News & Notices
Spring 2018 | No. 17
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Left: Katie Tapponnier, Freewoman. Top row: Suzanne Tate, Paul Smith, and Patrick O’Kelly. Bottom row: Ayesha Tariq and Clare Killeen.
Dates for your diary London Craft Week (11th May) Join us at Clothworkers’ Hall, where weavers from Dovecot Studios will run masterclasses and a free public lecture. Book early to avoid disappointment. Royal Fusiliers WWI Lecture (23rd May) Evening lecture, ‘The Morality and Tradition of the Just War’, at the Church of St Sepulchrewithout-Newgate. Election of Sheriffs, City of London (25th June) Liverymen are eligible to vote; held at Guildhall. Details available in the Members’ Area on our website (login required): www.clothworkers.co.uk.
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Staff News at Clothworkers’ Hall Hello and goodbye: The good news is that, although Katie Tapponnier has recently left the team (after seven years), she has joined The Company as a Freewoman. We are delighted that, in this way, Katie continues her involvement with The Company. She is also supporting us with occasional freelance work. Since ‘leaving’, she has been invaluable in helping us organise and evaluate the ‘Making It in Textiles’ conference as well as updating the annual Blue Book (members’ directory). We hope Katie will remain a frequent visitor to the Hall. In addition to our new Membership and Communications Manager,
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Renée LaDue, who joined us this past January from the Society of Antiquaries of London, we have a number of other changes to communicate regarding staffing. Suzanne Tate joined us in October, stepping into the role of Personal Assistant to the Director of Finance, Property, and Investments as well as Human Resources Assistant (previously held by Helen Granger). The Company has recently also welcomed a new addition to the Beadle’s team, Paul Smith, as Maintenance and Events Assistant. Patrick O’Kelly has rejoined The Foundation’s team as Senior Grants Officer, covering for Sam Grimmett-Batt during her maternity leave; Patrick previously provided
maternity cover (as Grants Officer) for Sam in 2015’16. During his ‘break’ from Clothworkers’, Patrick spent a year as a grants officer at The Skinners’ Company and as a grants manager at the Henry Smith Foundation. Grants Assistant Ayesha Tariq has stepped up into the Grants Officer role to cover for Laura Street, who just began a one-year sabbatical. Finally, Clare Killeen has joined The Foundation’s team as Grants Assistant during this period, she was previously a sales and programmes coordinator for Fine Cell Work. We hope you’ll join us in wishing Sam and Laura the best of luck and in welcoming our new team members at Dunster Court.
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