As a new member of the crafts discussion list, I would like to introduce
myself as Grace Lees, Lecturer in the History & Theory of Design & Applied
Arts at the University of Hertfordshire. I would also like to inform you of
a conference I have been organizing which is very relevant to the concerns
of the list:


DANGEROUS LIAISONS: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ART & CRAFT
A one-day conference at the University of Hertfordshire
16 April 1999

This conference will build on recent ongoing dialogue surrounding the
crafts to explore in particular the interface between art and craft. Are
art and craft mutually informative collaborators or are they hostile
players concerned with distinction? Does a boundary exist between art and
craft and if so, is rigidly or loosely conceived? Some makers would argue
that such definitions do not concern them, and yet these distinctions
determine which galleries, magazines and journals, educational institutions
and audiences works may access.


TO BOOK
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Further details and a booking form may be obtained by sending your address
to any of the following:

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Short Course Office
Faculty of Art and Design
University of Hertfordshire
College Lane
Hatfield
Herts AL10 9AB

telephone: 01707 285375 / 285329
fax: 01707 285310


PROGRAMME
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10.00 - 	Registration and Coffee

10.30 - 	Welcome Address by Chris McIntyre, Dean of the Faculty of Art and
Design

10.40 - 	'The Transience of Permanence'
	Peter Chatwin, artist, of partnership Chatwin:Martin

11.20 - 	'Artsmanship & Craftistry: Practice, Gender, Hierarchy'
	Grace Lees, University of Hertfordshire

12.00 - 	Lunch in the new Faculty Gallery and a chance to see the current
show of 	photographs by Ben Edwards

13.00 - 	'In the Background: Mary Adshead and the Decorated Surface'
	Melanie Unwin, University of East London

13.40 - 	'Masculinity & the Art of Hobbyist Crafts: Norman Bel Geddes's War
Models 	at MoMA', Nicolas Maffei, Royal College of Art

14.20 - 	'Sleeping with the Enemy: Corruption and Virtue in the Crafts'
	Linda Sandino, Camberwell College of Arts

15.00 - 	Tea

15.40 - 	'Diverse Liaisons: Crafts and Contemporary Culture'
	Martina Margetts, Freelance Writer and Lecturer

16.20 - 	Questions and Panel Discussion chaired by Judy Glasman, Head of
the 	Department of Arts and Arts Therapies, University of Hertfordshire.

17.00 - 	Close


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