Katie Colombus
@katiecolombus.bsky.social
Director of Audiences at Artfund. Occasional writer. Mum of 3 & English Pointer owner.
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BENSON BOONE @bensonboone.music-social.com #O2 London - Two hours of backwards-somersaults and British accents in a confetti-drenched spectacle: @katiecolombus.bsky.social is won over by sequins, spectacle and cheeky charm, enjoying both sincerity and showmanship theartsdesk.com/new-music/be...
Benson Boone, O2 London Review - sequins, spectacle and cheeky charm
After cancelling his Birmingham gig an hour before curtain-up due to illness, the anticipatory hype around whether Benson Boone’s London show at The O2 would actually go ahead was almost as electric a...
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November 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
BENSON BOONE @bensonboone.music-social.com #O2 London - Two hours of backwards-somersaults and British accents in a confetti-drenched spectacle: @katiecolombus.bsky.social is won over by sequins, spectacle and cheeky charm, enjoying both sincerity and showmanship theartsdesk.com/new-music/be...
This is an important article, and a reminder that we must keep the conversation balanced: www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
Left-wing purity tests are robbing Britain of its arts and culture
Corporate sponsors of the arts are in retreat as activists target donors
www.telegraph.co.uk
July 8, 2025 at 12:35 PM
This is an important article, and a reminder that we must keep the conversation balanced: www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
The race is on! We have just a few months to raise the ££ needed to keep this incredible sculpture by Barbara Hepworth on display for the public, and not lost to an overseas buyer! www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/jun/05/barbara-hepworth-sculpture-with-colour-deep-blue-and-red-fundraising
Charity hopes to raise nearly £3m to keep Barbara Hepworth sculpture in UK
New owner wants to take Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, created in Cornwall in second world war, overseas
www.theguardian.com
June 6, 2025 at 7:47 AM
The race is on! We have just a few months to raise the ££ needed to keep this incredible sculpture by Barbara Hepworth on display for the public, and not lost to an overseas buyer! www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/jun/05/barbara-hepworth-sculpture-with-colour-deep-blue-and-red-fundraising
"Art teaches children to question. It wakes up imaginations. It builds confidence. It encourages children to see the world differently and to make their mark." Such an important message from the @royalacademy.bsky.social: www.royalacademy.org.uk/article/art-... #ArtIsASeriousSubject #RoyalAcademy
Art is a serious subject | Royal Academy of Arts
The value of art in our schools is immeasurable. Urgently, we need to bring it back.
www.royalacademy.org.uk
May 7, 2025 at 8:45 AM
"Art teaches children to question. It wakes up imaginations. It builds confidence. It encourages children to see the world differently and to make their mark." Such an important message from the @royalacademy.bsky.social: www.royalacademy.org.uk/article/art-... #ArtIsASeriousSubject #RoyalAcademy
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📢📣Job Klaxon 📣📢 - Anyone want to do my job? Curatorial Lead (Public Programmes), working with teams throughout @sciencemuseumldn.bsky.social to develop, deliver and share exhibitions, events and other wonderful things that celebrate science and our collections: ce0111li.webitrent.com/ce0111li_web...
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April 11, 2025 at 4:41 PM
📢📣Job Klaxon 📣📢 - Anyone want to do my job? Curatorial Lead (Public Programmes), working with teams throughout @sciencemuseumldn.bsky.social to develop, deliver and share exhibitions, events and other wonderful things that celebrate science and our collections: ce0111li.webitrent.com/ce0111li_web...
So excited for #TheHerds - an art project featuring life-size animal puppets galloping 12,000 miles from Africa to the Arctic. 44 museums and galleries have received grants from Art Fund to create programmes, events and activities for young audiences. More here: www.artfund.org/professional...
44 museums and galleries join THE HERDS - Art Fund
Discover the 44 museums and galleries across the UK joining the global climate action project THE HERDS with Art Fund support.
www.artfund.org
March 26, 2025 at 11:58 AM
So excited for #TheHerds - an art project featuring life-size animal puppets galloping 12,000 miles from Africa to the Arctic. 44 museums and galleries have received grants from Art Fund to create programmes, events and activities for young audiences. More here: www.artfund.org/professional...
Love this Kids in Museums idea! I think I'll (obvs) have to nominate Brighton Museums into the Family Friendly Museum Award 🌞 kidsinmuseums.org.uk/what-we-do/f... @brightonnews.bsky.social @kidsinmuseums.bsky.social
Nominate a museum for the Family Friendly Museum Award - Kids in Museums
What is the best museum, gallery, historic home or heritage site for families in the UK? Make a nomination for the Family Friendly Museum Award.
kidsinmuseums.org.uk
March 12, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Love this Kids in Museums idea! I think I'll (obvs) have to nominate Brighton Museums into the Family Friendly Museum Award 🌞 kidsinmuseums.org.uk/what-we-do/f... @brightonnews.bsky.social @kidsinmuseums.bsky.social
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It was a a wonderful night in Balham as we celebrated the most exquisite poetry from ‘On the Brink of Touch’, Fiona Bennett’s debut collection, a legacy that all of us can read, read again, read aloud, share with our friends, share with strangers.
Get your copy
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Get your copy
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On the Brink of Touch, Fiona Bennett
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Bennett</b> was the founder and director of The Poetry Exchange. Her poetry has been
featured in a wide range of journals in the UK, the USA and on BBC radio. ...
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February 27, 2025 at 8:34 AM
It was a a wonderful night in Balham as we celebrated the most exquisite poetry from ‘On the Brink of Touch’, Fiona Bennett’s debut collection, a legacy that all of us can read, read again, read aloud, share with our friends, share with strangers.
Get your copy
www.livecanon.co.uk/store/produc...
Get your copy
www.livecanon.co.uk/store/produc...
I'm looking for an experienced Membership Marketing Manager to lead retention & growth initiatives during an exciting CRM transformation. The ideal candidate will bring strategic expertise in campaign management, customer journey optimisation & data-driven engagement programs: bit.ly/4bg8mwT
Senior Retention Manager
Art Fund_JOB DESCRIPTION Job TitleSenior Retention Marketing Manager (fixed-term)DepartmentMembership team within Audiences departmentReports toHead of NAP MarketingPurpose of RoleDrive National Art P...
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February 24, 2025 at 12:17 PM
I'm looking for an experienced Membership Marketing Manager to lead retention & growth initiatives during an exciting CRM transformation. The ideal candidate will bring strategic expertise in campaign management, customer journey optimisation & data-driven engagement programs: bit.ly/4bg8mwT
With the announcement of the £20 million Museum Renewal Fund from the DCMS, today is a good day for the museum sector. It addresses the urgent financial challenges that many civic museums have been experiencing, especially those reliant on local authority funding 🙌
February 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
With the announcement of the £20 million Museum Renewal Fund from the DCMS, today is a good day for the museum sector. It addresses the urgent financial challenges that many civic museums have been experiencing, especially those reliant on local authority funding 🙌
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Good, thoughtful piece by Tristram Hunt on how you solve one of the odd holes in UK culture policy (we're the only one of our peers that doesn't charge tourists to visit museums and art galleries) and the trade-offs in some of the mooted approaches:
Culture is a major tourist draw for the UK — let’s start charging to preserve it
Rather than introduce paid museum entry as the Louvre plans to do, a UK hotel tax should help fund our global collections
www.ft.com
February 16, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Good, thoughtful piece by Tristram Hunt on how you solve one of the odd holes in UK culture policy (we're the only one of our peers that doesn't charge tourists to visit museums and art galleries) and the trade-offs in some of the mooted approaches:
Super interesting read on the nuances of selling AI art: "the AI models used to create some of the works in the sale... were trained on copyrighted works without their creators’ authorization." edition.cnn.com/2025/02/11/s... #AIArt
Thousands call on Christie’s to cancel AI art auction in open letter | CNN
Nearly 4,000 people have signed an open letter calling on Christie’s New York to cancel an upcoming sale dedicated solely to art created with artificial intelligence (AI), over concerns that the works...
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February 12, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Super interesting read on the nuances of selling AI art: "the AI models used to create some of the works in the sale... were trained on copyrighted works without their creators’ authorization." edition.cnn.com/2025/02/11/s... #AIArt
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Want to find out about Trauma Informed Practice in #Museums #Archives and #Libraries?
Join GLAMcares for an online session with experienced practitioner Louise Thompson from Mindful Museums
Thurs 20th March, 10am-1pm, just £12. Book at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Join GLAMcares for an online session with experienced practitioner Louise Thompson from Mindful Museums
Thurs 20th March, 10am-1pm, just £12. Book at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Trauma Informed Practice, 20 March 2025
Thursday 20 March, 10am to 1pm
Cost: £10.00 (+VAT)
Via Zoom (link to follow), booking required
Join GLAM Cares for a 3 hour online workshop introducing the concept and the realities of trauma informed...
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February 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Want to find out about Trauma Informed Practice in #Museums #Archives and #Libraries?
Join GLAMcares for an online session with experienced practitioner Louise Thompson from Mindful Museums
Thurs 20th March, 10am-1pm, just £12. Book at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Join GLAMcares for an online session with experienced practitioner Louise Thompson from Mindful Museums
Thurs 20th March, 10am-1pm, just £12. Book at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
An important read on the recent discussions over the British Council selling off their art collection and how this sets a dangerous precedent... "Our national collections are the true wealth of the nation, a public benefit which everyone can value and share." www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
The British Council will trash a precious national asset if it sells its art collection
Plans being considered to put on sale 9,000 works owned collectively by the public place a vital cultural asset in jeopardy
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
An important read on the recent discussions over the British Council selling off their art collection and how this sets a dangerous precedent... "Our national collections are the true wealth of the nation, a public benefit which everyone can value and share." www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
I love this concept of the National Gallery "on wheels", taking an exhibition on tour to Bradford. I also love that my imagination has painted this as if it's a rickety old caravan rumbling circus-like towards West Yorkshire... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
National Gallery to come to Bradford with mobile studio
Events will reach out to communities with poor access to the arts or creative opportunities.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 20, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I love this concept of the National Gallery "on wheels", taking an exhibition on tour to Bradford. I also love that my imagination has painted this as if it's a rickety old caravan rumbling circus-like towards West Yorkshire... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The National Art Pass featured in this month's Vogue magazine as part of a feature for top wellness trends and activities to look forward to in 2025 - featuring visiting museums and galleries: www.vogue.co.uk/article/well...
Your 10-Point Guide To Wellness In 2025
From chrononutrition to the vaginal microbiome.
www.vogue.co.uk
January 17, 2025 at 8:48 AM
The National Art Pass featured in this month's Vogue magazine as part of a feature for top wellness trends and activities to look forward to in 2025 - featuring visiting museums and galleries: www.vogue.co.uk/article/well...
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Did your child lose their book collection in the Los Angeles fires? Are you a teacher at a school that lost its library or your classroom library? Whether you need one book or a whole library, we can replace your books. 📚
Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏
Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏
January 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Did your child lose their book collection in the Los Angeles fires? Are you a teacher at a school that lost its library or your classroom library? Whether you need one book or a whole library, we can replace your books. 📚
Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏
Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏
What a completely extraordinary evening watching the premier of #CirqueduSoleil's #Corteo at the Royal Albert Hall last night. A sweet clown imagining his own funeral is sung in a mixture of Italian, French and English. A riot of colour. A joyful fiesta. Magical, ethereal, exquisite 🎪
January 16, 2025 at 7:32 AM
What a completely extraordinary evening watching the premier of #CirqueduSoleil's #Corteo at the Royal Albert Hall last night. A sweet clown imagining his own funeral is sung in a mixture of Italian, French and English. A riot of colour. A joyful fiesta. Magical, ethereal, exquisite 🎪
Adventure is afoot... 🎪
January 15, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Adventure is afoot... 🎪
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