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Dear all, We're very pleased to circulate online booking details for the forthcoming event at the British Library Conference Centre on 4th March. The event is aimed at archivists, curators, arts organisations, arts practitioners, researchers, students, academics and anyone with an interest in arts archives, interpretation, display and curation. There are 2 panel sessions, 4 afternoon seminars and a networking lunch. This is an Archiving the Arts<http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sector/archiving-the-arts.htm> working group event, and a partnership between The National Archives and British Library. This will be our final main event as part of Archiving the Arts, with more partnership events in the pipeline. Book your ticket: http://www.bl.uk/events/the-archivist-as-interpreter Full price: £20 Concessions: £12-£16 Draft programme Archivist as Interpreter - British Library Conference Centre - 4th March 2016 09:30-09:50 - Registration 10:00 - 10.15 - Welcome and introduction 10.15 - 11.15 Keynote speaker 11:15 - 11.45 Teas and Coffee 11.45 - 13.00 Panel 1 Reaching out beyond the search room: how interpreting archives can attract new audiences and spark new interactions 13:00-14:00 networking lunch 14:00-15:00 Afternoon seminars 1. Working with archives: working with a major institution as an artist and selecting new narratives to explore 2. Facilitating interest: designing tactile, interactive exhibitions with archives at their heart 3. Archives for all: using archives to reach and develop audiences: how can archives inspire those who don't have a relationship with the original material? 4. The role of the new: using newly created works to explore the truth of archival material 15:00-15:30 Teas and Coffee 15:30-16:45 Panel 2 Challenging the audience: how archive projects can offer audiences challenges to expectations, deal with difficult subject matter and encourage new ways of seeing. 16:45-17:00 Wrap Up Stalls / posters There are opportunities for a small number of stalls / posters during the networking lunch. These are themed around opening up arts archives; working with creative practitioners; sharing ideas, skills and knowledge, within the overall Archiving the Arts<http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sector/archiving-the-arts.htm> context. Please do get in touch if you are interested. Very best wishes, Fleur _______________________________________________________________________________ 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> _______________________________________________________________________________ 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