This month I am starting a year long research and development project funded by the Arts Council England’s Developing Your Creative Practice grant scheme. I…
Read More about Developing Museum Practice by Adapting the Master’s ToolsIn order to illustrate the importance of collections documentation to meaningful engagement with museums, I wondered what it would be like if cinemas were like…
Read More about If Cinemas Were Like Museums…or The Importance of Prioritising the BasicsIn the past when people within the museum sector have made a fuss about people outside the sector ‘mis-using’ the word curator, or more often,…
Read More about Why Curators Matter‘What a difficult thing a gift is for a woman! She’ll punish herself for receiving it.’ Zadie Smith
Read More about Muckers and Supermuckers: Reflections on Museum as Muck’s intervention at the Museums Association Festival of ChangeThis week there have been a couple of job stories which have been blowing up on twitter, and they tell you quite a lot about…
Read More about One Step Forward, Two Steps Back, pt 2This week there have been a couple of job stories which have been blowing up on twitter, and they tell you quite a lot about…
Read More about One Step Forward, Two Steps Back, pt 1For the past year I have been part of the Museums Associations Transformers: Diversify cohort. The year has flown by and I attended the final…
Read More about #MATransformers: Stumbling Blocks, Self-Care and Self-SabotageLast weekend I spent several hours hibernating, knitting and watching all 13 episodes of Kenneth Clark’s original Civilisation series. (I have so far only watched…
Read More about Civilisation: an audacious takeawayAs the first week of 2018 ends, I have been reflecting on how well I have kept up with my New Year’s Resolutions so far…
Read More about Museolutions: Keeping a work/life/the-work-you-do-for-free-on-the-internet balance in 2018