Tours

• All tours cancelled due to Covid 19.

• Continued research on Climate Change. Research on new Atmospheric discoveries.

• John Lennon Art and Design Building / Liverpool School of Art and Design-Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool 
  

• Leiden Observatory-Faculty of Science- Leiden University , Leiden 
  

• Aratoi Wairararapa Museum of Art and History, Masterton
  
• Hawke’s Bay Holt Planetarium, Hawke’s Bay
  

• Australian Centre for Astrobiology and PANGEA Research Centre University of New South Wales, Sydney 

• Center for the Arts of the Hong Kong University of Science and
  Technology
  

• Department of Creative Arts/School of Arts & Social Sciences- The Open
   University of Hong Kong
  
• Fine Arts Department-Chinese University of Hong Kong
  

• Prospect and Role of Asia Art Education in Multi-cultural Society conference
  Seoul National University, Seoul
  Attended by Colin Wetmore- Second Secretary (Political and Economic
  Affairs) and Yoo-Kyung Choy-Advocacy and Public Affairs assistant from the
  Embassy of Canada in Seoul. 
  

• Hiatus / Sabbatical due to urgent family matter
  

• Visual Voice Gallery, Montreal
   Solo Exhibition
  

• ArtScience Museum, Singapore
  

• What Are Red Sprites? An Art & Science Collaboration
   Engaging The Heavens: Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena V
   Volume 468
   Published by Sheridan Books
  

• The Shine Dome–The Australian Academy of Science, Canberra
  

• The Newcastle Museum, Newcastle
  Sponsored by the Tom Farrell Institute for the Environment. 
  
•  Fine Arts Department-University of Newcastle, Newcastle
  Sponsored by the Tom Farrell Institute for the Environment
  and Fine Arts Department-University of Newcastle. 
  

• Physics Department-Mahidol University 
• National Science and Technology Fair 2012 at BITEC Bangna
  Mr Patrice Cousineau, the Political Counsellor from the Embassy of
  Canada in Bangkok gave the introduction for the August 24th film
  presentation & lecture.
  

• National Science and Technology Fair 2012 at BITEC Bangna
  August 25th Workshop.
• Media Interview
  Thai PBS
  An August 24th television interview with Ms Kanda.
  
• All events in Bangkok were sponsored by the National Science Museum
  THAILAND and the Ministry of Science and Technology of Thailand.
  

• Department of Physics & Materials Science-City University of Hong Kong
  Sponsored by the Department of Physics & Materials Science, School of
   Energy and Environment, School of Creative Media.
• Attended by Cindy Tang-the Visits and Events  Coordinator &
   Mr. Jean-Christian Brillant -the Consul for Foreign Policy and Diplomacy
   from the Consulate General of Canada in Hong Kong. 
  
• Department of Physics-the Chinese University of Hong Kong
  

• Fine Arts Department-National Institute of Education
  
• Department of Physics-National University of Singapore
  

• The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington
  This event was undertaken with the support from the Canadian High 
  Commission in Wellington.
  
• Southland Museum and Art Gallery, Invercargill
   One afternoon and one evening presentation.
  
• Holt Planetarium, Hawke’s Bay
  
• Te Manawa Museum of Art, Science & History, Palmerston North
  

• Department of Physics & Astronomy-University of Canterbury,
  Christchurch
  

• Southland Times –Arts & Entertainment section, page 11
   September 7th a publication based in Invercargill.
  A (full page) newspaper interview with Gwyneth Hyndman titled Red Skies at Night.
  
• Cue TV
   South Today –A news program based in Invercargill
   Aired September 4th at 5:50PM. A television interview with Christel & Aaron.
  

• The Institute of Physics Headquarters, London
  Attended by Simon Anderson , Public Programmes Officer from the High
  Commission, London
  
• The Royal Meteorological Society-The Reading Town Hall/Museum of
    Reading, Reading
  
• Oxford University-Science Oxford Live, Oxford
  
• Leicester Astronomical Society-The National Science Centre, Leicester
  
• Macclesfield Astronomical Society, in Macclesfield
  
• Norwich Astronomical Society, Norwich
  

• TheWeather
  
• Spring/2012 -a quarterly publication based in London
  
• An interview with Deputy editor Viel Richardson titled High Art 
  

• The School of Physics and Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions-the University of Edinburgh , Edinburgh
  

• Department of Physics and Astronomy-University of Ghent, Ghent
  

Attended by Mr. Frederic L. Agneessens, the Honorary Consul of Canada
for Flanders-Embassy of Canada, Belgium

• The Natural History Museum, Vienna
   Dr. John Barrett-Canadian Ambassador
   from the Canadian Embassy in Vienna attended & gave the introduction.
  

• University of Cambridge, Cambridge
  
• Department of Physics & Astronomy-University of Leicester, Leicester
  
• Manchester Institute for Research and Innovation in Art and Design-Manchester Metropolitan University,        Manchester
  
• The Great North Museum: Hancock, Newcastle Upon Tyne
• Media Interview
  November 7th-The Journal-Newcastle Upon Tyne
  Newspaper Interview with Tony Henderson titled:
   Red Sprite at Night, Artist’s Delight  
  

• Computing Science and Mathematics/School of Natural Sciences-University of Stirling, Stirling
  
• Department of Physics-Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh
  

• Faculty of Mathematics and Physics-Leibniz Universitat Hannover, Hanover
  

• 2011 Conference of the Southeastern Planetarium Association-SEPA, Georgia
  

• The Natural History Museum, London
  
• The Royal Astronomical Society, London
  
• School of Media Arts and Design-University of Westminster, London
  
• Department of Physics-Loughborough, Loughborough
  
• Surrey Space Centre-University of Surrey, Surrey
  
• Arts Practice & Performance Research Initiatives-University of Brighton,   Brighton
  
• School of Physics Astronomy and Mathematics-University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield
  
• School of Physics & Astronomy -University of Southampton, Southampton
  
• Faculty of Science-University of Bristol, Bristol
  

• School of Physics and Astronomy-Cardiff University, Cardiff 
  

• Peter McLeish & Jakob Jensen -Exhibition/Center for Art and Science-University of Southern Denmark, Odense
  

• Evansville Museum of Arts History and Science in Indiana , Evansville, Indiana
  

• November 17th -TV Interview Midday with Mike (Mike Blake) 14 WFIE TV
• Freedom Plaza, Washington, D.C.

• Baird Auditorium-Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History,Washington, D.C.
• This was undertaken with the support from the Canadian Embassy in Washington & the 1st USA Science & Engineering Festival.
  
• The 1st USA Science & Engineering Festival was endorsed by President Obama. President Obama’s PSA (Public Service Announcement promoting the Festival)  was shown prior to my two presentations.
  

• School of Physics-University of Western Australia,Perth 
  
• Scitech, Perth 
  

• Creative Industries Faculty-Queensland University of Technology,Brisbane 
  
• School of English, Media Studies & Art History-University of Queensland,Brisbane 
  
• Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium, Brisbane 
  
• Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing-Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn 
  
• RiAus/The Royal Institution of Australia,Adelaide 
  
• School of Mathematical & Physical Sciences-University of Newcastle,Newcastle 
  
• School of Physics-University of Sydney,Sydney
  
• Sydney College of Arts-University of Sydney, Sydney 
  

• August 12th-Radio interview with Carol Duncan of ABC Radio Newcastle 
  
• August 17th-Radio interview with Carole Whitelock on ABC 891 afternoon show. Adelaide 
  
• August 17th- Newspaper article –The Advertiser: Sprites, trolls, gnomes and pixies – fairytale figures of the night sky intrigue science written by Clare Peddie. Adelaide 
  

• September 10th-Department of Physics and Astronomy-University of Canterbury, Christchurch-Canceled due to Earthquake 
  
• Carter Observatory, Wellington 
  
• School of Chemical and Physical Sciences- Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington 
  
• Institute of Fundamental Sciences-Massey University in Palmerston North 
  
• Hawke’s Bay Holt Planetarium, Hawke’s Bay 
  
• Faculty of Science University of Auckland, Auckland 
  
• Stardome hosted by the Auckland Astronomical Society, Inc., Auckland   
  

•  August 29th-Radio Interview with Graeme Hill on RadioLIVE, Auckland   
  

• Geological Museum-Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen in Copenhagen, Denmark
  
• COSMOS-group exhibition /January 23rd-May 24th, 2010 –KunstCentret Silkeborg Bad / Art Centre Silkeborg Bad in Silkeborg, Denmark
  
• Kunsthallen Nikolaj-Nikolaj, Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center in Copenhagen, Denmark
  

Hospitality support for the film presentation/ lecture at Nikolaj, provided by Embassy of Canada, in Denmark 

• TELUS World of Science-Calgary in Calgary, Alberta
  
• Department of Physics and Astronomy at University of Calgary in Calgary, Alberta
  
• Science Department at Grant MacEwan University in Edmonton, Alberta
  
• Physics Department & Fine Arts Department at Bishop’s University in Sherbrooke, Quebec
  
• Canada South Science City in Windsor, Ontario
  
• Department of Physics at the University of Windsor in Windsor, Ontario
  

• December 2nd-Radio interview CBC Radio Windsor
  

• College of Fine Arts: the University of New South Wales, Sydney
  
• the University of Melbourne, Melbourne
  
• the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT),Melbourne
  
• Department of Physics: LaTrobe University, Bundoora
  
• Discovery Science & Technology Centre, Bendigo
  
• Ballarat Observatory, Ballarat
  
• Faculty of Arts :University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba
  
• The Queensland Museum South Bank-sponsored by the Faculty of Science   at Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
  
• College of Art at Griffith University, Brisbane
  
• Amazing World of Science’, Canberra
  
• Art Forum-School of Art : the Australian National University, Canberra
  
• The Australian Museum, Sydney
  

• The South Australian Museum, Adelaide
  

• the National Institute of Creative Arts and Industries: the University of Auckland, Auckland
  
• Massey University, Auckland
  
• University of Canterbury,  Christchurch
  
• the Victoria University, Wellington
  
• the Otago Museum, Dunedin
  
• My tour of New Zealand was undertaken with  the assistance from SCINEMA and support by the Canadian High Commission in Wellington.
  

• Carnegie Science Center
  

• participation in a workshop at the art/technology center the Fundación Telefónica in Buenos Aires.
  

• a presentation/lecture at the Universidad Maimónides in Buenos Aires.
  
• a presentation/lecture at the ISIS-Symmetry Congress at the University of Buenos Aires in Buenos Aires
  
• a presentation/lecture at the Internacionales de la Universidad del Comahue Centro Canadiense Comahue in Neuquén.
  
• a two-person exhibition at the Sala Emilio Saraco / Neuquén Museum of Fine Arts in Neuquén.
  
• a presentation at Museo Municipal de Arte Juan Carlos Castagnino in Mar del Plata.
  
  
• This tour in Argentina was undertaken with the support of Foreign Affairs Canada (International Academic Relations-ACE), the Canadian Studies Association of Argentina ( ASAEC) centers in Neuquén, Mar Del Plata and  Buenos Aires, The Canadian Embassy in Buenos Aires.
  

• A film presentation of my art & science collaboration based on Red sprites at the International Pacific Research Center (IPRC) University of Hawai`i at Manoa on November 8, 2006. Featuring an introductory lecture by Professor Tsutomu Takahashi. Sponsored by Meteorology, Manoa
  

• The Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena Conference (INSAP V) at the Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum in Chicago from June 26 – July 1, 2005.
  

• Film presentation based on Red Sprites at Vedere la Scienza 2005 scientific film and documentary festival. This presentation was on March 10, at the prestigious Spazio Oberdan cultural center in Milan, Italy. The two Red Sprite films were translated into Italian.
  

• The IAC2005 organizing committee accepted a submission of a research paper for the E5. Space Activity and Society Symposium ( IAA.6.16) at The 56th International Astronautical Congress:IAC2005 held in Fukuoka , Japan (on October 16-24, 2005).
  
• IAC2005 is hosted by The Science Council of Japan & The Japanese Society for Aeronautical and Space Science. Selected to the P: Session on Space Activity and Society. The title of abstract and presentation was Art, Red Sprites & the NASA Space Shuttle Columbia/MEIDEX.
  

• Lightning’s Angels was presented in a lecture by Dr. Colin Price titled ‘Lightning and Sprites’ at the Tel Aviv University Astronomy Club (January 2004).
  

• Selected for oral presentation at the Space: Science, technology and the Arts -7th Space & the Arts Workshop which was  held at ESTEC – ESA’s European Space Research & Technology Centre in Noordwijk, The Netherlands from 18-21 May 2004. Presentation included an exhibit of work/video & poster, written text (paper) as well as a science reference video.
  
• ‘Space: Science, Technology and the Arts’ is the theme of the 7th workshop on space and the arts which is being co-organized by the European Space Agency (ESA), the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) and its Commission VI, Leonardo/Olats and the OURS Foundation.
  

• Film/video Lightning’s Angels presented in a lecture by Dr. Walter A. Lyons at The NATO Advanced Study Institute Sprites, Elves and Intense Lightning Discharges-summer conference held July ,
  

• the National Museum of Australia in Canberra
  

• ACMI (Australian Centre for the Moving Image)in Melbourne
  
• Imaginarium Science Centre in Devonport (Tasmania)
  
• the Wollongong Science Centre in Wollongong
  
• University of Tasmania in Hobart (Tasmaina)
  
• University of Adelaide in Adelaide
  
• National University of Australia in Canberra.
  

• August 12th-Radio interview-Artsound Canberra
  
• August 22nd-Radio interview-University of Tasmania Radio
  
• Participation in this event was made possible with the support from the Canada Council for the Arts , Foreign Affairs Canada and the Canadian High Commission in Canberra as well as CSIRO/Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
  

• Peter McLeish invited by Dr. Michal Giboda who is the organizer & The Civic Initiative Group in the Czech Republic to teach, participate and lecture about sprite art & science approach in a workshop/event titled the Summer 2003 Workshop Dialogue between Science & Art  in the Czech Republic from July 12-19. The art & science collaboration based on Red Sprites project is included in a book by Dr. Michal Giboda called the Dialogue between the Sciences and the Arts.
  
• Participation in this event was advertised in a Newsletter -Kanadska Mozaika by the Canadian Embassy in Prague.
  

• Film presentation of Lightning’s Angels at the Lancaster Film & New Media Festival (Lancaster U.K.) from July 12 to 13 2003. This festival screened locally produced film and new media as well as works from other areas in the U.K. and all-over the world was shown.
  

• Invited by the Organizing Committee (of Symmetry Festival) to participate & exhibit in the Symmetry Festival 2003 Symposium August 16-22 in Budapest -Hungary.
  The Festival provides a forum for all who apply symmetry (and the related concepts, phenomena and operations, or just the lack of symmetry) in their creative work. It also gives a forum to those who work beyond the traditional boundaries of their respective background discipline, branch of art, technology, or design.
  

• Selected by the International Executive and Local Organizing Committees (IEC and LOC) of INSAP IV to make a presentation of the sprite -art & science collaboration at Oxford University. The Fourth International Conference on The Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena (INSAP IV) took place at Magdalen College, Oxford, England, during 3-9 August 2003
  

• Lightning’s Angels was shown on Feb. 20 to 23, 2003 at a science workshop called SPECIAL funded by the European Science Foundation in Frankfurt -Germany.  This presentation was made possible by scientist Colin Price.
  

• As part of Dr. Walter Lyons’s annual grant report (regarding the collaboration) to the NSF, he included an update of Sprite activities which included a list of all events & awards from Peter McLeish between 2001-2003. The NSF included this update in one of their list programmatic highlights for 2003.
  

• Participated in ArtSci2002 Symposium held at the American Museum of Natural History and the City University of New York, (CUNY) in New York, USA (December, 2002). Invitation as a special guest by Art & Science Collaborations, Inc. – ASCI (New York, USA).
  
• Participation in this event was made possible with the support from the Canada Council for the Arts.
  

• Milan, Italy
  Participation in The Fifth International Conference on Generative Art: GA2002 held at the Politecnico di Milano University in Milan, Italy (December, 2002).
  

• Participation in The 3rd U.K. Space Art Forum held at the Ferens Art Gallery in Hull, United Kingdom (October, 2001). Invited by The Arts Catalyst (London, U.K).
  Participation in this event was made possible with the support from the Canada Council for the Arts and Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Quebec.