Projects — Carrie Foulkes

Here are some of my current projects and freelance roles

Arts & Wellbeing

I was employed by the Foundling Museum as the Arts & Wellbeing Manager from 2023-2024. In this role I led on the Museum's work with Social Prescribing, Hospital Projects and Wellbeing Projects.

I formerly worked as as the Arts & Wellbeing Connector at the Dulwich Picture Gallery, where I supported the production of a creative health programme at the new Tessa Jowell Health Centre in East Dulwich, London Borough of Southwark.

I am currently working as a freelance mentor and supporting organisations to develop creative health programming. I also assist artists with grant writing (Arts Council England DYCP grants, other funding bids and exhibition proposals).

Teaching

I have been appointed by the University of Glasgow School of Modern Languages & Cultures as a Graduate Teaching Assistant in the Comparative Literature department to teach literary criticism and theory.

I recently served as a GTA on the MSc End of Life Studies course Cultural Representations of Death and Dying. This course examines how death and dying have been represented in popular culture, visual arts and literature. Students are introduced to methods of visual and literary analysis and learn to identify and critique specific cultural tropes used to represent the end of life. I facilitated weekly seminars and assisted with marking and course communications.

Research

DEATHWRITES This Royal Society of Edinburgh-funded Network ran from 2022-2024 and supported 30 Scotland-based writers from across disciplines and genres to write and publish powerful, accessible work. I participated in the project as a Research Assistant and developed a Network website to serve as an archive and resource. I designed and produced a newspaper and assisted with the production of a public symposium in Glasgow in 2024.

I am currently a Research Fellow at the University of Texas, Austin. I’m researching the choreographic and literary work of artist Deborah Hay, whose papers are held in the Harry Ransom Center archives.