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A. Duch Giménez
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The Year of the Quilt

Or how quilting represents community-wide solidarity — How does a patchwork quilt raise over £18,000 for a climate/racial justice fundraiser? The Land In Our Names (LION) quilt recently raised funds to support Black and POC farmers in the UK. The quilt was a collaboration between gardener Sui Searle (Decolonise The Garden) and quiltmaker Jess Bailey (Public Library Quilts). Together, they asked people all around the world to donate their scraps of naturally dyed fabric, which sewn together resulted in large-scale quilt with a beautiful star-shaped pattern.

Art

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The Year of the Quilt
The Year of the Quilt
Art

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Mar 30, 2021

Hang It, a handbook to get started in the arts

Finding a job in the arts is hard. Knowing what jobs in the arts exist, which ones you want, and how to get them, is particularly hard. Luckily, Hang It is there to give you advice on what to look out for. An online free platform built by four recent…

Arts

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Hang It, a handbook to get started in the arts
Hang It, a handbook to get started in the arts
Arts

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Mar 3, 2021

A hundred stories, each told differently — Rachael Minott and the British Museum: a Taino ritual seat

Today I’d like to talk about a really interesting current project: 100 stories of 100 worlds in 1 Object. This project is a response to an earlier BBC radio show made by the British Museum, called A History of the World in 100 Objects. In it, the then Director of…

Museums

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A hundred stories, each told differently — Rachael Minott and the British Museum: a Taino ritual…
A hundred stories, each told differently — Rachael Minott and the British Museum: a Taino ritual…
Museums

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Feb 8, 2021

People and their rituals in The Dig (2021)

I watched The Dig (Simon Stone, 2021), with Ralph Fiennes as Basil Brown and Carey Mulligan as Edith Pretty. The movie is based on John Preston’s eponymous novel which tells the story of the 1939 discovery of the Sutton Hoo burial ship, changing what was known of early Medieval Britain…

Archaeology

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People and their rituals in The Dig (2021)
People and their rituals in The Dig (2021)
Archaeology

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Jan 19, 2021

Review: Trouble in the Collections, by Corvidae Games

A pixel art video game on the magic behind caring for museum collections. — ‘Today, Myla is working on the museum floor and bumps into you by accident, knocking you over. Myla apologises and offers to buy you a coffee. While chatting you mention that you have worked in a museum before and Myla confides that they are having a bit of trouble with…

Video Game Review

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Review: Trouble in the Collections, by Corvidae Games
Review: Trouble in the Collections, by Corvidae Games
Video Game Review

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Jan 14, 2021

Review: Weaving Connections, an online exhibition by Multaka-Oxford and the Pitt Rivers Museum

Weaving Connections: Local perspectives on collections from the Middle East, North and West Africa is an online exhibition organised by the Multaka-Oxford Volunteers in collaboration with the Pitt Rivers Museum curators. You can access it here. It is a refreshing, welcoming and innovative exhibition, and proof that personal perspectives on…

Museums

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Review: Weaving Connections, an online exhibition by Multaka-Oxford and the Pitt Rivers Museum
Review: Weaving Connections, an online exhibition by Multaka-Oxford and the Pitt Rivers Museum
Museums

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Jan 5, 2021

Review: The Daughters of Ys, a graphic novel by M. T. Anderson and Jo Rioux

Title: The Daughters of Ys Author: M. T. Anderson Illustrator: Jo Rioux Publishing House: First Second We are greeted by the grieving King Gradlon of Kerne, recalling his late wife: Your mother came from another world. He explains how Lady Malgven, a woman of faerie blood, pushed back the sea…

Review

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Review: The Daughters of Ys, a graphic novel by M. T. Anderson and Jo Rioux
Review: The Daughters of Ys, a graphic novel by M. T. Anderson and Jo Rioux
Review

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