Dr Marianne Mulvey & Grace Gelder
15th October 2025, 3pm - 5pm
Dr Marianne Mulvey and Grace Gelder
About:
Marianne Mulvey is Senior Lecturer and Subject Leader, MA Fine Art: Curating at the University of the West of England. She was previously Tutor, Curatorial Practice at the Royal College of Art and prior to that, Curator, Public Programmes at Tate. Her current research 'Working The Workshop' explores the rise and function of the workshop in contemporary art and institutional practices.
Grace Gelder is a photographer and facilitator with over 16 years of experience in designing and delivering creative projects. Currently completing her PhD at Sheffield Hallam University, her research focuses on exploring morally challenging moments in critical care nursing through participatory photography and arts practice.
Session information:
Cruising For Intellectual Mothers: Writing and Photography Workshop
In 2015 Maggie Nelson wrote about 'cruising for intellectual mothers' during her time at University. Libraries can be intimidating when we don't quite know what we are looking for; after Nelson, Mulvey and Gelder invited the participants to cruise Ffotogallery's Photography Library as a way of finding kinship, community and sustenance for their own work. This playful workshop opened a space for gentle and flirtatious enquiry offering new ways for the participants to start their own research, writing and/or photography with what - and who - the participants found between the pages.
*Funded by The Paul Mellon Centre
Images: © Thasnim Hussein
