NORWICH MAKERS’ FESTIVAL 2024 FREE ONLINE TALK (donations welcome)
Inspired by the theme of ‘Under the Surface’, Joy Evitt of the C&TA, will present an illustrated talk from the early beginnings of corset-wearing in dress history, charting the undergarment’s journey through time to its excess in Victorian times … and onto the modern fashion of wearing corsets as outer garments.
In 2024, the C&TA celebrates our Coral Anniversary: 35 years of supporting the Norfolk Museums Service’s costume and textiles collections.
Come and visit our exhibition at The Forum, Norwich between Sat 13 April – Sunday 21 April 2024 …
NORFOLK MAKERS’ FESTIVAL IS AN ANNUAL EVENT HOSTED BY THE FORUM, NORWICH. IT RUNS BETWEEN 13 – 21 APRIL 2024 WITH IN PERSON AND ONLINE EVENTS. SEE WEBSITE FOR DETAILS.
Speaker: Joy Evitt, C&TA
Joy is passionate about all aspects of costume and textiles. Teaching for nearly 40 years has enabled Joy to build up a diverse knowledge, which she enjoys sharing with all age groups. She regularly gives talks and leads workshops on all aspects of the history of costume and textiles.
Images: Metropolitan Museum of Art
In 2024, the C&TA celebrates our Coral Anniversary: 35 years as an independent charity supporting the Norfolk Museums Service’s costume and textiles collections
Online Programme for Spring / Early Summer 2024
The Costume & Textile Association (C&TA) host regular online events via zoom, in addition to in person events in Norwich, Norfolk, UK
Tuesday 23 January Tartan with Jonathan Faiers, professor of Fashion Thinking at Winchester School of Art, author and co-curator of Tartan exhibition at V&A Dundee
Wednesday 21 February Dressing Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes with Jane Pritchard, curator of Dance, Theatre and Performance at the V&A. 2024 celebrates the 150th birthday of Nicolas Roerich, the 100th anniversary of Leon Bakst and the 111th anniversary of Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring ballet
Tuesday 12 March Jane Austen’s Wardrobe with Dr Hilary Davidson, dress, textile and fashion historian, curator and author
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NORFOLK MAKERS’ FESTIVAL EVENT 13 – 21 April 2024, ONLINE & @ THE FORUM, NORWICH
Free Exhibition in The Gallery, The Forum, Norwich Daily 10 am – 4 pm. 13 – 21 April 2024
ONLINE EVENT Saturday 13 April 2 pm Agony & Ecstasy: History of Corsets with Joy Evitt, C&TA (Free, donations welcome)
ONLINE EVENT Sunday 14 April 2pm Spinning a Yarn: Women Spinners in Norfolk’s Medieval Worsted Industry with Jenn Monahan (pre-recorded talk followed by Live Q&A with Jenn)(Pay what you can)
**IN PERSON EVENT @ THE FORUM, NORWICH Monday 15 April 12 noon 35 Years of C&TA Support with Ruth Battersby, senior curator, Norfolk Museums Service (NMS) (Pay what you can)
ONLINE EVENT Tuesday 16 April 7 pm Double Weave: Modernist Designers Bourne & Allen with Dr Jane Hattrick, co-curator of exhibition at Ditchling Museum
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Tuesday 23 April 7 pm Print Pattern & Narrative with Kate Farley, associate professor in design at Norwich University of the Arts
Tuesday 21 May 7 pm The Dress Diary of Mrs Anne Sykes: Secrets from a Victorian Woman’s Wardrobe with Dr Kate Strasdin, author and senior lecturer in Cultural Studies at the Fashion and Textiles Institute, Falmouth University
Wednesday 5 June 7 pm Courtly Coral: Red Coral and Coral Motifs at the Chinese Imperial Court with Dr Pippa Lacey, C&TA
Tuesday 23 July 7 pm The Pastons: Clothes Maketh the Man (and Woman) with best selling author Anne O’Brien
August Summer Break
Tuesday 24 September 7 pm Fashion on the Silk Roads with Professor Susan Whitfield, Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures (SISJAC)
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The Costume & Textile Association (C&TA)
About us: The Costume & Textile Association (C&TA) is an independent charity seeking to promote the unique costume and textile collection of the Norfolk Museums Service (NMS). Norwich is a fine city whose heritage owes much to the textile industry which brought wealth to the city between the twelfth and eighteenth centuries.
The legacy can still be enjoyed today: Norwich is still enriched by the different styles, culture, architecture and language that can be traced back to the ‘Strangers’ who came from the Low Countries to work in the textile industry.
The Costume and Textile Association (C&TA) is a lively organisation bringing together people who are keen to support and learn more about the history and development of costume and textiles.
The C&TA works to raise money for the museums service, but is independent of it. Over the last three decades, C&TA members have contributed more than £120,000 to enable the NMS to extend and improve its costume and textile collection.
Online events: Look out for our online talks and virtual workshops via Eventbrite and our website
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C&TA ONLINE MEMBERSHIP 2024
We are delighted to announce the C&TA has introduced a new Online Membership in 2023 for those who attend our virtual events – and would like to receive a digital copy of our annual Miscellany journal, join in our members’ monthly online ‘Afternoon Chats’ and more … for the affordable rate of only £15.00 per annum.
If you would like to sign up for Online Membership, please click on the link in blue.
Online members will receive discounted member ticket rates for our virtual events (i.e. not in person events, usually held in Norwich, Norfolk, UK)
We look forward to welcoming you as a C&TA Online member.
FULL C&TA MEMBERSHIP 2024
Full C&TA membership is for those who also enjoy attending in-person – and online – events, the benefits of visiting Norwich’s remarkable Norfolk Museums Service’s museum collections, plus other locally available discounts.
For Full Membership, please click on the link in blue. Full individual membership is £25.00 per annum (see the C&TA website for other membership types): www.ctacostume.org.uk
Any queries about membership, please email: membershipcta4@gmail.com.
Any queries about online events, please email: ctacostume.events@gmail.com
