10am – 4pm, September
29th 2017
Brighton Museum and
Art Gallery
Brighton Museum have recently created a new collection of post 1960’s
African dress and textiles, with the help of the Heritage Lottery Collecting Cultures Fund. The ‘Fashioning Africa’ collection provides new perspectives on
the museum’s historic collection and documents changing practices, enduring
traditions and new innovations in fashion and textile production on the
continent.
MEG members are invited to come and view the new collection, share
skills and knowledge, and explore how to identify textile techniques and
practices both from Africa and further afield.
As such this event will be of interest to curators and specialists
working with a broad range of textile material, not only those from Africa.
The event will be hosted by the World Art team at Brighton Museum and
two invited specialists in the field; Dr GillianVogelsang-Eastwood, Textile and Dress Historian and Director
of the Textile Research Centre, Leiden and Dr.Nicola Stylianou, African Textile Specialist, Collecting Panel Member for the ‘Fashioning
Africa’ project and Post-Doctoral Researcher for the ‘South Coast
Cosmopolitanism: Collections, Connections, Diversities’, The University of Sussex.
The first half of the day will include presentations
introducing the Fashioning Africa
project and collections, and the specialist’s current work. After lunch will be
a hands-on session with the collection, exploring techniques and practices with
the specialists and staff.
This event is a partnership event with Brighton Museum and the Museum Ethnographers Group, the event and lunch are free, but places are limited.
To book a place email Rachel.heminwayhurst@brighton-hove.gov.uk
Curator of World Art at Brighton Museum and MEG events Officer.
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