Jenny’s Art, Design and Architecture blog: Behind the Scenes of the Museum: Artists in Collections


10am – 4.30pm, Wednesday 14 May, 2014
National Museum Wales
Reardon Smith Lecture Theatre, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NP

If you are interested in the ways
artists have interacted with Museum collections then this is the event for you.

The event will include:

·         James
Putnam
, curator and writer, discussing shifts in
the way that artists are working with museum collections and their role in
activating engagement.

·         Andrew
Renton
, Head of Applied Art at the National Museum
of Wales, in conversation with artist Sarah
Younan
 about their
collaboration and what artists can bring to the interpretation of collections.

·         Jon Monaghan, artist and animator, leading a workshop on 3d printing
as a tool for creating user-generated content.

·         Artist Helen Snell, talking about
collaboration and what it’s like to work in the ‘institution’ of a museum.

·         Emma
Price
, independent art consultant, offering
practical advice on developing projects that utilise museum collections.

This
event is free to attend but places are limited so booking is essential

For
more information contact Alicia Miller, Axisweb Associate in Wales: alicia@axisweb.org



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