Rachel Conroy
@curatorrachel.bsky.social
Senior #Curator, #NationalTrust | Decorative art, contemporary craft and long C18th material culture | #Ceramics specialist | Researching amateur making and women artists | Northerner | she/her
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Rachel Conroy
@curatorrachel.bsky.social
· Feb 20
Publication day! 📚 A huge to my brilliant colleagues for making this happen, especially Christopher, Dave and Leah in the publications team. 🖼️ It is a joy to have the opportunity to celebrate the women artists, designers and makers from across our places and collections.🏺#nationaltrust
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My book, 100 Things to Wear: Fashion From the Collections of the National Trust (co-authored with the incredible Emma Slocombe) is now available to pre-order on Amazon. I'll be buying all my copies from my local @nationaltrust.bsky.social shop, but this is really hugely exciting to see!
Fashion highlights in our collections
Learn about the history of the fashion treasures in the collection of the National Trust.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk
January 26, 2025 at 7:33 PM
My book, 100 Things to Wear: Fashion From the Collections of the National Trust (co-authored with the incredible Emma Slocombe) is now available to pre-order on Amazon. I'll be buying all my copies from my local @nationaltrust.bsky.social shop, but this is really hugely exciting to see!
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@serenadyer.bsky.social & I are thrilled to announce that our edited book is out now!
It focuses on how processes of making, experimenting, experiencing, & reconstructing illuminate understandings around manual labour & material life.
Overview 🧵 on 📕 chapters & our contributors! 👇
It focuses on how processes of making, experimenting, experiencing, & reconstructing illuminate understandings around manual labour & material life.
Overview 🧵 on 📕 chapters & our contributors! 👇
January 6, 2025 at 1:52 PM
@serenadyer.bsky.social & I are thrilled to announce that our edited book is out now!
It focuses on how processes of making, experimenting, experiencing, & reconstructing illuminate understandings around manual labour & material life.
Overview 🧵 on 📕 chapters & our contributors! 👇
It focuses on how processes of making, experimenting, experiencing, & reconstructing illuminate understandings around manual labour & material life.
Overview 🧵 on 📕 chapters & our contributors! 👇
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Finally reached publication day! Well done @curatorrachel.bsky.social - a great @nationaltrust.bsky.social project to be part of.
Get your copy - shop.nationaltrust.org.uk/women-artist...
Get your copy - shop.nationaltrust.org.uk/women-artist...
February 20, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Finally reached publication day! Well done @curatorrachel.bsky.social - a great @nationaltrust.bsky.social project to be part of.
Get your copy - shop.nationaltrust.org.uk/women-artist...
Get your copy - shop.nationaltrust.org.uk/women-artist...
Publication day! 📚 A huge to my brilliant colleagues for making this happen, especially Christopher, Dave and Leah in the publications team. 🖼️ It is a joy to have the opportunity to celebrate the women artists, designers and makers from across our places and collections.🏺#nationaltrust
February 20, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Publication day! 📚 A huge to my brilliant colleagues for making this happen, especially Christopher, Dave and Leah in the publications team. 🖼️ It is a joy to have the opportunity to celebrate the women artists, designers and makers from across our places and collections.🏺#nationaltrust
Published tomorrow (though snuck its way into some @nationaltrust.bsky.social shops already)! #womenartists #nationaltrust
New book announcement!
Women Artists & Designers at the National Trust
by Rachel Conroy with an introduction by Sandi Toksvig
shop.nationaltrust.org.uk/women-artist...
Spanning six centuries, this book looks at some of the many women artists and designers represented in its vast collections.
Women Artists & Designers at the National Trust
by Rachel Conroy with an introduction by Sandi Toksvig
shop.nationaltrust.org.uk/women-artist...
Spanning six centuries, this book looks at some of the many women artists and designers represented in its vast collections.
February 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Published tomorrow (though snuck its way into some @nationaltrust.bsky.social shops already)! #womenartists #nationaltrust
A fascinating afternoon with conservator Emma at Calke Abbey, XRF testing two monumental eagles - what are their secrets? #ceramichistory #conservation #curator #research
February 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
A fascinating afternoon with conservator Emma at Calke Abbey, XRF testing two monumental eagles - what are their secrets? #ceramichistory #conservation #curator #research
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The aim of the WHN’s 33rd annual conference is to explore & celebrate the challenges & opportunities of uncovering the presence of women within archives, libraries, museums & personal collections.
See the call for papers here: womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-c...
#WomensHistory #GenderHist #CPF
See the call for papers here: womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-c...
#WomensHistory #GenderHist #CPF
WHN Annual Conference 2025, Call for Papers
First Call for Papers Women’s History Network 33rd Annual Conference Online via Zoom Thursday 4 & Friday 5 September 2025 Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums and Pe…
womenshistorynetwork.org
February 8, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The aim of the WHN’s 33rd annual conference is to explore & celebrate the challenges & opportunities of uncovering the presence of women within archives, libraries, museums & personal collections.
See the call for papers here: womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-c...
#WomensHistory #GenderHist #CPF
See the call for papers here: womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-c...
#WomensHistory #GenderHist #CPF
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📣 Funded PhD at York with the National Trust: ‘At Home with Angelica Kauffman: The Material and Print Culture of an Eighteenth-Century Artist’. Co-supervised by Chloe Wigston Smith @chloewigstonsmith.bsky.social & Rachel Conroy @curatorrachel.bsky.social #18thC
wrocah.ac.uk/cda-projects...
wrocah.ac.uk/cda-projects...
February 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
📣 Funded PhD at York with the National Trust: ‘At Home with Angelica Kauffman: The Material and Print Culture of an Eighteenth-Century Artist’. Co-supervised by Chloe Wigston Smith @chloewigstonsmith.bsky.social & Rachel Conroy @curatorrachel.bsky.social #18thC
wrocah.ac.uk/cda-projects...
wrocah.ac.uk/cda-projects...
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📢 Calling all historians and researchers! The Women's History Network is now accepting abstracts for its 33rd Annual Conference, themed "Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums, and Personal Collections."
More info: womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-c...
#WomensHistory #GLAM
More info: womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-c...
#WomensHistory #GLAM
WHN Annual Conference 2025, Call for Papers
First Call for Papers Women’s History Network 33rd Annual Conference Online via Zoom Thursday 4 & Friday 5 September 2025 Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums and Pe…
womenshistorynetwork.org
January 24, 2025 at 9:44 AM
📢 Calling all historians and researchers! The Women's History Network is now accepting abstracts for its 33rd Annual Conference, themed "Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums, and Personal Collections."
More info: womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-c...
#WomensHistory #GLAM
More info: womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-c...
#WomensHistory #GLAM
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This cut paperwork scene was made by sisters Jane and Mary Parminter around 1770-1820. Layers of intricately cut and shaped designs come together to create an amazing dimensional work of art.
#museum30 day 18 - Paper
#museum30 day 18 - Paper
November 18, 2024 at 7:47 PM
This cut paperwork scene was made by sisters Jane and Mary Parminter around 1770-1820. Layers of intricately cut and shaped designs come together to create an amazing dimensional work of art.
#museum30 day 18 - Paper
#museum30 day 18 - Paper
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Thrilled to have seen 'The Botanical World of Mary Delany' at Beningbrough Hall at last, showcasing many of her beautifully detailed collages. It was also a treat to see 'Women Artists and Designers at the National Trust', including Sabine Winn's collages. Perfect way to start 2025!
January 1, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Thrilled to have seen 'The Botanical World of Mary Delany' at Beningbrough Hall at last, showcasing many of her beautifully detailed collages. It was also a treat to see 'Women Artists and Designers at the National Trust', including Sabine Winn's collages. Perfect way to start 2025!
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Really enjoyed The Botanical World of Mary Delany at Beningbrough Hall - stunning collages, and the kids enjoyed it too #Yorkshire
January 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Really enjoyed The Botanical World of Mary Delany at Beningbrough Hall - stunning collages, and the kids enjoyed it too #Yorkshire
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Mary Delany transformed ordinary materials into extraordinary, inspirational artworks. At Beningbrough Hall, Yorkshire, discover the The Botanical World of Mary Delaney Exhibition and explore the intricate detail of this new photographic display presented in partnership with the British Museum.
January 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Mary Delany transformed ordinary materials into extraordinary, inspirational artworks. At Beningbrough Hall, Yorkshire, discover the The Botanical World of Mary Delaney Exhibition and explore the intricate detail of this new photographic display presented in partnership with the British Museum.
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If you know Abbey House Museum in #Leeds but don't yet know that it's under threat of closure (to save a small sum from the hard-pressed council budget) you might like to make your views known here:
museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/pQoMAtw/abbe....
Closing date for comments: 23 January
museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/pQoMAtw/abbe....
Closing date for comments: 23 January
Abbey House Museum Consultation
Abbey House Museum Consultation
museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk
December 29, 2024 at 8:09 PM
If you know Abbey House Museum in #Leeds but don't yet know that it's under threat of closure (to save a small sum from the hard-pressed council budget) you might like to make your views known here:
museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/pQoMAtw/abbe....
Closing date for comments: 23 January
museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/pQoMAtw/abbe....
Closing date for comments: 23 January
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The public consultation on closing Abbey House Museum is now open. Please consider taking part: museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/pQoMAtw/abbe...
Abbey House Museum Consultation
Abbey House Museum Consultation
museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk
December 12, 2024 at 7:56 PM
The public consultation on closing Abbey House Museum is now open. Please consider taking part: museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/pQoMAtw/abbe...
🎄 A very festive jug from the @nationaltrust decorated a century ago with swirly holly and loops of lustre by Louise Powell. 🔔 #merrychristmas #wedgwood #louisepowell #womenartists
December 12, 2024 at 9:07 AM
🎄 A very festive jug from the @nationaltrust decorated a century ago with swirly holly and loops of lustre by Louise Powell. 🔔 #merrychristmas #wedgwood #louisepowell #womenartists
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Behold the earliest known photo of a snowman!
It was taken in Swansea in 1853 by Victorian photography pioneer Mary Dillwyn.
📷 Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / National Library of Wales
#Christmas
It was taken in Swansea in 1853 by Victorian photography pioneer Mary Dillwyn.
📷 Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / National Library of Wales
#Christmas
December 10, 2024 at 7:43 AM
Behold the earliest known photo of a snowman!
It was taken in Swansea in 1853 by Victorian photography pioneer Mary Dillwyn.
📷 Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / National Library of Wales
#Christmas
It was taken in Swansea in 1853 by Victorian photography pioneer Mary Dillwyn.
📷 Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / National Library of Wales
#Christmas
A group of pots at one of our properties has been recorded as decorated by Alfred Powell, but are actually by Louise Powell, so I’ve just started working through them as my last task of the week. Louise was a student of calligraphy and this training translates beautifully into ceramic painting.
December 6, 2024 at 6:13 PM
A group of pots at one of our properties has been recorded as decorated by Alfred Powell, but are actually by Louise Powell, so I’ve just started working through them as my last task of the week. Louise was a student of calligraphy and this training translates beautifully into ceramic painting.
Found the source image for a plate decorated in 1875 by Rupert Potter (Beatrix’s father) for his children’s nursery, by Harrison Weir from Vere Foster’s Drawing Book O1. The Potters was a creative household and they used these hugely popular books at home together, including on pots.
November 27, 2024 at 5:33 PM
Found the source image for a plate decorated in 1875 by Rupert Potter (Beatrix’s father) for his children’s nursery, by Harrison Weir from Vere Foster’s Drawing Book O1. The Potters was a creative household and they used these hugely popular books at home together, including on pots.
The best look for Parian I’ve seen. Hew Locke at the British Museum.
November 25, 2024 at 8:49 PM
The best look for Parian I’ve seen. Hew Locke at the British Museum.
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This is going to be an incredible resource for museum conservation museumsandheritage.com/advisor/post...
National Trust to create historic archive of paints used across its properties - Museums + Heritage
museumsandheritage.com
November 24, 2024 at 5:06 PM
This is going to be an incredible resource for museum conservation museumsandheritage.com/advisor/post...
Making Christmas decorations at the Hepworth Wakefield fair. Lots of fun - the opportunity to make stuff is always such a bonus for my two boys and the Hepworth does this brilliantly.
November 24, 2024 at 5:02 PM
Making Christmas decorations at the Hepworth Wakefield fair. Lots of fun - the opportunity to make stuff is always such a bonus for my two boys and the Hepworth does this brilliantly.
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Call for submissions!
*Embodied Knowledge & Making Texts: A Handbook*
Please spread the word to academics & practitioners - @georginaemw.bsky.social and I have been overwhelmed and delighted by the response so far. It's going to be great!
www.thinicepress.org/research/cal...
*Embodied Knowledge & Making Texts: A Handbook*
Please spread the word to academics & practitioners - @georginaemw.bsky.social and I have been overwhelmed and delighted by the response so far. It's going to be great!
www.thinicepress.org/research/cal...
Call for submissions — Thin Ice Press
Call for contributors! We’re looking for craftspeople and academics to be part of an exciting volume on embodied knowledge and making texts.
www.thinicepress.org
November 24, 2024 at 9:18 AM
Call for submissions!
*Embodied Knowledge & Making Texts: A Handbook*
Please spread the word to academics & practitioners - @georginaemw.bsky.social and I have been overwhelmed and delighted by the response so far. It's going to be great!
www.thinicepress.org/research/cal...
*Embodied Knowledge & Making Texts: A Handbook*
Please spread the word to academics & practitioners - @georginaemw.bsky.social and I have been overwhelmed and delighted by the response so far. It's going to be great!
www.thinicepress.org/research/cal...
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The Discoveries writing development programme and prize for unpublished women writers in the UK accepts novels in any genre of adult fiction, with entrants invited to submit the first 10,000 words of their novel and a synopsis
Discoveries 2025
Calling all unpublished women writers! The Women’s Prize Trust, Audible, the Curtis Brown literary agency and Curtis Brown Creative have partnered to run the Discoveries novel-writing development prog...
www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk
November 23, 2024 at 8:53 AM
The Discoveries writing development programme and prize for unpublished women writers in the UK accepts novels in any genre of adult fiction, with entrants invited to submit the first 10,000 words of their novel and a synopsis
For the 2024 Decorative Art Society journal I’ve written about the ceramic painter, dressmaker, embroiderer, cobbler, leather-worker, gallerist, feather artist, #suffragist, interior designer, pageant organiser and all around brilliant individual, Amy Kotze. A dish by her is at Nuffield Place (NT).
November 23, 2024 at 11:08 AM
For the 2024 Decorative Art Society journal I’ve written about the ceramic painter, dressmaker, embroiderer, cobbler, leather-worker, gallerist, feather artist, #suffragist, interior designer, pageant organiser and all around brilliant individual, Amy Kotze. A dish by her is at Nuffield Place (NT).