As a new member of the design-history 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 relevant to the concerns of
some members 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 &
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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