Learn/ Heritage Crafts Association conference/ 19 March 2011
General Information
After a short guest speech, Professor Tanya Harrod, well-known authority on crafts, journalist and author of The Crafts in Britain in the 20th Century, will talk on Craft Matters. This will be followed by a presentation of life and crafts on the Victorian and Edwardian Farm by Alex Langlands, one of the three
people involved in living the life on the BBC programme The Victorian Farm (and the forthcoming The Edwardian Farm).
A long lunch hour is scheduled where there is a chance for you to bring in a piece of your craft for an Instant Gallery. You can either put a notice about how it was made beside it, or stay with your artefact and explain to others at the Conference how it was made, and the tools and materials you used to make it.
Then in the afternoon there will be three short presentations from craftspeople, telling us their approach and how they run their businesses, and we finish with positive heritage craft news!
A sandwich (one and a half rounds) lunch, and tea or coffee will be available in the Sackler Centre;
NB: lunch needs to be pre-ordered and paid for and tickets for this will be issued.
Programme for the day:
10·00am Arrival, register and coffee/tea available
10·30am Conference starts. Welcome, Patricia Lovett, Vice-Chair HCA
10·40am A Brief History of the Heritage Crafts Association, Robin Wood, Chair of HCA
10·50am Guest speaker, tba
11·10am Keynote speech ‘Craft Matters’, Professor Tanya Harrod
12·00pm Break
12.15pm ‘Life and craft on a Victorian and Edwardian Farm’, Alex Langlands
1·00pm Lunch available (PLEASE PRE-ORDER)
Instant Gallery of Craft
2·30pm Afternoon session begins: Sophie Hussain – Stained Glass
2·50pm Stewart Linford – chair maker
3·20pm Break
3·35pm Gail McGarva – Boat builder
4·00pm Good news! Recent successes of the Heritage Crafts Association
4.30pm Conference ends
Tickets: HCA Friends £25 Non-HCA Friends £30. For more information and to book online visit the Heritage Crafts website
