This week it was a pleasure to work with Koestler Arts in introducing trauma-informed practice within an arts organisation. Koestler Arts is an incredible organisation, running an exhibitions and awards programme that celebrate artwork created by people in prison. The training explored: At the end of every training session, I ask participants one simple question:Continue reading “One small thing, one small change…”
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Navigating traumatic museum collections
Last week I travelled to my hometown Belfast to speak to the wonderful staff at the Ulster Museum. 🏛️ I met with Louise Smyth and the curator of The Troubles and Beyond exhibition Karen Logan and asked them how the museum navigated working with collections that are so explicitly connected to personal and collective trauma.ThereContinue reading “Navigating traumatic museum collections”
thinking out loud
I’m in Milan! On holiday with my family… but visiting the many wonderful museums here I can’t help but reflect on what a trauma-informed museum would look, feel, behave like. On a visit to one museum I was told I had to follow a particular route around the spaces. When I tried to go aContinue reading “thinking out loud”
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