Empathy Museum creates participatory artworks that foster empathy through storytelling and conversation, aiming to heal division. Projects are made in collaboration with communities and amplify lived experience; they are playful, accessible, and free, and reimagine the high street as a place for exchange and community building.
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Our exhibits are devised by Clare Patey, an award-winning artist and curator who makes participatory installations, performances and exhibitions across the UK and internationally.
Empathy Museum grew out of ideas in Empathy: Why It Matters, and How to Get It by writer and social philosopher Roman Krznaric, who founded the museum and remains on its board.
Artistic Director
Clare Patey is an artist and curator and Artistic Director of Empathy Museum. She has worked in the UK and internationally on large-scale participatory projects often with an environmental or social justice theme. She is a member of the Hard Art collective and a fellow of the Coral Foundation.
Executive Director
Ed is Empathy Museum’s Executive Director, focusing on operations, strategy and finance. He’s also worked as Executive Director at Fuel, was Finance Manager at Anagram and has held General Manager jobs at Theatre503 and Magic Me.
International Producer
Ania manages all our international projects. She has extensive experience of producing artistic projects in various contexts in the UK and internationally. Care, collaboration, transparency and generosity are at the heart of her practice.
Comms Manager
Leo oversees digital communications and social media. She has worked in Communications and Marketing for arts organisations across the UK, and is a published novelist and playwright under her middle name Varaidzo.
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Listen to a story and walk a mile in someone else's shoes.
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