Katey Goodwin

Katey Goodwin is Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Operating Officer at Art UK, an art education charity and the online home for every public art collection in the UK. She joined the organisation in 2005 as the Staffordshire Coordinator for the project to catalogue the UK’s publicly owned oil paintings (when the organisation was known as the Public Catalogue Foundation). Katey project managed Art UK’s major UK-wide sculpture project, which has seen the digitisation of over 50,000 of sculptures in collections and public spaces, and the delivery of an extensive learning programme taking sculptures into schools. She is currently managing a UK-wide murals and street art digitisation and engagement programme.

Katey has worked in the museum sector for 35 years. She studied at the University of Winchester and the University of Leicester, then worked as an Archaeologist. Katey was Collections Officer (Local History) at The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, from 1995 to 2008, where she curated the archaeological, social history and industrial collections. She has also worked as a part-time lecturer and Archaeology Convenor in the Adult Education Department at Keele University. She is a Trustee of Crewe Heritage Centre and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Katey Goodwin is speaking at the Digital Collections Summit 2026 :

Art Connects: real connections in a digital world

Discover how digital tools can spark real human connection. In this session, we share how Art UK’s community volunteering programme transforms digital initiatives on a national online platform into a local, social experience. Through Tagger, a simple artwork-tagging tool, participants connect, share stories and rediscover their places and heritage together. Blending online access with in‑person sessions in community spaces, the programme reduces isolation, builds confidence and supports wellbeing. With over 1,300 participants already involved, we’ll reveal practical insights, real impact and inspiring voices, showing how digital engagement can create meaningful, lasting connections that bring people and art closer than ever.