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- Decolonising narratives - Dr. Stephen KnottCourse start date: Wed 15 May 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Join us us as Dr Stephen Knott, director of the Craft Study Centre, speaks about his doctoral thesis on Amateur craft as a differential practice, carried out under the auspices of the V&A and the Royal College of Art and was supervised by Glenn Adamson (V&A) and Hans Stofer (RCA). This research was the basis for his important and influential book Amateur Craft (Bloomsbury, 2015), and he has also produced a number of other significant research outputs including chapters, papers, co-edited volumes and curation. In 2022 he co-curated the Craft Study Centre’s Presence and Absence, an exhibition that sought to decolonise narratives of studio craft and highlight absences in the Centre’s collections. He is currently in the final stages of completing his new book, Making in Free Time (Bloomsbury).Full fee £0.00 Senior fee £0.00 Concession £0.00 - Try it out: jewellery makingCourse start date: Mon 8 Apr 2024 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Elizabeth BoneAn introduction to jewellery techniques and skills to enable you to make a simple pendant. A starter course for beginners.Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £159.00 - Art and Inclusion - Henny BeaumontCourse start date: Wed 17 Apr 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Join us as award winning Henny Beaumont talks about her practice exploring and promoting inclusion in art. As a political cartoonist and graphic novelist, Henny’s graphic memoir Hole in the Heart was selected in top ten novels about motherhood of all time by Mumsnet. Wonderful, astonishing drawings… A masterclass in the sorrow and joy of being human-Meg Rosoff. Her political cartoons and illustrations have appeared in The Guardian, BBC, Society of Authors, Counsel Magazine, Canary, The Morning Star, as well many as other publications.Full fee £0.00 Senior fee £0.00 Concession £0.00 - Reading objects - Claire WilcoxCourse start date: Wed 17 Jul 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Join us us as Professor Claire Wilcox speaks about the many exhibitions she has curated during her career at the V&A Museum, including Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty (2015), Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up (2018) and Fashioning Masculinities: the Art of Menswear (2022).Full fee £0.00 Senior fee £0.00 Concession £0.00
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