Partnerships
The blog allows us to have a voice about some of the projects we support and to discuss connections between some of the projects we support. They are our own thoughts.
Bodies of Water
Thursday 19th June 2025
Thank you to UP Projects’ Critical Friends Pauline Desouza, Diversity Arts Forum and Bridget McKenzie, Regenerative Culture for advising on the project.
Electric Dreams Review
Thursday 19th June 2025
Here is the the review written by Pauline De Souza of the Electric Dreams exhibition at the Tate Modern.
Third Text: ‘uMoya: The Sacred Return of Lost Things’
Thursday 1st May 2025
Pauline De Souza
I had the pleasure of viewing uMoya: The Sacred Return of Lost Things at the Liverpool Biennial in 2023 and have written review in collaboration with Third Text Online. The link to the article can be found below.
Association of Women in the Arts Interview
Sunday 16th February 2025
AWITA
An interview with Pauline De Souza and Dr Clarie Mitchell by the Association of Women In The Arts. Following a stroke, Pauline De Souza discusses her return to the the art world. The interview took place in November 2024. A link to the full article is included below.
Newsletter of the British Art Network
Sunday 24th November 2024
Pauline De Souza
I am happy to contribute to the British Art Network's November Newsletter to talk about the Early Curators Group. Use the link below to view the article.
British Art Network Seminar Support.
Wednesday 29th March 2023
British Art Network Seminar Support Deadline: Monday 17 April 2023, 12pm BST. Image The Emerging Curators Group at a Liverpool Visit in 2021-22. Would you like to: >Work towards developing / challenging / reforming an area of curatorial practice? >Explore an issue in British art studies in the context of museums / galleries / collections / heritage settings? >Ask questions you feel aren’t being addressed in the field of British art curating? Applications are open for funding of up to £1,000 to support a developmental workshop, seminar or roundtable, to be held between July and November 2023. Who can apply? You may be a curator, academic, artist-researcher, conservator, producer or programmer. You may be working independently or in a museum, gallery or heritage setting, or you may be…
Curating with Care.
Sunday 26th March 2023
We are pleased to announce Pauline de Souza's , director and founder of Diversity Art Forum essay Transcultural Care and the Cultural Sector in the United Kingdom in the book Curating with Care edited by Elke Krasny and Laura Perry. This book presents over 20 authors’ reflections on ‘curating care’ – and presents a call to give curatorial attention to the primacy of care for all life and for more ‘caring curating’ that responds to the social, ecological and political analysis of curatorial caregiving. Social and ecological struggles for a different planetary culture based on care and respect for the dignity of life are reflected in contemporary curatorial practices that explore human and non-human interdependence. The prevalence of themes of care in…
Constellations 2023 Open Call 2nd March-9th April 2023.
Sunday 26th March 2023
CONSTELLATIONS 2023 OPEN CALL NOW LIVE. UP Projects (@upprojects) have announced their search for artists, curators, producers, and practitioners active and/or interested in the expanded field of public art to join their free eight-month learning and development programme, Constellations. A group of ten early to mid-career practitioners will be chosen to join the Constellations ° Cohort and will be supported to develop their practice, collaborate with others, access new networks, and contribute to critical debate surrounding the future of public practice. Does this sound like something you would be interested in? If so, head over to UP Projects’ website to read more about programme and how to apply click on view more then UP Projects. The deadline to apply is midnight, 9…
British Art Show 9 Exhibition Review in Third Text.
Thursday 26th January 2023
Here is the exhibition review of the British Art Show 9 in Third Text. Pauline de Souza discusses the four venues and new models of touring in the United Kingdom. Click on view more then on the British Art Show 9 to read the review. Image-Marianna Simnett, The Needle and the Larynx, 2016, 15'17", digital HD video with surround sound, installation view, courtesy of the artist and the Arts Council Collection.
Woman.Up! Podcast-Series 4.Episode 8. Pauline de Souza.
Friday 13th January 2023
Diversity Art Forum were placed that our director Pauline de Souza was interviewed by Woman Up! WomanUp! podcast speaks too and about artists, academics, writers and activists, midwives, carers and more all (m)others and all woman. Here is the link to the interview. Click on more to open Pauline de Souza.
Third Text-In the Black Fantastic Exhibition Review.
Monday 12th September 2022
Here is the exhibition review in the Black Fantastic in Third Text by Pauline de Souza Third Text-In the Black Fanstastic. Copyright image Nick Cave, Soundsuit, 2014, mixed media including fabric, buttons, antique sifter and wire, 211 x 60.5 x 67.5 cm, courtesy of the artist. Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, and the Mandrake Hotel Collection.
Third Text A Century of the Artist's Studio: 1920-2020.
Monday 9th May 2022
Here is Pauline de Souza review of the Whitechapel Gallery's A Century of the Artist's Studio: 1920-2020 published in Third Text.