Manchester Antique Textile Fair:

Programme of Talks Sunday 6th March 2011

The Textile Society are pleased to present a series of talks, including the Textiles Bursary Awards and Graduate Showcase, introducing the emerging talent within textile art and design.

11:30 Professor Lubaina Himid, MBE, Head of Research, School of Art, Design & Performance, UCLAN www.lubainahimid.info

Lubaina Himid’s work investigates and looks at historical representations of the people of African diaspora and highlights the importance of their cultural contribution to the contemporary landscape. Short-listed for the Northern Art prize, her current exhibition at Platt Hall, Tailor, Singer, Striker Dandy, is a response to the Tylecote collection of African fabrics held there.

12:30 Nepalese Children’s Trust, Gwenda Culkin, Trustee

The Nepalese Children’s Trust, a registered Charity, has been attending the Antique Textile Fair for several years now. Gwenda Culkin will talk about the trust and how the monies raised enables the support of children in Nepal.

1:30 Graduate Showcase

2010 MA Bursary Winner: Julie James Turner, University of Central Lancashire.

Julie will talk about her MA research and how the MA bursary has helped to develop her practice

2010 BA Bursary Winner: Jennifer Sturrock, London College of Fashion

Jennifer will talk about the development of her practice since graduating and the benefit of the BA bursary

2010 Textile Society New Designers Winner: Soukaina Azis El Idissi, Central St Martins

Soukaina will discuss Poly-bond, a woven textile project that aims at creating long lasting hard and semi hard surfaces through the manipulation of a large range of plastics of which most are recycled. Visually inspired by junkyards and recycling plants, the collection of fabrics aims at creating material that is unique in that it is 100 percent plastic

2010 Textile Society Critical Writing Award: Hollie Price

Hollie will present a short essay on the role of textiles in film and literature

Presentation of 2011 Textile Society BA & MA Awards

Brenda King, Chair, and Lynn Broster, Vice-Chair, will announce and present the