More Degree Shows kicking off tonight! 💫BA Design students present A Synonym For Break Copeland Park from 6pm 💫From MA Performance Making, the first show of REVERIE is at 6pm tonight Full degree show listings and highlights so far ⬇️ gold.ac.uk/degree-shows

Congratulations to #ClaudetteJohnson on her exhibition 'Darker Than Blue’' which launched The Barber Institute last night 🍾 The perfect moment to revisit our recent podcast where Claudette was in conversation with artist #ChantalJoffe and Dorothy Price 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸 🎧courtauld.ac.uk/research/court…

We’ve launched a "Blueprint for Renewal: Design and Technology Education." This guide for the next government outlines crucial steps to renew the GCSE course, which has declined by 68% since 2010. Read the report to learn more: bit.ly/4bboEoQ

This #WindrushDay why not spend some time exploring our Goldsmiths, University of London database of passengers and see recreated landing cards for each person. Also, links to other resources including the fabulous #windrush map layer Layers of London #WindrushDay2024 gold.ac.uk/windrush/

Apply now: up to £750 grants to support #fashion or #textiles research. Did you know? Pasold offers Research Activity Grants to support small projects, conference travel expenses, photocopying and microfilming. Available all year - apply any time. pasold.co.uk/research-activ…

📣 DTA (Decolonising the Archive) seminars are the best. It's a pleasure to be welcoming them to Brum. ⚡ If you are presently engaged in preserving, sharing and engaging community histories and producing community knowledges then THIS IS FOR YOU! ⬇️

Join me tonight on Channel 5 at 2100 for Your Kitchen: 60 Years of fads & gadgets, talking all things colour in your kitchen #YourKitchen #Channel5 #DesignHistory #KitchenGadgets #Colour #YourKitchenColour What’s your favourite kitchen colour?

Black Cultural Archives is proud to have contributed a number of archival materials from our Collections to this landmark exhibition. Don't miss your opportunity to see Beyond the Bassline!

Arts and crafts give greater life satisfaction than work, survey suggests theguardian.com/society/articl…

Join us on 10 Sept, 1pm BST for the WDO webinar "Designing for Planet" with Minnie Moll. Explore 80 years of design history & the mission to lead the green transition. Open to all! 🔗 ow.ly/lIEm50SZ2bw WDO #DesignForPlanet #WDOwebinar #SustainableDesign

📣 CALL FOR PAPERS 📣 Proposals are now welcome for our 2025 Annual Conference, which will be held at University of York with History of Art York 💥 The DEADLINE is 1 November 2024. Details 👉: forarthistory.org.uk/conference/202… #ArtHistory #VisualCultures #HistoryOfArt #CFP #ForArtHistory2025

📣 Historic!

Our academics are heading to Horniman Museum and Gardens for a museum late for Being Human Festival, the UK's national festival of the humanities. The free event on 7 November explores the festival's theme of Landmarks and will include a performance from IRIE! dance theatre. 👉beinghumanfestival.org/events/landmar…

This week's #craftfocus is knitting. Images: Ria Burns #heritagecrafts #craftfocus #knitting

Thurs 7th Nov 24, a participatory making workshop where Participants will respond to Rose's research on the absence of Caribbean women in UK textiles discourses and unseen objects from the Horniman's Caribbean collection not usually accessible horniman.ac.uk//event/hornima…

Professor Tara Page leads Goldsmiths, University of London's Artsmark learning programme. This #CelebrateArtsmark week, she reflects on our first year working in partnership; the challenges, the opportunities, and the transformation taking place. buff.ly/48LYp8Z

‘Creativity is the thing that transformed my life’ - keeping a pot made in primary school is significant. Craft matters, making matters. Craft skills are life skills and should be in every school from nursery to sixth form (OK years 12/13 but I’m old school!).

How much do you know about the history of lametta tinsel? Goldsmiths Lecturer in Design Education Rose Sinclair (@DorcasStories) on the surprising origins of the Christmas tree staple in Channel 5's 70's Christmas: Those Were The Days Watch now🎄 channel5.com/show/a-70s-chr…

Seeking funding for community-led research projects? Look no further! Following a £1 million award from Arts and Humanities Research Council, we are launching a new Community Research Hub. The project, known as Spaces, Places and Belonging, will support outreach work. Read more: nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/the…

Pleased to support #WorldAfroDay in Parliament with Beverley Knight💙. Afro hair is beautiful, powerful and deserves to be celebrated but too often discrimination persists. ✊🏾🌍