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This November the South West Fed team were excited to welcome Elise Foster Vander Elst, Head of Exhibitions & Environmental Impact Lead at London’s Design Museum, who discussed new models for exhibition making in this unsettling era of climate change. We were delighted that almost 100 people attended the event […]

Last month we heard from Bath Preservation Trust about a recent pilot project at Beckford’s Tower, outside Bath. Dr Amy Frost (Senior Curator), Iona Keen (Heritage Interpretation Consultant), and Jacqueline Braithwaite (artist) presented their approach and shared their learning from the project. The team presented a pilot ‘Object-in-focus’ project, which […]

What a packed day! Our exclusive visit to The Newt in Somerset included a guided tour of Villa Ventorum by archaeologist Ric Weeks, their Exhibitions Manager, followed by a self-guided tour of the museum and reconstructed Roman villa. Afterwards, there was free time to explore the beautiful venue, including The Story of […]

Thank you to all who attended our AGM and networking event at The Box last month. Kristina Broughton, our Chair, presented the annual Chair and Treasurer reports, and we had a productive group discussion about the future of the South West Fed. The Fed continues to be run by our […]

London born artist and founder of the Mutoid Waste Company, Joe Rush, joined us to talk about his creative practice. He creates iconic mechanical & monumental sculptures and installations from discarded military and industrial scrap. He joined us from the fields of Worthy Farm as he was preparing ‘Carhenge’ made from 24 […]

Image copyright: Ann Cook On Thursday 20th April we held our inaugural evening event, and were joined by Victoria Northwood, from Wells and Mendip Museum (W&MM). Victoria is an archivist and heritage professional, and the Project Manager for ‘Search and Learn’ – an amazing project funded through the National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF). […]