📣CALL FOR PROJECT PROPOSALS 📣 QHCN is pleased to announce an open call to work with Network members to co-design & co-deliver 6 new Creative Projects with English museums/heritage organisations. queerhcn.org/creative-proje… ⌛ Deadline: 1 November 2024, 17:00 Details 👇🏽 Queer Heritage and Collections Network

Yay! I KNOW FIRST HAND x2 of the new spaces are stunning and deeply meaningful…. Just saying 😉

Listen to Jon Sleigh and George Miller discuss what museums are for, how Jon chose who, and what, to feature in his book, and his childhood fascination with a museum tyrannosaurus. #Museums transformingsociety.co.uk/2024/07/19/pod…

“Lack of empathy for the past” arguably an ironic statement here when ( respectfully and with kindness ) we could say the past ( as a monolithic concept ) demonstrates examples of a deep lack of empathy for those in our present. I’m really looking forward to this exhibition 👍

“In pursuit of repetitive beats” Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery is EXCEPTIONALLY good! VR sensory journey through midlands acid house + raves with beautiful testimony woven in. Teared up at one stage dancing, loved it. Such a meaningful way of exploring class and culture combined with - must see! 🤟

Chuffed to be working on a new community curation project Wolverhampton Art Gallery - lunchtime with Henry Fuseli a must 👌c1792-94 “the apotheosis of Penelope Boothby” a sad gothic wonder.

Need a mindful moment? perhaps Antonis Mor will be a respite. In demand across 16th century Europe, his use of vivid humanism and tender realism brings alive the sitters - he helps us see beyond their wealth to find fragile traces of personality beneath power. The Barber Institute

I did not know this but so useful, brilliant piece of context here 👇

A very special thankyou to everyone that has reached out privately and publicly with kindness about my book - means so much to me 🥹every review, message to say you have a copy, picture and feedback is treasured. To so many people out there a huge thankyou for your kindness!

As happy as this Hoover after a day of community curation Wolverhampton Art Gallery 🤓meaningful connections, new use of collections and intent being discovered 👌

Lovely to be LeamGallery&Museum exploring new work on inclusion - beautiful exhibitions built with care and heart 👌very moved at how beloved this space is within the community and interlinked to civic life 👍

Very lucky to be a guest for the preview event this evening Birmingham Weekender and it was amazing!! Highlight for me is Teabreak (A MUST SEE) - mindful moments, beautiful dance, audio testimony + togetherness themed to tea in art. Exceptionally powerful and important, I loved it 🥰

Community curation day Wolverhampton Art Gallery and this Georgian morality series caught my eye during a wander - brilliantly rendered but cruel is equal measure

Getting to support the team behind National Gallery Art Road Trip as a consultant has been such a privilege. Ethical, fun and passionate educators are out across the UK throughout the year, I very much hope you get to meet them! Sending thanks and care to all ⭐️

Prep visit for forthcoming sessions today Wallace Collection Learning The Wallace Collection and time included to swoon over my favorites…. The happy sigh echoed 👌

‘Jason and the adventure of 254’ Wellcome Collection is beautiful- immersive, meaningful and a perception generously given on hospitalization. An utter triumph do go and see if you can 👌⭐️

Very excited to be told my book is on sale British Museum MoMA The Museum of Modern Art Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) and Waterstones ! (Insert excited squeak) if anyone spots a copy in another location I’d be so grateful to find out where 👌

Have you seen Jon Sleigh's amazing book in the wild? It's a must read for anyone who has wondered "what are museums for?"

New article for Art UK submitted and another piece I’ve fallen deeply in love with - ‘A maidservant with a basket of fruit and two lovers’ by Jacob Jordaens c 1629 - 35. Determined to see this IRL on day! artuk.org/discover/artwo… Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum 👌

Saddened by the tone of this reporting. The city art collection is not / can never be a fixed monetary asset - it’s a changing landscape of social care + culture owned by us all. Further - acquisitions sometimes take years to complete + can be legacies.