Category: Past Events

The 2022 British Records Association’s conference ‘Creative Encounters: Art in the Archives’ will explore the interaction between archives and the visual and performing arts.

It will take place on 27th September at The Gallery, 77 Cowcross Street. Tickets cost £70 for BRA members, £80 for non-members and £40 for students or the unwaged and can be booked on Eventbrite here.

PROGRAMME

09.45 Registration and coffee

10.15  Welcome: Alan Crookham, National Gallery Research Centre [Chair]

Morning Session. Chair: Victoria Northwood, Vice-Chair, British Records Association

10.30 Leah Benson, National Gallery of Ireland: The Denis Mahon Archives

11.00 Charlotte Brunskill and Chloe Julius, Paul Mellon Centre: The Brian Sewell Archives

11.30 Elena Carter and Stefania Signorello, Wellcome Collection: Crisp packets, tights on a washing line, my favourite sandals: Cataloguing and preserving the life of artist Audrey Amiss

12.00 – 12.30 Questions and discussion

12.30 Buffet lunch

1.30 BRA AGM

Afternoon Session. Chair: Matti Watton, Chair, British Records Association

14.00 Mark Pomeroy, Archivist, Royal Academy of Arts: A peek behind the red velvet curtain hunting for the real Sir Thomas Lawrence

14.30 Dr Giorgia Bottinelli, Curator of Historic Art, Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery: John Crome: The quiet modern

15.00 Victoria Lane, freelance archive consultant: Stuff, Box, Archive: working with contemporary artists on their archives

15.30 – 16.00 Questions and discussion

16.00 Break for tea or coffee

16.30 Panel Session: Archives and art: Interactions

The panel will consider the question: If it exists at all, where does the boundary between art and document lie?

• Sue Breakell, Archive Director / Principal Research Fellow, University of Brighton Design Archives

• Alan Crookham, The National Gallery Research Centre [Chair]

• Sarah Haylett, Tate

• Sir Charles Saumarez Smith, Chairman of the Royal Drawing School

• Michael Takeo Magruder, Artist & Researcher

17.30 End of conference

ACCESS TO VENUE

The British Records Association are delighted to be resuming our programme of visits with a very special day at the Tower of London on 28th July 2022.

We will be treated to talks from Archivist, Tom Drysdale on the Architectural Drawings Collection, from Head of Records Vanessa Hodge on the creation of the Gardens & Estates Archive and from Assistant Curator of Historic Buildings Alfred Hawkins on the historic registers of the Chapel Royal at the Tower.

After the meetings, attendees will have the opportunity to explore the public areas of the Tower of London at leisure, including the Jewel House and the White Tower.

Programme

11.00  Arrive at the Middle Drawbridge, the Wharf at the Tower of London. Please leave plenty of time as this area is quite busy. The nearest Tube station is Tower Hill. Tea and Coffee will be  provided.

11.30  Display of items from the Architectural Drawings Collection

12.00  Tom Drysdale, Archivist, on managing the Architectural Drawings Collection

12.30 Vanessa Hodge, Head of Records, on the creation of the Gardens & Estates archive

13.00 Alfred Hawkins, Assistant Curator of Historic Buildings, on the historic registers of the Chapel Royal at the Tower.

13.30 Event ends.

After the meetings, attendees will have the opportunity to explore the public areas of the Tower of London at leisure, including the Jewel House and the White Tower.

With thanks to Historic Royal Palaces.

Tickets

Tickets cost £20 for members of the British Records Association and £25 for non-members and can be booked via Eventbrite

Getting there and access

The nearest tube station is Tower Hill. Please leave plenty of time to arrive as the area is quite busy.

The Tower of London does have difficult stairs and cobbled paths; access to wheelchair users is limited. For more information, including Blue Badge parking see their website.

Download Programme and Map

Tower of London visit programme and map