Dr Katy Barrett
@spoonsontrays.bsky.social
Deputy Chief Curator & Head of Engagement @UKParliament. Vice Chair of Trustees @OldOpTheatre. #histArt #histSci #sciart. Keeper #MuseumofShadows All opinions my own.
www.spoonsontrays.com
www.spoonsontrays.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Look what arrived in the post! Now out in paperback so much more affordable, and still looking pretty good, though I say it myself
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....
November 12, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Look what arrived in the post! Now out in paperback so much more affordable, and still looking pretty good, though I say it myself
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....
Home from an exceptional week with Oxford Cultural Leaders #OCLResidential2025. Could not have asked for a more perfect set of trainers, activities, locations and colleagues. Now for the reflection, absorption and change to begin!
September 27, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Home from an exceptional week with Oxford Cultural Leaders #OCLResidential2025. Could not have asked for a more perfect set of trainers, activities, locations and colleagues. Now for the reflection, absorption and change to begin!
… how we dwell in buildings and bodies, how materials and movements hold memory.
I found it exciting, calming, energising, reflective. 2/2
I found it exciting, calming, energising, reflective. 2/2
August 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
… how we dwell in buildings and bodies, how materials and movements hold memory.
I found it exciting, calming, energising, reflective. 2/2
I found it exciting, calming, energising, reflective. 2/2
Excited and humbled to have got a place on #OCLResidential2025 later this year.
Looking forward to everything I can learn from my cohort and the Oxford Cultural Leaders team
Looking forward to everything I can learn from my cohort and the Oxford Cultural Leaders team
August 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Excited and humbled to have got a place on #OCLResidential2025 later this year.
Looking forward to everything I can learn from my cohort and the Oxford Cultural Leaders team
Looking forward to everything I can learn from my cohort and the Oxford Cultural Leaders team
#OftheTree by #marshmallowlaserfeast newly installed at @rbgkew.bsky.social. A beautiful day, so many people pausing, being drawn in. Left me thinking how far technology can make us look differently at nature
May 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
#OftheTree by #marshmallowlaserfeast newly installed at @rbgkew.bsky.social. A beautiful day, so many people pausing, being drawn in. Left me thinking how far technology can make us look differently at nature
We’re looking for new trustees at @oldoptheatre.bsky.social! Particularly if you can bring expertise in medical, commercial, fundraising or social inclusion, get in touch!
oldoperatingtheatre.com/vacancies/
oldoperatingtheatre.com/vacancies/
May 2, 2025 at 12:40 PM
We’re looking for new trustees at @oldoptheatre.bsky.social! Particularly if you can bring expertise in medical, commercial, fundraising or social inclusion, get in touch!
oldoperatingtheatre.com/vacancies/
oldoperatingtheatre.com/vacancies/
Well this is exciting post! Congratulations @atinybitwaring.bsky.social @rhiggitt.bsky.social Richard Dunn, Simon Schaffer, Alexi Baker.
The #BoardofLongitude mark 2!
The #BoardofLongitude mark 2!
May 1, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Well this is exciting post! Congratulations @atinybitwaring.bsky.social @rhiggitt.bsky.social Richard Dunn, Simon Schaffer, Alexi Baker.
The #BoardofLongitude mark 2!
The #BoardofLongitude mark 2!
Gorgeous marbled papers by #TirzahGarwood at #DulwichPictureGallery. Really want to do a marbling course now!
March 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Gorgeous marbled papers by #TirzahGarwood at #DulwichPictureGallery. Really want to do a marbling course now!
Artist commission now open for proposals at Science Museum Group! I was excited to consult on this project for an artist to contribute to the new 'Tomorrow: The Bennett Gallery', which will explore how today's scientific discoveries are shaping our future.
March 6, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Artist commission now open for proposals at Science Museum Group! I was excited to consult on this project for an artist to contribute to the new 'Tomorrow: The Bennett Gallery', which will explore how today's scientific discoveries are shaping our future.
#LuxMuralis at @stpaulscathedral.bsky.social Spectacle threaded with history, art and ideas. An inspiring way to spend an evening
February 26, 2025 at 9:10 PM
#LuxMuralis at @stpaulscathedral.bsky.social Spectacle threaded with history, art and ideas. An inspiring way to spend an evening
Best of 2024 blog is now up www.spoonsontrays.com/blog/best-of...
January 1, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Best of 2024 blog is now up www.spoonsontrays.com/blog/best-of...
#Outofoffice on for two weeks. It’s been a busy, intense year. Focusing on family, friends and feasting for the coming days …
December 21, 2024 at 9:54 AM
#Outofoffice on for two weeks. It’s been a busy, intense year. Focusing on family, friends and feasting for the coming days …
For the next 3 weeks #Parliament is hosting ‘The Embarkation of Saint Ursula’ in St Stephen’s Hall. This is on loan from the #nationalgallery to mark the gallery’s foundation by Parliament 200 years ago. What a joy to work on bringing this painting to the Palace!
November 26, 2024 at 8:06 AM
For the next 3 weeks #Parliament is hosting ‘The Embarkation of Saint Ursula’ in St Stephen’s Hall. This is on loan from the #nationalgallery to mark the gallery’s foundation by Parliament 200 years ago. What a joy to work on bringing this painting to the Palace!
New on the blog. Working through my obsession with Cesar Manrique developed on holiday to Lanzarote - essentially his total artwork from culture to landscape.
www.spoonsontrays.com/blog/lanzaro...
www.spoonsontrays.com/blog/lanzaro...
June 30, 2024 at 4:45 PM
New on the blog. Working through my obsession with Cesar Manrique developed on holiday to Lanzarote - essentially his total artwork from culture to landscape.
www.spoonsontrays.com/blog/lanzaro...
www.spoonsontrays.com/blog/lanzaro...
Pretty pleased with this, thanks to #printquarterly #LookingforLongitude
April 9, 2024 at 7:04 PM
Pretty pleased with this, thanks to #printquarterly #LookingforLongitude
Works by Seven Sisters, Claudette Johnson, Lesley Sanderson, Rita Keegan
April 7, 2024 at 1:17 PM
Works by Seven Sisters, Claudette Johnson, Lesley Sanderson, Rita Keegan
Works by Alexis Hunter, Helen Chadwick, Jill Posener, Claudette Johnson
April 7, 2024 at 1:15 PM
Works by Alexis Hunter, Helen Chadwick, Jill Posener, Claudette Johnson
Works here by Maureen Scott, Anne Bean, Erica Rutherford, Hannah O’Shea
April 7, 2024 at 1:13 PM
Works here by Maureen Scott, Anne Bean, Erica Rutherford, Hannah O’Shea
#MuseumofShadows at and around #tateBritain
April 7, 2024 at 10:08 AM
#MuseumofShadows at and around #tateBritain
Thanks to Print Quarterly 🙌🏻
April 1, 2024 at 6:41 PM
Thanks to Print Quarterly 🙌🏻
March 30, 2024 at 6:17 PM
March 23, 2024 at 4:08 PM
Cats of Crete at #pallanthousegallery by #JohnCraxton and #tacitadean. A wonderful treat to find this work by Dean in response to Craxton, giving real depth to the sense of land and light made by his works
March 23, 2024 at 4:05 PM
Cats of Crete at #pallanthousegallery by #JohnCraxton and #tacitadean. A wonderful treat to find this work by Dean in response to Craxton, giving real depth to the sense of land and light made by his works