6:00pm Registration at CSC. Lecture (UCA Lecture Theatre) to be followed by a short drinks reception.

Chair of the Crafts Study Centre, Alison Britton, will give this special lecture celebrating the founding of the CSC on 1st April 1970. The declaration of trust made on that day stated that ‘the object of the charity is the advancement of the education of the public in the artistic crafts’ and that this would be achieved by collecting and exhibiting the works of ’artistic’ craftspeople across subject elds which came to be determined as ceramics, textiles, calligraphy and lettering, furniture and wood, as well as archives across all forms. The lecture will re ect on the story and study of craft and her own curatorial projects for the Crafts Study Centre and offer a personal insight into the collections and archives. Alison will also describe her own distinguished narrative of making, curating and writing across modern and contemporary arts. Alison Britton’s ceramics have, and continue to be, exhibited and collected internationally.

Admission free but numbers are limited and bookings must be made with the Crafts Study Centre in advance.

Image: ALISON BRITTON ©LASSE FLØDER