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Esther Fox
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Passionate about Museums and Galleries; particularly in making them more porous and representative of the diverse and vibrant communities they serve. Currently leading Screen South's Accentuate programme, heading up ACE funded Curating Visibility.
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Call for deaf, disabled, and neurodivergent artists!
Take part in an online workshop - Uncomfortable Bedfellows - an arts-led exploration into the challenges faced by disabled people in healthcare environments. Learn more and apply by 7 March (BSL avail): shorturl.at/fpso5
Accentuate call out for deaf, disabled or neurodivergent artists – Screen South
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February 24, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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I'm very excited to have my first book chapter published!
accentuateuk.bsky.social Accentuate_Curating Visibility @accentuateuk.bsky.social · Jan 23
Esther Fox @appleyardfox.bsky.social, Head of Accentuate, contributes a chapter to ‘Museum Accessibility Spectrum: Reimagining Access and Inclusion’, edited by Alison Eardley @alisonfe.bsky.social and Vanessa Jones.

Now the book's free digital version is available to download: shorturl.at/WLuil
January 27, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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Check out an interview with Anahita Harding, Curating Visibility Fellow at @foodmuseumuk.bsky.social as she discusses her work exploring the link between food poverty and disability, and sharing disabled narratives around accessing food and cooking: shorturl.at/b7ZNY
December 19, 2024 at 10:46 AM
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Lovely write-up for Mapping an Uneven Path in The Herts Advertiser, featuring some wonderful photos from the Private View: www.hertsad.co.uk/news/2477429...
Mapping an Uneven Path: Roman health and disability exhibition opens in St Albans
The 'Mapping an Uneven Path' exhibition - exploring health and disability in Roman times - has opened at Verulamium Museum in St Albans.
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December 5, 2024 at 5:22 PM
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I can't believe I've been leading the Accentuate programme for 15 years now! It's been fantastic to see the development and growth of our work and impact in the sector.
accentuateuk.bsky.social Accentuate_Curating Visibility @accentuateuk.bsky.social · Dec 4
15 years ago today, on International Day of Disabled People @ScreenSouth launched @AccentuateUK. Established for the South East by Legacy Trust, in the lead up to 2012 Paralympic Games, we have now grown from a regional programme to one with a national remit.
December 5, 2024 at 1:32 PM
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Do you want to get behind the scenes at a museum?

Do you want to shape museum outputs?

Do you just want to work with me?

Do you identify as deaf, disabled and/or Neurodiverse?

Now is your chance! But time is running out!

Recruitment will close next week!

More information and apply now! ⬇️
dovermuseum.bsky.social Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · Nov 27
Co-Producers with lived experience of d/Deafness, disability and/or Neurodiversity wanted!
Help us explore the disability stories of Dover's past and present them in a multi-sensory way with innovative digital technology!
More details⬇️
www.dovermuseum.co.uk/Exhibitions/...
A dark purple logo for Curating Visibility set on a pale pink background Curating Visibility fellow Karl. Karl has dark brown hair and wears glasses. He is wearing a black jacket. He is looking at a large Anglo-Saxon grave slab featuring a cross with runes that has been mounted on a wall. A dark silver coloured metal pilgrim badge of a crucifixion scene. Anne Pratt’s book ‘Wild Flowers of the Year’ open on a plate of coloured flower illustrations opposite text. The book is placed on top of another book by Anne Pratt titled ‘Things of the Sea Coast’.
December 3, 2024 at 11:52 AM
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Come visit my current temporary exhibition:

MAPPING AN UNEVEN PATH: STORIES OF HEALTH AND DISABILITY AT VERULAMIUM

15th November 2024 - 23rd February 2025

Explore what archaeology can tell us about Roman ideas about health and disability.

www.stalbansmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/map...
Portrait poster for the exhibition Mapping an Uneven Path: Stories of Health and Disability at Verulamium. In the foreground an illustration of a Roman man with a bandaged leg and walking staff walks along a jagged path. In the background, several other illustrated characters - such as a doctor, a mother and child - stand behind a green mist. Some butterflies float around the image. A tabletop case containing a number of museum artefacts and labels. They include a small metal votive foot, some coins depicting the Roman goddess Salus, and a 20th century prayer card from a psychiatric hospital. Two portrait panels on a wall with colourful illustrations. One depicts her mother handing her child to a wet-nurse. The other depicts two Roman veterans; one with a prosthetic arm, the other with scars along his back. Label in a display case showing some Roman bath tiles. The label is written by a disabled person, and talks about physical access to the baths and body image in the Roman world.
November 25, 2024 at 11:25 PM
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Digital Day at Screen South! #CuratingVisibility fellows explored Green Screen, VR, AR & immersive soundscapes. Thanks to Manuel Vason from Studio Radar for sharing his insights on virtual environments. We hope to amplify disability perspectives through digital innovation in museum collections.
November 28, 2024 at 11:32 AM
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Excited to announce a funded PhD studentship for the project: Signing Sound: Deaf Gain within Inclusive Co-created Audio Descriptions of Museum Experiences.

With @aud2526.bsky.social @johnnyravo.bsky.social @sciencemuseumldn.bsky.social @sim-manchester.bsky.social

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKW721/p...
PhD Studentship: Signing Sound: Deaf Gain within Inclusive Co-created Audio Descriptions of Museum Experiences at University of Westminster
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November 29, 2024 at 5:55 PM
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In #DisabilityHistoryMonth, we’re thrilled to share that Round 2 #CuratingVisibility Fellowships received 103 applications! This demonstrates a huge range of talented D/deaf, disabled, and neurodivergent people seeking employment as curators. Thank you to all who applied!
December 2, 2024 at 10:31 AM