The Association of Fashion and Textile Courses (FTC) exists to promote and develop UK fashion and textiles through academic debate, education and research.
Joined January 2014
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🎟️ Early bird tickets are on sale for the European Academy of Design Conference 2023 on Friday 20 October.
Until next Saturday 15 July student admission is £35 and general admission is £45.
More information is available here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/european-…
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Great opportunity to work on a project connected to evaluating the value of archives and collections in fashion and textiles education. Please share lnkd.in/ejfsuYEu
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My 20yr old daughter endured a train journey today of men defiantly singing Delilah; making sheep noises; commenting on her appearance and joking about the disappearance of “fit” Nicola Bulley. It’s no wonder we’re silently raging every bloody day - year in, year out. #misogyny
Just in case you haven't booked yet... @weare_face Summit 2022 - Thursday 13th October 5-8pm (GMT) & Friday 14th October 11.30-7pm (GMT) weareface.uk/face-summit
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Future Fashion Factory’s @RaintonSue and Kevin Almond are introducing the Futurescan 5 conference at @nexusunileeds, kicking off what will be two day’s worth of exhibitions and keynotes, centred around the theme of conscious communities! Updates to follow! #futurescan5 #FTC
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An inspirational day at the @FTCorg #futurescan5 conference... Artesan communities, Guatemalan dress, bio-inspired textiles, rethinking charity shops, archives for learning and textile blends for a circular economy, & more! ... & I chaired a session... Well done all!
Fascinating insights from keynote speaker @raeburn_design from The #Wombles and #recycling to designing for #disassembly and #waste streams and evolving #fashioneducation @FutureFashionF @UniversityLeeds
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Hidden histories from the archive shared by @nicholadburton #futurescan5 #lace #nottingham visionary education in post war Nottingham @NTUArtandDesign
FTC’s @futurescan5 exhibition is juxtapositioning fashion, mixed media and material and textile dye experiments exploring #conscious #communities. Lucky to base this in the #nexus building @UniversityLeeds @FutureFashionF
Social Fabric: Dundee #francesstevenson @AndrewCrummy @LyndseyCurrie on co-creating a #tapestry for Dundee drawing out secret histories and creating new #stitching #communities during the #pandemic @UniversityLeeds @FutureFashionF #futurescan5
ALT Tapestry samples during the paper presentation
Kicking off FTC’s Futurescan 5 conference with keynote speakers Avis Charles and Varsha Mahendra looking through the lens of #artisan communities to create #conscious #translocal #collaborations #empowering #artisans and #fashiondesigners #futurescan5
ALT Avis Charles and members from the audience looking at textile samples
Registration for online attendance closes today. View the conference schedule and book at ftc-online.org.uk/futurescan… 7-8 September 2022 @FutureFashionF @UniversityLeeds #fashion #textiles #research #conference #exhibition
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📣 Join Future Fashion Factory at Futurescan 5: Conscious Communities, taking place 7th – 8th September at Nexus Building, University of Leeds!
Only a few places left - register here: - ow.ly/Wcnw50Kk34c 📣
#ethicalfashion #sustainablefashion #zerowaste #FTC
Delight to announce @AvisKivuCharles with Varsha Mahendra and @Raeburn_Design as keynotes for Futurescan 5: Conscious Communities @FutureFashionF @UniversityLeeds 7th–8th September 2022. Register for in person or online attendance rb.gy/zcgcft #futurescan5
Registration is open for Futurescan 5: Conscious Communities @FutureFashionF @UniversityLeeds 7th–8th September 2022. ftc-online.org.uk/futurescan… #futurescan5 #textiles #fashion #research #consciouscommunities
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What's On 16th July 2022 in Events calendar: In Focus: Althea McNish @WMGallery a hybrid/online in person symposium discussing the impact of Althea McNish & her textiles and design work. Fantastic line up of speakers wmgallery.org.uk/whats-on/ev…
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CFP Fashioning Masculinities:
The Art of Menswear symposium.
13-14 Oct 2022, @V_and_A London.
Deadline for abstracts: 19th June.
#ECRchat #Phdchat #academictwitter #fashioningmasculinities
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NEW on Wonkhe: REF 2021 demonstrated the power of arts and humanities research buff.ly/3MmMBya
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Althea McNish:Colour Is Mine,2 April 2022. @WMGallery. Landmark retrospective of one of the UK’s most innovative black textile artists. Sponsors @LibertyLondon & @LibertyFabrics & research fund @SocAntiquaries, I am co-curator with @rowanbain Info:bit.ly/3Fy53zu
