Love clothes and textiles? There is still a chance to register for the 2010 New Zealand Costume and Textile Association Symposium, this year dealing with the the perilous theme of Hanging by a Thread: Tales of Disaster and Survival.

Love clothes and textiles? There is still a chance to register for the 2010 New Zealand Costume and Textile Association Symposium, this year dealing with the the perilous theme of Hanging by a Thread: Tales of Disaster and Survival. Guest speakers include journalist and social commentator Rosemary McLeod, artist Andrea du Chatenier and writer/curator, Douglas Lloyd Jenkins.

The Textile & Costume Association Symposium is on from 12-13 June at TheNewDowse in Lower Hutt, Wellington.

Keynote presentations are by Dr Patricia Wallace, Associate Researcher, Macmillian Brown Centre for Pacific Studies, University of Canterburyon "Maori Weaving: ‘Hanging by a Thread?"; and  Jane Wild & Hannah Barret, Textile Conservators, National Gallery of Australia on the restoration of  the Ballet Russes collection.

For the full programme and registrations, go to www.newdowse.org.nz