Events

I organised an international meeting of scholars interested in representations of family in the visual arts:

Visual art, through painting, sculpture, photography and other media, has long served as a powerful tool for representing and reimagining lineage and connection. These works can embody intimacy, inheritance, loss, and continuity in ways that resist formal categorisation. Art can fill in the silences left by documentation. It allows us to see what a birth certificate cannot: the emotional textures of a relationship; the complexities of chosen family; and the legacies passed through gesture, tradition, and story rather than DNA. By engaging with these visual representations, we expand our understanding of lineage not as a fixed biological chain, but as a living, evolving network of connection and meaning.

During my tenure as Ahmanson Fellow in Art and Religion, I was invited to host large public facing events providing structure and art historical knowledge for the speakers.

These included:
Chairing a panel on Motherhood to coincide with the 'Siena' Exhibition and the release Chine McDonald's book 'Unmaking Mary'. (23rd May 2025)
Co-hosting singer Tom Odell with John Wilson discussing Tom's life, work, and response to Raphael. (5th June 2026)

Queer@King's Goes to Church With... was an event series I conceptualised, co-organised, and hosted.
We were lucky to be included in a bid for Arts and Humanities funding to host the events, which focused on the intersection of Religion and Sexuality with a particular focus on performance.
The events were as follows:
Dr Shanon Shah (3rd December 2020)
Virgin Xtravaganzah (30th January 2020)
Rioghnach Sachs: 'The Lesbian Hymns' (20th February 2020)