Dr Alison Matthews' Recognition (4)

Wild Rumpus board membership
2023

Recognition Type	Committee/board/panel member or chair (external)
Description	Board member for Wild Rumpus, a Cheshire-based arts organisation creating experiences which inspire curiosity and design events that immerse audiences in incredible stories and moments of wonder. A good industry link to an organisation at the forefront of creative practice and ecological concerns.
Org Units	School of Arts, Media and Creative Technologies

External Examinership for suite of BAs at York St John University
2024

Recognition Type	External examining and assessing
Description	External Examiner for BA Drama & Education, BA Acting and BA Drama and Theatre at York St John University.
Affiliated Organisations	York St John University

Presenter at Storytellers and Machines - a conference on AI & Creative AI Cultures at School of Digital Arts, Manchester Metropolitan University
2024 - 2024

Recognition Type	Presentation - external invited/selected conference contribution (talk/poster)
Description	Presented both the film output and a live performance of "Bobby, Lunch is Darkness", a creative AI piece of PAR, to a large conference of industry experts, artists and academics working in the intersection of creative practice, AI and new technologies. Culminating in performance of "Bobby..." at the Deaf Institute for 100+conference attendees.
Affiliated Organisations	Manchester Metropolitan University
Research Centres/Groups	Creative Technology Research Centre
URL	https://www.schoolofdigitalarts.mmu.ac.uk/events/storytellers-machines/

PAR Centre of Excellence Co-Convenor
2017

Recognition Type	Research leadership/admin role (internal)
Description	Co-convenor of Practice as Research Centre of Excellence, advocating for best practice, university-wide standards and researcher training for arts-based researchers in SAMCT.