Events

The theme of the symposium is dress and performance covering every aspect of theatre, film dance and re-enactment.

www.costumesociety.org.uk

An illustrated talk from Stacey Harvey-Brown one of the UK’s most requested and charismatic weave teachers. Focuses on European jacquard weaving from draw looms to the present day.

www.macclesfield.silk.museum

Tel: 01625 612045

In response to the resurgence of public interest knitting has enjoyed in recent years, this interdisciplinary conference proposes an exploration of knitting from a broad range of theoretical and practical perspectives. »

www.knittinghistory.co.uk

Horgan@soton.ac.uk

Based on her latest publication the migration of stitches & the practice of stitch as movement. The class will follow the publication page by page, developing understanding through practice. There will be time for discussion and observation. This master-class should be of interest to those working with textile/ embroidery collections, or to makers who wish to deepen their understanding. Materials will be provided.

www.macclesfield.silk.museum

An exhibition in association with the Royal School of Needlework, celebrating 150 years of the Royal Opera House, focusing on key events and historical periods, represented through costume and photography.

www.royal-needlework.org.uk

Kaunas, the second largest city in Lithuania, is the undisputed centre oflithuanian textile art and holds the International Kaunas Art Biennial TEXTILE, one of the most significant events of its kind. The Summer Academy offers three courses: Metamorphosis of portrait / Jacquard weaving, Silk-screen printing course: Narratives of the Old Ornament and a Laboratory of modern embroidery.

www.bienale.lt

This exhibition rediscovers the intriguing work of the Festival Pattern Group. This group of crystallographers, designers and manufacturers was inspired by the patterns discovered in crystal structures to create an eclectic array of textiles, wallpapers, carpets and more for the 1951 Festival of Britain.

http://www.wellcomecollection.org/

A variety of exhibits, from stain glass windows, enamels, tapestries, domestic furniture and homeware made in the 1880s and 1890s in Glasgow and Edinburgh show the lasting impact of the Arts and Crafts movement.

www.aagm.co.uk/code/emuseum.asp?page=home

A show bringing together more than a hundred examples of denim wear from the C19 to present day, from hippie jeans to haute couture ball gowns, plus ephemera.

See the Hub website for a Curators Day on 28 June to accompany this exhibition.

http://www.thehubcentre.info/

Networks of Design responds to recent academic interest in the fields of design, technology, humanities and the social sciences in the ‘networks’ of interactions within processes of knowledge formation. Keynote speakers include theorist Bruno Latour and Droog collaborator Jurgen Bey.

www.networksofdesign.co.uk

networksofdesign@falmouth.ac.uk

An exhibition of art work by fifteen artists using an historic embroidery machine which is the last remaining machine of its kind. These machines were used in the 19th and 20th centuries to produce decorative embroidery. Here contemporary artists present new work made on this historic survivor.

www.macclesfield.silk.museum

An illustrated talk by Stacey Harvey-Brown. Describes the use of fabric analysis from woven archive collections as inspiration for contemporary design. Featuring collections in Macclesfield, Florence, Lyon and the Leeds textile archive.

www.macclesfield.silk.museum

Tel: 01625 612045

A major exhibition across two venues of contemporary tapestry weaving selected from an open submission and curated by the British Tapestry Group.

http://www.thebritishtapestrygroup.co.uk/index.htm

The Henry Moore textiles displayed in this exhibition feature whimsical subjects seen nowhere else in his work – sea creatures, twisting caterpillars and piano keys stretching into infinity – as well as figure studies which can be linked to some of his sculptures .

www.henry-moore-fdn.co.uk

A new display of luxury Scottish knitwear including pieces from Queene and Belle, Pringle of Scotland, Ingrid Tait (of Tait and Style) and other international fashion firms.

http://www.nms.ac.uk/hipknits.aspx

Costume Colloquium, an international interdisciplinary symposium on historical dress, costume for performance and contemporary fashion is to be held in Florence and based around the work of Janet Arnold – dress historian, artist, fashion designer and teacher - who pioneered research into the cut and construction of clothes from the 16th to the early 20th century and had many connections with Florence. The symposium will include papers, demonstrations, tours and excursions - both in and out of town – to Italian venues crucial to the study of dress history.

http://www.costume-textiles.com/index.htm