I am an artist and curator based in London. I work nationally and internationally. To get in touch email clarepatey@yahoo.co.uk
“The Cecille B de Mille of public eating”
Commissions include: The London International Festival of Theatre, Channel 4 (winner of Royal Television Society award), Southbank Centre, Home Live Art, The National Theatre, Home Live Art, The ESRC, The New Economics Foundation, Perth International Arts Festival, Artsadmin, Fuel, The Art Museum, Phoenix, Tipping Point, UCL and The Open University. Commercial Clients include: Bloomberg, Unilever, Accenture, Coutts Bank and ARK.
I was the creator of the critically acclaimed Museum Of, The Ministry of Trying to Do Something About It and annually curated Feast on the Bridge for the Thames Festival. I also curated The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Festival in Battersea Park and Feast on the Street in Arizona.
I am currently director of The Empathy Museum and part of the Edible Utopia in the Dark collective – creating an urban farm in the network of coal holes of Somerset House. For news and upcoming talks please see below.
19/10/18 Feminist Pedagogy, Museums, Memory Sites and Practices of Remembrance
22/09/18 BBC Radio 4, Ramblings with Clare Balding
28/04/17 Celebrating Oliver Sacks The Queen’s College Oxford
17/02/17 The Story Conway Hall London
21/01/17 Utopia Think Tank Somerset House London
17/11/16 Meaning Conference Brighton
16/09/16 Being the Story Conway Hall London
10/03/11 Re-thinking the Museum ASU Art Museum Phoenix
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