Victoria
and Albert Museum
South Kensington
London
SW7 2RL
Telephone: 020 7942 2000, 0870 442 0808, 0870 442 0809
Fax: 020 7942 2266
Website: www.vam.ac.uk
Opening Hours
Daily 1000-1745
Wed and last Fri of month 1000-2200
EVENTS
Talking Design: Designed by Women 02/04/2003 - 07/05/2003 18:30
- 20:00
Five Wednesday evenings 2, 9, 16, 30 April & 7 May, 18.30-20.00 A
fascinating series for all students of design, design history and gender
studies. Prominent speakers investigate the impact made by key women designers
on 20th century architecture, interiors, furniture and industrial products.
Including a discussion of the work of Elizabeth Denby who in the 1930s
co-designed the Kensal House estate, a major breakthrough for modernist
Britain, Gaby Schreiber, an industrial design consultant whose professional
work from the 1940s to the 1970s ranged from plastics to plane interiors,
US interior decorator Elsie de Wolfe, who arguably invented interior decoration
as we know it and Ireland's greatest modernist Eileen Gray, an innovator
in lacquer work and chrome furniture as well as being a self taught architect.
Lucienne Day, who pioneered the introduction of modern abstract pattern
design in the textile industry, makes a very special personal appearance.
2 April: Elsie de Wolfe, interior decorator Speaker : Professor Penny
Sparke, Dean of Art, Design and Music, Kingston University 9 April: Eileen
Gray, architect / designer Speaker: Jennifer Goff, Curator of the Eileen
Gray exhibition, National Museum of Ireland 16 April: Gaby Schreiber,
industrial designer Speaker: Jane Pavitt, Research Fellow V&A / University
of Brighton 30 April: Lucienne Day, textile designer Speaking in person
7 May: Elizabeth Denby, designer and social reformer Speaker: Elizabeth
Darling, Senior Lecturer at the University of Brighton
Talking Art Deco style photography, Masterclasses for Young People
28/06/2003 - 05/07/2003 10:30 - 16:30
Saturday 28 June (for 18 - 24 year olds) Saturday 5 July (for 16 - 18
year olds) Examining different Art Deco styles of photography, tutor Chimo
Otsuka will explore the essence of photography from the 1920s to the 40s.
These workshops will look at composition and mood. Using digital cameras,
participants will create photographs evocative of the Deco period.
Creating Art Deco hats, Masterclasses for Young People 07/06/2003 - 21/06/2003
10:30 - 16:30
Saturday 7 and Saturday 14 June (for 18 - 24 year olds) Saturday 21 June
(for 16 - 18 year olds) Tutors Sara Grundy and Dan Sorensen will introduce
hats from the 1920s to the '40s, explain basic designs and give guidance
on creating your own hat.
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Re-constructing British Classicism: New Approaches in Eighteenth-century
Architecture, An International conference 04/07/2003 - 05/07/2003 10:30
- 17:30
Jointly organised by the V&A and Birkbeck College, University of London
This conference takes a fresh look at the architecture of Britain and
its colonies in the period, 1640-1830. An international panel of speakers
will offer a variety of new approaches to British classicism providing
a long overdue appraisal of the methodologies and assumptions underlying
this topic. The programme begins with an examination of historiographical
issues, ranging from the pioneering work of writers such as John Summerson
through to present-day debates about the commercialisation of eighteenth-century
culture. Subsequent papers look at the significance of architecture in
eighteenth-century society from a number of perspectives including: the
uses of classicism to generate social identities and re-define gender
roles; issues of popularisation; and notions of the urban and sub-urban.
The intellectual and physical arenas in which architectural debate was
conducted will be a key theme, with a particular focus on printed sources
and their audiences. The final session considers the differing uses and
meanings of British designs in the overseas context. Speakers include;
Professor Dana Arnold, Dr Elizabeth McKellar, Dr Elizabeth Chew, Dr Daniel
M. Abramson, Dr Tanis Hinchcliffe, Peter Guillery, Dr Barbara Arciszweska,
Dr Matthew Craske, Dr Carol Watts, Dr Seán O’Reilly, Dr Deborah
Mays, Professor Bernie Herman, Dr James Robertson. The conference will
be of particular interest to architectural historians, art historians,
design historians, cultural historians, and students of these disciplines
as well as practitioners in the fields of architectural heritage and conservation.
European Silver 1400-1800 International Conference 16/05/2003 - 17/05/2003
10:30 - 16:30
The lustrous beauty and precious value of silver has made it the object
of admiration and aspiration for centuries. The recent opening of the
Gallery of European Silver 1400 – 1800 marks the completion of an
eight year restoration project to re-display the V&A’s rich
silver collections. English, European and international silver, from the
late medieval period to the present day can now be seen in the magnificent
Whiteley Silver Galleries. This conference brings together experts from
the V&A with other specialists to share the results of current research
and provide a forum for the discussion of the Museum’s extensive
European silver collection. Speakers will examine the goldsmith’s
trade and working practices, the role of patrons and collectors, the formation
of the V&A’s collections and relations between English and European
craftsmen. Speakers will include; Philippa Glanville, Dr David Mitchell,
Dr Lorenz Seelig, Donna Stevens, Timothy Schroder, Sophie Lee, Angus Patterson,
Ann Eatwell, Christopher Hartop, Dr Ralf Schürer, Norbert Jopek,
Eleanor Thompson and Charles Truman. The conference will appeal to silver
specialists and silversmiths; collectors and curators; and craft, design
and decorative arts historians.
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