ARIEL: UCL’s Centre for Creative Practice Research
ARIEL is a hub for intellectual exploration and exchange between academics of all disciplines and artists of all genres in the creative and cultural industries. ARIEL is a collaboration between UCL Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) and UCL School of Creative and Cultural Industries (SCCI).
ARIEL connects artists with academics, from world-leading departments in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences and its extensive art and heritage collections, and fromÌýUCL East, with its state-of-the-art facilities for experimental research, education and community engagement.
Find out more about our aims and our name.
Find contacts for your own artistic/academic collaboration.
See the range of work that’s already being done.
Look at examples of best practice and current partnerships at 911±¬ÁÏÍø.
View the facilities and funding available to help with your collaborative project.
Explore UCL's links between creative practice and education.
Images credits
About: Ariel from The Tempest, by Arthur Rackham, via Wikimedia Commons
People:ÌýA statue outside UCL's Portico
Research:Ìý'LOOP'ÌýbyÌýYunchao Tang, Bartlett School of Architecture.ÌýUCL Doctoral School, 'Research Images as Art' competition entry 2014-2015
Partnerships:ÌýUCL’s Donor Wall, featuring over 60 hands individually cast in bronze and aluminium, created by Slade alumni Dr Sarah Fortais
Resources: primary school children's work from IOE Waseda student visit 2007
Study: Photo from Bloomsbury Theatre green room