PROGRAMME
Keynote 3 / Closing Ceremony 【Thoughts on Accessibility in Royal Academy of Arts】
Introduction
An introduction to the Royal Academy of Arts’ (RA) approach to welcoming disabled people and visitors facing barriers to engaging in arts and culture. Molly will provide an overview and provide key case studies to detail the RA’s current work in access and inclusion from working procedures and facilities to resources and learning programmes. Using the RA as an example, she’ll provide a context to their work and explain the landscape of access and inclusion in galleries and museums and explain the current forces driving change and best practice in the UK.
Speaker
Speaker
Ms. Molly Bretton
- Head of Families, Access and Schools, Royal Academy of Arts, London
In 2017, Molly Bretton won a Marsh Award for Excellence in Gallery Education for her work in accessible and inclusive arts education. In her current role, she leads a team that develops resources and programmes to support creative learning experiences for families, students, teachers, disabled visitors and community groups. In her previous role as Access and Community Manager, she devised a broad range of events with and for disabled visitors. Key programmes include events welcoming blind and partially sighted visitors, disabled artists, D/deaf audiences and people experiencing dementia.
Molly was involved in some of London’s first relaxed theatre performances and since joining the RA, she’s established various initiatives to promote inclusive practice for people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
In addition to her work at the RA, she provides access consultancy to galleries, museums, theatres and heritage sites on inclusive architecture, exhibition design, interpretation and educational programming.