Happy to receive my copy of the edited volume 'Faire Oeuvre. Training and professionalisation of women artists in the #C19 and #C20 ', with my chapter on a male ally supporting aspiring women artists at the #Brussels ' Royal Academy for Fine Arts in 1890s #womenartists #UniUtrecht

#newarticle The brand-new theme issue of Eigen Schoon & De Brabander is out with my contribution in Dutch on embroiderers and their status in Brussels between 1850-1914. 🪡
#textiles #embroidery #brussels #women shistory #textilehistory #women #UniUtrecht #HumanitiesUU

🖋 Ria Cooreman and I wrote an article about women drawing for the Belgian lace industry, circa 1890-1920. Now available in Tijdschrift voor Interieurgeschiedenis en Design.
Utrecht University #article #lace #womenshistory #womendesigners #lace history #Belgium #textiles

🎄Merry Christmas and a happy New Year. The next week I will spend away from my social media and emails, but I look forward to hearing from you again in 2024! 🎇
#Christmas #Christmas 2023 #NewYear #NewYear 2024

These volumes are currently not available for reading 📚 Christmas #book tree at the Utrecht University Library🎄
#UniUtrecht Lib #UniUtrecht #Christmas

Chocolates are always a good choice! This year's delicious Christmas gift by the Utrecht University Department of History and Art History 🍫😋🎄
#chocolate #christmasgift #UniUtrecht

Two exhibitions on a Saturday. Royals & Rebels - British Fashion in the #kunstmuseumdh 🇬🇧😍
#museum #exhibition #TheHague #fashion #weekendgoals

A day out to #TheHague with Utrecht University International Neighbour Group. First a guided tour in the exhibition Hilma af Klint & Piet Mondriaan in the Kunstmuseum.
#UniUtrecht #kunstmuseumdh #guidedtour #museum #Mondriaan #HilmaafKlint

Discovering 'hidden Utrecht' via the Utrecht University International Neighbour Group.
#UniUtrecht #Utrecht #guidedtour

A terrific day on Workshop Practice and Production of #Textiles . Interesting presentations and a guided tour in the #CollectieCentrumNederland !
#OSK #onderzoeksschoolkunstgeschiedenis #arthistory #research

Visitors to the 'Statement Chairs' exhibition in Centraal Museum Utrecht are invited to sit in several iconic chairs. Rietveld's Red and Blue chair is far more comfortable than I ever expected. 😀🪑
#Utrecht #CentraalMuseum #chairs #exhibition #museum #museum visit

Autumn colours in the Oude Hortus, the botanic garden behind the University Museum Utrecht🍂
#UniUtrecht #Utrecht #autumn #garden

Lights on and around the water.
Sint Maarten Parade 2023 in Utrecht
#SintMaartenParade #Utrecht #lights #StMaarten

Portraits of women professors in the J. Westerdijk Room at Utrecht University Hall. The hall was inaugurated at the occasion of 100 years of women professors at Utrecht University in 2017.
#academia #university #UniUtrecht #women

Really enjoyed the sumptuous fashion fabrics, dazzling embroidery and luxurious high fashion in the exhibition 'Fashion for God'. Now in the Museum Catharijneconvent in Utrecht. 🥰 #textiles #fashion #religion #catharijne #museumvisit #exhibition

The first signs of Autumn 🍂
#Autumn #Bloeyendael #Utrecht

📘 It was such a pleasure to talk about my recent book 'Adellijk en artistiek. Amateurkunstenaressen met blauw bloed in België (1815-1914)' during the Trefdag van de Kunstvrienden.
#nobility #arthistory #history #women #artists #amateur #C19 #Belgium #artistic

Back in #UniUtrecht ArtLab.
Today the students learnt to cast a small object in tin.
#teaching #arthistory #materials #casting #craft

Botanic garden of Utrecht 🌺
#UniUtrecht #Utrecht #botanicgarden #plants #flowers

🎓 I am delighted to announce that I have achieved the status of Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
#HuddersfieldUni #UniUtrecht #university #academia #certificate #history #arthistory #teaching #qualification #PGCE #highereducation #professionaldevelopment