Sih Ying Hsieh
Art-Health Practitioner, Artist and Curator
I am Iris. I am currently a PhD Researcher in University of Glasgow, specialising in socially engaged art and art practices on dementia healthcare. In addtion to research work, I co-found an Art NGO, Art For All, which is an online communities supporting for art-health practices for the ageing population with AI education apporaches based in Taiwan.
In the past, I served as a curator in the Museum of Fine Arts in Taiwan and a policy maker in the Cultural Affairs Bureau of City Government for 4 years. After work, I was also an independent artist, known as a community practitioner caring for marginalised youth, the elderly living with dementia and carers devoted to creative care and sustainable communities.
Linkedin:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/iris-hsieh-2b34822b0/
Research title: Exploring the Art-informed Approach for People Living with Dementia: Arts on Prescription in Taiwan
Research Summary
My study aims to explore the role of art-informed approaches in dementia care and education in Taiwan, focusing on the practices of art-health practitioners. Drawing upon the concept of pluriversal literacies (Perry, 2023), this study examines ‘literacies of care’ which encompass the interpretation, representation and practice of care in dementia healthcare and mental wellbeing aspects. The anticipated outcome of this research is the establishment of a community of art-health practitioners who are empowered to develop their teaching methods and curriculum in the context of art education and dementia care.
Publications
Sih-Ying Hsieh (2024). Reflecting on Resilience Leadership through Autoethnography: The Case of Non-Profit Organization Art For All based in Taiwan. Culture: Policy, Management and Entrepreneurship (CPME) Journal.
Sih-Ying Hsieh (2024). Recalling Memories: Generative AI Art-Health Practice for Dementia. Public Discourses of Dementia Blog Post, Lancaster University.
Supervisors
Grants
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2019-Current |
Government Sponsorship from the Ministry of Education, Taiwan |
Sponsored Student (£150,000 funds) |
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2021-2022 |
National Culture and Art Foundation(NCAF) / Inclusive Art Project |
Sponsored artist (£25,000 funds) |
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2022 |
Goethe-Institut Accessible Curatorial Workshop “The Hidden Project” |
One of the representatives of curators from the Asia-Pacific region |
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2020 -2021 |
Presidential Hackathon / Proposal: "Art For All" cultural equality Project |
Top 20 candidates |
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2020 |
European Forum Alpbach Scholarship |
Full Sponsored by Lung Yingtai Culture and Arts Foundation |
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2019-2021 |
Ministry of Culture Supporting Youth Artists Development Subsidy |
Sponsored artist (£15,000 funds) |
Conference
Sih-Ying Hsieh (2024). Art-Health Strategies for Dementia Care and Educator Empowerment in Taiwan. The 2024 Asia-Pacific Association for Teacher Education Annual Conference: Transdisciplinary Research and Practice in Teacher Education. 1-2 Nov, 2024, Taipei City, Taiwan.
Sih-Ying Hsieh, Ernie Ko, Ting-Jun You (2024). Exploring Assessments in Character Education through Pluriversal Literacies: a Case Study of International Red Bean Club “Rui-Bin Art and Character Education Camp”. The Present and Future on Effective Teaching International Academic Conference. 29 June 2024, HsinChu City, Taiwan.
Sih-Ying Hsieh, Mei-Hui Liao, Min-Chen Wang (2024). AI-generated images cultivate imagination of reminiscence therapy: Performative conversations for people living with dementia in Taiwan. Dementia in Film, Media and Culture Symposium. 31 May 2024, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Community and Research Talk on Sustainable Development. “Unseasonal Change” based in New Zealand and Taiwan. Panel talk, Archipelagic and Island States (AIS) Conference, 1 November 2023, Glasgow, Scotland
Sih-Ying Hsieh, Mei-Huei Liao (2023) Art as a Social Care: Aging Services from Perspective of Digital Art Prescribing Arts, Management, Artificial, Intelligence International Conference, 27 October, NewTaipei City, Taiwan.
Sih-Ying Hsieh, Ernie Ko, Ting-Jun You (2023). Social Practice and Impacts of Art & Character Education : A Case Study of the 10-year-commitment of the International Red Bean Club Envisioning Education: Dialogue between International Contexts and Local Practices International Conference, 13 October 2023, Taipei City, Taiwan.
Sih-Ying Hsieh (2020). Cultural Equality in Museum Education: A Case Study of “Art For All” ENCATC Digital Congress (European network on cultural management and policy). 3-12 November 2020, Online.
Sih-Ying Hsieh (2018). "From Community Art to Civic Engagement - A Case study of International Red Bean Club" Teaching Innovation for Liberal Arts and Global Citizen Education. 9 May, 2018. New Taipei City, Taiwan.
Sih-Ying Hsieh (2017) ."The elephant art project" - Art Activism Experience in the Community Creative Art Innovation Conference. 23 May, 2017. Taipei City, Taiwan.
Sih-Ying Hsieh (2017). “Kids Can Fly” Action Plan for Vulnerable Children and Art Education Educational Aesthetics Conference. 25-26 Mar, 2017. Hualien County, Taiwan.
