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Christopher @apperleybennett.com · Jun 6

Thank you everyone for your submissions, I had a lot to work through and will be in touch with each of you asap. Thankyou again!

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Christopher @apperleybennett.com · Jun 5

✊🏻 How is your local space making room for radical imagination?

Community museums must be radical-redefine stories, space & belonging. They must create bold, inclusive experiences that invite all voices.

Comfort won’t drive progress. It’s time to build new cultural ground.

#artforchange #museums

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Christopher @apperleybennett.com · Jun 5

A huge thank you to all the writers who sent their submissions in to feature in the upcoming art and museum online journal. 🙏🏻

Bluesky followers, - You really did deliver! 💙

I'll try and get back to you all asap, in the meanwhile - have a fantastic weekend everyone! 🎉

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Christopher @apperleybennett.com · Jun 5

Applications CLOSED. Thank you everyone so much for your interest in becoming part of our Journal. I will get back to you all individually asap in the next 24 hours. Truly overwhelmed by the large amount of interest today! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

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Christopher @apperleybennett.com · Jun 5

Absolutely thankyou! [email protected]

Christopher @apperleybennett.com · Jun 5

Absolutely, this sounds brilliant Thank you. [email protected]

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Christopher @apperleybennett.com · Jun 5

Absolutely, thank you for replying! [email protected]

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Christopher @apperleybennett.com · Jun 5

Absolutely, could you kindly email me at [email protected]?. Thankyou!

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Christopher @apperleybennett.com · Jun 4

@beckylima-matthews.bsky.social Just sent you a DM, along with an email address 💪🏻

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Christopher @apperleybennett.com · May 27

We especially welcome pitches from:

• Regional & rural writers
• Working class & underrepresented voices
• Queer, disabled & global majority writers
• Writers outside major art hubs

Art is everywhere. Let’s write it that way.

DM by 5th June.

#ArtWriting #UKCulture #OpenCall

Christopher @apperleybennett.com · May 27

Looking for 600–1,500 word reviews of UK shows w/ a focus on:

• Enviro/sustainable practice
• Community-led work
• Photography (esp doc/activist)
• Non-London/regional shows

Clear, critical, accessible writing.
Images welcome.
DMs open.

#CallForPitches #ArtCriticism

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Christopher @apperleybennett.com · May 27

OPEN CALL – UK ART WRITERS

Launching a new art blog 27 June 2025. Seeking UK exhibition reviews on:

• Community art
• Sustainability & climate
• Photography
• Underrepresented voices

Exp writers only. Paid (£100)
DM with intro + samples by 5th June.
Reg Regular Work

#ArtWriting #OpenCall #UKArts

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Sotheby's Institute of Art @sothebysinstitute.bsky.social · May 5

Climate Action in the Art World is the latest title in the Hot Topics in the Art World book series, edited by Sotheby’s Institute of Art faculty Jeffrey Boloten and Juliet Hacking. We spoke with author Annabel Keenan about sustainability in the art world www.sothebysinstitute.com/news-and-eve...

Author Annabel Keenan on Shaping a Sustainable Art World

Climate Action in the Art World is the latest title in the Hot Topics in the Art World book series, edited by Sotheby’s Institute of Art faculty Jeffrey Boloten and Juliet Hacking, published in associ...

www.sothebysinstitute.com

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Christopher @apperleybennett.com · Dec 2

💪🏻 Another year with The Museums Association. Boom. Let's Go!

Have you got yours yet?

#museums #art #artcurator

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Christopher @apperleybennett.com · Nov 29

Thankyou! 🌎🎨

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Marie Gardiner @mariegardiner.bsky.social · Nov 27

For sale

#ThePhotoHour #Photography #Abandoned #Architecture

a detached three story building in poor shape. The bricks are burnt and the windows are either smashed or boarded up. There's a for sale sign on the lower left third of the building. On the right there's a lamp post with a pigeon that looks a bit fake but isn't, flying past it

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Christopher @apperleybennett.com · Nov 27

The Museums Association has created this extensive training course for Museums, Heritage Centres, Art Galleries across the world which aims to support and teach museums how to more effectively tackle the climate and ecological crisis. www.museumsassociation.org/campaigns/mu... 🌎🎨🖼️

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Christopher @apperleybennett.com · Nov 27

Such a calming effect 💯📸🌎

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Stian Klo @stianklo.bsky.social · Nov 25

I've been working in #Greenland since 2016 and I'm forever inspired by its shapes, textures and light. Hard to pick any favorites from my portfolio from there, but here's a few.

#ice #climatechange #glacier #iceberg #nature #landscape #landscapephotography #blue

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Christopher @apperleybennett.com · Nov 27

Happy Wednesday Everyone! 🌎📸

#inspiration #landscape #photo

Paul Killeen @pkilleenphoto.bsky.social · Nov 27

‘Everywhere You Go'

Being so cold this morning in Belfast I have decided to post one of my favourite images to date. Taken in Ramberg back in 2020. Magical memories from the trip.

#Bluesky #Nature #Norway #Lofoten #Landscape #Minimalist #LandscapePhotography #NaturePhotography

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Christopher @apperleybennett.com · Nov 27

Absolutely. It adds so much more characters to a home. Leeds Art Gallery loan local residents free art for their home 'Ths Picture Library' Such a great incentive to bring art to all sectors of the community. museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/pQKvVfJ/leed... #art

The Picture Library

A unique art lending scheme open to residents and businesses in Yorkshire.

museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk

Christopher @apperleybennett.com · Nov 27

Thankyou!

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Christopher @apperleybennett.com · Nov 27

🌎💯

Sherri Mabe @starlitwaltz.bsky.social · Nov 22

“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.

"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

― J.R.R. Tolkien

#photography
#bnwphotography
#infaredphtography

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Christopher @apperleybennett.com · Nov 27

Your work is stunning. It's only right to share incredible work with others! 📸👌🏻🌎

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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · Nov 26

“There’s no other way to say it: this COP truly sucked. The climate crisis is hurting people here & now; a vague promise to be fulfilled by 2035 is an insult to those who have already lost their homes, health & livelihoods,” said @carobrouillette.bsky.social
www.nationalobserver.com/2024/11/26/n...

‘This COP truly sucked’: advocates slam paltry UN climate finance deal

Rich countries agreeing to provide at least US$300 billion to developing countries by 2035 for climate action is a “band-aid on a bullet wound,” according to advocates, following the stunning failure ...

www.nationalobserver.com

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