Esther Appleyard-Fox

Accentuate is now on Bluesky! 🎉 We create and deliver projects that break new ground for D/deaf, disabled and neurodivergent people in the cultural sector. Connect with us at bsky.app/profile/accent… for updates on our Curating Visibility project and beyond.

15 years ago today, on International Day of Disabled People @ScreenSouth launched @AccentuateUK. Established for the South East by Legacy Trust, in the lead up to 2012 Paralympic Games, we have now grown from a regional programme to one with a national remit.

#CuratingVisibility has a focus on digital innovation, and we’re seeking D/deaf, disabled, or neurodivergent fellows who are passionate about how digital technologies like VR, AR, and Immersive Sound can bring museum collections and stories to life. Apply now via our pinned post!

To coincide with a major Vanessa Bell exhibition at @MK_Gallery, @CharlestonTrust is displaying portraits of her by Duncan Grant from now to 23 Feb, 2025 🎨 Check it out at Charleston, a historical farmhouse/art hub and one of our #CuratingVisibility Fellowship host museums.

@RSMuseumStudies @AndrewM_Arts @DASH_ARTS @MarcelIzakH @DCMS_Mentor @HudsonInterpret @SensationalMus @BlindSpotHannah @hastings_museum @_art_on_sea @StageKirstie @UKDisHistHub @WealdBSL @Bursteardrum @_roomfactory @Deepgiggles @justin104films

Curating Visibility are recruiting for a new round of Fellowships. I wholeheartedly encourage anyone who identifies as D/deaf, disabled and/or neurodivergent and is looking to build or progress their museum career to have a look 🥰❣️screensouth.org/events/curatin… @Curating4Change

JOB VACANCIES We are seeking to recruit a Curator of Textiles & a Textile Conservator to work with our extensive textile collections. These exciting two 3-year posts are funded by @ClothworkersCo & will work jointly with @AshmoleanMuseum. Grade 6: £33,832. bit.ly/3Ys6mws

Fab start to weekend - just launched our latest Fellowship recruitment! 3 fabulous host museums & opportunities to explore digital tech to reinterpret collections. Pls share widely @AndrewM_Arts @marblesculptor @_A4C_ @TamsinRussell @Sharonheal @CHWAlliance @RSMuseumStudies

1/2 Welcome to Immersive Arts! A brand new funding & support programme - offering £3.6 million for 200+ artists to develop their art through immersive tech! Apply now! immersivearts.uk #ImmersiveArtsUK

Great opportunity to come and work with us to research and evaluate Curating Visibility. If you are a freelancer or consultancy company with interest & experience in assessing impacts of work that aims to break new ground this could be for you! Deadline 4th November @ace_national

We are looking for a Digital Content Editor for Accentuate's Curating Visiblity programme. Deadline for applications is 27 August 2024 for more info and how to apply curatingforchange.org/2024/08/13/dig…

@SensoryObjects @AmgueddfaCymru @SensationalMus @sophievohra @AlisonFEardley @annechick @charlotteslark @hannahthomp @rossparry @KwiatGosia @achoksi1 @RanjitaDhital It was lovely to meet you and share ideas and experiences. I hope we will continue the conversation in the future!

.@BCLivingMuseum's newest historical character ‘David Smith’ will share his experience of the 1960s, brought to life through @ScreenSouth’s Accentuate Programme. museumsandheritage.com/advisor/posts/…

@irissirendi @Curating4Change @AmyBridePhD @hutch_rach @DebbiHusbands @AlisonFEardley This is brilliant news! X

supported me throughout the process of applying, especially all at @Curating4Change & my wonderful referees @AmyBridePhD & @AppleyardFox & equally wonderful future supervisory team @hutch_rach @DebbiHusbands @AlisonFEardley 💞🥰✨✨

Delighted to have accepted my offer for the Quintin Hogg Trust PhD studentship at @UniWestminster, developing an ethical & intersectional framework for co-creating disability history narratives alongside disabled communities 🥹🥹🥹🥰🥰💕💞✨✨ thank you to everyone who’s (…)

Very late to the party but I had a wonderful time at the @Curating4Change celebration event last week 🥰 So exciting to see so many wonderful people I’ve worked with & to get to show off the display I curated with a 360 tour! What an incredible journey it’s been 💞💞

We wanted to say a big thank you to all of our guests, Fellows and colleagues for joining us at our Celebration Event on 2nd May. We had a truly incredible evening celebrating Curating for Change and Curating Visibility. Here’s sneak peeks of the evening - more images to come!

Enjoyed a night out @I_W_M to celebrate the work of @Curating4Change which is helping museums reinterpret their collections & become inclusive of D/Deaf, disabled & neurodivergent stories & storytellers. Congrats to @AppleyardFox for the successful delivery of this great project

Such a lovely celebration of all that @Curating4Change has achieved and the brilliant work going forward. It’s been amazing to be part of it at @MuseumLiverpool with @irissirendi Great to see some of our co-production group friends from @PFMerseyside on the big screen too!

We had a fabulous evening yesterday celebrating @Curating4Change and launching Curating Visibility. Wonderful to have so much enthusiam and support for this work in the room.

Sunak: disabled people just need to get jobs! Us: are you ensuring employers are actually accessible? S: no. Us: making public transport accessible so we can get to work? S: no Us: ensuring there is an option to work from home in all possible cases? S: no