A series of seminars and online forum
      ‘Context and Collaboration’ - generating cross-sector discussions
        between  contemporary
        textile practitioners, curators and academics. The discussion specifically
        focuses on the role of museums, galleries and Higher Education Institutions
        in developing a framework for identifying needs and determining strategies
      for collaboration across and between sectors.  
      Context and Collaboration will take the programming of contemporary
        textile as a case study; how to enable the presentation or prioritisation
        of contemporary
        textile exhibitions. 
              The discussion will also take place through this website on the Forum.  
      The final Paper is now published on this website. 
        Outcomes 
              Seminar dates: 
      9 December 2005  
        University College for the Creative Arts at Farnham 
      ‘Ambiguous Spaces 2’ practitioners and exhibition programmers
      discussed how to work together to increase the profile of contemporary
      textiles.
        Click here to read more, including summary notes. 
      22 July 2006 
        Manchester Art Gallery 
              Delegates and speakers representing museums and galleries,
      higher education and professional practitioners will debate the theme of ‘context’.  
      Click
      here to read more, including a full transcript of the delegate debate. 
      22 September 2006 
  Victoria & Albert Museum 
              Delegates and speakers representing museums and galleries, higher education
      and professional practitioners will debate the theme of ‘collaboration’. 
      Click here to read more, including a full transcript
      of the delegate debate.       
      January 26th 2007 
        University College for the Creative Arts at Epsom 
              Presentation to delegates by the Project Director of the draft Paper
        drawn from discussions at the seminars, through the web-forum and in
      consultation with the Advisory Group. 
      February 11th 2007 
  Royal College of Art, London 
      This was an extra Seminar held, at the invitation of the Crafts
        Council, as part of programme supporting the international contemporary
        applied arts fair COLLECT. The session explored the importance of 'Collections
      and Collectors' 
      Click here to read more, including a full transcript of
      the delegate debate.  
       
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