BIOGRAPHY Laura Breen’s PhD Re-modelling Clay: Ceramic Practice and the Museum in Britain (1970-2014) was part of the Ceramics in the Expanded Field project. She also has a BA in History of Art and Design (first class) from Manchester Metropolitan University and an MA in Art Gallery and Museum Studies from The University of Manchester. This is […]
Art and Society
PhD Research
Somerset House Symposium: Matters of Life & Death
Somerset House Symposium: Matters of Life & Death LOCATION | Somerset House DATE | 10 December 2013 A one-day symposium held in association with Julian Stair’s exhibition Julian Stair: Quietus, the Vessel, Death and the Human Body. An interdisciplinary panel discussed themes arising from the exhibition including rituals surrounding death, historical cremation and burial practices, […]
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V&A Symposium: The Museum, the Artist and Intervention
The Museum, the Artist and Intervention LOCATION | V&A Museum DATE | 10 January 2012 THE MUSEUM, THE ARTIST AND INTERVENTION Keynote speakers Alun Graves (Curator of Ceramics V&A), Professor Jorunn Veiteberg (Professor of Curatorial Studies and Craft Curator) and James Putnam (Freelance Curator) were invited to address the subject of collections, how museums can […]
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Conference and Symposia
Behind the Scenes at the Museum: Exhibitions
Conversations: Clay + Culture + Society
Publications
Contemporary Clay and Museum Culture,2016 (eds. Brown, C., Stair, J., Twomey, C.). Thisground-breakingbook examines how ceramic artists have, over the last decade, begun to animatemuseum collections in new ways, and reflects on the impact that these newinitiatives have had in the broad context of visual culture. […]