Flockage: the flock phenomenon

Flock in art, design and culture

15 Jan - 1 Jun 2008

Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum
Bournemouth, Dorset

Flockage: the flock phenomenon

Flockage is a unique exhibition that aims to explore flock's fascinating forms and flock's use and status within design through historical and contemporary examples brought together for the first time.

http://russell-cotes.bournemouth.gov.uk/

Tel: 01202 451823

Kensington Oriental Rug & Textile Symposium 2008

6 Jun - 9 Jun 2008

Venue 202 Apartments
Kensington Church Street, 3rd and 4th floor
London

Kensington Oriental Rug & Textile Symposium 2008

Textile specialists dealing in Turkoman, Balouch, Caucasian, Tibetan and Chinese rugs will be exhibiting. Also lectures.

Tel: 07747 114757

Course in History of Dress, Embroidery & Textiles

Course in Manchester

6 May - 10 Jun 2008
Tuesdays 10am – 12pm

Union Chapel, Wellington Rd, Fallowfield, Manchester

Course in History of Dress, Embroidery & Textiles

An illustrated course which over 6 Tuesday sessions explores everything from the Bayeaux tapestry to Victorian corsets and from woad dyed textiles to suffragette banners. Cost: £30 for all 6 sessions.
The course is presented by Margo Singer M.Ed, author of ‘Textile Arts’ and ‘Textile Surface Decoration.’

textileart@margosinger.co.uk

Tel: 0161 860 0922

Carole Waller: textiles and glass

Exhibition

8 Apr - 21 Jun 2008

Crafts Study Centre
Farnham, Surrey

Carole Waller: textiles and glass

Waller's art takes various forms, as clothing, as veils of cloth, and formed in collaboration with glass.

www.csc.ucreative.ac.uk

Costume Society Symposium

Dress and Performance

11 Jul - 13 Jul 2008

Headquarters of BBC Wales
Cardiff

Costume Society Symposium

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

www.costumesociety.org.uk

In the Loop: Knitting Past, Present and Future

3 day conference

15 Jul - 17 Jul 2008

Winchester School of Art
University of Southampton

In the Loop: Knitting Past, Present and Future

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

Snapshots in Time: 150 Years of Excellence

Exhibition

10 Mar - 4 Aug 2008
Mon - Sat 10.00am – 3.30pm

Royal Opera House
London

Snapshots in Time:  150 Years of Excellence

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

From Atoms To Patterns

Festival Pattern Group Exhibition

24 Apr - 10 Aug 2008

Wellcome Collection, Euston Road, London

From Atoms To Patterns

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/

Hand, Heart and Soul

Exhibition

14 Jun - 23 Aug 2008

Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums

Hand, Heart and Soul

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

Design History Society Conference

Networks of Design

3 Sep - 6 Sep 2008

University College
Falmouth

Design History Society Conference

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

Henry Moore Textiles

1 Apr - 19 Oct 2008
Visits by appointment

Sheep Field Barn
Perry Green

Henry Moore Textiles

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

Hip Knits

21 Mar - 31 Oct 2008

Shambellie House
National Museum of Costume
Dumfries
Scotland

Hip Knits

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: A tribute to Janet Arnold

6 Nov - 9 Nov 2008

Auditorium al Duomo
Florence
Italy

Costume Colloquium: A tribute to Janet Arnold

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