Amy C, Museum Education Professional, WRITER , ACTIVIST, QUEER.
A portfolio and online journal by Amy C, Museum Education Professional. Sharing original poetry, articles, artwork, and reflections on museum education, social justice, and personal values including feminism, LGBT+ rights, anti-racism, and equality. With over three years in learning and engagement roles, I contribute to Birmingham Museums Trust by fostering meaningful, inclusive experiences that celebrate diverse histories. My expertise lies in audience development, team management, and delivering creative programs that inspire a love of learning, particularly in the domains of feminism and the ancient world. At Birmingham Museums Trust, I led the development of impactful events such as the annual 'International Women and Girls in Science Day,' emphasizing collaboration and community engagement. My mission is to create accessible opportunities for learning while empowering teams and contributing to organizational growth.
Category: Art
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I am unfinished, unrefined. there is egg yolk in the cut on my finger. it stings. i really should stop gnawing at THEm. and i am TRYING, i PROMISE i am trying, to make sense of it ALL. trying To stop the constant, nervous DESTRUCTION, of the FRAGILE, aching paper SKIN, AROUnd my FINGERNAILS. (WHICh…
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Worshipping the wrong gods, Not the state sanctioned, Approved, Male, powerful Gods. We are taught, no, Brainwashed to worship at their altar, kneel on glass and bear the curse with no complaints. Worship. (A lie, a fabrication, a tool to snuff you out like a candle at night) So, I bring you, Votives, Gifts, Offerings,…
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Ode on an Urn, on which someone who’s not got any talent at all (if you’re being honest) has painted a planet and a wonky arrow, it points to nothing. The label: ‘On living on Earth, 2025’ It’s their most prized artefact, for some reason. For most of my life the belief: that you had…
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Northern, Miner’s Strikes Protest is in my blood. Geordie accent, NHS workers, the Beatles. Beaches in winter, building sandcastles anyway. Billy Elliot. I try to force myself to assimilate, speak in Geordie or even brummy, never in my dialect, never in the tongue of my people. Never show them fear, you were born here. But,…
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The first question we’re posed. I’m 21, lost. Unable to see much past my own, hand-built, carefully-constructed, Prison. It’s glass. I think I have been screaming? I don’t remember. I try my voice. Someone’s cut my voice box out in the middle of the night. There’s a wolf howling. I am prey. Frozen. 3 years…
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In honour of the beloved Pre-Raphaelites going back on display at BMAG
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Resistance in Asian Poetry: Women’s Voices Unveiled Visual Glimpses of Resistance Poetry has long been a vehicle for defiance. From working-class ballads in 19th-century Britain to women’s voices across Asia, poets have challenged oppression, given voice to the silenced, and blurred the line between art and activism. Chinese Poets of Dissent and Exile The Misty…
