Membership to the committee can provide opportunities to connect with fellow professionals, build your profile in the field, and develop new skills. Please get in touch if you are interested in joining! There are usually roles available on an annual basis and positions normally last for three years or we can co-opt positions for projects you are maybe interested in helping with.
The committee meets four times per year, usually in London. Travel expenses reimbursed for those attending.
Ann French
Collections Care Manager and Conservator (Textiles) at the Whitworth, Manchester (2002-present)
Emily Austin
Textile Conservator at Museum of London, London (2018-present)
Kim Thüsing
Senior Textile Conservator at National Museum Wales, Cardiff (2005-present)
Terri Dewhurst
Textile Conservator at the National Trust Textile Conservation Studio, Norfolk (2015-present)
Terri has a Ba (Hons) in Fashion Design from Nottingham Trent University. Combining her love of history and textiles, and wanting to utilise her practical skills, she then went onto study the ‘Conservation of Historic Objects’ at The University of Lincoln, graduating with a Masters in 2014. During her studies she worked for Leicestershire County Council’s Museum Service & completed a placement with private conservator Sheila Landi. After her studies Terri worked as freelance objects conservator for WHConservation before taking up a temporary contract at the National Trust Textile Conservation Studio in Norfolk. During her time at the Studio Terri has completed a two year Levy Internship & currently continues work there as Textile Conservator.
Maria Pardos
Freelance Textile Conservator (2020-present)
Maria trained in Spain, where she obtained a BA Degree in Paintings (2005-08), Textile Conservation (2010-12) and a MA in Conservation (2014-15). She began her career as a Painting and Objects Conservator and, since 2010, she has focused on Textile Conservation, working at the Valencian Conservation Institute (Castellon, Spain), the Galliera Museum (Paris), The Bowes Museum and The National Maritime Museum Textile Conservation Studios. Between 2016-2018 Maria worked as part of the team at May Berkouwer's studio working as a full time Textile Conservator before taking up a post at the National Trust Textile Conservation Studio in Norfolk. She joined the team at Zenzie Tinker Conservation Ltd. between 2019 and 2020, before setting up as a freelance Textile Conservator.
Elizabeth-Anne Haldane
Principle Textile Conservator, Victoria and Albert Museum (2002-present)
Viola Nicastro
Senior Textile Conservator, Historic Royal Palaces (2014-present)
Hannah Sutherland
Textile Conservator, Victoria and Albert Museum (2020 - present)
Kelly Grimshaw
Kelly has recently finished a GradDip Conservation course at Lincoln and currently working towards Masters in Conservation of Cultural Heritage with a specialty for textiles. Over the summer she undertook a textile internship at SVK in Sweden. She is a keen sewer, knitter and crocheter, and an avid collector of tapestries and textiles from all over the world.