Curatorial Care-Amy Bowman McElhone
@curatorialcare.bsky.social
Curator & Scholar. Writing in process about art, culture, care work, and pedagogies.
Dialogic, unfinished, in relation.
Dialogic, unfinished, in relation.
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Welcome. I’m Amy.
I’m using curatorial care to name a way of working. Not a title, but a practice.
This is a space for writing in process about art, culture, labor, and everyday life.
Dialogic, unfinished, thinking out loud.
Replies and conversation are part of the work.
I’m using curatorial care to name a way of working. Not a title, but a practice.
This is a space for writing in process about art, culture, labor, and everyday life.
Dialogic, unfinished, thinking out loud.
Replies and conversation are part of the work.
Reposted by Curatorial Care-Amy Bowman McElhone
On Kawara, I Got Up..., 1977
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1137603
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1137603
January 2, 2026 at 9:01 AM
On Kawara, I Got Up..., 1977
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1137603
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1137603
Reposted by Curatorial Care-Amy Bowman McElhone
Samplers connect us directly to their makers. Emma’s work has survived for over 140 years, a personal record of learning and belief. Plan your visit to see more stories like this at Hollytrees Museum: colchester.cimuseums.org.uk/visit/hollyt...
January 2, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Samplers connect us directly to their makers. Emma’s work has survived for over 140 years, a personal record of learning and belief. Plan your visit to see more stories like this at Hollytrees Museum: colchester.cimuseums.org.uk/visit/hollyt...
Reposted by Curatorial Care-Amy Bowman McElhone
We discuss the defunding of Planned Parenthood and how we fight back w/ @ppfa.org
momsrising.org/bt08dec25
momsrising.org/bt08dec25
January 2, 2026 at 12:10 PM
We discuss the defunding of Planned Parenthood and how we fight back w/ @ppfa.org
momsrising.org/bt08dec25
momsrising.org/bt08dec25
Reposted by Curatorial Care-Amy Bowman McElhone
Last post of the year! We present ARB's Notable Criticism of 2025—ten articles that highlight the vitality and possibilities of speculative criticism:
ARB’s 2025 Notable Criticism
In the field of speculative criticism, many of the challenges and positive developments we noted last year are still in full effect. 2025 has brought even more precarity for culture writers and aca…
ancillaryreviewofbooks.org
December 31, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Last post of the year! We present ARB's Notable Criticism of 2025—ten articles that highlight the vitality and possibilities of speculative criticism:
YASS! Same.
January 1, 2026 at 10:20 PM
YASS! Same.
This NYT piece on youth sports burnout hits close to home. It names something that’s has become obvious: how professionalization has changed the emotional and physical stakes of childhood play. As Youth Sports Professionalize, Kids Are Burning Out Fast www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/b...
As Youth Sports Professionalize, Kids Are Burning Out Fast
www.nytimes.com
January 1, 2026 at 6:31 PM
This NYT piece on youth sports burnout hits close to home. It names something that’s has become obvious: how professionalization has changed the emotional and physical stakes of childhood play. As Youth Sports Professionalize, Kids Are Burning Out Fast www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/b...
Welcome. I’m Amy.
I’m using curatorial care to name a way of working. Not a title, but a practice.
This is a space for writing in process about art, culture, labor, and everyday life.
Dialogic, unfinished, thinking out loud.
Replies and conversation are part of the work.
I’m using curatorial care to name a way of working. Not a title, but a practice.
This is a space for writing in process about art, culture, labor, and everyday life.
Dialogic, unfinished, thinking out loud.
Replies and conversation are part of the work.
January 1, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Welcome. I’m Amy.
I’m using curatorial care to name a way of working. Not a title, but a practice.
This is a space for writing in process about art, culture, labor, and everyday life.
Dialogic, unfinished, thinking out loud.
Replies and conversation are part of the work.
I’m using curatorial care to name a way of working. Not a title, but a practice.
This is a space for writing in process about art, culture, labor, and everyday life.
Dialogic, unfinished, thinking out loud.
Replies and conversation are part of the work.