V&A Academy Unlocked days invite you behind the scenes, bringing you face-to-face with the V&A's extraordinary collections.

Your study day will begin with an introductory lecture by the Course Director Jennifer Wearden on the influence of The Great Exhibition of 1851 on textile design. This will be followed by a gallery tour through the British Galleries led by Jennifer Wearden which introduces you to a variety of textiles to fire your imagination and inspire you beyond the study day through discovering story-telling and the designing/making processes. You will join a show and tell session with internationally acclaimed textile designer, Sarah Campbell, who co-founded the renowned design partnership Collier Campbell with her sister Susan Collier, to learn about her making process and practices and hear how the V&A’s collections inspires her.

This Unlocked study day is designed to complement the 12-week online Summer term course ‘Textiles:1800 to 2000’ led by Jennifer Wearden but you do not need to be enrolled on any online course to join an ‘Unlocked’ event.

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The Persephone Festival, celebrating Persephone Books’ 25th anniversary, is taking place on Friday April 19, Saturday April 20 and Sunday April 21. It will consist of three days of events, based at their Bath bookshop and a few other venues across the city, including talks, panels, book groups, literary walks, film screenings and concerts.

As part of the festival I’ll be taking part in a panel discussion about endpapers on Saturday 20th, 2-3pm at the Holburne Library in Bath.

For more information and booking click here

‘We are thrilled to welcome internationally acclaimed textile designer Sarah Campbell to Meadow. Sarah will host a one day workshop which will investigate the art of painting on fabric, sharing her joyful and colourful approach to design.

We will investigate pattern, composition, colour and a variety of techniques and methods, helped along with demonstrations and examples from Sarah's own collection. Using heat-settable fabric paints, the final work will be on a calico tote bag and the skills you learn will be transferrable to tablescloths, soft furnishings, clothing… the sky's the limit! A creatively inspiring and educative workshop which includes a delicious Meadow lunch.

Open to all, paints, fabric, brushes etc will be supplied, but do bring along any favourite paintbrushes, or examples of colours and patterns that you love.’

For booking and further information click here

Hosted by Kate Anniss of Mylo Art, Pukka Print founder, Jools Cornell, and renowned designer Sarah Campbell, this event brings together some of the UK’s leading interior designers for an inspiring, thought provoking and creative afternoon.

Combining a lively talk, a delicious seasonal lunch and an exhibition of contemporary artists working across different styles and media.

If you are an interior designer and interested in attending, please get in touch here

Contemporary Printed Textiles Practice and Surface Design

As part of New Designers in Islington this year, I’ll be taking part in a panel discussion with Kate Farley.

Designer and Associate Professor in Design at Norwich University of the Arts, UK, and Author of her recently published book Repeat Printed Pattern for Interiors, Kate Farley, is joined by an expert panel from the field of surface pattern design including Emma Shipley, Sarah Campbell, and Deb Bowness.

tickets are free; for more information and to reserve your place click here: https://www.newdesigners.com/contemporary-printed-textiles-practice-and-surface-design/

I’m giving an illustrated talk at HandPrintedUK, Bognor Regis to get our weekend off to a flying start - ‘The Serious Matter of Playing with Pattern’. All are welcome, whether or not you’re attending the three-day course. Places are free but you need to book as space is limited.

 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-serious-matter-of-playing-with-pattern-a-talk-by-sarah-campbell-tickets-643015626047

TALK, first floor, Design Centre East

Guest speakers: Textile designer Sarah Campbell, Marie Karlsson, creative and managing director of Cole & Son and decorative artist Tabby Riley

Chair: Elfreda Pownall, interiors writer and editor

For more information and to book tickets, click here

To celebrate the publication day of my new book ‘Hand-painted Textiles - A Practical Guide to the Art of Painting on Fabric’ I’ll be in conversation with Dennis Nothdruft, the Head of Exhibitions, on the evening of 16th February at the Fashion and Textile Museum, discussing - among other things - pattern, painting, textiles and my work. After which I’ll be signing books….

For further information, tickets and to pre-order the book to collect at the Museum on the day, click here

‘Jemima Burrill in conversation with spatial designer and artist Simone Brewster and textile designer Sarah Campbell.’

an online event organised by Design District, Greenwich - further information and tickets here