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Babies in Museums
Sophie Fox
Nicola Wallis, early years specialist from The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, started the Magic Acorns Network session by offering some questions as provocations to challenge…
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Loose Parts and Children’s Arts Play
Sophie Fox
We had the pleasure of hosting our third online network meeting on 2nd July with artists and academics Dr. Louisa Penfold and Dr. Roma Patel.…
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An observation at In-Between Spaces: A Symphony of Play
Jessica Pitt
The third session of the morning was with a family group of two children, one a toddler (T) and the other possibly 6-8 months (B)…
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In-Between Spaces – Network meeting and sharing
Sophie Fox
We were delighted to be able to host another network meeting online last week. Artists, musicians, educators and representatives from cultural organisations joined us as…
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Improvisation, Complicité & Care: The Ethics of Aesthetic Practices
Dr Charlotte Arculus
Written by Dr Charlotte Arculus The In Between Spaces project explored the aesthetic qualities of a huge disused department store now Original Project’s PrimeYarc gallery.…
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Wordless Musicking – Multiple Perspectives
Sophie Fox
This is the transcript and slides from Sophie Fox’s presentation of her dissertation research, presented at MERYC England, Research into Practice: Musical Play Matters, Online…
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Whose workshop is it anyway?
Sophie Fox
In our first online network meeting we asked ourselves and our community of artists, educators and cultural organisation about their thoughts and perspectives on participation…
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Empowering Musicality in Early Years Practice
Last week Magic Acorns teamed up with Snape Maltings to offer a day of networking, workshops and curated discussion for artists, organisations and early years…
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Fragile Collections and Early Years Audiences
Sophie Fox
Kettles Yard in Cambridge hosted this Magic Acorns Network meeting, where we considered the very pertinent topic of fragile collections in museums and galleries, and…
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