http://www.bergpublishers.com/Categories/fsh/tabid/606/Default.aspx
The link above is to the Berg publishers site. They have some new Fashion books which look very interesting....
Friday, 27 February 2009
Thursday, 26 February 2009
East London Theatre Archive Launch March 4th
East London Theatre Archive & JISC present
ELTA Website Launch
University of East London, Knowledge Dock Building, Room 2.22
Wednesday, 04th March 2009
12pm – 3pm
Registration from 11.30am
Dear colleagues,
You are cordially invited to the website launch of the East London Theatre Archive (ELTA). A JISC-funded digital archive featuring material from V&A Theatre Collections, Hackney empire, Half Moon Young People's Theatre, Hoxton Hall, Theatre Royal Stratford East, Theatre Venture and Wilton's Music Hall. There is no admission fee, and lunch plus refreshments will be provided free of charge.
This promises to be a popular event, so please RSVP to elta@uel.ac.uk indicating any special dietary or accessibility requirements in your response. Please circulate to members that might be interested. Thanks.
Further details are included below:
Event Venue
The launch takes place in the Knowledge Dock room KD 222 at the University of East London's Docklands Campus,London E16 2RD
Please visit the University of East London's website for further travel details and maps at http://www.uel.ac.uk/about_uel/why_uel/docklands_map.htm.
Registration
The registration desk will be open from 11.30am in the lobby of the Knowledge Dock. The event starts at 12.00pm in room KD 222
Refreshments
Lunch is served from 1.00pm. ELTA will also hold a small exhibition, which is an excellent opportunity to see parts of our collection.
Best wishes,
Yvonne Klein (ELTA Project Manager) and Rachel Graham (Project Officer)
ELTA Website Launch
University of East London, Knowledge Dock Building, Room 2.22
Wednesday, 04th March 2009
12pm – 3pm
Registration from 11.30am
Dear colleagues,
You are cordially invited to the website launch of the East London Theatre Archive (ELTA). A JISC-funded digital archive featuring material from V&A Theatre Collections, Hackney empire, Half Moon Young People's Theatre, Hoxton Hall, Theatre Royal Stratford East, Theatre Venture and Wilton's Music Hall. There is no admission fee, and lunch plus refreshments will be provided free of charge.
This promises to be a popular event, so please RSVP to elta@uel.ac.uk indicating any special dietary or accessibility requirements in your response. Please circulate to members that might be interested. Thanks.
Further details are included below:
Event Venue
The launch takes place in the Knowledge Dock room KD 222 at the University of East London's Docklands Campus,London E16 2RD
Please visit the University of East London's website for further travel details and maps at http://www.uel.ac.uk/about_uel/why_uel/docklands_map.htm.
Registration
The registration desk will be open from 11.30am in the lobby of the Knowledge Dock. The event starts at 12.00pm in room KD 222
Refreshments
Lunch is served from 1.00pm. ELTA will also hold a small exhibition, which is an excellent opportunity to see parts of our collection.
Best wishes,
Yvonne Klein (ELTA Project Manager) and Rachel Graham (Project Officer)
Monday, 9 February 2009
Library sessions for Semester B
Please let me know as soon as possible if you would like me to do any user education sessions this semester - perhaps your students need a refresher on electronic resources or you may have new students who have never used our library resources.
Exhibition at Cornerhouse
It has recently been discovered that humans are closer to higher primates than was previously thought. This exhibition brings together a group of artists who actively question the authority of the human species over all other animal species.
Four artists present specially commissioned projects developed with animals. Nicolas Primat presents his work involving interactions with tribes of monkeys and bonobo apes, in which he reveals the hidden non-human primate in all of us. Kira O’Reilly, in her special performance for Cornerhouse and installation, Falling Asleep with a Pig, allows a glance at an intimate relationship between her and a female pig known as Deliah. Antony Hall’s interactive work, ENKI experiment 3, explores communication between visitors and a Black Ghost Knife Fish. Ruth Maclennan presents, The Hawk and the Tower, a film that looks at people, the city and the landscape from the perspective of a ‘hawk-camera.’
Also included in the exhibition are Rachel Mayeri’s Primate Cinema, which casts human actors in the role of mating non-human primates and Beatriz da Costa’s PigeonBlog, which investigates the military use of homing pigeons.
Four artists present specially commissioned projects developed with animals. Nicolas Primat presents his work involving interactions with tribes of monkeys and bonobo apes, in which he reveals the hidden non-human primate in all of us. Kira O’Reilly, in her special performance for Cornerhouse and installation, Falling Asleep with a Pig, allows a glance at an intimate relationship between her and a female pig known as Deliah. Antony Hall’s interactive work, ENKI experiment 3, explores communication between visitors and a Black Ghost Knife Fish. Ruth Maclennan presents, The Hawk and the Tower, a film that looks at people, the city and the landscape from the perspective of a ‘hawk-camera.’
Also included in the exhibition are Rachel Mayeri’s Primate Cinema, which casts human actors in the role of mating non-human primates and Beatriz da Costa’s PigeonBlog, which investigates the military use of homing pigeons.
Film and Sound Online
Dear Colleagues
I wanted to bring your attention to an excellent electronic resource (provided free as it is JISC funded) that seems to be rather underused.
Film & Sound Online is a JISC-funded set of collections of film, video and sound material. Several hundred hours of high-quality material are available for download, either in full or as segments, and can be used freely in learning, teaching and research.
Please have a look and recommend it to your students, if it would be useful. You will need an Athens account to access it so let me know if you need to set one it.
http://www.filmandsound.ac.uk/
This database is also available from Library website. Access E journals and Databases and the link is included in the Databases A to Z list.
I wanted to bring your attention to an excellent electronic resource (provided free as it is JISC funded) that seems to be rather underused.
Film & Sound Online is a JISC-funded set of collections of film, video and sound material. Several hundred hours of high-quality material are available for download, either in full or as segments, and can be used freely in learning, teaching and research.
Please have a look and recommend it to your students, if it would be useful. You will need an Athens account to access it so let me know if you need to set one it.
http://www.filmandsound.ac.uk/
This database is also available from Library website. Access E journals and Databases and the link is included in the Databases A to Z list.
Tuesday, 20 January 2009
Fashion Diversity 2009
Fashion Diversity returns to Museum of London during London Fashion Week September 2009. Next year's event launches on Thursday 17th September with a series of industry led workshops, culminating in an exclusive gala show for press, buyers and an invitation extended to workshop participants.Friday 18th & Saturday 19th will see the doors open to the public to attend the FREE catwalk shows offering a unique opportunity to see some of London and the UK's most innovative and directional emerging and established talents. This is definitely an event not to be missed!
Applications now invited from designers, forms can be obtained by sending an e-mail request to: maame@fashiondiversity.comCLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: FRIDAY 13TH MARCH 2009
Budding students and 2009 graduates, the brief has been set please either view the Fashion Diversity Facebook group page or contact maame@fashiondiversity.com to request the electronic version.CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: FRIDAY 27TH FEBRUARY 2009
It would be wonderful if you could let your students know about this opportunity.
If you would like any more information, please contact Carol Hughes at c.hughes@uel.ac.uk
Applications now invited from designers, forms can be obtained by sending an e-mail request to: maame@fashiondiversity.comCLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: FRIDAY 13TH MARCH 2009
Budding students and 2009 graduates, the brief has been set please either view the Fashion Diversity Facebook group page or contact maame@fashiondiversity.com to request the electronic version.CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: FRIDAY 27TH FEBRUARY 2009
It would be wonderful if you could let your students know about this opportunity.
If you would like any more information, please contact Carol Hughes at c.hughes@uel.ac.uk
Magnificence of the Zsars - Victoria and Albert
http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/fashion/tsars/
I went to this exhibition on Sunday. It is quite a small collection but remarkable as it is curated and mounted by the Moscow Kremlin Museums.
This exhibition illustrates Russia’s relationship with her past and with Europe through two centuries of men’s court dress.
The Moscow Kremlin Museums, together with the Armoury Chamber, form Russia’s oldest national treasury, founded in 1806. Their collections include the dress and regalia worn by the emperors and the Russian court from the 1720s to 1917. This exhibition focuses on men’s dress, particularly the coronation dress of the emperor and other participants in ceremonies at court
I went to this exhibition on Sunday. It is quite a small collection but remarkable as it is curated and mounted by the Moscow Kremlin Museums.
This exhibition illustrates Russia’s relationship with her past and with Europe through two centuries of men’s court dress.
The Moscow Kremlin Museums, together with the Armoury Chamber, form Russia’s oldest national treasury, founded in 1806. Their collections include the dress and regalia worn by the emperors and the Russian court from the 1720s to 1917. This exhibition focuses on men’s dress, particularly the coronation dress of the emperor and other participants in ceremonies at court
Learning on Screen Awards 2009
http://www.bufvc.ac.uk/learningonscreen/email_LOS09_CallForEntries.html
Learning on Screen Awards 2009
Call for entries
BUFVC is receiving entries for the Learning on Screen Awards 2009. The awards will be given following the Learning on Screen Conference dinner at the Holiday Inn Regent's Park on the 7th April 2009.The BUFVC will present a number of awards which celebrate and reward excellence in the use of moving image, sound and related media in learning, teaching and research. For further category details and information on how to enter please see the Learning on Screen Awards 2009 website.Categories this year include General Audience Education, Curriculum-Related Content, Student Production and Disability & Access Awards as well as Premier and Special Jury Awards.Entries must be made downloading an entry form, which should be completed and emailed, faxed or posted to the BUFVC at the address above, with full details of the mode of payment. Please send five copies of each entry on CD or DVD (plus five copies of any related print content); web-delivered entries need only supply a live URL and username/password for authenticated access if there is a sign-in before 6th February 2009.For any assistance please feel free to email learningonscreen@bufvc.ac.uk.We look forward to hearing from you.
Learning on Screen Awards 2009
Call for entries
BUFVC is receiving entries for the Learning on Screen Awards 2009. The awards will be given following the Learning on Screen Conference dinner at the Holiday Inn Regent's Park on the 7th April 2009.The BUFVC will present a number of awards which celebrate and reward excellence in the use of moving image, sound and related media in learning, teaching and research. For further category details and information on how to enter please see the Learning on Screen Awards 2009 website.Categories this year include General Audience Education, Curriculum-Related Content, Student Production and Disability & Access Awards as well as Premier and Special Jury Awards.Entries must be made downloading an entry form, which should be completed and emailed, faxed or posted to the BUFVC at the address above, with full details of the mode of payment. Please send five copies of each entry on CD or DVD (plus five copies of any related print content); web-delivered entries need only supply a live URL and username/password for authenticated access if there is a sign-in before 6th February 2009.For any assistance please feel free to email learningonscreen@bufvc.ac.uk.We look forward to hearing from you.
Monday, 22 December 2008
Fashion and Textile Museum - Bill Gibbs exhibition
http://www.ftmlondon.org/
I have n't been to this Exhibition but I did read a review and it sounded very intriguing.
I have n't been to this Exhibition but I did read a review and it sounded very intriguing.
ARLIS Creative Industries Day
The Art Libraries Society recently help a day focusing on the creative industries. Below are some useful website on the business aspect.
http://www.bl.uk/bipc/index.html
http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/index.html.
www.businesslink.gov.uk
www.jobsinsight.co.uk
www.statisticsinsight.co.uk
www.publishingbirmingham.com
www.birminghammusic.com
And the websites below focus on materials
http://materialstories.com/
http://www.ecolect.net/
http://www.mutr.co.uk/
http://www.modulor.info/
http://www.modelshop.co.uk/
http://www.materialconnexion.com/
http://www.iom3.org/
http://amf.globalwatchonline.com/epicentric_portal/site/AMF/menuitem.06688dadabd92be81006a0108380e1a0/?mode=0
http://www.bl.uk/bipc/index.html
http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/index.html.
www.businesslink.gov.uk
www.jobsinsight.co.uk
www.statisticsinsight.co.uk
www.publishingbirmingham.com
www.birminghammusic.com
And the websites below focus on materials
http://materialstories.com/
http://www.ecolect.net/
http://www.mutr.co.uk/
http://www.modulor.info/
http://www.modelshop.co.uk/
http://www.materialconnexion.com/
http://www.iom3.org/
http://amf.globalwatchonline.com/epicentric_portal/site/AMF/menuitem.06688dadabd92be81006a0108380e1a0/?mode=0
Monday, 8 December 2008
Chelsea College of Art and Tate Libraries
I recently visited the Chelsea College of Art and Design library and the Tate Library. They are both part of SCONUL ACCESS - although the Tate only allows staff and PHDs to borrow. However, any member of the public can register as reader and have reference access.
Both libraries have amazing collections and are happy to have our students visit. I would always advise a phone call first since most materials have to be retrieved from storage.
Both libraries have amazing collections and are happy to have our students visit. I would always advise a phone call first since most materials have to be retrieved from storage.
Mary Quant lecture
These lectures are usually very popular!
http://www.vam.ac.uk/activ_events/courses/lectures_talks_tours/friday_talks/index.html
Mary Quant - Inspired By
Friday 23 January
Lecture Theatre
19.00-20.00
Described as "the High Priestess of Sixties Fashion", Mary Quant was one of the most influential figures in Swinging London. She is famed for her distinctive Op and Pop-Art patterns and for popularising Sixties classics like the mini-skirt, hot pants, paint-box make-up and plastic macs. She discusses the highpoints of her career.
£8, £6 concessions
This talk will be BSL interpreted
Book online or call +44 (0)20 7942 2211
http://www.vam.ac.uk/activ_events/courses/lectures_talks_tours/friday_talks/index.html
Mary Quant - Inspired By
Friday 23 January
Lecture Theatre
19.00-20.00
Described as "the High Priestess of Sixties Fashion", Mary Quant was one of the most influential figures in Swinging London. She is famed for her distinctive Op and Pop-Art patterns and for popularising Sixties classics like the mini-skirt, hot pants, paint-box make-up and plastic macs. She discusses the highpoints of her career.
£8, £6 concessions
This talk will be BSL interpreted
Book online or call +44 (0)20 7942 2211
Thursday, 4 December 2008
Mark Rothko Exhibition Tate Modern
http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/exhibitions/markrothko/default.shtm
Tate Modern presents an exhibition by one of the world’s most famous and best-loved artists, Mark Rothko. This is the first significant exhibition of his work to be held in the UK for over 20 years.
Tate Modern's iconic 'Rothko Room' works are reunited for the first time with works from Japan. The Seagram Murals were originally commissioned for The Four Seasons Restaurant in the Seagram Building New York.
Rothko’s iconic paintings, composed of luminous, soft-edged rectangles saturated with colour, are among the most enduring and mysterious created by an artist in modern times. In the exhibition his paintings glow meditatively from the walls in deep dark reds, oranges, maroons, browns, blacks, and greys.
The exhibition will also focus on other work in series, such as the Black-Form paintings, his large-scale Brown and Grey works on paper, and his last series of Black on Grey paintings, created in the final decade of his life from 1958-1970.
Tate Modern presents an exhibition by one of the world’s most famous and best-loved artists, Mark Rothko. This is the first significant exhibition of his work to be held in the UK for over 20 years.
Tate Modern's iconic 'Rothko Room' works are reunited for the first time with works from Japan. The Seagram Murals were originally commissioned for The Four Seasons Restaurant in the Seagram Building New York.
Rothko’s iconic paintings, composed of luminous, soft-edged rectangles saturated with colour, are among the most enduring and mysterious created by an artist in modern times. In the exhibition his paintings glow meditatively from the walls in deep dark reds, oranges, maroons, browns, blacks, and greys.
The exhibition will also focus on other work in series, such as the Black-Form paintings, his large-scale Brown and Grey works on paper, and his last series of Black on Grey paintings, created in the final decade of his life from 1958-1970.
National Art Library
http://www.vam.ac.uk/nal/
I recently visited the National Art Library at the V&A and I will be encouraging our students to go there.
The National Art Library at the Victoria and Albert Museum is a majorpublic reference library. Its strength lies in the range and depth of its holdings of documentary material concerning the fine and decorativearts of many countries and periods. It is also the curatorial departmentfor the art, craft and design of thebook, details of which can be found in the Prints & Books collection.
It is such a stunning library with unique resources - including many databases which our students can use. They even offer user education sessions on Tuesday.
I recently visited the National Art Library at the V&A and I will be encouraging our students to go there.
The National Art Library at the Victoria and Albert Museum is a majorpublic reference library. Its strength lies in the range and depth of its holdings of documentary material concerning the fine and decorativearts of many countries and periods. It is also the curatorial departmentfor the art, craft and design of thebook, details of which can be found in the Prints & Books collection.
It is such a stunning library with unique resources - including many databases which our students can use. They even offer user education sessions on Tuesday.
Wednesday, 12 November 2008
Free web resources for Art and Design students
An email came around asking for useful free web resources for Art and Design students and the following were suggested - both film orientated.
http://artsonfilm.wmin.ac.uk/
http://www.archive.org/index.php
http://artsonfilm.wmin.ac.uk/
http://www.archive.org/index.php
Thursday, 6 November 2008
Statuephilia LATE at British Library
http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/events_calendar/statuephilia_late.aspx
Statuephilia Late
Enjoy an evening at the British Museum
Friday 7 November, 18.30–21.00Great CourtAdmission free, just drop in
Enjoy sculpture from ancient to contemporary in the British Museum. Five sculptures by Antony Gormley, Damien Hirst, Ron Mueck, Tim Noble and Sue Webster and Marc Quinn are displayed alongside the Museum’s permanent collections.
Take part in workshops and attend performances and talks in the Great Court and galleries.
Statuephilia Late
Enjoy an evening at the British Museum
Friday 7 November, 18.30–21.00Great CourtAdmission free, just drop in
Enjoy sculpture from ancient to contemporary in the British Museum. Five sculptures by Antony Gormley, Damien Hirst, Ron Mueck, Tim Noble and Sue Webster and Marc Quinn are displayed alongside the Museum’s permanent collections.
Take part in workshops and attend performances and talks in the Great Court and galleries.
Sunday, 26 October 2008
Byzantium Exhibition - Royal Academy
http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibitions/byzantium/
Super exhibition. Went on opening day because I just couldn't wait.
Super exhibition. Went on opening day because I just couldn't wait.
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