Last week I went to visit one of our Culture& trainees, Chloe, at London South East College Bexley to observe her delivering workshop for the college’s transition day. Chloe is completing her traineeship at the Prince Philip Maritime Collections Centre, Royal Museums Greenwich in the collections care and conservation team. Chloe and her colleague HelenContinue reading “Sensory social club”
Category Archives: Culture and learning
Magical Margate
Yesterday we had our Culture& team away day in Margate. It was a wonderful and magical day. It was great to spend time with my Culture& colleagues and share updates, ideas and ambitions for how we can help make the museum and cultural sector more diverse. The sun was shining and sea breeze cool andContinue reading “Magical Margate”
Podcast launch
Our New Museum School trainees have all written, recorded and produced their own podcasts about issues, objects, collections and narratives inspired by their placements at their host museums. I’m so proud of them! You can listen to them here: https://www.cultureand.org/podcasts/
The Isolated Baronet
How can we plan and design ethical interpretations of difficult histories and personal experiences? Today I went to Calke Abbey for a conference run by the National Trust and Leicester University Museum Studies on their new collaboration and exhibition ‘HumanKind‘. To mark the 200th anniversary of the death of Henry Harpur, ‘The Isolated Baronet’, thisContinue reading “The Isolated Baronet”
New Museum School 2018-19
“We need to be building in access from day one. Be creative with this. Access is not an afterthought. By reflecting the diversity of our society in our working practices, by being inclusive, everyone benefits and so does the art. If there is a will for change, there is – I promise you – aContinue reading “New Museum School 2018-19”
Cyborgs: Friday Late at the Wellcome Collection
The organisation I work for, Culture&, is curating a really exciting night of music, film and performances at the Wellcome Collection on Friday 15th March on the theme of Cyborgs. Culture& is excited to announce ‘Cyborgs’, our Friday Late Spectacular curated in collaboration with the Wellcome Collection. Join us for an evening of irreverent performance,Continue reading “Cyborgs: Friday Late at the Wellcome Collection”
Everyone’s different, let’s celebrate it!
Since November last year I’ve been working with charity Heart n Soul on a new Key Stage 2 schools page for their Big 30 website. Heart n Soul is a creative arts charity that believes in the power and talents of people with learning disabilities. It is based at the Albany in Deptford and it’sContinue reading “Everyone’s different, let’s celebrate it!”
Graduation
Congratulations to this year’s cohort of Strengthening Our Common Life (SOCL) trainees for successfully completing their Diplomas in Cultural Heritage! It’s been so great working with Culture& and all the trainees in my role as Assessor for the Diploma. It was a real pleasure getting to know you all and I’ve no doubt you’ll allContinue reading “Graduation”
Theolnius Monk: Modernist Pioneer
Wednesday 11 October, 7.30 – 9.30pm, British Library Culture& in association with the British Library commemorate the centenary of the birth of iconic jazz composer Thelonious Monk. Join us for an evening of live performance and an illustrated lecture that will bring a new dimension to classic tunes. Epitomising artistic originality, candid eccentricity and indifference to conventional rulesContinue reading “Theolnius Monk: Modernist Pioneer”
