Monday 6 April 2015

April events at the V&A





PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL 2015
Thursday 23 April - 3 May 2015
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Join us for our second annual performance festival, celebrating performance, place, politics and process to mark the acquisition of legendary director Peter Brook’s personal papers. The festival programme includes free screenings, talks, workshops and performances. Read more

              



CHRISTOPHER RAEBURN
Friday 10 April
19.00 - 20.45


Christopher Raeburn, best known for his unique 'Remade in England' designs, discusses his journey from Royal College of Art graduate to the trials and tribulations of starting a sustainable company which now stocks globally in more than sixty of the world's best stores.
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GUY OLIVER: INSIDE CLARIDGE'S
Tuesday 14 April
18.30-19.30


British designer Guy Oliver discusses his recent work for Claridge's with Thomas Kochs, the Hotel's General Manager. Oliver's glamorous interiors include the state rooms at No. 19 Downing Street and The Princeton Club in New York. 
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FAMILY ART FUN: EASTER HOLIDAYS
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Join us this Easter for free performances and making activities. Create your own piece of wild fashion and take part in a magical movement workshop or venture into a wild world and meet fantastical characters.
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DIASPORA
Friday 17 April 2015

18.30 - 22.00

Join the Shrine Synchro System and their guests as their musical installations celebrate and animate the history of the struggle, splendour and success of black communities across the UK from the 1950's to present day.  Read more


DISSEMINATING IDENTITIES: BLACK ART FROM 1960 TO NOW
Friday 21 April 2015

10.30-17.00

This symposium focuses on British and international artists and institutions. It will question institutional practice and individual engagement in curating the Black Diaspora.Read more


JONATHAN MEADES: THE RANDOM CITY
Thursday 30 April 2015

18.30-19.30

Writer and broadcaster Jonathan Meades has written and performed in more than 50 television shows on subjects such as shacks, garden cities and megastructures. Here he discusses how the success of cities depends more on chance, bloody-mindedness, and the absence of respect for the past than on planning. Read more



TYPOGRAPHIC DESIGN
Monday 20 - Thursday 23 April 2015
10.30-17.00


Develop your typographic sensitivity and digital design skills. Discover how to type creatively to communicate messages and convey meaning. Inspired by examples of type history in the V&A collection, you will use Adobe Illustrator to explore the world of typography.
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COMING SOON


WILLIAM VINTAGE: ICONIC FASHION

Friday 1 May
18.30 - 19.30


William Banks Blaney, the founder of WillamVintage, a company specialising in the finest vintage haute couture, talks about his new book 25 Dresses. Read more


PETER BROOK: PERFORMANCE, PLACE, POLITICS, PROCESS

Saturday 2 May
10.30 - 17.30


This conference will explore the impact on British and international theatre of the legendary director and writer, giving the stage to performers, designers and directors. Speakers include Peter Brook and Tom Piper.  Read more



PHOTOGRAPHY: PERSONAL ARCHIVES COURSE

Saturday 2, 9 and 16 May
10.30 - 17.00


Discover what makes a compelling body of work in this creative photography course and establish your own photographic archive.  Read more