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Case Studies
Whether you are looking for examples of good practice or new ideas, we hope our ever-growing bank of case studies will inspire you. They include practical tips on organising, touring and hosting exhibitions, as well as new models for developing and funding exhibitions.
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Exhibition Background In early 2013, 20-21 Visual Arts Centre in Scunthorpe, darts, Doncaster and The Civic in Barnsley worked together to submit a funding application to Arts Council England’s Strategic Touring Fund. The…
‘Resonance’ toured seven Staffordshire museums during 2015 and 2016 as part of the county’s commemorations for the Great War centenary. Organised by Staffordshire Museum Service on behalf of the Staffordshire Museums Strategic…
Exhibition Background One of Seven Stories’ founders, Elizabeth Hammill, holds a long-standing enthusiasm for nursery rhymes and a strong belief in their importance in the culture of childhood. She is fascinated by what…
Touring an Exhibition
Exhibition: Aerofilms: A History of Britain from Above Touring Exhibitions Author: Nicola Roberts, Public Engagement Officer, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales The touring exhibitions Aerofilms: A History of Britain…
Science Projects Ltd is best known now as a designer and fabricator of interactive exhibitions, with clients across the globe commissioning anything from small individual interpretive exhibits, to entire gallery fit-outs. But…
Learning and Participation
Exhibition: Brains: The Mind as Matter Venues: Wellcome Collection and Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester Authors: Danny Birchall, Wellcome Collection, London. / Emma Thom, Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester. Enid Blyton was one…
Short Circuit is an ambitious international touring group show devised by British Independent Curator, Aly Grimes, and consists of nine new media artists and collectives in an attempt to re-assess the archetypal…
Collaborations and Partnerships
Exhibition Background As custodians of Judith Kerr’s archive we continually receive a large number of requests for loans of Judith’s artwork. Having been exhibited twice at Seven Stories and toured the UK for…
Funding
Exhibition: Beauty and the Beach Venue: Southend Museums Service Author: Ciara Phipps, Assistant Curator of Social History, Southend Museums Service www.southendmuseums.co.uk Southend Museums Service’s swimwear collection is the largest and most comprehensive in the country,…
As the 20th anniversary of the Spice Girls’ first number one hit Wannabe approaches, specialist collector and visual artist Liz West describes the origins of her Spiceworld touring exhibition and her experience…
Introduction In our latest case study, Sonja Kielty gives an example of successful partnership working between Bradford Museums and Galleries, New Walk Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester and the Royal Collection Trust, in…
Sustainability
Becoming More Sustainable With sustainability and climate change becoming more pressing issues with the government and local councils making initiatives to become more sustainable, especially with Scotland having plans to become Net Zero…
Collaborations and Partnerships
Venue: The Civic, Barnsley, 20-21 Visual Arts Centre, Scunthorpe, The Point, Doncaster Author: David Sinclair, Exhibitions Curator www.barnsleycivic.co.uk Involvement in the Showstoppers project has been an invaluable learning curve professionally and personally. At the…
Hiring touring exhibitions
Venue: The Civic, Barnsley Author: David Sinclair, Exhibitions Curator www.barnsleycivic.co.uk Supplementing the exhibition programme with touring exhibitions for The Civic is imperative. Some curators might regard a touring exhibition as a safe option that does…
Touring an Exhibition
Remember that exhibition you made? You know the one which you designed for a summer holiday, a special event or maybe a commemoration. You put a significant amount of time and resources…
Case background SGS Art Services worked with the Renee and Chaim Gross Foundation to support a loan request for the proposed upcoming exhibition, Circa 1945: Abstract Art in the Renee & Chaim Gross…
Exhibition background and research For 18 months I managed, with project coordinator Gail Mackintosh, the Heritage Lottery Funded project ‘Training for War’. This was for Worthing Museum to recruit and train volunteers to…
Design and Display
Exhibition: Reshaping History Venue: University of Brighton Author: Hilary Williams, Cultural Informatics Research Group, University of Brighton. The concluding phase of the European Union funded 3D-COFORM project www.3d-coform.eu, was the Reshaping History exhibition in…
International touring
Exhibition: Opera: Passion, Power and Politics Venues: Royal Opera House, Muscat in Oman, January – March 2019; CaixaForum Madrid in Spain, April – August 2019; CaixaForum Barcelona in Spain, September 2019 – January…
Funding
Exhibition: Red Work: Rachael Howard Locations: Waterside Arts Centre: 11th October 2014- 31st January 2015, Williamson Art Gallery & Museum: 14th February – 22nd March 2015 Author: Jenny Waterson, Exhibitions Curator, Waterside Arts Centre Red…
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