Melanie Miller is a maker, curator, writer and editor in the Textiles/Embroidery field. She also participates in and organises conferences and provides mentoring to individuals.
Melanie has a degree in History from the London School of Economics, a degree in Textiles/Fashion from Manchester Polytechnic, and a PhD from Manchester Metropolitan University. Melanie worked as an editor at Dorling Kindersley Book Publishing Company, and taught for over twenty years at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU)/Manchester School of Art. She was the route leader for the MA Textiles course for eight years. Recently Melanie has been working with the Ideas Foundation in Manchester on a ground-breaking project in secondary schools, brokering three-way residencies between schools, student designers and cultural institutions. |
Research interests include exploring the combination of traditional and digital technologies; and issues around gender stereotyping, globalisation and branding. Work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including Art of the Stitch 2006; Global intrigue II 4th Riga International Textile and Fibre art triennial 2010; The Power of Copying, Xuzhou Museum of Art, China 2010; and The Function of Folk, Krakow Ethnographic Museum 2012.
Melanie has extensive external examining and research supervision experience. Melanie volunteers with the pioneering arts organisation arthur+martha. During 2018 Melanie worked with Mostyn Art Gallery/CALL (Culture Action Llandudno) to create a banner for the Artichoke Processions project, culminating in a mass participation event in Cardiff on 10th June. https://www.processions.co.uk |