When I became a Young Producer, I had just finished my A-Levels, studying Art, History and History of Art, and had also spent a summer working at the Historic England archive in Swindon. I’m particularly interested in the curation and conservation of historical objects and buildings, coming from an Art History perspective (I have since done a Masters at the Courtauld).
I saw the Shout Out Loud programme when I was looking for volunteering and work experience opportunities and decided to get involved. Heritage has been something I’ve always been interested in, but I know many of my peers didn’t feel the same way, and I wanted to help remove some of the taboo around the field!
As a Young Producer (a few years ago now!), amongst many other things, I attended a consultation session in London which reviewed the programme as a whole, and gave input into the branding for the project. I also became a Young Producer Panellist on the Blue Plaques panel, which I’m actually just writing a blog about! That will be linked here when it’s up.