2010 Costume and Textile Conference

TheNewDowse is delighted to announce it will be hosting the 9th annual Costume and Textile Conference in the Lower Hutt Little Theatre.

Costumes and textiles are synonymous with survival and are certainly no strangers to disaster. The ninth annual New Zealand Costume and Textile Association Symposium will address this perilous theme with Hanging by a Thread: Tales of Disaster and Survival, a weekend of inspirational and thought-provoking discussions at TheNewDowse, 12-13 June.

Keynote speakers are Australians Jane Wild and Hannah Barret on one of the world’s largest collections of costumes by the legendary Ballet Russes; and Dr Patricia Wallace on the survival of Maori weaving. Registrations are open to everyone.

‘Maori weaving - no longer hanging by a thread’ is the theme being addressed by Dr Patricia Wallace, from the Macmillian Brown Centre for Pacific Studies at University of Canterbury, who will begin with material collected by Captain James Cook and move through to contemporary practice.

Jane Wild and Hannah Barret, from the Textile Conservation Department of the National Gallery of Australia, share the keynote role with Wallace and will discuss the challenges of conserving Ballet Russes’ costume collection; the company recently celebrated its 100th anniversary.

The conference also includes over 20 other presentations by local and international conservators, curators, researchers and other industry spokespeople.

Registrations and programme details are on www.newdowse.org.nz

Presented in partnership with the New Zealand Costume and Textile Association.

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