Energy web site.18205
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