David Haley

Research Fellow at MIRIAD, the Manchester Institute for Research and Innovation in Art and Design at Manchester Metropolitan University

A Walk on the Wild Side:
Art Biodiversity and Climate Change in Spatial Planning

‘The teaching of art is the teaching of all things.’

JOHN RUSKIN QUOTE

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A short biography

My arts practice comes from a Fine Arts training, community arts development and European touring theatre. And my ecological direction began as General Manager of the pioneering celebratory arts company, Welfare State International and developed with the Barrow Environmental Arts Unit (BEAU) regeneration project.

As a Research Fellow at MIRIAD, the Manchester Institute for Research and Innovation in Art and Design at Manchester Metropolitan University, I contribute to SEA (Social and Environmental Arts) Research Unit, Arts for Health, Water & Well-Being and lead the MA Art As Environment programme. I also sit on the University’s Community and Cultural Industries Groups.

I sit on various Boards and Steering Groups, including; CITE: Commissions In The Environment, Manchester City Council’s Arts in Mental Health, Pathways Project and the North West Regional Assembly’s Best Practice Design Guide. I am an active member of the Public Art Observatory, eco-arts network, greenmuseum.com and regularly contribute to international journals, publications, conferences and exhibitions.