Rebecca Blackwood

Chair

Rebecca Blackwood is a curator, cultural strategist, and consultant. She founded the creative practices Of Many Circles and Thirteen Ways, is a trustee of The Bowes Museum and a former advisory board member of the Attenborough Arts Centre (University of Leicester). She has been a member of Primary’s board since 2019.

In 2023, Rebecca established Coreset an arts organisation, bringing people together to share experiences, knowledge and perspectives, committed to equity and sustainability. It operates studios, workshops, and living spaces supporting artists and communities in Newark.  She was Executive Director of Mansions of the Future (an Arts Council England Ambition for Excellence funded project) combining exemplary practice in socially engaged art with partnerships to create a civic place bringing together culture, history and art. Her advisory projects have included for the Mayor of London (Fourth Plinth Commissioning Model review), British Council (Maker Library Network review), Arts Council England (campaigns supporting: Turning Point, a 10-year strategy for the visual arts; Artist Insights, a pioneering programme of artist residences in corporate settings; and ACE’s 60th anniversary, capital developments in the Midlands region). She has led teams delivering strategic & capital change programmes and exhibitions for the V&A, Royal Academy of Arts, National Museums Scotland, British Museum, National Poetry Day, Louvre Abu Dhabi, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

 Rebecca has counselled leading corporates on major crises, mergers, acquisitions, share issues and corporate reputation on behalf of critical issues advisory firm Brunswick Group. Rebecca also held the role of Operations Director for Brunswick Arts in the UK.