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Veronica Sekules: Curator's Talk


The Queen of Hungary Project Space is delighted to present Dr Veronica Sekules, who will be talking about 'Culture of the Countryside'.

Culture of the Countryside is a Heritage Lottery funded three-year programme aiming to encourage a better understanding of the culture and heritage of the East Anglian countryside through direct engagement with the Sainsbury Centre collections of art from around the world.
Schools and communities are being visited by teams of creative educators, artists and volunteers, who come from the University bringing a van, packed with objects from the Centre’s handling collections, which people can hold, study and respond to in various ways. Objects are used as a device for discussion,  to ask questions, to encourage curiosity, to challenge and consider values across cultures and between peoples.
The objects, made in rural localities in other parts of the world, form the basis for reflection, study and art-based activities about customs and cultures. The broadening effect of this contact has led hundreds of participants of all ages  to ask questions, to encourage curiosity, to challenge and consider values across cultures and between peoples.
Working with scientists, musicians, farmers, geologists, museums, curators, basket makers, environmentalists, heritage groups, local specialists, dancers, fishermen and more to deepen local knowledge and understanding of culture through a wide range of workshops and projects. These projects have included festivals and temporary exhibitions such as, Mundesley Encounters (2009), The Cut (2009), Coast (2010), Wingfield Barns (2010) and Greyfriars Art Space (2010).

Dr Veronica Sekules is deputy director of SCVA and head of research and education. As well as project managing Visual Dialogues for Tate Britain, she has been invited to work as a consultant, to lecture and run projects and workshops for teachers, artists and museum and gallery educators in the UK and internationally.

June 13th 2012 - 5pm

 

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