Partnership Working in Archives
Speakers: Listed below
Online - Friday 8th August 2025 - 11.00am to 12.30pm
At this event hosted by the ARA South East & London Region, three speakers will share their experiences of collaboration with other stakeholders. The talks will be followed by a Q&A session with our speakers and the ARA South East & London Region.
PROGRAMME
11:00 – Welcome and Introduction
11:05 – Tilly Heydon, Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust
Tilly Heydon is the Archivist at the Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust in Edinburgh. She will present and reflect on the first year of Scottish Artists Archives Network (SAAN) which she co-founded in September 2024 with Sorcha Dallas, Custodian of the Alasdair Gray Archive and the Agnes Owens Archive in Glasgow. SAAN is an informal network for anyone involved with Scottish artists archives. Its focus is on collaboration, shared learning & support, community building and sector development.
11:25 – Caroline Gould, The Museum of English Rural Life
Caroline Gould, Principal Archivist, Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) and Special Collections, University of Reading will reflect on 2 current MERL partnerships. Her presentation will cover the experience of working with the Landscape Institute for the past 12 years and a recent partnership with the National Traction Engine Trust focusing on the success of the partnerships and lessons learnt.
11:45 – Deborah Tritton and Alice Howard, Kresen Kernow
Deborah Tritton and Alice Howard will reflect on the current exhibition at Kresen Kernow - ‘Cornwall’s Communities: Archives of Lived Experiences’. This exhibition is a collaboration between Kresen Kernow, Cornwall Lived Experience Partnership and community members from across Cornwall. The presentation will explore how this collaboration developed, from shaping the project and getting funding to co-delivery and working with new people.
12:05 – Q&A
12:15 – ARA South East & London Region AGM
The webinar is free to attend for ARA members and £5 for non-members.
Joining instructions will be sent 24 hours before the start date.
Please book your place here before Wednesday 6th August 2025 by 2.00pm