The UK-wide programme, which selects the leaders of tomorrow from the managers of today across the arts and cultural sector, is now in its second year.
The new Fellows will begin a series of residential courses, a secondment and a research project in September and be given £10,000 to spend on tailor-made training.
Shirley Collier is the deputy director of collections at the Imperial War Museum. Her fellowship is supported by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council. Collier said she applied to the Clore because she wanted exposure to a wider range of skills and ways of doing things:
'I have always worked in the museum sector and know there is a whole different world out there.' And she said she was attracted to the Clore because it offered networking opportunities that a sabbatical may not.
'This is quite special. When else would you get an opportunity to sit down with David Lammy [the culture minister] and discuss the future of cultural leadership?'
Nick Merriman, the curator of museums and collections at the Institute of Archaeology at University College London and a current Clore Fellow (2004/5), said although he expected to gain most from the learning of new skills, such as financial management and strategic planning, the steepest learning curve related to his own personal development.
'I realised that what was holding me back from leadership positions was the confidence in my own ability.'
The other Fellows from the museum sector for 2005/6 are: Augustus Casely-Hayford, a freelance curator most recently based at the British Museum as the programme director for Africa 05; Jo Hedley, the curator of pictures pre-1800 at the Wallace Collection; May Redfern, the principal curator at Harewood House Trust; and Katrina Thomson, the curator, works of art and sculpture for the National Trust for Scotland.
www.cloreleadership.org
Felicity Heywood
The new Fellows will begin a series of residential courses, a secondment and a research project in September and be given £10,000 to spend on tailor-made training.
Shirley Collier is the deputy director of collections at the Imperial War Museum. Her fellowship is supported by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council. Collier said she applied to the Clore because she wanted exposure to a wider range of skills and ways of doing things:
'I have always worked in the museum sector and know there is a whole different world out there.' And she said she was attracted to the Clore because it offered networking opportunities that a sabbatical may not.
'This is quite special. When else would you get an opportunity to sit down with David Lammy [the culture minister] and discuss the future of cultural leadership?'
Nick Merriman, the curator of museums and collections at the Institute of Archaeology at University College London and a current Clore Fellow (2004/5), said although he expected to gain most from the learning of new skills, such as financial management and strategic planning, the steepest learning curve related to his own personal development.
'I realised that what was holding me back from leadership positions was the confidence in my own ability.'
The other Fellows from the museum sector for 2005/6 are: Augustus Casely-Hayford, a freelance curator most recently based at the British Museum as the programme director for Africa 05; Jo Hedley, the curator of pictures pre-1800 at the Wallace Collection; May Redfern, the principal curator at Harewood House Trust; and Katrina Thomson, the curator, works of art and sculpture for the National Trust for Scotland.
www.cloreleadership.org
Felicity Heywood
