The Textile Society AGM & Conference * London * 2-4 November 2012

Last year the Textile Society's AGM and Conference in Oxford was packed - and no surprise it was seam to seam interest. The conference venue for this year is going to be the Wellcome Collection Conference Centre - it is directly opposite Euston station. However, this state-of-the-art venue only seats 80 delegates, so book now in order to avoid disappointment. Click here for more details. This is the programme for the Conference weekend:

Friday 2 November
Morning Visit to Central St Martin's archive with the curator Anna Buruma
2.30pm Registration
3.00pm AGM
3.45pm Tea/coffee
4.00pm Mary Schoeser in conversation with Sarah Campbell
7.00pm Conference dinner at Ciao Bella Italian Restaurant, Lamb's Conduit Street, London WC1

Saturday, 3 November, Wellcome Conference Centre
10.00am Registration
10.30am Welcome Brenda King, Chair
10.35am Session One
Mary Schoeser: Boswellian Pratice? Writing about makers and making.
11.15am Tea/coffee
11.30am Session Two
Dr Myriem Naji: Domesticating the western market: contemporary weaving production in the Sirwa (Morocco)
Gavin Fry: Characteristics of Practice: Embroidery as Data
12.45pm Lunch
1.45pm Session Three
Elizabeth Brimelow: (title tbc)
Prof. Anne Morrell: What do I look at to make what I stitch?
3.00pm Tea
3.15pm Session Four
Jennifer Sturrock: (title tbc)
Liz Harding/Kay Swancutt: A Critical Reflection on a Working Philosophy
4.45pm Summing up

Sunday, 4 November Visit to William Morris Gallery