Partners

Since 2009 the artist collective Medea Electronique has organized annually a 10-day experimental artist residency, Koumaria, near Sparta in Greece, focusing on improvisation and new media practices. Avant-garde artists from all over the world, inspired by the Greek natural landscape, come together to create a multicultural and cross-media ‘dialogue’ culminating in a collective presentation in…

Medea Electronique was formed in 2006 in Athens, Greece, inspired by a play on words between Medea and Media. Comprising of a wide range of individual artists working collectively under the Medea Electronique name, we share a predisposition for innovation in the performing arts. Working in fields like music, video, design, painting, multimedia, robotics, interactive…

The story of Coastal Jazz and Blues Society is the story of determination, passion, idealism, community, and of course, music. Founded in 1985 and incorporated in 1986, as a community based, not-for-profit, charitable arts organization located in Vancouver, British Columbia, the society, from the very beginning, has worked diligently to establish Vancouver as a centre…

Give Yourself Credit provides vulnerable youth with an opportunity to obtain high school credits in a community setting. For youth who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, have personal circumstances restricting them from attending high school (e.g. pregnancy, bullying, etc), have experienced halted success in school or found regular school system did not meet…

The University of California, Santa Barbara – Centre for Black Studies Research is one of the six site partners for IICSI; George Lipsitz is Site Coordinator. With deep expertise in collaborative, engaged, and practice-based research, the site runs annual Improvisation Based Engaged Scholarship Programs and carries out a range of projects that challenge conventional divisions between…

Memorial University of Newfoundland is one of the six site partners for IICSI.  Under the care of Site Coordinator Ellen Waterman, the Memorial site is home to an active set of researchers and projects, and holds regular conferences, symposia, and performances. In 2014 MUN hosted the Summer Institute and Think Tank on the themes of practice-based…

The University of Regina is one of the six site partners for IICSI and is home to the Regina Improvisation Studies Centre (RISC), a hub for improvisation-related creative, intellectual, and community-collaborative work with a range of partners. Rebecca Caines is the Director of RISC and IICSI’s University of Regina Site Coordinator. Read more about RISC…

The University of British Columbia is one of the six site partners for IICSI; Kevin McNeilly is Site Coordinator. The UBC site holds an annual improvisation-themed colloquium in collaboration with Coastal Jazz and Blues Society, and carries out a range of project activities in collaboration with research team members and community partners. For more information about…

McGill University is one of the six site partners for IICSI. Under the leadership of Site Coordinator Eric Lewis, McGill is home to active research projects, frequent reading group and conference events, and several rich community partnered initiatives. Partners housed at McGill include: Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology (CIRMMT) Institute for Gender, Sexuality,…

The University of Guelph is one of the six site partners for IICSI, and home to Director, Ajay Heble, as well as an active cluster of research team members. Guelph hosts the annual Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium and is currently home to 2015-16 Postdoctoral Fellow Harald Kisiedu, who is conducting research and running Thinking Spaces:…