During the lockdown of winter 2020, we worked with Fraser Randall project managers to conceive a wellbeing activity to develop and engage the Hastings Museum and Gallery’s audiences remotely and successfully applied for Arts Council/ NLPF funding to deliver it. Midnight at the Museum was a wellbeing and storytelling project for children aged 6-9. WeContinue reading “Midnight at the Museum”
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Qasr al Hosn Festival
Abu Dhabi’s government was keen to maximise interest and pride in the Qasr al Hosn fort, its oldest and most iconic building. A festival in a large area round the fort was developed to appeal to local Emiratis and ex-pats. Seen as a gateway attraction for the city’s heritage, visitors were encouraged to visit linkedContinue reading “Qasr al Hosn Festival”
Epping Forest Visitor Centre
Epping Forest were updating their visitor centre and their design company, Codsteaks, invited us to join the team as scriptwriters for the centre’s exhibition and AV text. The City of London were keen to achieve a humorous, ‘Horrible Histories’ tone of voice, and we worked together to pin point the right voice for them –Continue reading “Epping Forest Visitor Centre”
Knowledge Stream, ITHRA
Working with Atelier Bruckner, we were brought in as script planners and writers on this ground-breaking Saudi Arabian project, the first of its kind in the country. We developed content and scripts across a range of audio visual and digital pieces of interpretation and visitor communication. From virtual guides to content for digital calligraphy exhibitions,Continue reading “Knowledge Stream, ITHRA”
The University of Birmingham
The University of Birmingham’s Director of Public Engagement asked us to create a strategy for a new tone of voice for all the university’s external communications. We went through a rigorous process, analysing the university’s current vision and intent against public perception, creating a bespoke tone of voice that would support and enhance their currentContinue reading “The University of Birmingham”
How to create a piece of community digital art
One of the better aspects of my lockdown (the summer 2020 one, in case anyone is reading this in the future and the summer 2020 one was the first of hundreds) was a piece of digital community art I created with Hastings Museum and Art Gallery. Though inevitably we learned as we went along andContinue reading “How to create a piece of community digital art”
Empathy
I talk a lot about empathy in my work. It’s really easy to get into a myopic rut when you’re under pressure – repeating what you believe works or will get your manager’s approval, creating content to please your peers not your visitors, working within academic norms. But it’s really important to try to seeContinue reading “Empathy”
Cultural planning during a global pandemic
It was relatively easy to work out how to plan cultural content during lockdown (if you had the energy or manpower) – make it digital, make it empathetic and use it to help people make connections. We probably all feel at the moment that it was dead simple pre-lockdown too, when we had the budgetContinue reading “Cultural planning during a global pandemic”
Hastings Digital Quilt
It’s all too easy to default to offering a passive experience on social media, sharing the ‘object of the day’ or, during lockdown, photos of ‘what we’re missing’. Hastings Museum and Art Gallery didn’t fall into that trap. As the 2020 lockdown began it quickly became a digital museum, with creatively put together content thatContinue reading “Hastings Digital Quilt”
Hastings Digital Quilt
For anyone that took part in Hastings Digital Quilt, and anyone that didn’t, here is a black and white version of the illustration we used, for lovers of colouring in!