Exhibits
Whether digital or physical, traveling or static, collaborative or independent, I always appreciate the chance to put together exhibits that tell cohesive, contextualized stories using archives and artifacts, engage and activate visitors, and ensure accessibility for all audiences.
Queer Pandemic Installation, Queer Britain
Between 2020 and 2023, I worked as research manager for Queer Pandemic, an oral history project collecting the stories of queer people in the United Kingdom during the COVID-19 pandemic led by Kent State University and Goldsmiths, University of London. In collaboration with museum curators, I worked with principal investigators Molly Merryman and Justin Bengry to design this installation that became part of Queer Britain’s award-winning inaugural exhibit “We Are Queer Britain” in London, U.K. It included a film of interview clips, photography of interview narrators, and materials for blackout poetry using interview transcript excerpts in a design meant to mimic a work-from-home space.
Queer Pandemic Traveling Digital Installation
In my capacity as research manager for Queer Pandemic, I worked with Molly Merryman to design a traveling digital installation that included thematic and location-based collections of interview clips that I produced. The installation was displayed alongside the film from the Queer Britain installation at community events across the United Kingdom, including at the LGBT Foundation in Manchester, Artcetera Studio in partnership with Cara-Friend in Belfast, and the Golden Cross in Cardiff.
Disabled Activists in the Homophile Movement, OutHistory
As an intern for OutHistory, I drew on my combined interests in queer history, disability history, and public history to curate this digital exhibit about disabled activists who were part of the homophile movement, the first phase of queer activism in the United States in the postwar period. The exhibit demonstrates that despite the reputation that homophile activists distanced themselves from disabled people, queer and disabled communities and activism were not mutually exclusive.
Queer Sources from Queer Newark, OutHistory
Combining my roles as intern for OutHistory and graduate assistant for the Queer Newark Oral History Project, I curated this digital exhibit highlighting primary sources from the recent book Queer Newark: Stories of Resistance, Love, and Community and demonstrating that Newark has a rich queer history of its own, though it has been overlooked for decades due to its largely BIPOC queer community and proximity to the queer hub of New York City.
Trancestry: 10 Years of the Museum of Transology, Lethaby Gallery
As an ongoing member of the Museum of Transology community, I served as a member of the accessibility team as the museum developed a 10-year anniversary exhibit for display at the Lethaby Gallery in London. We worked to center universal design throughout the exhibit and offer an Access Weekend, which centered the needs of diverse disabled visitors.