Projects I have enjoyed enabling clients to deliver include:
Senior Associate, Cultural Governance Alliance (Nov 2017 – Jan 2019) www.culturalgovernancealliance.org
• Devised the change strategy and implemented the action plan to establish the Cultural Governance Alliance.
• Commissioning Editor of a new online resource, featuring a practical guide for strengthening UK’s creative sector.
• Senior Producer of Governance Now. Programmed the launch and inaugural conference attended by UK Chairs, CEOS and trustees across the cultural sector.
Consultant/co-author
Doteveryone was a London based think-tank founded by Martha Lane Fox, with a mission to fight for a fairer internet. As part of their remit exploring how technology is changing society, I was commissioned to collaborate on a discovery project to experiment how imagining different science fictions could inspire the tech sector to be more inclusive. The culmination of our research was the recommendation of a new strategic creative initiative. Here’s the beta version of the white paper:
Space Invaders: Reclaiming the future through rebellious stories and diverse voices (November 2017), Yasmin Khan, Annette Mees and Ollie Sheldrick (Doteveryone).
Download the newly published anthology here: Women Invent the Future – a science fiction anthology
Quality Assurance Associate
Project monitoring of a major Public Engagement grant of £1.8 Million by the Wellcome Trust.
Quality Assessor
Arts Council England uses quality assessments to help develop a broader evidence base to inform funding decisions. I was involved in the original pilot for museums in 2013. Exhibitions/events I have been commissioned to assess include:
– Treasures from the Thames Festival (2017) (Local community performance by Anna Fiorentini Film & Theatre School), Museum of London, Docklands
– Object Lessons (celebrating the scientific model and illustration collection of George Loudon) (2017), Manchester Museum
– Liverpool Arabic Arts Festival (2017), World Museum
– ‘Genecraft: Art in the Biogenetic Age’ (2017), Birmingham Open Media gallery.
– ‘Brain Diaries: Modern Neuroscience in Action’ (2017), University of Oxford Museums.
– ‘Somalis in Bristol: Where Are We From and Who Are We Now?’ (2017), M Shed.
– ‘Alice in Wonderland’ (2016), Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
– Participatory events and artistic installations on the theme of the Industrial Revolution, produced by Meadow Arts in conjunction with Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, East Midlands (2015).
– ‘William Blake: Apprentice & Master’ exhibition (2015) at Ashmolean Museum of Art & Archaeology.
– Early years session for 2-5-year-olds at Booth Museum (Royal Pavilion Museums), Brighton & Hove Council (2015).
– Kurt Jackson’s art exhibition entitled ‘River’ (2014) at the Horniman Museums & Gardens, London.
– ‘No Borders’ exhibition (2013), a major exhibition of international contemporary art featuring artists from the Middle East, Asia and Africa at Bristol Museum and Art Gallery.
Specialist Assessor, Cultural Protection Fund
In partnership with the Department for Culture Media and Sport, the British Council has launched a new £30 million fund to help to create sustainable opportunities for economic and social development through building capacity to foster, safeguard and promote cultural heritage affected by conflict overseas. The Fund aims to protect and preserve physical monuments and religious sites, as well as ‘intangible’ heritage: inherited traditions, beliefs and cultural identity, passed down through generations – all of which have been increasingly under threat in the Middle East and North Africa.
Artistic Assessor, 1418now
Commissioned by Morris Hargreaves and McIntyre (2016) to assess an artistic installation by Pakistani artist, Imran Qureshi, in Bradford as part of 1418now, a major national cultural programme to mark the centenary of the First World War.
Credit: Imran Qureshi, assessed in 2016
