Creative Connections: Museums, Makers and Inclusion Symposium

Engaging underserved audiences remains a pressing concern across the museum and creative sector. While many institutions recognise the importance of broadening access and participation for groups that don’t traditionally engage with the sector, effective and sustainable strategies remain complex and varied. Through the lens of creative practice, how can artists and museums work together to connect with these audiences in new ways? 
 
 This international symposium will bring together museum professionals, educators and multi-disciplinary practitioners to explore innovative cross-disciplinary collaborations and projects that have used art, design and making to break down barriers. It will provide a platform for sharing pilot projects, works in progress, and new research, creating a space for knowledge exchange and future partnerships.  

A keynote speech will be delivered by Puawai Cairns, Director of Audience and Insights at Te Papa in New Zealand, who will be speaking about her inspirational work in centring indigenous makers in learning and public programmes.

We invite museum educators and curators, teachers, cultural practitioners, artists / makers, researchers and community organisers to join us in reimagining how museums and cultural institutions can use creative practice to reach underserved audiences, now and in the future.  
 

Please click ‘Download programme’ link to the right for the call for papers and more information.