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FACE X RCA Conversations: Thoughts, Souls and Spaces

Taking place on Thursday 7th November and Friday 8th November 2024

FACE (Fashion Academics Creating Equity) are thrilled to collaborate with Royal College of Art to present: Decentering Spaces,  a live two-day event taking place at the RCA. BATTERSEA CAMPUS STUDIO BUILDING, Hangar Space, Howie Street Entrance LONDON SW11 4AY. Full programme and Eventbrite links here.

With the aim of creating an energetic yet intimate, and joyous space for learning and exchange this FREE event for EVERYONE; students also welcome, announces workshops, talks, provocations and even a lunchtime River Thames Walk, for A Colonial History of Fashion, or a quilting table for connectivity and solidarity. You curate your day!

Keynote speaker Charlie Casely-Hayford is in conversation with Andrew Ibi and will open a programme of voices and visuals from over thirty academics and students. Co-founder and Chair of FACE and Associate Professor, LMU, Sharon Lloyd comments…

“In creating this year’s FACE Summit, our collective wish was to nourish the soul and bring emotion and play into the room. We are delighted to be working with RCA’s Joyce Addai-Davis and Zowie Broach to realise this vision within the uplifting Campus Studio Building”

QR codes on the Event Webpage facilitate free registration for one or both days. Do join us and use your Position, Power, Privilege and Purpose to help us build on our message of anti-racism.

For more information on our mission look here. See full Summit programme here. Join our monthly newsletter here

FACE is a voluntary cross institutional organisation supported by the British Fashion Council.

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Published 23.10.24
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