Stitching Together Study Day

Amy Twigger Holroyd, Nottingham Trent University

A free one-day online event for people with interests in participatory textile making workshops and projects

This free one-day online event provides space for people with interests in participatory textile making activities – whether participants, facilitators, researchers or commissioners – to come together and share experiences, insights and challenges.It is organised and hosted by the coordinators of the <a href="https://stitchingtogether.net" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Stitching Together network</a>: Dr Emma Shercliff (Arts University Bournemouth) and Dr Amy Twigger Holroyd (Nottingham Trent University). The network fosters critical dialogue around participatory textile making methods in research and practice and has been funded by the Arts &amp; Humanities Research Council from January 2019 to June 2021. The event is divided into three sessions, spaced throughout the day:<ul><li>Session 1: 9-10.30am BST (<a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Stitching+Together+Study+Day+-+Session+1&iso=20210513T09&p1=1337&ah=1&am=30" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">check the time in your time zone</a>)</li><li>Session 2: 2-4pm BST (<a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Stitching+Together+Study+Day+-+Session+2&iso=20210513T14&p1=1337&ah=2" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">check the time in your time zone</a>)</li><li>Session 3: 7-8.30pm BST (<a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Stitching+Together+Study+Day+-+Session+3&iso=20210513T19&p1=1337&ah=1&am=30" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">check the time in your time zone</a>)</li></ul>Each session will include presentations and discussions, plus an opportunity to meet other attendees in a breakout room. You are welcome to attend as many or as few of the sessions as you wish. All of the main-room activities will be recorded and shared on the Stitching Together website after the event.40-60 minutes of pre-recorded content linked to each live session, which attendees are encouraged to watch in advance of the day, is available on the Stitching Together website:<ul><li><a href="https://stitchingtogether.net/study-day/study-day-session-1-9-10-30am-bst/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Session 1 pre-recorded content</a></li><li><a href="https://stitchingtogether.net/study-day/study-day-session-2-2-4pm-bst/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Session 2 pre-recorded content</a></li><li><a href="https://stitchingtogether.net/study-day/study-day-session-3-7-8-30pm-bst/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Session 3 pre-recorded content</a></li></ul>The content includes both presentations recorded especially for the event and a selection of short films exploring different aspects of participatory textile making, screened in association with <a href="https://www.filmgeographies.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">FilmGeographies</a>. Opportunities to take part in participatory textile making activities are integrated to the event – look out for updates with full details!Closed captions will be made available during the live event. Please get in touch if you have any further accessibility needs.A follow-on networking session will take place on Thursday 3 June, 2-4pm BST to support the Stitching Together community to share new ideas, make new contacts and seed new projects. All welcome! Booking for this event will open on 10 May.Further details on the event are available at <a href="http://stitchingtogether.net/study-day" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://stitchingtogether.net/study-day</a>. Attendees might also like to browse the Stitching Together website, particularly the<a href="https://stitchingtogether.net/case-studies/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> workshop/project case studies</a> and the <a href="https://stitchingtogether.net/good-practice-guidelines/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Good Practice Guidelines for facilitators</a>.Header image: Mah Rana’s It’s Nice to Make project explores the relationship between craft and wellbeing. This image is a still from a film, One Day When We Were Young, created in 2016 as part of a collaboration with Fiona Hackney.

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