Talking about Culture, Health and Wellbeing

The Fitzwilliam Museum’s Miranda Stearn, Head of Learning, and Ruth Clarke, Learning Associate, Inclusion, attended the Culture, Health and Wellbeing International Conference in Bristol. Here they reflect on conference highlights, memorable moments and unexpected situations. Billed as a ‘showcase of inspirational practice and policy’, this conference was a great opportunity for the Fitzwilliam to reflect on, and help develop, the… Read full article

The Value of Everything: Arts Marketing Association Conference 2017

The 2017 Arts Marketing Association (AMA) conference was themed ‘The Value of Everything’. There were a broad range of talks to attend, which were geared to inspiring better interaction with a wide range of audiences and to showcase best practices of marketing in the current climate, with plenty of networking opportunities. The last conference I went to was back in… Read full article

Young children, public spaces and democracy: the BRIC Project

Nicola Wallis reports on the BRIC Conference, for those involved with early childhood education and care to discuss the promotion of very young children’s democratic engagement in civic society by regular visits to public spaces – including museums. This conference was a culmination of the EU-funded BRIC Project, which has spent the last three years investigating young children, democracy and… Read full article