Participatory Curation & Creative Practice
In June 2026 I delivered The People's Museum for Prince in Minneapolis: a free, community-sourced counter-museum marking ten years since Prince's passing, with contributions from 70+ people across eight countries, attracting extensive international, national and local press coverage across TV, radio, online and print — including The Guardian UK and NHK Japan. I also wrote, directed and produced a companion documentary, Dearly Beloved, which has been selected for three international film festivals.
Across the month of June I welcomed over 1,000 visitors and participants across three gallery spaces, and hosted a month of diverse creative programming to welcome all — from memory keepers, to kids, to long-time fans of Prince, to newcomers. I held space for people to share their personal stories and memories, and to learn and share in others' experience, all in a spirit of welcome and joyful celebration. I created this as a solo curator, without institutional support, enabled by the generosity of supporters and volunteers who helped realise the full vision.
As a consultant, I share the experience and expertise of my cultural work, as a practitioner who is able to carefully dream a project, taking in all the factors at play, then plan a path to its full realisation, where it will best meet its intended audience. Drawing on my 20-plus years working in art schools, in educational, curatorial and institutional leadership roles, I bring a deep understanding of the needs of cultural workers and artists, and I am here to help others chart and create their own creative and curatorial projects.
I work with individuals, artist estates, arts organisations, and cultural institutions across three connected areas of practice:
Participatory curatorial practice & methodology — I curate for you, or work with you to design community-centred approaches to your exhibitions, archives, and cultural memory work, as developed and tested through The People's Museum methodology.
Creative practice coaching and consulting — helping artists, cultural workers and creative teams envision, plan and realise their creative projects. This draws on my ongoing practice of working with artists in the role of educator and researcher. Where of interest, I introduce AI as a creative and collaborative tool.
AI research and collaboration — my creative research into AI has been ongoing since 2024, and it runs through both areas above. I am highly skilled at helping creatives integrate AI as a genuine collaborator in ambitious projects, without losing creative agency or authorship, and my research keeps me at the creative edge of the latest developments in the ethics and practices of AI collaboration. One of my research interests is in the emergent relationships between AI and humans as we chart new ways forward in creative and human practices. I am also deeply interested in the question of how AI could help with the realisation of human creativity and creative potential. If this sounds interesting and you would like to learn more about my take on this, feel welcome to contact me for a link to my film Claude et Moi, which tells a story from the early days of Claude.
For organisations, artist estates & institutions
I work with artist estates, house museums, galleries, and cultural organisations to design audience-honoring, community-sourced projects — approaches that position the people who love an artist's work as knowledge-holders alongside institutional expertise. I also consult on AI creative practice for cultural teams: where genuine AI collaboration can extend your capacity, and how to build it ethically. I am an experienced educator, confident in designing and leading effective, engaging workshops. Currently booking for late 2026 and 2027.
Some of the ways I work with clients:
Curatorial practice — I am available to curate projects that engage with a specific community, or that centre on a particular person, theme or topic. I work with clients to consider the full context and goals of the project and the needs and desires of your audience, then devise, plan and create a meaningful exhibition and curatorial program that welcomes your community in for genuine exchange. Program development is a specialty: I can design a program of events and engagement activities for your organisation or project.
Participatory methodology consulting — scoped, tailored support for organisations designing or implementing a participatory or community-centred program, from concept through delivery.
Creative Practice Enabled by AI — workshop — tailored for organisational staff, online or in person. Focused on where AI can meaningfully extend a team's creative or curatorial capacity, and identifying also where it can't. Teaching creative, critical literacy in AI for creatives is one of my passion projects.
Intensive / deep-dive engagement — a longer-format program combining methodology, case study discussion, and implementation planning for your own project or context.
Speaking / keynote — conference keynotes, panels, or guest lectures on participatory practice, community memory, or AI in creative work.
Commissioned writing / research — articles, chapters, reports, or methodology documentation. Recent commissions include Duke University Press and Routledge.
Formats and scope are tailored to each project and organisation — get in touch and we can talk through what would suit.
For individual practitioners
Foundations: Creative Collaboration with AI — a four-week live course for artists, writers, curators and creative workers who want to develop a collaborative practice with AI, as creative partner rather than shortcut. It's the working methodology behind The People's Museum for Prince. The first small-group cohort is forming now — register your interest and I'll be in touch with details.
Individual coaching is available on a limited basis for artists and cultural workers developing their own creative practice, building AI into their own creative process, or with a specific project in mind. One-on-one sessions focused on a specific project or working method — by application: tell me about your project.
Get in touch
Tell me a little about your project and what you're working on, and I'll be in touch so we can explore how I could help you. Thank you.