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THE MLA
Partnership creates one voice for museums, libraries and archives.
MLA North West has joined forces with the Museums, Libraries and
Archives Council (MLA) and the eight other independent regional
agencies to create ‘The MLA Partnership’. The new national board
will include the Chairs of all the regional agencies and MLA North
West has now become part of this new national partnership to
collectively lead the transformation of England’s museums, libraries
and archives and promote their unique contribution for the future.
The MLA Partnership will benefit the public and everyone who works
in the museums, libraries and archives sector through a clear set of
shared objectives.
The 10 partners will now have one voice, creating a stronger impact
in promoting the role of museums, libraries and archives in people’s
lives. To help achieve this, one corporate plan will be directing
the work of all ten organisations. Greater co-ordination and
consultation will result in better use of resources and investment
and clear, shared objectives will make it easier to agree priorities
and measure results, providing better evidence of the sector’s
achievements.
Steve Garland, acting Chair of MLA North West joined MLA Chair, Mark
Wood to sign the partnership agreement with the Chairs of each of
the 8 other regional agencies. Mark Wood said:- “The creation
of The MLA Partnership will improve people’s lives by providing
greater access to collections and resources and help build
knowledge, support learning and inspire creativity. It will create a
strong, unified voice for the sector in promoting the role of
museums, libraries and archives to the public and it will increase
collaboration and deliver more consistent improvements in
collections, services and standards. |
Norman Parkinson:- Portraits in Fashion
OVER this summer the Lady Lever Art Gallery
hosts Norman Parkinson: Portraits in Fashion a National Portrait
Gallery photographic exhibition from the 10 June to 24 September
2006.
Many of the greatest icons of the 20th century, as well as some of
the world's most beautiful women, are revealed through Parkinson's
inimitable wit and style. The Lady Lever Art Gallery display brings
together over 20 stunning photographs that pay tribute to
Parkinson's skill as a fashion and portrait photographer. Subjects
featured include Audrey Hepburn and famous fashion models such as
Jerry Hall, Barbara Goalen and Parkinson’s muse and wife Wenda
Rogerson.
In a career that spanned 7 decades, Norman Parkinson (1913-90)
dazzled the world with his sparkling inventiveness as a fashion
photographer. His long association with Vogue, and his numerous
assignments for Queen in the 1960s and Town & County in the 1970s
and 1980s, brought him worldwide recognition. His innovative style
differed from the static, prosaic approach to fashion photography of
the time, offering instead an enchanting, idiosyncratic persona that
charmed his sitters and projected an alluring and glamorous public
image.
Standing at 6 feet 5 inches tall, Parkinson was unable to remain
unobtrusive behind the lens and instead created 'Parks', the
moustachioed, ostentatiously elegant fashion photographer - as much
a personality as those who sat for him. His flawless
professionalism, and well-rehearsed eccentricities reassured the
uneasy sitter and disarmed the experienced. 'Parks'
reinvented himself for each decade of his career, from his
ground-breaking spontaneous images of the 1930s, through the war
years and the 'Swinging 60s' to the exotic locations of the
1970s and 1980s.
Norman Parkinson: Portraits in Fashion shows how Parkinson’s legacy
continues to inform contemporary fashion photography. The exhibition
will appeal to those with an interest in bold and imaginative
photographs or simply charmed by images of high fashion and glamour.
A programme of free learning events accompanies the exhibition.
Exhibition organised by the National Portrait Gallery |
