Who makes Empathy Museum?

Empathy Museum’s exhibits are conceived by Clare Patey, an award-winning artist and curator who devises participatory installations, performances and exhibitions. She also created the Museum Of, The Ministry of Trying to Do Something About It and Feast on the Bridge for the Thames Festival.

AND SHE’S HELPED BY A SMALL TEAM…

ED ERRINGTON

Ed is Empathy Museum’s Company Producer, focused on operations, strategy and finance. He’s worked as Executive Director at Fuel and has held General Manager jobs at Theatre503 and MagicMe.

ANIA OBOLEWICZ

Empathy Museum is produced by Artsadmin, and Ania is our Artists Producer there. Her work includes project management, international touring and festival producing for theatre, dance, live art, participatory art and cross-disciplinary projects.

Olivia Douglass

As Empathy Museum’s Assistant Producer, Olivia manages the company comms across all projects online and offline. Olivia is also a writer and storyteller – they write poetry and create interdisciplinary live literature projects.

AS WELL AS PROJECT MANAGERS…

TIPHAINE TAILLEUX

A creative producer and programmer specialising in cross-sector partnerships and participatory events, Tiphaine produced the Migration and the Health and Social Care versions of A Mile in My Shoes. In June 2019 she produced the Carnaby Street pop-up, Choose Love x A Mile in Shoes for Refugee Week.

GEORGIA KEELING

An artist and printmaker, Georgia wrote her MA research paper on the role of temporary public art in cities. She works at the Empathy Museum as Project Assistant for A Mile in My Shoes.

JAMES MORTON

A facilitator, playwright and theatre director, James has facilitated A Mile in My Shoes in London, Manchester, Durham and Glasgow. He is currently on attachment at the Royal Court Theatre as a Young Agitator.

EMPATHY MUSEUM IS GUIDED BY ITS BOARD…

LORRAINE GAMMAN

Design activist, professor and the founder of CSM’s Design Against Crime Research Centre.

JUDITH KNIGHT

Ex-Artistic Director of the arts producing organisation Artsadmin, which she founded in 1979.  She stepped down in 2019 after 40 years and currently works as a freelance producer.

MORTEN KRINGELBACH

Professor of neuroscience at the Universities of Oxford and Aarhus, studying pleasure and eudaimonia.

ROMAN KRZNARIC

Founder of Empathy Museum, writer, social philosopher and expert on empathy.

ERIC LONERGAN

Macro hedge fund manager, economist, and writer.

KITTY ROSS (INTERIM CHAIR)

Producer and event director with a background in large-scale participatory projects.