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Esther Appleyard-Fox @AppleyardFox

Head of @Accentuate_UK Visual Artist, strategic lead @curating4change Trustee @_art_on_sea Believe Museums could be radical social hubs..

Joined February 2012
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Esther Appleyard-Fox retweeted
Curating Visibility@Curating4Change
12 Dec 2024
Accentuate is now on Bluesky! 🎉 We create and deliver projects that break new ground for D/deaf, disabled and neurodivergent people in the cultural sector. Connect with us at bsky.app/profile/accentuateu… for updates on our Curating Visibility project and beyond.
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Esther Appleyard-Fox retweeted
Curating Visibility@Curating4Change
3 Dec 2024
15 years ago today, on International Day of Disabled People @ScreenSouth launched @AccentuateUK. Established for the South East by Legacy Trust, in the lead up to 2012 Paralympic Games, we have now grown from a regional programme to one with a national remit.
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Esther Appleyard-Fox retweeted
Curating Visibility@Curating4Change
19 Nov 2024
#CuratingVisibility has a focus on digital innovation, and we’re seeking D/deaf, disabled, or neurodivergent fellows who are passionate about how digital technologies like VR, AR, and Immersive Sound can bring museum collections and stories to life. Apply now via our pinned post!
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Esther Appleyard-Fox retweeted
Curating Visibility@Curating4Change
18 Nov 2024
To coincide with a major Vanessa Bell exhibition at @MK_Gallery, @CharlestonTrust is displaying portraits of her by Duncan Grant from now to 23 Feb, 2025 🎨 Check it out at Charleston, a historical farmhouse/art hub and one of our #CuratingVisibility Fellowship host museums.
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Esther Appleyard-Fox retweeted
Curating Visibility@Curating4Change
12 Nov 2024
@RSMuseumStudies @AndrewM_Arts @DASH_ARTS @MarcelIzakH @DCMS_Mentor @HudsonInterpret @SensationalMus @BlindSpotHannah @hastings_museum @_art_on_sea @StageKirstie @UKDisHistHub @WealdBSL @Bursteardrum @_roomfactory @Deepgiggles @justin104films
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Esther Appleyard-Fox retweeted
iriska 🌈✨💖 (she/her/hers)@irissirendi
19 Oct 2024
Curating Visibility are recruiting for a new round of Fellowships. I wholeheartedly encourage anyone who identifies as D/deaf, disabled and/or neurodivergent and is looking to build or progress their museum career to have a look 🥰❣️screensouth.org/events/curat… @Curating4Change

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Esther Appleyard-Fox retweeted
Pitt Rivers Museum@Pitt_Rivers
18 Oct 2024
JOB VACANCIES We are seeking to recruit a Curator of Textiles & a Textile Conservator to work with our extensive textile collections. These exciting two 3-year posts are funded by @ClothworkersCo & will work jointly with @AshmoleanMuseum. Grade 6: £33,832. bit.ly/3Ys6mws
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Fab start to weekend - just launched our latest Fellowship recruitment! 3 fabulous host museums & opportunities to explore digital tech to reinterpret collections. Pls share widely @AndrewM_Arts @marblesculptor @_A4C_ @TamsinRussell @Sharonheal @CHWAlliance @RSMuseumStudies
Curating Visibility@Curating4Change
18 Oct 2024
Now recruiting: Curating Visibility Fellowships. Do you love museums and want to pursue a curatorial career? Do you define as Deaf, disabled or neurodivergent? Apply now screensouth.org/events/curat…
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Esther Appleyard-Fox retweeted
Immersive Arts UK@ImmersiveArtsUK
17 Oct 2024
1/2 Welcome to Immersive Arts! A brand new funding & support programme - offering £3.6 million for 200 artists to develop their art through immersive tech! Apply now! immersivearts.uk/ #ImmersiveArtsUK
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Great opportunity to come and work with us to research and evaluate Curating Visibility. If you are a freelancer or consultancy company with interest & experience in assessing impacts of work that aims to break new ground this could be for you! Deadline 4th November @ace_national
Curating Visibility@Curating4Change
15 Oct 2024
Now recruiting: Consultant Evaluator or Researcher for Accentuate Curating Visibility. curatingforchange.org/2024/1… Please visit the website for service brief. Closing date: Monday 4 November 2024
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Esther Appleyard-Fox retweeted
Curating Visibility@Curating4Change
13 Aug 2024
We are looking for a Digital Content Editor for Accentuate's Curating Visiblity programme. Deadline for applications is 27 August 2024 for more info and how to apply curatingforchange.org/2024/0…

Digital Editor opportunity for Accentuate's Curating Visibility - Curating Visibility

Apply now for Digital Content Editor for Accentuate's Curating Visibility programme.

curatingforchange.org
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Esther Appleyard-Fox retweeted
Museums Heritage Advisor
@MandHAdvisor
28 May 2024
.@BCLivingMuseum's newest historical character ‘David Smith’ will share his experience of the 1960s, brought to life through @ScreenSouth’s Accentuate Programme. museumsandheritage.com/advis…
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iriska 🌈✨💖 (she/her/hers)@irissirendi
6 May 2024
Very late to the party but I had a wonderful time at the @Curating4Change celebration event last week 🥰 So exciting to see so many wonderful people I’ve worked with & to get to show off the display I curated with a 360 tour! What an incredible journey it’s been 💞💞
Iris smiling as she watches a 360 tour of her temporary exhibition at Museum of Liverpool on a large screen. She has headphones on to listen to an audio description of the display case, which includes different pieces of assistive technology.

ALT Iris smiling as she watches a 360 tour of her temporary exhibition at Museum of Liverpool on a large screen. She has headphones on to listen to an audio description of the display case, which includes different pieces of assistive technology.
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Esther Appleyard-Fox retweeted
Curating Visibility@Curating4Change
6 May 2024
We wanted to say a big thank you to all of our guests, Fellows and colleagues for joining us at our Celebration Event on 2nd May. We had a truly incredible evening celebrating Curating for Change and Curating Visibility. Here’s sneak peeks of the evening - more images to come!
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Esther Appleyard-Fox retweeted
Andrew Miller@AndrewM_Arts
3 May 2024
Enjoyed a night out @I_W_M to celebrate the work of @Curating4Change which is helping museums reinterpret their collections & become inclusive of D/Deaf, disabled & neurodivergent stories & storytellers. Congrats to @AppleyardFox for the successful delivery of this great project
Esther Fox speaking from her wheelchair in front of Curating for Change banners under the dome of the Imperial War Museum London

ALT Esther Fox speaking from her wheelchair in front of Curating for Change banners under the dome of the Imperial War Museum London

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Esther Appleyard-Fox retweeted
Kay Jones@Kmuseumgeek
2 May 2024
Such a lovely celebration of all that @Curating4Change has achieved and the brilliant work going forward. It’s been amazing to be part of it at @MuseumLiverpool with @irissirendi Great to see some of our co-production group friends from @PFMerseyside on the big screen too!
Rooftop arched window in Imperial War Museum with stone building behind. Screens feature Iris Sirendi talking about her fellowship

ALT Rooftop arched window in Imperial War Museum with stone building behind. Screens feature Iris Sirendi talking about her fellowship

Lisa Frith from People First Mersyside talks on a screen about her experience of being part of a co-curation group at the Museum of Liverpool

ALT Lisa Frith from People First Mersyside talks on a screen about her experience of being part of a co-curation group at the Museum of Liverpool

Large screen shows close up image of a wooden artificial arm on display in a museum glass case. There are subtitles and a BSL interpreter

ALT Large screen shows close up image of a wooden artificial arm on display in a museum glass case. There are subtitles and a BSL interpreter

Esther Fox delivers a speech about the curating for change programme in front of large arched window

ALT Esther Fox delivers a speech about the curating for change programme in front of large arched window
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We had a fabulous evening yesterday celebrating @Curating4Change and launching Curating Visibility. Wonderful to have so much enthusiam and support for this work in the room.
Curating Visibility@Curating4Change
2 May 2024
Replying to @I_W_M
Fantastic to be joined by so many familiar faces. Speeches will be starting very soon!
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Esther Appleyard-Fox retweeted
Diary of a Disabled Person🍉@WheelerDax
20 Apr 2024
Sunak: disabled people just need to get jobs! Us: are you ensuring employers are actually accessible? S: no. Us: making public transport accessible so we can get to work? S: no Us: ensuring there is an option to work from home in all possible cases? S: no
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Unfortunately I couldn't be there yesterday but huge congratulations to @irissirendi on the official opening of her trail!
Curating Visibility@Curating4Change
18 Apr 2024
Iris is giving us a tour of the Disability History Trail. Follow the orange icon with white sunflower motif to explore the trail. You can scan the QR code to access the BSL interpretations and audio descriptions 😊 #disabilitytraillaunch @MuseumLiverpool @ScreenSouth
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Disability History Trail leaflet. There’s lots of texts describing the trail and a logo and QR code.

ALT Disability History Trail leaflet. There’s lots of texts describing the trail and a logo and QR code.

A Disability History trail logo and QR code on an orange sticker. The sticker is on a glass display case. There are sports balls displayed behind the case.

ALT A Disability History trail logo and QR code on an orange sticker. The sticker is on a glass display case. There are sports balls displayed behind the case.
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Esther Appleyard-Fox retweeted
Curating Visibility@Curating4Change
18 Apr 2024
Well done Iris - what a wonderful launch. With talks from artist Lizzie Griffin and touch tours of the trail, it’s been great to learn more about the Liverpool Disability History Trail. Make sure to visit if you can! #disabilitytraillaunch @MuseumLiverpool @ScreenSouth
A white woman with long dark blonde hair. She is wearing a colourful floral dress.

ALT A white woman with long dark blonde hair. She is wearing a colourful floral dress.

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