Althea McNish:Colour Is Mine,2 April 2022. WilliamMorrisGallery. Landmark retrospective of one of the UK’s most innovative black textile artists. Sponsors Liberty London & LibertyFabrics & research fund @SocAntiquaries, I am co-curator with Rowan Bain Info:bit.ly/3Fy53zu

NEW on Wonkhe: REF 2021 demonstrated the power of arts and humanities research buff.ly/3MmMBya

CFP Fashioning Masculinities: The Art of Menswear symposium. 13-14 Oct 2022, V&A London. Deadline for abstracts: 19th June. #ECRchat #Phdchat #academictwitter #fashioningmasculinities

What's On 16th July 2022 in Events calendar: In Focus: Althea McNish ⁦WilliamMorrisGallery⁩ a hybrid/online in person symposium discussing the impact of Althea McNish & her textiles and design work. Fantastic line up of speakers wmgallery.org.uk/whats-on/event…

Registration is open for Futurescan 5: Conscious Communities Future Fashion Factory University of Leeds 7th–8th September 2022. ftc-online.org.uk/futurescan-5/ #futurescan5 #textiles #fashion #research #consciouscommunities

Delight to announce @AvisKivuCharles with Varsha Mahendra and RÆBURN as keynotes for Futurescan 5: Conscious Communities Future Fashion Factory University of Leeds 7th–8th September 2022. Register for in person or online attendance rb.gy/zcgcft #futurescan5

📣 Join Future Fashion Factory at Futurescan 5: Conscious Communities, taking place 7th – 8th September at Nexus Building, University of Leeds! Only a few places left - register here: - ow.ly/Wcnw50Kk34c 📣 #ethicalfashion #sustainablefashion #zerowaste #FTC

Registration for online attendance closes today. View the conference schedule and book at ftc-online.org.uk/futurescan-5/ 7-8 September 2022 Future Fashion Factory University of Leeds #fashion #textiles #research #conference #exhibition

Future Fashion Factory’s Sue Rainton and Kevin Almond are introducing the Futurescan 5 conference at Nexus Leeds, kicking off what will be two day’s worth of exhibitions and keynotes, centred around the theme of conscious communities! Updates to follow! #futurescan5 #FTC

Hidden histories from the archive shared by @nicholadburton #futurescan5 #lace #nottingham visionary education in post war Nottingham Nottingham School of Art & Design

Social Fabric: Dundee #francesstevenson @AndrewCrummy Lyndsey Currie - Knitted Accessories on co-creating a #tapestry for Dundee drawing out secret histories and creating new #stitching #communities during the #pandemic University of Leeds Future Fashion Factory #futurescan5

FTC’s @futurescan5 exhibition is juxtapositioning fashion, mixed media and material and textile dye experiments exploring #conscious #communities. Lucky to base this in the #nexus building University of Leeds Future Fashion Factory

An inspirational day at the fashionandtextiles #futurescan5 conference... Artesan communities, Guatemalan dress, bio-inspired textiles, rethinking charity shops, archives for learning and textile blends for a circular economy, & more! ... & I chaired a session... Well done all!

Fascinating insights from keynote speaker @raeburn_design from The #Wombles and #recycling to designing for #disassembly and #waste streams and evolving #fashioneducation Future Fashion Factory University of Leeds

Just in case you haven't booked yet... @weare_face Summit 2022 - Thursday 13th October 5-8pm (GMT) & Friday 14th October 11.30-7pm (GMT) weareface.uk/face-summit

Great opportunity to work on a project connected to evaluating the value of archives and collections in fashion and textiles education. Please share lnkd.in/ejfsuYEu

My 20yr old daughter endured a train journey today of men defiantly singing Delilah; making sheep noises; commenting on her appearance and joking about the disappearance of “fit” Nicola Bulley. It’s no wonder we’re silently raging every bloody day - year in, year out. #misogyny

🎟️ Early bird tickets are on sale for the European Academy of Design Conference 2023 on Friday 20 October. Until next Saturday 15 July student admission is £35 and general admission is £45. More information is available here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/european-aca…