Jocelyn Burnham

AI, Playfulness & Critical Practice in the Creative and Cultural Sectors

Jocelyn Burnham is an independent AI specialist working with the creative and cultural sectors, commissioned by organisations including Arts Council England, Tate, the Church of England, Historic Royal Palaces, and Bloomberg Philanthropies to deliver bespoke AI workshops — over one hundred to date. She takes a deliberately neutral position on AI, helping organisations, artists, and boards develop confident, critical relationships with the technology through playfulness and hands-on experimentation rather than adoption-by-default. Her long-form partnerships include The Audience Agency’s “Let’s Get Real: AI” programme and the Arts Marketing Association’s Heritage Innovation Fund project, where she developed the concept behind Goose, a peer-learning platform awarded £250,000 by the National Lottery Heritage Innovation Fund. A regular lecturer at institutions including the Royal Academy of Arts, the Open University, and the London School of Economics, and an expert commentator for BBC News and LBC Radio, she also chairs and moderates panels, and has delivered work internationally across Finland, Norway, Turkey, Brazil, and Denmark.