Thursday 16 December 2010

We're working on it.

Here's to let you know about one (more) thing we are working on: Next year's Textile Forum. There's no update on the website yet, but for all of you who have been wondering about whether or not there will be a Textile Forum III: yes, there will be one. And next time, to keep things interesting after going to Eindhoven in the Netherlands and then Schnals in South Tyrol, Italy, we'll go to... England.

There's been a lot of high-quality Living History in Britain for a good long time, and I think the UK was the absolute pioneer of using Living History in museum presentations to make the past more accessible to the visitors. Plus a few of the really widely known books about textile finds come from England, like "Textiles and Clothing", for example. So... we are very happy to be "away from the Continent" for our next Forum!

We'll let you know more through the usual channels once we have figured out the details - through this blog, the Textile Forum website and the Forum newsletter (subscription instructions on the Forum website under "Newsletter"). And can you believe I'm already looking forward to September and the Forum?

2 comments:

A Life Long Scholar said...

Yay! No idea upon which continent I will be living, nor what I'll be doing for an income then, but if it is at all possible to get there, I shall...

Harma said...

Is there a reason to have it the first full week of september? My weaving guild can hardly miss me and we have the first meeting of the season that friday. If possible, I will come of course!! Don't want to miss any of the fun.