@_laylabloom

Head of Public Programme & Cultural Engagement, University of Leeds Libraries

 Leeds
Joined March 2012
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MASSIVE news for #HuntingtonsDisease bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cevz…

Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time

One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.

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Major campaign to revamp UK arts education launches at Tate Modern - The Art Newspaper - International art news and events theartnewspaper.com/2025/02/…

Major campaign to revamp UK arts education launches at Tate Modern

The Arts and Minds campaign, which is supported by artists including Bob and Roberta Smith and Helen Cammock, seeks to put creativity front and centre within British school curriculums

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First look/ listen to @DeLittle_'s Gair Wood sonic artwork proposal for the Laidlaw Library @UoLLibrary!
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It is with great sadness that we mark the passing of dear friend and former curator of Leeds Art Gallery, Alex Robertson, who died on 27 November 2024. Alex was a wonderful colleague and mentor to junior colleagues at Leeds Art Gallery (@leedsartgallery).
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National Poetry Centre@NatPoetryCentre29 Nov 2024
Tell us what poetry means to you! Help make the National Poetry Centre a place for all by filling in this short survey before Friday, 6 December: tinyurl.com/xeranjf6 #NationalPoetryCentre
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The @UniversityLeeds and the Herbert Read Connections Sat 7 December, 1pm @DrabigailHarris & graduates from the Postgraduate Certificate in Developing Teachers Research & Practice programme are speaking at this online event organised by @InSEAOfficial ahc.leeds.ac.uk/events/event…
Art teachers taking part in an activity as part of an Art Teachers Connect residential at the University of Leeds. Photo © University of Leeds.

ALT Art teachers taking part in an activity as part of an Art Teachers Connect residential at the University of Leeds. Photo © University of Leeds.

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We’re looking at Augustus Edwin John for today’s #landscapes #OnlineArtExchange @artukdotorg @LeightonHouse_ We love John’s use of soft purple hues and icy blues against rich greens to capture the lush landscape in ‘Welsh Mountains: Merioneth’ @yGaer_Brecon and 'Welsh Landscape'
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An oil painting of a stream in front of green landscape and mountains

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A packed and rapt audience for the launch of 'The Traumatic Surreal' @HMILeeds
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Amazing work by curators Patricia Allmer and Clare O'Dowd! @eca_edinburgh
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#operationsmanager #applynow artshub.co.uk/job/operations…
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Replying to @TracyBrabin
@TracyBrabin kicking off #Museums2024 conference in Leeds @Royal_Armouries sharing her love of museums- especially small ones!❤ but slso...the importance of culture for all.
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'AI is a toaster not a toddler'- @hannah_redler. AI is tool that we need to define and train ourselves in museums, rather than wait to see what it can do for us (& allow define us) #Museums2024
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Building on this, @muchADUabout advising museums to maximise joy, work out what we can automate and what we still need real humans to do. AI is not a fad. It is a great opportunity- but museums need to build a culture for it. #Museums2024
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Our own @KingTekkers and @EricaRamsay in conversation with @thackraymuseum about planning with uncertainty for 'You Choose'- including a show and tell of 3d-printed pills! #Museums2024
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Today we presented our #WelcomingMigrants projects to a packed room of delegates at #Museums2024 @MuseumsAssoc with partners @leedshighrise and Leeds Asylum Seekers' Support Network Welcoming Migrants feeds into @UniversityLeeds' work to become a University of Sanctuary
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Join our team! Visitor Sevices Manager for Cultural Collections & Galleries @UoLLibrary - closes 24 Nov: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.asp…

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Celebrating Dr Judith Tucker Six of seven artworks by the late artist and academic Judith Tucker, acquired for the University Art Collection, are now on display in The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery to coincide with a larger exhibition @uoldesign ahc.leeds.ac.uk/design/event…
Six artworks on a white gallery wall. On the left are two dark paintings of chalets at night. In the middle are two paintings of salt marshes. And on the right are two black and white drawings.

ALT Six artworks on a white gallery wall. On the left are two dark paintings of chalets at night. In the middle are two paintings of salt marshes. And on the right are two black and white drawings.

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