Layla Bloom

Profile

As a leader within the University of Leeds Libraries' Cultural Collections & Galleries team, I have strategic responsibility for our public programme and cultural engagement, helping ensure that our cultural collections contribute to the intellectual life of the campus, as part of the Libraries’ ambitious vision for the future, Knowledge for all.

I lead a team to deliver cultural collections-linked exhibitions and events, participatory work with target audiences, community engagement and learning, cultural collaborations and civic engagement across campus and externally, as well as public participation and practice. I am the lead for the University of Leeds Art Collection, including public art on campus and the Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery.

I first joined the University of Leeds in 2008 as Exhibitions Officer, responsible for curating art exhibitions for the Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery. Before this, I was Curator-Fine Art at Leeds Art Gallery.

Responsibilities

• Head of civic engagement and exhibitions development teams within Cultural Collections & Galleries
• Civic engagement with Cultural Collections
• Development of the University Art Collection, including public art on campus

Qualifications

• MA Cultural Studies, University of Leeds
• BA History of Art/French, University of Victoria

Professional memberships

• University Museums Group, Executive Committee member
• Research Libraries UK, Special Collections and Heritage Network representative