Head of Public Programme & Cultural Engagement, University of Leeds Libraries

Joined March 2012
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First look/ listen to @DeLittle_'s Gair Wood sonic artwork proposal for the Laidlaw Library @UoLLibrary!
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It is with great sadness that we mark the passing of dear friend and former curator of Leeds Art Gallery, Alex Robertson, who died on 27 November 2024. Alex was a wonderful colleague and mentor to junior colleagues at Leeds Art Gallery (@leedsartgallery).
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2 days left to fill our our survey! Have your say: tinyurl.com/xeranjf6
Tell us what poetry means to you! Help make the National Poetry Centre a place for all by filling in this short survey before Friday, 6 December: tinyurl.com/xeranjf6 #NationalPoetryCentre
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4 Dec 2024
The @UniversityLeeds and the Herbert Read Connections Sat 7 December, 1pm @DrabigailHarris & graduates from the Postgraduate Certificate in Developing Teachers Research & Practice programme are speaking at this online event organised by @InSEAOfficial ahc.leeds.ac.uk/events/event…
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We’re looking at Augustus Edwin John for today’s #landscapes #OnlineArtExchange @artukdotorg @LeightonHouse_ We love John’s use of soft purple hues and icy blues against rich greens to capture the lush landscape in ‘Welsh Mountains: Merioneth’ @yGaer_Brecon and 'Welsh Landscape'
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A packed and rapt audience for the launch of 'The Traumatic Surreal' @HMILeeds
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Amazing work by curators Patricia Allmer and Clare O'Dowd! @eca_edinburgh
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Replying to @TracyBrabin
@TracyBrabin kicking off #Museums2024 conference in Leeds @Royal_Armouries sharing her love of museums- especially small ones!❤ but slso...the importance of culture for all.
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'AI is a toaster not a toddler'- @hannah_redler. AI is tool that we need to define and train ourselves in museums, rather than wait to see what it can do for us (& allow define us) #Museums2024
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Building on this, @muchADUabout advising museums to maximise joy, work out what we can automate and what we still need real humans to do. AI is not a fad. It is a great opportunity- but museums need to build a culture for it. #Museums2024
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Our own @KingTekkers and @EricaRamsay in conversation with @thackraymuseum about planning with uncertainty for 'You Choose'- including a show and tell of 3d-printed pills! #Museums2024
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Today we presented our #WelcomingMigrants projects to a packed room of delegates at #Museums2024 @MuseumsAssoc with partners @leedshighrise and Leeds Asylum Seekers' Support Network Welcoming Migrants feeds into @UniversityLeeds' work to become a University of Sanctuary
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Join our team! Visitor Sevices Manager for Cultural Collections & Galleries @UoLLibrary - closes 24 Nov: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.asp…
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Celebrating Dr Judith Tucker Six of seven artworks by the late artist and academic Judith Tucker, acquired for the University Art Collection, are now on display in The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery to coincide with a larger exhibition @uoldesign ahc.leeds.ac.uk/design/event…
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