Curatorial Committee and Working Groups

Representing different aspects of the UK curatorial community, committee members advise the Association and lead on various projects and events on a volunteer basis. Members meet four times a year online, and in addition collaborate with non-committee members in Working Groups focused on specific initiatives.

We are deeply grateful to our volunteer advisers on the Committee and the Working Groups for their strategic insights, collegiality and enthusiasm.

If you are interested in joining the committee or a working group, or would like to propose a new initiative or event, please email curators@forarthistory.org.uk. We would be delighted to hear from you.

Curatorial Committee & Working Groups:

• Rebecca Wallis, (Chair) | Senior National Curator at the National Trust
• Thomas Ardill | Curator (Paintings, Prints and Drawings), Museum of London
• Christopher Baker | Editor, Burlington Magazine, Scotland
• Antonia Bostrom | Independent, former Director of Collections, V&A Museum
• Poppy Bowers | Senior Curator (Exhibitions), The Whitworth
• John Chu | Senior Curator of Pictures and Sculpture & Senior Curator for Midlands, National Trust
• Eleanor Clayton | Head of Collections & Exhibitions, Hepworth Wakefield
• Flavia Frigeri | Chanel Curator for the collection National Portrait Gallery
• Jenny Gaschke | Senior Curator, Paintings and Drawings, V & A Museum
• Allison Goudie | Curator of Art (Pre-1800), Royal Museums Greenwich
• Samantha Johnson | Heritage Collections Lead for Restoration and Renewal, Houses of Parliament
• Sarah Lea | Curator, Royal Academy of Arts
• Melanie Pocock | Artistic Director, Exhibitions, Ikon
• Jennifer Powell | Director, Barber Institute
• Helen Ritchie | Senior Curator of Modern & Contemporary Applied Arts
• Jennifer Sliwka | Keeper of Western Art, Ashmolean Museum
• Stephanie Straine | Senior Curator (Modern and Contemporary Art), National Galleries Scotland

Working Groups:

• Evi Baniotopoulou | Independent
• Helena Cox | Art Curator, University of York
• Rachel Hajek | Art Curator, Design Museum
• Helen Hillyard | Curator, Dulwich Picture Gallery
• Alice Insley | Curator, British Art, c.1730-1850, Tate Britain
• Abi Shapiro | Curator, Hepworth Wakefield
• Freya Spoor | Assistant Curator, ‘Celebrating Scotland’s Art’: The Scottish National Gallery Project
• Kenneth Paranada | Curator of Art and Climate Change, Sainsbury Centre

Current calls for members

We are currently looking for members to help form and take forward the initiative around climate change. If you are interested in being part of the new Working Group, please email curators@forarthistory.org.uk