Image: Frida Kahlo with Olmec figurine, 1939, photograph by Nickolas Muray © Nickolas
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Frida: Inside and Outside

Conference – 10 FREE student tickets available

Friday 2 November, 10.30–16.30
& Saturday 3 November, 10.30–16.40
Lydia & Manfred Gorvy Lecture Theatre
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, SW7 2RL

Supported by University of the Arts London

Hear leading academics, experts and practitioners from UAL and beyond discuss how Kahlo’s wardrobe and art expressed a reappraisal of Mexico’s indigenous heritage, and reflect on Kahlo’s dress in light of her experience of disability, offering contemporary designers a role model for inclusive fashion.

UAL academics involved include:

• Oriana Baddeley (Dean of Research, UAL)
• Circe Henestrosa (PhD Student, UAL, Head of the School of Fashion, LASALLE College of the
  Arts; Co-curator,Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up)
• Claire Wilcox (Senior Curator, V&A; Co-curator, Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up; Chair in Fashion Curation, London College of Fashion, UAL)
• Ceri Higgins (Course Leader, London College of Communication, UAL)
• Joanne Morra (Reader in Art history and Theory, Central Saint Martins, UAL)
• Judith Clark (Co-founder Centre for Sustainable Fashion, London College of Fashion, UAL)

Find out more about the conference
Download the conference programme

Post-Grad Community have 10 FREE tickets available for current UAL postgraduate students to attend this conference (usually £25).

To apply, please email pgcommunity@arts.ac.uk with the following details:

• Your name, course and college
• Why will this opportunity benefit your practice or reserach?
• If you were to write a blog about the conference – which speaker or theme would you respond to?
• Confirmation that you are able to attend both days of the conference

Deadline for applications: 10am, 25 October 2018
Tickets will be confirmed by 26 October