Lucy Wheeler

Learning Associate: Young People at the Fitzwilliam Museum


Lucy is also a freelance creative producer and ceramicist working on socially engaged projects in galleries and museums, hospitals, schools, community settings, and green spaces. She enjoys developing programmes that prioritise participants and their part in making meaning, with collaboration, care and co-production central to her practice.
A group of young people smile and talk with each other sitting in a group in a gallery at the Fitzwilliam Museum. Framed landscape paintings hang on the wall behind them.

Young Producers: Co-creating the Fitz Fest

by and | 22.09.26

In this blog, Mia González Janes, Young Producer at the Fitzwilliam Museum, shares her experiences of co-creating a one-day museum festival. Mia is one of 12 Young Producers at the Fitzwilliam Museum – a group of 18-25 year olds from around Cambridgeshire who meet at the museum to socialise, create artworks and collaborate on exciting projects and events. This summer,… Read full article

A close up of the Young Producers display with wall-mounted long-sleeved top and weavings, and a sign reading The Gifts with further information. Three young producers' heads are visible looking towards the display.

Young Producers share new display Celebrating The Gifts

by | 17.06.26

Since September 2026, the Fitzwilliam Museum Learning team has been working with a group of 12 Young Producers. This new and permanent offer brings youth voice into our programming, whilst providing an inclusive space for 18 to 25 year olds. They can go behind the scenes, co-produce events, express themselves and be creative. “Coming to the museum is the highlight… Read full article