ACADEMIC

Ways of working in which curating becomes a process of building relationships between artists, communities, institutions, places and beyond human worlds. Through practice-based and theoretical research, I use collaboration to create shared knowledge, empathy and public action.

Ways of working in which curating becomes a process of building relationships between artists, communities, institutions, places and beyond human worlds. Through practice-based and theoretical research, I use collaboration to create shared knowledge, empathy and public action.

Ways of working in which curating becomes a process of building relationships between artists, communities, institutions, places and beyond human worlds. Through practice-based and theoretical research, I use collaboration to create shared knowledge, empathy and public action.

LEADERSHIP

LEADERSHIP

I am currently Professor at Teesside University, where I lead interdisciplinary research across curating, creative practice and cultural leadership. Previously, I was Professor of Visual Art at Manchester Metropolitan University.

I am currently Professor at Teesside University, where I lead interdisciplinary research across curating, creative practice and cultural leadership. Previously, I was Professor of Visual Art at Manchester Metropolitan University.

I am currently Professor at Teesside University, where I lead interdisciplinary research across curating, creative practice and cultural leadership. Previously, I was Professor of Visual Art at Manchester Metropolitan University.

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SELECTED PROJECTS

Until the End of the World, a film by Sarah Perks and Paul Stewart

01 Until the End of the World

An ongoing project as part of Forms of Circulation exploring collections through creative workshops and collaboration with AI, inviting participants to imagine possible futures.

02 Tilery Park

Curatorial and creative methodologies for community engagement in local green space and nature recovery, co-led with Paul Stewart, commissioned by Natural England and Stockton-on-Tees MBC.

Community filmmaking image connected to the Tilery Park research project
Swan and waterbirds in a winter landscape, connected to Green Corridors North East

03 Green Corridors North East

A major AHRC-funded interdisciplinary research programme connecting communities with natural and cultural heritage across the North East, with Newcastle University, Durham University and National Trust.