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Dear all, This is a Christmas update from Archiving the Arts, with some forthcoming events and dates for your diary. Art360: The Gift and its Legacy 10:00 - 15:45, Friday 19 February 2016 Goldsmiths, University of London, Professor Stuart Hall Building, London SE14 6AD As part of the Art360 project<http://www.dacsfoundation.org.uk/art360/>, DACS Foundation and Goldsmiths, University of London are hosting a conference exploring the long-term impact of donations from artists, estates, galleries and collectors in supporting visual arts in the UK. 'Art360: The Gift and its Legacy' brings together experts from the visual arts sector, including representatives from museums and galleries, as well as artists, funding bodies and donors. We have invited leading arts professionals who have brokered new relationships, and the artists and collectors whose generosity continues to benefit national audiences, to take part in this conversation; and to share with us lessons learnt around legacy expectations. Further information and tickets are available now<https://billetto.co.uk/en/events/art360-the-gift-and-its-legacy>. Cost: £12; concessions £6. Save the date: Archivist as interpreter: creativity and curation (working title) 09:00-17:00, Friday 04 March 2016 The British Library Conference Centre, 96 Euston Rd, London NW1 2DB This event will explore the role of the archivist as an interpreter, creative and curator. It will look at principles and practicalities of display for physical and digital; facilitation and animation; challenges of content and subject matter in an exhibition; creative process, residencies and creative re-use. Further details and booking will be available in the New Year. The major forthcoming exhibition By me, Will Shakespeare<http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/by-me-william-shakespeare-exhibition/>: a life in writing, 03 February - 29 May 2016. This is a is a unique collaboration between The National Archives and King's College London, and will highlight nine documents which reveal aspects of the playwright's life, including his iconic will and four of the six known signatures known to be in existence. The exhibition will be held at the Inigo Rooms, Somerset House, as part of Shakespeare400<http://www.shakespeare400.org/>, a year of events marking Shakespeare's huge cultural impact which continues 400 years after his death. Visitors will encounter Shakespeare in his own words and be taken on a journey from the birth of The Globe theatre, the naming of his players as the King's Men, through to his dying days in Stratford upon Avon. Tickets are available now<http://www.bymewilliamshakespeare.org/>. Cost: £10, concessions £8. Please do share your news on developments for arts archives and creative use of archives. Wishing you all the best for the festive season and New Year. Fleur Archiving the Arts _______________________________________________________________________________ Fleur Soper | Collections Knowledge Manager | Archives Sector Development The National Archives | Kew | Richmond | Surrey TW9 4DU | 020 8876 3444 x2548 Archiving the Arts resources<http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sector/archiving-the-arts-resources.htm> Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- National Archives Disclaimer This email and any files transmitted with it are intended solely for the use of the individual(s) to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient and have received this email in error, please notify the sender and delete the email. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message and attachments that do not relate to the official business of The National Archives are neither given nor endorsed by it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=archives-nra