Dr Elizabeth Fisher

Lizzie is our current principal. Prior to taking the helm at Higham, she worked with artists and in museums, galleries and academia for over 25 years as a curator and art historian. She has published widely and organised exhibitions on the history of contemporary and C20th art, artists, movements and institutions. She has a particular interest in rural, experimental and expanded art practices and creative place- and practice-based learning.

Selected publications:

On Not Knowing: How Artists Think with Rebecca Fortnum, Black Dog Publishing 2013

The Experimental Generation: Networks of Interdisciplinary Practice in Post-war British Art with Bronac Ferran Interdisciplinary Science Reviews vol 42 nos. 1-2: special double issue, July 2017

"Ethics into Aesthetics: Gustav Metzger and the Question of Beauty" in Becoming Gustav Metzger: Uncovering the Early Years 1945-59 ed. Nicola Baird, Ben Uri Research Unit 2021

"Kurt Schwitters and the Lake District" in Echtrai issue 1 2021

"Beauty and Revolution: Gustav Metzger's Dialectical Aesthetics" in British Art Studies issue 23, Aug 2022

Winifred Nicholson: Music of Colour Kettle's Yard 2022

Christopher Wood Kettle's Yard 2023

"The Event of Place: the LYC alongside Little Sparta and the Merz Barn" in Making New Worlds: Li Yuan-chia and Friends Kettle's Yard 2023