Our Lunchtime talks are delivered by staff, students, academics and researchers at the Barber and our wider University of Birmingham community. Focused on key works in our exhibitions and collection, the talks take place in the gallery and are an informal and interesting way of looking closely at artwork.

Reclaiming Narratives is the culmination of a collaborative artist project between the Barber Institute and the students and staff of the College of Medicine and Health (CMH). Spanning three years, the project aims to uncover hidden voices and histories within the college and celebrate the people who are part of it now.

Artist-Facilitator, Marley Starskey Butler and the Barber's Student Engagement Coordinator, Kirsty Clarke, will discuss this project and reflect on the importance of representation, and the significance of seeing oneself in your place of work and study.

Marley Starskey Butler makes visual, audio, and written works. His work is about opposites, parallels, memory, love, loss, mortality, and the politics of belonging within self and in society. His concurrent practice as a Social Worker keeps him tied to the lives, stories, and experiences of the most vulnerable and complex members of society.

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