Thank you for forwarding details of the conference in which I am very interested, both as an academic and as a maker (of ecclesiastical vestments). Unfortunately I am already fully committed that weekend. Will proceedings be available after the conference? When is the next conference?
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From: Kate McIntyre [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2000 11:55 PM
To: Mailing 9/3/00
Subject: Consuming Craft Conference - Latest information
Importance: High
Just What is it that Makes the Craft Object to Different, So Appealing?
Latest information on Consuming Craft - International Conference to be held 19 - 21 May 2000 at BCUC, Chalfont St Giles, Bucks UK
the following key aims:
* To raise the level of critical debate by the application of inter-disciplinary theories of consumption to the study of the crafts
* To promote active international research, both empirical and theoretical, into the reception of the craft object
* To bridge theory and practice by inviting contributions from academics makers and professionals involved in the mediation of craft
Themes
* Craft and Identity
* Craft Education
* Cultures of Collecting
* New Audiences
* Craft Values in Product Design
* Amateur Practice
Institutions of Craft
Supported by
* Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College, Faculty of Design
* The Crafts Council
* Design History Society
* The Research Department of the Victoria and Albert Museum,
* Southern Arts in association with MoMC, the initiative of Hampshire County Council
to establish a Centre for Contemporary Crafts
* Acco
Places are still available.
Full conference fee: £165
Members of Design History Society: £150
Special rate for makers/independent professionals/postgraduate students without institutional support: £85
Conference fee includes reception Fri, and lunch and refreshments Fri-Sun
Conference Dinner (Sat 20th): £35 (places limited to 100 - early booking advised)
Booking will be confirmed on receipt of payment.
Please check our website: www.consumingcraft.co.uk for a faxable booking form and details on accommodation.
or contact Mel Brooks on [log in to unmask], tel. 01494 603048
[Updated 2/5/00 all details subject to change]
CONSUMING CRAFT
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
Friday 19 May
11.00 Registration
11.30 - 12.00 Welcome, Ian Barker, Dean of BCUC
The MOMC Project, David Kay, Crafts Officer, Southern Arts.
Introduction, Kate McIntyre, Convenor, Consuming Craft
12.00 - 13.20 Lunch
Institutions of Craft
13.20 - 13.40 Prof. Jonathan Woodham,
Director, Design History Research Centre, University of Brighton
OEPassing the Buck? The Council of Industrial Design and the Crafts¹
13.40 - 14.00 Jeremy Theophilus,
Senior Visual Arts Officer,
with lead responsibility for national crafts policy at theArts Council of England
OEInstitutions of Craft: locating the crafts in a new geography for visual culture¹
14.00 - 14.20 Janet Barnes, Director, Crafts Council
Title tbc
14.20 - 14.40 Discussion
14.40 - 15.10 Tea/Coffee
15.10 - 15.40 Kate McIntyre, Convenor, Consuming Craft
OECraft and Consumerism: Just what is it that makes the Craft Object so Different, so Appealing?¹
15.50
Coaches depart for London
16.45 - 17.45
Visit 'Three Decades', an exhibition on the Crafts Council Collection at the London Institute Gallery, Davies Street.
Introduction by Amanda Fielding, Curator of the Crafts Council Collection.
18.30 - 20.00 Reception at the Crafts Council and Private Viewing of 'tectonic'
20.00 - 23.00 Free time. There is a wide selection of restaurants in Islington.
The coaches will depart at 23.00. Map and details of 'pick-up' point in conference pack.
Saturday 20 May
09.50 Introduction, Kate McIntyre
10.00 - 10.30 Dr. Colin Campbell,
University of York, author 'The Romantic Ethic and the Spirit of Modern Consumerism'
OECulture, Craft and Consumption¹
10.30 - 11.00 Prof. Eugene Halton, University of Notre Dame,
co-author 'The Meaning of Things: Domestic Symbols and the Self'
OEThe Art and Craft of Home¹
11.00 - 11.20 Discussion
11.20 Introduction to the Academic Sessions, Mel Brooks, Conference Organiser
11.20 - 11.40 Coffee
11.40 - 13.00 Academic Session 1 (12 papers)
Identity
Lisa Norton, Chair, Graduate Division, Art Institute of Chicago
OEA Plea for Individuation and Difference/Craft and Utility¹
Liz Lydiate, London College of Printing, The London Institute
OEReceived buying In/Selling Out the identity crisis of the contemporary maker¹
Janet Floyd, Cultural Studies Department, King Alfred's College, Winchester
OEConsuming Quilts: the Display at the American Museum at Bath¹
National Identity
Philis Alvic, Independent,
OEMarketing production Crafts: similarities between early 20th century Appalachia and developing countries¹
Clare Fisher, University of Wales, OECrafting Wales¹
Ritva Koskennurmi-Sivonen,
Department of Home Economics and Craft Science, University of Helsinki
OEA Reflection of Handcrafted Fashion in the Finnish Press¹
Amateur Practice
Jo Turney, Winchester School of Art,
OEMaking it Better: Home Craft as Catharsis¹
Fiona Hackney, Independent,
OEUse Your Hands for Happiness: Home and Housecraft in women¹s magazines¹
Prof. Julia Bettinotti and Marie-Francoise Truel
Département d'études littéraires, University of Québec, Montréal, Canada
OEFrom Miss Marple to Alexander McQueen: the evolution of "granny-craft" knitting
Cultures of Collecting
David Jeremiah, University of Plymouth,
OEObjects of Trade¹
Frances Lord, Independent, OEFetishism and the Crafts¹
Rob Burton, Margot Baird School of Textiles, Heriot Watt University
and Chrissie White, Glasgow School of Art
OEThe Church of Scotland as patron of late C20th Visual Art, Craft and Design¹
13.00 - 14.20 Lunch
14.20 - 14.50 Dr. Milena Lamarova,
Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, author 'Signum Design - Czech Design 1980-1991'
OECraft and Czech National Identity¹
15.00 - 16.00 Academic Session 2 (8 papers)
Education
Claire Dean, Bradford College
OECraft and its Educational Role and Function in the Primary School Curriculum¹
Kate Schofield and Lesley Burgess, Institute of Education
OECoining Craft: An action research project with Art and Design PGCE students
Craft Values in Product Design
Karen Yair, Design & Innovation Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam University
OEThe contribution of crafts knowledge to design for evolving user relationships¹
Mirja Kalvianinen, The Kuopio Academy of Crafts and Design, Finland
OEThe experiential qualities of the crafted object¹
New Audiences
Jacqueline Yallop, Sheffield Galleries and Museums Trust
Crafts with Cred: creating contexts for the next generation¹
Carol Littlefair, Hampshire County Museums Service
OEMaking Contemporary Craft Accessible¹
Amateur Practice
Clive Edwards, Loughborough University
OESelf-expression or need? The creation and consumption of craft by women in the 18th and 19th centuries
Greg Votolato, Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College
Do-It-Yourself in America
16.00 - 16.20 Tea/Coffee
16.20 - 16.50 Ronald Kuchta,
Editor, American Ceramics, former Director, Everson Museum, Syracuse, New York
OECeramics and the US Art Market¹
16.50 - 17.20 Grayson Perry,
Artist
OEFlogging Myself: a personal relationship with consumption¹
17.20 - 17.40 Discussion
Bar open from 17.30
20.00 - 22.00
Conference Dinner
The conference dinner extends the theme of consumption into the realm of dining - using artefacts made in the BCUC studios and featuring a video of Place SetTing, an installation by Peter Ting, Professor of Design at the University of Central Lancashire
Sunday 21 May
10.00 - 11.20 Academic Session 3 (11 papers)
Identity
Prof. Peter Ting and Fiona Candy, University of Central Lancashire
OEChoosing Lifestyles¹
Alison Shreeve, London College of Fashion, The London Institute
OEFashioning Craft¹
Tony Howe and Patrick Dillon, University of Reading,
OECultural niche and the contexts of craft, design and fine art¹
New Audiences
Phillipa Aitken and Julian Malins,
Centre for Research in Art and Design, Gray's School of Art, Aberdeen
OEThe Global Gallery from studio to cyberspace¹
Jacqueline Jeynes, Independent,
OEConsumer Motivations or Craft and the Entrepreneur¹
Griff Bond and Anoush Waddington, Independent,
OECreating Opportunities for Craftmanship"
Education
Anton Reijnders, European Ceramic Work Centre, s¹Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
OEStimulating Developments¹
Maria Georgaki, Camberwell College of Arts, The London Institute
OETeaching the Modern: Assessing the Aesthetic and Educational role of the Crafts in the ILEA/Camberwell Collection¹
Craft Values in Product Design
Penny Macbeth, University of Huddersfield,
OEIdeas of Exchange¹
Mila Marlia School of Cultural Studies, Sheffield Hallam University,
and Lily Wulandari,
OESpinning and Weaving the Wild Silkworm Cocoon using a "Green-Craft" concept
Stuart Walker, Faculty of Environmental Design, University of Calgary, Canada
OEWhen Worlds Collide: Craft Design, Mass Production and Sustainability¹
11.20 - 11.40 Coffee
11.40 - 12.10 Reyer Kras, Curator, Stedelijk Museum Industrial / Designer, Aurelius, Amsterdam
OEThe Firm Conference Dinner Project: craft objects as unique carriers of meaning and function¹
12.10 - 12.40 Dr. Kevin Murray, Artistic Director, Craft Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
OEBack to Nowhere: Craft and the Open Source Movement¹
12.40 - 14.50 Lunch
14.00 - 14.30 Jane Adam, Jeweller
OEUsing Craft: The Fulfilment of Potential¹
14.30 - 15.00 Prof. Ken Baynes, Gallery of the Future, Loughborough University
OECraft Futures¹
15.00 - 15.30 Plenary
15.30 Conference Ends
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