14 December 2010

A QUESTION OF SUSTAINABILITY


WHO FOR: ALL BA HONS FASHION AND TEXTILES DEGREE STUDENTS
WHEN: 10th, 11th, 12th JANUARY (USUAL COLLEGE TIMES 9-4 EXCEPT MONDAY 10-5)
WHERE: FASHION AND TEXTILES STUDIO H12

This is a three day programme considering the ethics of the fashion and textiles industry. An exciting line up of guest speakers have been organised for each day covering various aspects of sustainability.

8 December 2010

IN CONVERSATION WITH...


The Barbican has some great fashion related events coming up. Take a look at their website for more information...

AWARE: ART/FASHION/IDENTITY; THE ROYAL ACADEMY


The third season of contemporary art at 6 Burlington Gardens examines how artists and designers use clothing as a mechanism to communicate and reveal elements of our identity. The exhibition includes work by 30 leading international practitioners including Marina Abramović, Andreas Gursky, Claudia Losi, Susie MacMurray, La Maison Martin Margiela, Alexander McQueen, Yoko Ono, Grayson Perry, Dai Rees, Cindy Sherman, Helen Storey, Rosemarie Trockel, Sharif Waked, Gillian Wearing RA, Yohji Yamamoto and Andrea Zittel. Click here for more info

MINORIES CHRISTMAS MARKET


Saturday 11th December from 10am - 4pm Christmas market at the Minories Colchester. 2nd and 3rd years will have a stall to raise money for their end of year shows and Mary Lu will also have a stall so please show your support. You will find unique gifts, retro fashion and accessories, jewellery, second hand art books, up-cycled printed knitwear,and fabulous kitsch homewares, plus 20 other stalls, and seasonal menu in the bistro - dont miss it.

MA ARTS IN SOCIAL CONTEXT; THE MINORIES COLCHESTER


Please make sure you visit this exhibition, particularly 2nd years who will be working with Frin (an exhibitor) in semester 2. The exhibition will be of interest to all as two exhibitors are textiles specialists...

HAPPILY EVER AFTER; LONG& RYLE GALLERY LONDON


November 25th, 2010 - December 21st, 2010
As in many recent works Blackwell will be focusing on fairytales, with their haunting, dream-like atmosphere. This exhibition at Long and Ryle, will explore the role of marriage within the fairytale. In many fairy tales, marriage acts as a kind of a closing sequence for the ‘happy ending’, simply because it was an expected stage of life for women during the periods in which these tales were first told. In these new works, Blackwell examines a different type of ending. The main focus of the exhibition will be a wedding dress, from which Blackwell has cut a garden from the train of the dress. Click here for more information

6 December 2010

CONVERSATIONS - RESCHEDULED

You are invited to the private view of an exhibition of work by students completing the MA Arts in a Social Context course
Friday 10th December 6pm – 8pm
The Minories
Light refreshments available
Exhibition continues until Friday 21st January 2011