Contributor Will Rea. Will is Senior Lecturer in the school of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies at the University of Leeds. He has worked extensively in South Western Nigeria. He has worked with artists in Nigeria and has been particularly involved with masquerade performances in the Ekiti region. More recently he has worked with contemporary makers in Lagos and Ibadan.

Inspired by The Legacy of Anni Albers, Brenda Danilowitz

A Ruthin Craft Centre study day in partnership with the Open University. Anni Albers (1899-1994) is one of the best-known textile artists of the twentieth century. Her influential work also included prints, wall hangings and jewellery. To coincide with the opening of two complimentary exhibitions at Ruthin Craft Centre, this study day will look at Anni Albers’ innovatory work and her remarkable legacy. Speakers will include design historians and a new generation of artists inspired by her work. Speakers: Brenda Danilowitz, Chief Curator, Josef and Anni Albers Foundation

Christina Lodder, Liubov Popova: From Painting to Textile Design  This paper will consider Popova's engagement with textile design, focusing especially on the four years 1921-1924, which include the paintings that she was producing over this period, the theoretical context of her entry into design, as well as the actual designs that she executed for the First Textile Printing Factory (formerly the Tsindel factory) in Moscow between the summer of 1923 and her death in 1924.