About this Event
Engagement Seminar: The 15-Minute STEAM City Without Walls
Date: 20th November
Time: 4:30PM (Refreshments), 5PM (Seminar Starts)
Location: Room 4035, TCD Arts Building
Come join us for an exciting engagement seminar given by Anita Shervington, Director of BLAST; an initiative that is fusing the creative power of Science, Black Arts & Culture, as a force for change. Her talk will explore the concept of a STEAM city without walls, as both a description of, and the creative mission-driven question that motivates and shapes, BLAST's strategic science engagement work
Anita Shervington is a community engagement strategist based in Birmingham. Her work connects people to science, culture, ideas and each other, and helps others to do the same. She's the founder of BLAST, a pop-up festival and community engagement platform that fuses the power of science, arts and Black culture as a force for social, economic and environmental change. Her background includes Maternal nutrition & health development, Women's civic leadership, cultural heritage, and out-of-school programming. Through a Wellcome Trust and Churchill Travelling Fellowship she visited the USA, Canada and Guyana, to explore community-led approaches to building 'Science Capital' through arts, culture and philanthropy.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
TCD Arts Building, College Green, Dublin, Ireland
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