Heritage Reading Group

I've just posted the next text for the Heritage Reading Group on the Reading Group's blog.

You can check it out here:

Heritage Reading Group

The meeting is on 7 March at 2.30 in the Student Common Room in the  Old Mining Building

It would be great to see you there!

Nick

MA Museum Studies Graduation

CONGRATULATIONS to all our MA Art Gallery & Museum Studies students....the 2011-2012 cohort had their official conferment of degrees ceremony last Monday, in the Great Hall at the University.  Well done all!....The 2011-12 cohort are moving on to great things...including jobs at Beamish Open Air Museum, and further Doctoral research at University of Lucca!...well done all!...richly deserved.... It's now up to the latest cohort to do even better! Mark

Reading Armley- The Industrial Museum.

The Level 2 HAMS group visited the Industrial Museum at Armley on Wednesday. Nick Cass set us three themes to consider; encouraging visitor interest, 'good' historical interpretation, and work processes, worker's lives and the social structure of the workplace; all this leading to a future discussion.

Meet the artists - this Friday

Image : Emma Stibbon, Devil’s Throat, Iguazu, 2009, chalk drawing on blackboard (c) The Artist


This Friday, 22nd October, from 1-4.30, the Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery is hosting an Artist Roundtable for the current exhibition ‘All Over the Place.' If you've enjoyed the show, it's the ideal opportunity to come in for one final time (and I mean final - it ends on Saturday!) to meet the artists yourself, and to discuss the show's themes with them. Three of the artists speaking are from our own School of Design, so it would be a great opportunity to speak to them about their work in the context of the city and campus life.

The afternoon will be chaired by Prof. David Hill. There will be a free tea and coffee break midway through the afternoon, with an open public discussion following the artists' presentations.

The event is free, no need to book, but seats are limited, so arrive on time to avoid disappointment!

The event will be held in our Education Room, which saw two new displays open today, curated by the M.A. students on the 'Interpreting Cultures' module. During the break, we invite you to view their efforts and leave your comments in the guest book for them.

Hope to see you soon in the Gallery!
Layla