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Círculo de estudio "Desastres Lentos"
Círculo de estudio "Desastres Lentos"
Feedforward: Curating in a Climate Crisis 2
Feedforward: Curating in a Climate Crisis 2
On the 19th of March 2026, Looking Forward convened the second iteration of its Feedforward series Curating in a Climate Crisis, bringing together curators and researchers to address the role of curatorial work within the climate and ecological emergency.This Feedforward session, hosted at Gasworks in London, and convened by Francesca Fantoni, Assistant Curator at Looking Forward, brought together curators from major UK institutions. Participants contributed expertise across diverse interdiscipl
Feedforward: Curating in a Climate Crisis
Feedforward: Curating in a Climate Crisis
On the 29th of January 2026, Looking Forward convened curators and cultural producers working at the intersection of art and ecology for a Feedforward session titled Curating in a Climate Crisis.Bringing together practitioners working across institutional, independent and interdisciplinary contexts, the session created space to reflect collectively on what it means to curate amidst ecological collapse and how curators and cultural institutions might respond with care and imagination. This Feedfo
Soft Ground: Textiles and Self-Soothing
Soft Ground: Textiles and Self-Soothing
A four-month programme of free weekly drop-in textile-based art sessions designed to support mental wellbeing.
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Looking Forward offers a three-part consultancy programme to support artists and curators in navigating their next steps, whether you’re seeking funding, refining your portfolio or CV, exploring new opportunities, or simply figuring out how to move forward with a project or your practice.Led by Carolina Lio, curator and director of Looking Forward, the programme offers tailored, practical advice grounded in real-world experience across the UK and international cultural sectors. All sessions are
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Jenny Mcllhatton reflects on her journey from the fashion industry to participatory art, and on the importance of community, touch, and visible repair in her practice
Sue Mayo
Sue Mayo
A conversation on community theatre, creative facilitation, and the politics of participation.
Kim Chin
Kim Chin
Neurodivergence, interdisciplinary practice, and the importance of group pieces and intergenerational spaces in an increasingly isolating world.
Birungi Kawooya
Birungi Kawooya
Conversation between Sylvia Keck and Birungi Kawooya, facilitator for Looking Forward's community engagement programme "Soft Ground".
Cocina CoLaboratorio
Cocina CoLaboratorio
Francesca Fantoni talks with designer and food activist Emilio Hernández about Cocina CoLaboratorio's work in Mexico, where gatherings around soil become tools for collective ecological learning.
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Soft Ground
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Soft Ground is a four-month programme of free weekly drop-in textile-based art sessions designed to support mental wellbeing through creativity, routine, and communal making. Drawing from neurodivergent practices and trauma-informed methodologies, the sessions are open to all but particularly welcoming to neurodivergent participants.What: Drop-in textile-based art sessions designed to support mental wellbeing When: Every Friday, 2–4 pm, from 20 February to 19 June 2026 Where: SET Social Peckha
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‘In making the work, I remake myself’: An Interview with Textile Artist Jenny McIlhatton
‘In making the work, I remake myself’: An Interview with Textile Artist Jenny McIlhatton
Jenny Mcllhatton reflects on her journey from the fashion industry to participatory art, and on the importance of community, touch, and visible repair in her practice
Practices of Repair: Sue Mayo on storytelling across materials and social worlds
Practices of Repair: Sue Mayo on storytelling across materials and social worlds
A conversation on community theatre, creative facilitation, and the politics of participation.
Realism of the Psyche: The Enduring Influence of Ken Kiff
Realism of the Psyche: The Enduring Influence of Ken Kiff
Ken Kiff’s position in 20th-century British art, his philosophical framework of “Psychic Realism,” and his lasting legacy as a mentor and innovator.
Keerthana Kunnath: Gender, Diaspora, and Visual Agency
Keerthana Kunnath: Gender, Diaspora, and Visual Agency
Kunnath's work serves as a provocation against heteronormativity, reimagining what it means to be a woman in both contemporary and traditional South Asian society.
Weaving Neurodivergence, Textiles, and Community: A Conversation with artist-facilitator Kim Chin
Weaving Neurodivergence, Textiles, and Community: A Conversation with artist-facilitator Kim Chin
Neurodivergence, interdisciplinary practice, and the importance of group pieces and intergenerational spaces in an increasingly isolating world.
Making Home: Labour, Memory, and Belonging at the Museum of the Home
Making Home: Labour, Memory, and Belonging at the Museum of the Home
The domestic space not as a stable interior but as a site continually constructed through everyday practices, personal histories, and social conditions.
How Can I Be Well in Community?
How Can I Be Well in Community?
Soil at the Kitchen Table: The Transpedagogical Practice of Cocina CoLaboratorio
Soil at the Kitchen Table: The Transpedagogical Practice of Cocina CoLaboratorio
The Plant Commons: Reviving Indigenous Foodways in South Africa with Loubie Rusch
The Plant Commons: Reviving Indigenous Foodways in South Africa with Loubie Rusch
The Row: Quiet Luxury and Strategic Anonymity
The Row: Quiet Luxury and Strategic Anonymity
Amaal Said's Open Country
Amaal Said's Open Country
Andrew Merritt on Usefulness, World-Building and Silent Activism
Andrew Merritt on Usefulness, World-Building and Silent Activism
The Restitution Paradox
The Restitution Paradox
Saul Bellow’s “Seize the Day”
Saul Bellow’s “Seize the Day”
Who Gets to Be an Artist in the UK?
Who Gets to Be an Artist in the UK?
A Death in the Family and The Knausgaard Effect
A Death in the Family and The Knausgaard Effect
Towards an Aesthetic Preference in Generative Imagery
Towards an Aesthetic Preference in Generative Imagery
Mapping Recipes for "Slow Disasters" in the Lynedoch Valley
Mapping Recipes for "Slow Disasters" in the Lynedoch Valley
A Song of Science and Humanities
A Song of Science and Humanities
Sculpture for the Blind, by the Blind
Sculpture for the Blind, by the Blind
After-Decay: On the Practice of Eleanor Lakelin
After-Decay: On the Practice of Eleanor Lakelin
About Degrowth
About Degrowth
"Food for Landscapes: Recipes for Slow Disasters" at Design Week Cape Town
"Food for Landscapes: Recipes for Slow Disasters" at Design Week Cape Town
Ernst Gamperl: The Life Within Wood
Ernst Gamperl: The Life Within Wood
Creative Health: Towards a New Creative Industry
Creative Health: Towards a New Creative Industry
Designing Otherwise: Notes from More Than Human
Designing Otherwise: Notes from More Than Human
Museums and Ethical Sponsorships
Museums and Ethical Sponsorships
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