BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:12101@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260911T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260911T160000 DTSTAMP:20260806T141454Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/regional-collections-histories-o n-display-a-one-day-conference/ SUMMARY:John Lennon Art and Design Building: Regional Collections Histories on Display: A one-day conference DESCRIPTION: \;\n\n—\n\nExhibition Research Lab\, John Lennon Art and Design Building L3 5RD\nFree and open to all\nBooking essential\, via Ev entbrite\n\nHow are regional museums\, galleries\, libraries and archives researching their own histories — and how can these histories be shared more meaningfully with the publics they serve? These questions frame Regio nal Collections Histories on Display\, a one-day conference hosted by LJMU Exhibition Research Lab in collaboration with the University of Birmingha m on 11 September 2026.\n\nBringing together researchers\, curators\, arch ivists\, artists and cultural practitioners\, the conference will explore the institutional\, social and public lives of regional collections. Its f ocus is timely: since 2021\, museums\, galleries and archives have increas ingly used exhibitions\, displays\, digital platforms and participatory pr ogrammes to make collections histories more visible\, while responding to changing expectations around accountability\, inclusion and public engagem ent.\n\nConvened by Dr Sophie Hatchwell and Dr Hana Leaper\, the event grows from their shared research into post-war art collections\, regional research networks\, and the public histories of museums and exhibitions. I t sits in dialogue with their book\, Post-1945 Art Collections and Region al Research Networks: Collaborative Art History (Routledge\, 2026)\, and with the research project “Public Collections Histories on Display”\, funded by the University of Birmingham and delivered in partnership with E RL and Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.\n\n—\n\nThe programme opens wi th a keynote introducing the “Collection and Exhibition Histories on Dis play” research project\, before moving into panels and workshops that ex plore collaboration\, care\, belonging\, participation\, digital methods a nd the politics of institutional visibility. Panel 1\, “Reinterpreting R egional Collections Histories: Collaboration\, Care and Belonging\,” ask s how exhibitions can make visible networks of locality\, pedagogy\, diasp ora and institutional labour\, with papers by Helen Cobby\, Ella Nixon and Jelena Sofronijevic. Panel 2\, “Beyond the Museum: non-traditional coll ections and participatory practice\,” expands the idea of what a collect ion can be\, moving from Merseyside heritage seeds to a Leeds bathhouse an d digital mapping of trade cards.\n\nIn the afternoon\, workshops explore how exhibition systems shape art histories. Sessions led by Ella Nixon and Emily Langridge invite participants to consider how categories such as “regional\,” “national\,” “British” and “non-binary” are p roduced through selection\, display and interpretation\, using the John Mo ores Painting Prize exhibitions as case studies.\n\nThe day concludes with the opening reception for our Autumn Exhibition at the ERL gallery: Big Data\; Networked Narratives: Decentring Collection Histories with data fro m the John Moores Painting Prize. Curated by Hana Leaper and Sophie Hatchw ell with Geneva Beckford\, Emily Fuggle\, Emily Langridge\, Ella Nixon and Rebecca Savage\, the exhibition explores the history of John Moores Paint ing Prizing.  Arguing for a distributed and networked understanding of po st-war British art\, it maps where contributing artists lived and worked\, and experiments with new methodologies for understanding their career tra jectories and artistic practices.\n\nTogether\, the conference and exhibit ion offer an urgent and inventive contribution to debates about regional c ollections\, civic museums\, public history and collaborative art-historic al research. For scholars and practitioners working across museums\, archi ves\, universities and community settings\, Regional Collections Histories on Display promises a rich day of shared methods\, critical reflection an d new connections.\n\n—\n\nThe building has step-free access. Please con tact us directly to discuss any additional access requirements.\n\n—\n\n Image: Installation view of ‘Breadline Britain: The Cymru Edition’ alo ngside the permanent collection at Cyfarthfa Museum and Art Gallery\, Jun 2026\, a case study from the ‘Public Collections Histories on Display’ project\, a collaboration between University Of Birmingham\, Exhibition R esearch Lab and Birmingham Museums Trust. 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