Art and Design department
Dr Godfrey Evans: Interim Keeper/Principal Curator, European
Applied Art
Specific responsibility: overall responsibility
for the departmental collections and general policy.
Research interests/expertise:
English and Continental silver; the collections of the Dukes of
Hamilton; Continental sculpture; Scottish fireclay sculpture;
Italy, France and Russia.
Stephen Jackson: Senior Curator, Applied Art and Design
Specific responsibility: Furniture, woodwork,
treen, musical instruments, wallpaper, interiors, contemporary
design.
Research interests/expertise: Scottish furniture;
early-modern economic, social and cultural history.
Rose Watban: Senior Curator, Applied Art and Design
Specific responsibility: European ceramics,
glass and jewellery and contemporary craft.
Research interests/expertise: Contemporary crafts
and 19th century ceramics.
Fiona Anderson: Senior Curator, Dress and Textiles
Specific responsibility: European and Scottish
textiles and dress collection from 1500 to the present. Liaison
point for collections displayed at the National Museum of
Costume.
Research interests/expertise: Fashion from 1650 to
the present; men's and women's tailoring; Scottish textiles
particularly tweed and tartan.
Kate MacKay: Assistant Curator, Art and Design
Research Interests/Expertise: Scottish modern
history
Alison Patterson: Assistant Curator
Research interests/expertise: British and
European ceramics and glass.