Lisa Mason

Assistant Curator, Modern and Contemporary Design @nationalmuseumsscot. Membership sec. @datsnetwork. Trustee Bernat Klein Foundation. All views mine.

[Lisa Mason @Lisa_mmason]

@rpzquinton @DATSnetwork @Ciaraphipps @beatricebehlen @vt_isaac @sprecher_d @vanessaljones_ @valeriewilson57 @LucieWhitmore Right back at you! 😘

[Lisa Mason @Lisa_mmason]

Well 'it's out in the universe now' @killnofillpod Belfast was an absolute blinder! Thank you so much to @kiripritchardmc and @RachelFairburn 👌

[Lisa Mason @Lisa_mmason]

@killnofillpod Me and my pals have been telling strangers about the podcast all weekend, unprovoked,...are we now part of a cult?! I am fine with that but it would be good to have clarification.

[Lisa Mason @Lisa_mmason]

@killnofillpod Earring goals! Seeing you lovely ladies tomorrow in Belfast. ❤️

[Lisa Mason @Lisa_mmason]

Join me, Dr Anna Nyburg, and Sam Reich as we explore the profound impact that émigré textile designers had on post-war Britain @iofestival

[National Museums Scotland @NtlMuseumsScot]

As part of Insiders/Outsiders @iofestival join our discussion of the experience of Bernat Klein, Tibor Reich and other émigré textile designers.

21 March, Book now!
https://t.co/eQG58RnMNz

[Lisa Mason @Lisa_mmason]

Pinch me...

[National Museums Scotland @NtlMuseumsScot]

We are delighted to announce that Professor Christopher Breward has been appointed as Director of National Museums Scotland. He will take up the post in April 2020, succeeding Dr Gordon Rintoul. https://t.co/lkJ3sxIbLp

[Jonathan Van Ness @jvn]

First non female cover star in 35 years 🏳️‍🌈💗 thanks for having me 🏳️‍🌈💗@CosmopolitanUK showing more variations of beauty for young LGBTQ+ people YAS QUEEN photo by @Rachell_Smith

[Lisa Mason @Lisa_mmason]

❤️

[Vanessa Jones @vanessaljones_]

@DATSnetwork #RedressingDiversity!

[Lisa Mason @Lisa_mmason]

@Serena_Dyer A human liver post festive season?

[Lisa Mason @Lisa_mmason]

@thornton_fiona @NtlMuseumsScot Here is lil' Lisa, she lives on my bookshelf. 😍

[Lisa Mason @Lisa_mmason]

Preach!

[Lisa Mason @Lisa_mmason]

@vt_isaac @pasoldfund @SmallhytheNT Congratulations Veronica! 🍾🎉

[Lisa Mason @Lisa_mmason]

Appropriately I am spending today in Galashiels, site of Bernat Klein's former mill Netherdale, now home to @HeriotWattUni

[National Museums Scotland @NtlMuseumsScot]

#OnThisDay 1922, Bernat Klein was born.
With his colourful mohairs & tweeds, this visionary textile designer put Scottish fashion on the map in the 1960s.
Discover more about him & how he was inspired by the Scottish landscape in our new Explore story: https://t.co/yNGF5W8njF

[Lisa Mason @Lisa_mmason]

@paulstweet @Brittish_Design Your brother in law is a very talented designer. Thank you for getting in touch.

[Lisa Mason @Lisa_mmason]

You are so very welcome! Thank you for giving me an excuse to spend the day exploring the archive and uncovering more about the links between #JeanMuir and #TheCloth.

[Helena Britt @Brittish_Design]

Great to find items relating to #TheCloth in #JeanMuir archive @NtlMuseumsScot. A fantastic #fashion & #textiles resource.

Jean Muir, Autumn 1985. Print by Brian Bolger, The Cloth.
Press cuttings, 1980s. Courtesy of National Museums Scotland.

Thank you @Lisa_mmason.

[Lisa Mason @Lisa_mmason]

@jvn tonight enjoying a wine in a sealed plastic cup and some wisdom from my favourite human; from the parallels between American politics and figure skating to a genius Harry Potter social media analogy. 😍🙌

[Lisa Mason @Lisa_mmason]

Yas qween!

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

In 2020 London’s National Gallery will mount a solo show of Artemisia Gentileschi, Italian Baroque painter, the first woman in its 200 year history to be accorded a retrospective #womensart

[Pasold Research Fund @pasoldfund]

📣 CFP: “Textile and Place” conference @ManMetUni suggested themes include textiles as medium of protest & activitism, as sites which rep migration & globalisation, narratives of community & social interaction through textiles... more here https://t.co/PmPQ2qyuFY
Abstracts 8 Nov

[Lisa Mason @Lisa_mmason]

@killnofillpod now we're getting fancy... @NarfolkBroad

[Lisa Mason @Lisa_mmason]

Interesting discussion of fashion as a safe space and a place for marginalised individuals to feel accepted and visible at the body beautiful round table tonight @NtlMuseumsScot #BodyBeautifulExhibition