Our news:

Ars Textrina 2009

Early September 2009 saw ULITA co-host the 2009 Ars Textrina Conference, with delegates from 13 countries and 42 institutions/companies. This years theme was 'Natural Fibres - A World Heritage, in celebration of The International Year of Natural Fibres. Abstracts are available from the link to the right. Past papers are available from the Research pages.

Image courtesy of M Mendes, India.

Accreditation

We are delighted to announce that in October 2008 ULITA was granted Museum Accreditation status by the MLA (The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council), meeting the higher standards required for a national museum which is not nationally funded. For more information please see the University Reporter article.

Indonesian exhibition opening

Our exhibition 'Bali and the Islands of the Southeast' was opened on Monday 6th October 2008 by His Excellency H.E. Yuri Octavian Thamrin, Indonesian Ambassador to the U.K. Also attending were the University of Leeds Vice- Chancellor Professor Michael Arthur, Riza Sihbudi (Indonesian Education Attache), Herry Sudrajat (Indonesian Social Cultural Attache) along with members of the University of Leeds Indonesian Students' Association and members of the ULITA committee.

New Staff

We say goodbye to Katie Powers at the end of April 2009. Katie has been working on a AHRC funded project to catalogue the Tibor Reich Collection.

Jacqueline Hyman became Conservation Consultant to ULITA in Spring 2008, working with volunteers from the Embroiderers Guild.

Alice Humphrie became Documentation Consultant to ULITA in March 2008.

Jill Winderand Katie Powers arrived at Ulita in January 2008. Jill comes from working several years in Special Collections in the University Library, whilst Katherine has worked at the West Yorkshire Archive Service.

High Resolution Digitised Vintage Textiles on DVD

In January 2008 ULITA launched a range of seven DVDs. Each DVD contains approximately 100 high resolution PC and MAC compatible images from the ULITA collections in tiff format. These designs are sourced from nineteenth and early twentieth century collections of printed cottons, silks, embroideries and Jacquard-woven silks.

The DVDs are sold as a set of seven for £75 plus p&p. If you would like to purchase these DVDs, please email Jill Winder. Please include 'ULITA DVD COLLECTION' as the subject of your email.