Simon Stephens, the head of publications and events at the Museums Association, meets John Kenneth Paranada, the inaugural curator of art and climate change at the Sainsbury Centre, University of East Anglia.Paranada is a British-Filipino curator, critic, researcher and writer. In addition to his curatorial role, the first role of its kind in a UK museum, he is also a researcher at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research. His work pioneers regenerative curatorial and museological practices at the intersection of contemporary art, climate science and interdisciplinary research.He has been invited to deliver keynote talks for CIMAM (2024) and the Association of Art Museum Curators Annual Conference (2025) and was awarded the EPIC Curatorial Award (2023) and the Art Fund's Jonathan Ruffer Curatorial Grant (2024). He holds degrees from the De La Salle University – Manila, University of the Philippines, Zurich University of the Arts, Goldsmiths, University of London, and Sciences Po Paris.The pair discuss creating exhibitions, using museums to enact social change, the idea of living art, decolonisation, the changing role of the curator and how art can help communities respond and adapt to the climate crisis.Not yet a member of the MA? Join us today for access to great benefits including Museums Journal content, professional development programmes and free entry to 900+ museums across the UK.Follow us on LinkedIn, Bluesky, X, Instagram and Facebook.Music: The Right Direction © 2020 by Shane Ivers, licensed under CC BY 4.0.

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