Beyond the Museum exploring tangential careers in the cultural sector
The ICOM UK Student and Emerging Professionals group are pleased to announce Beyond the Museum: exploring tangential careers in the Cultural Sector. This event aims to encourage students and young professionals interested in museum careers to explore opportunities beyond the traditional museum setting.
By examining various case studies, we will highlight the diverse possibilities available outside the institutional confines of a museum building. This includes working for a cultural communications agency, where one can collaborate closely with museum clients, contributing to strategic planning, public engagement and programming. Additionally, we will explore methods for developing curatorial practices independently of institutions with a focus on the medium of podcasting. The talk will demonstrate how this approach of carving out a space for yourself can effectively build expertise, experience, and networks, while allowing for creative growth and building a curatorial portfolio.
Speaker: Emily Primmer-Pyke
Emily Primmer-Pyke is a cultural communications professional and freelance podcast producer based in London. Her current clients include museum and heritage projects across the MENA region. Alongside her work in public relations, she produces Voicing Art, a podcast on contemporary art from the Arab world, made with Transmission Roundhouse. She has previously worked with various MENA NGOs and research organisations, including Mosul Space and the Centre for Turkey Studies. Emily holds an MA in Arabic from the University of Edinburgh and an MA in Arabic and Islamic Art History and Arabic from SOAS, where her research focused on theorisations of ritual purity in relation to Virtual Reality.
Call for Speakers
To support the ICOM’s engagement with younger generations, we welcome all people, regardless of their personal fields, to create this community together, including different voices, sharing research progress and developing cooperative projects. Museum Talks embraces a broad range of audiences from different backgrounds. The purpose of this project is to create a friendly environment for conversations. The speakers’ role in our events is pivotal to bringing a focused topic, provoking thoughts and bridging ideas from different professionals with focused practices.
If you are interested in participating in the Museum Talks project, contact us via the Google Doc.
