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Collaborating, connecting and creating: a feminist response to the Chelsea College of Arts Library special collections through exhibition making.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 March 2026

Siobhán Britton
Siobhán Britton*
Affiliation:
Academic Support Librarian, Chelsea College of Arts, University of the Arts London 16 John Islip Street London, SW1P 4JU, UK
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Email: s.britton@arts.ac.uk
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Abstract

In 2024 The Library at Chelsea College of Arts, University of the Arts London collaborated with Subjectivities & Feminisms, a staff research group at University of the Arts London to create an exhibition in response to material selected from Library Special Collections. The exhibition was titled Undoing, redoing, revolting : A feminist response to the special collections at Chelsea College of Arts. This article discusses the process of developing the exhibition as a collaborative process and the challenges and opportunities it created.

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Research Article
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Art Libraries Journal , Volume 50 , Issue 2-3 , April 2025 , pp. 94 - 98
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© The Author(s), 2026. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of ARLIS / UK & Ireland Art Libraries Society

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