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AI for Creativity

CoSTAR AI for Creativity Workshops & Masterclasses

Browse our series of AI themed events as part of the CoSTAR Network's AI for Creativity Initiative

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This image shows a fragmented panorama of a serene Finnish landscape, divided into four horizontal sections. The topmost section shows a distant shoreline dotted with buildings and rolling hills, painted in muted green-blue hues. Below, a body of water stretches across the frame. The third and fourth section show a zone of tall grass at the water's edge and some foliage from trees. The image color palette shifts subtly from pale aqua at the top to deeper teal tones at the bottom. This fragmented presentation of the landscape evokes thoughts of memory, perception, and the layered nature of our relationship with the environment.
Realtime LAB
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Webinar

Webinar: Experience on the Ethical Use of AI in the Creative Industry

29 September 2026

A webinar that brings together researchers and creative practitioners to explore the ethical use of artificial intelligence in creative work.

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Previous Events

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National LAB
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Workshop

Workshop: AI & The Future of Animation

15 July 2026

A day of discussion, demos and debate exploring AI and ownership, production for businesses working in the animation industry. Facilitated by former Aardman Exec Dan Efergan, the workshop will feature talks from industry experts and CoSTAR's R&D practitioners.

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Two ceramic-like hands grip and pull on delicate threads that emerge from a "woven circuit board." The contrast between the rigid, heavy material of the hands and the soft, fragile threads creates a visual paradox, symbolising the insertion of human touch into the mechanised world. The image evokes a sense of personified anonymity, questioning whose histories and labours are being revealed or concealed when the threads of technology are pulled.
Foresight LAB
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Webinar: Creative Work in the Age of AI: Tools, Practice and the Road Ahead

23 June 2026

Watch industry leaders, policymakers, and researchers explore how to actively speculative foresight scenarios and define a set of preferred, resilient futures for the AI sector.

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Live LAB
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Workshop

Workshop: Directing Generative AI – Control, Realism, and Creative Workflow

10 June 2026

This workshop explores how AI can move beyond impressive but unreliable outputs towards tools that are controllable, editable, and genuinely useful in creative production.

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A woman wearing a VR headset poses in a mid-run position and a motion capture skeleton is superimposed on her body displaying how it would be rigged, an Animotive logo is the top right corner and a Google Gemini AI-Created watermark is displayed in the bottom right corner
Screen LAB
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Workshop

Workshop: An introduction to AI Assisted Pipelines in Motion Capture

27 May 2026

This event has now passed and applications are closed. Click below to see information about this previous event.

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