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Workshops

AI and the Arts: What Does this Mean For Our Creative Future?

Dr Cécile Chevalier, Dr Beatrice Fazi, Dr Irene Fubara-Manuel, Dr Chris Kiefer, Dr Robyn Waller and Dr Dan William
Tue 19 May 2026, 17:30
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Join a conversation discussing AI in the arts

A Long Table for debate where artists, academics and the public can digest what it means to create with Generative AI (GenAI) in the arts today. 

On the menu, you will discover the University’s internationally recognised expertise on cognitive science, creativity and digital humanities - from philosophy to computational practice and the arts.  How does GenAI change artistic practice? What is or becomes of the artist? Does AI in the arts bring a new era of democratised knowledge? What are the costs of AI and the artists?  

The Long Table format by Lois Weaver is an experimental, dinner‑table‑style public forum that stages open conversation as a kind of performance, inviting the audience/participants to sit together, dining in and out on thought and discussion. Throughout  the ‘courses’ we will map out a collective understanding of AI in the Arts. 

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Members Priority Booking: 9am, Thu 19 Feb
Tickets on General Sale: 10am, Thu 26 Feb

A collaboration with Media, Arts and Humanities at the University of Sussex, the Festival of Ideas harnesses the transformative power of arts, culture, media and humanities to fashion new ways of thinking about the past, present and future.

University of Sussex: Festival of Ideas

*There is a £3.50 per order charge for all phone and online bookings (not applicable to Brighton Dome & Brighton Festival members)

**Stage timings are subject to change