Kelsey Cronin (b. 1998, Boston/Sandwich, USA) is a Glasgow-based curator and producer whose socially engaged practice explores social justice, activism, material-led inquiry, built environments, sculpture, and installation. Cronin curates participatory exhibitions that investigate community, storytelling, and narrative by prioritizing access, inclusion, and dialogue between artists and audiences. Cronin utilizes the artist interview, public history/heritage engagement, and archival practices to amplify marginalized voices and showcase underrepresented histories.

Cronin curated ONCE UPON A PLAYGROUND for their final master’s project in the M.Litt Curatorial Practice (Contemporary Art) program at the Glasgow School of Art/University of Glasgow (July 24-25, 2025). The interactive exhibition explored themes of play, nostalgia, and collaboration through 30 works by 14 multidisciplinary artists. An 18+ event, visitors were encouraged to explore, play, build, and reflect in a child-free gallery space. On opening night, visitors helped to build a ‘Blanket Fort’ sculpture made from repurposed children’s playground equipment and textiles. Visitors were invited into a multisensory experience where they became co-creators, rather than passive observers, engaging with interactive installations on their terms.

Cronin co-curated Spring Garden Party, with TRAMWAY, a two-day program which featured a community mural and paper mache sculpture workshop led by installation and sculpture artists Josie KO & Tamara MacArthur (April 10-11, 2025). Cronin was selected for a curatorial internship at TRAMWAY, gaining invaluable experience and mentorship through this competitive work placement program facilitated by GSA/University of Glasgow (January-August 2025). Cronin assisted with the installation of Brazilian sculptural artist Solange Pessoa’s solo exhibition Pilgrim Fields (May 10-October, 2025) and Sarah Rose’s solo exhibition Torpor (June 14-September 7, 2025). Responsibilities included curatorial support, material sourcing, artist interview, condition reports, interpretation, accessibility, and public programming, such as assisting with the clay vessel making and mossarium workshops.

Cronin co-curated Fluid Spaces: Art, Access & Autonomy, a solo exhibition featuring artist Waffle Burger (November 19-21, 2024). For this exhibition, Cronin co-wrote a curatorial guide, Resources for Designing an Accessible Exhibition, in collaboration with Leo Hajducki and Tzipporah Johnson from Door in the Wall Access CIC in Edinburgh, Scotland, an organization dedicated to making the arts more inclusive for disabled and neurodivergent individuals in Scotland.

Cronin served as a class representative for the M.Litt Curatorial Practice (Contemporary Art) course and committee member for OUTPOST at the Glasgow School of Art.

Kelsey Cronin holds a BA in Art History and a minor in Arts Administration from Suffolk University in Boston, USA (2023). Cronin’s undergraduate academic experience concentrated on public history, nineteenth-century European, modern (1880-1940), and contemporary art (1940-present). Cronin wrote their undergraduate thesis on American light & space artist James Turrell. Cronin formerly worked as an Assistant Curator at the Wing Fort House & History Museum in Sandwich, MA (2022-2024), as a curatorial assistant and collections manager assistant intern at Heritage Museum & Gardens in Sandwich, MA (2018-2024), and an archivist for the Friends of Ancient Cemetery in Yarmouth, MA (2023-2024).