1997 WILLIAM MORRIS EVENTS IN THE UNITED STATES 11 December 1996 through 15 February 1997 William Morris: The Collector as Creator Exhibition at the Grolier Club, 47 East 60th Street, New York, NY. Free. Two publications associated with the show have been issued--a handlist of the items displayed and a new edition of A Note by William Morris on his Aims in Founding the Kelmscott Press. Contact: Nancy Houghton, The Grolier Club, 47 East 60th Street, New York, NY 10022, Tel. (212) 838-6690, nsh@grolierclb.com. 15 December 1996 to 16 February 1997 Victorian Romance: Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones's The Pilgrim at the Gate of Idleness Exhibition at Dallas Museum of Art featuring the newly acquired Burne-Jones painting and related works from the Museum's collection and other lenders. The Dallas Museum of Art is open Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays 11am to 4pm., Thursdays 11am to 9pm, Saturdays and Sundays 11am to 5pm. Contact: Dallas Museum of Art, Tel. (214) 922-1200. 7 February through 30 March 1997 William Morris Influences. Exhibition of books and typography which influenced Morris and examples of his influence in book design. At Paley Library,Temple University, 13th and Berks Streets Philadelphia, PA. Contact: Carol Harris, Tel. (215) 204-8230, charri00@thunder.ocis.temple.edu. Saturday, 8 February 1997, 2pm Burne-Jones, Oxford, and the Pre-Raphaelites Lecture by Colin Franklin, publisher, antiquarian bookseller, and author, at the Dallas Museum of Art. (The cost is $7 for the public, $5 for students, seniors, and DMA members. Held in conjunction with the exhibition,"Victorian Romance: Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones's 'The Pilgrim at the Gate of Idleness.'" Contact: Dallas Museum of Art, Tel. (214) 922-1200. Tuesday, 11 February 1997, 6pm Mad About Morris Talk by Mark Samuels Lasner for members of the Grolier Club and invited guests. NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. At the Grolier Club, 47 East 60th Street, New York, NY 10022. February 1997 Victorian Interior Design Lecture series by John Burrows for Newton Community Education in Newtonville, MA, on 4, 11, and 25 February 1997. An overview of residential interior design from the 1840s to the turn of the century, the series will note the evolution of house styles and design influences on American homes, with an emphasis on New England interiors. It will be presented as a broad survey, based on historical materials, period photographs of interiors and museum recreations, and the lectures will be of interest to Victorian homeowners and to interior designers. The session for 25 February, entitled "Late Victorian: The Old-Fashioned Home," deals in part with the particular importance in New England of the influence of William Morris and the Arts & Crafts Movement. Contact: J. R. Burrows and Company, P. O. Box 522, Rockland, MA 02370, Tel. (800) 347-1795 (and within the 617 area code) 982-1812, fax (617) 982-1636, merchant@burrows.com. 15 February through 15 March 1997 Sixty Years of Victorian Painting: An Exhibition of Victorian and Pre-Raphaelite Works Exhibition (and sale) at Guarisco Gallery, Washington, DC. Includes works by Burne-Jones, Rossetti, Tissot, and others. Open 9am to 5.30pm Monday - Friday, 10am to 5pm Saturdays. Catalogue available, price $15.00. On Wednesday, 12 March 1997 the Guarisco Gallery and the William Morris Society will host a reception and viewing. Contact: Guarisco Gallery, 2828 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20007, Tel. (202) 333-8533, (800) 426-3737. 16 February through 11 May 1997 The Victorians: British Painting in the Reign of Queen Victoria, 1837-1901 Exhibition of more than 100 paintings at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Includes works by Pre-Raphaelites and associates--Rossetti, Burne-Jones, Millais, Holman Hunt, G. F. Watts, John Brett, Whistler. The Gallery is sponsoring a Victorian art symposium on Saturday, 15 March 1997. Free. Contact: National Gallery of Art, Fourth Street at Constitution Avenue, Washington, DC 20565, Tel. (202) 842-6353 (news department); also check the National Gallery's new web site. 28 February through 14 July 1997 Inspiring Reform, Boston's Arts & Crafts Movement Exhibition at Davis Museum and Cultural Center at Wellesley College. The most important gathering of Boston Arts and Crafts materials since the Museum of Fine Arts show a decade ago; Morris's influence will be felt in a selection of books printed by Copeland and Day, D. B. Updike, and Will Bradley. This exhibition will travel in 1998 to the Smithsonian Institution's Renwick Gallery in Washington, DC. Contact: Davis Museum and Cultural Center, 106 Central St., Wellesley, MA, Tel. (617) 283-2051, http://www.wellesley.edu/DavisMuseum/wwwlocation.html and http://www.wellesley.edu/DavisMuseum/davismenu.html. Wednesday, 12 March 1997, 5.30pm Reception and exhibition viewing Meet the traveling members of the William Morris Society of Canada and view the Guarisco Gallery's exhibition "Sixty Years of British Painting: An Exhibition of Victorian and Pre-Raphaelite Works." Sponsored by the Guarisco Gallery and the William Morris Society. At the Guarisco Gallery, 2828 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20007. Free, but please RSVP. Contact: RSVP to Monica Testa, Tel. (202) 333-8533. Saturday, 12 July 1997, 4.30pm Lecture on the Stained Glass of William Morris Lecture by Peter Gibson at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA. Gibson is Secretary and retired Superintendent of the York Glaziers' Trust. Contact: Judson Studios events page Sunday, 13 July 1997, 4.30pm Lecture on the Stained Glass of William Morris Lecture by Peter Gibson at St. Paul's Cathedral, San Diego, CA. Gibson is Secretary and retired Superintendent of the York Glaziers' Trust. Co-hosted with The Friends of the Marston House, an auxiliary group of the San Diego Historical Society. Contact: Judson Studios events page Tuesday, 15 July 1997, 8pm Lecture on the Stained Glass of William Morris Lecture by Peter Gibson at St. James Church, Los Angeles, CA. Gibson is Secretary and retired Superintendent of the York Glazers' Trust. Contact: Judson Studios events page 8 October 1997 through 31 January 1998 Land of Enchantment: British Fantasy in the Golden Age Exhibition at the Watkinson Library, Trinity College, Hartford, CT. On display are illustrations from historic legends and myths, folk and fairy tales, horrific literature, and works on anthropomorphized animals and flowers. Illustrators represented include--apart from Morris and Burne-Jones--Arthur Rackham,Edmund Dulac, Jessie M. King, Harry Clarke, Beatrix Potter, Richard Doyle, and Walter Crane. On Wednesday, 8 October 1997. Ronald Thomas, Trinity College Associate Professor of English, will begin the Open House with a talk at 5pm in McCook Auditorium on "Moving Pictures/Modern Subjects: Dracula and the Cinematic Afterlife of the Victorian Novel." Exhibition h ours are Monday-Saturday 9:30-4:30 when classes are in session. There is an online version of the printed checklist. Contact: Kimberly C. Weatherford, Watkinson Library Trinity College, 300 Summit Street, Hartford, CT 06106. Tel. (860) 297-2268, fax (860) 297-2251, kimberly.weatherford@mail.trincoll.edu. Thursday, 30 October 1997, 6pm Two Collectors of William Morris: Estelle Doheny and William Noble Slide talk by Professor Marcia Allentuck, RE-SCHEDULED FOR 1998. Contact: Mark Samuels Lasner, Biblio@aol.com. 30 October to 7 December 1997 The Chicago Arts & Crafts Movement Exhibitions and events in Chicago and environs celebrating the centenary of the Chicago Society of Arts and Crafts. Participating instituions include the Second Presbyterian Church, the Art Institute of Chicago, Prairie House Museums, Chicago Architectural Foundation, Hull-House, etc. Saturday through Tuesday, 27 to 30 December 1997 William Morris Society events at MLA Annual Convention The William Morris Society in the United States will sponsor two sessions of papers and (wit the William Morris Society of Canada) a social gathering at the Modern Language Association annual convention, to be held this year in Toronto, Canada. A call for papers was issued. Contact: Mark Samuels Lasner, Biblio@aol.com.   If you know of any other events relating to William Morris that should be included on this list please send full details and a contact address to: Mark Samuels Lasner, Biblio@aol.com HOME · NEW · EVENTS · NEWSLETTER · SITE ARCHIVE · ABOUT THE SOCIETY MORRIS' LIFE AND WORKS · PRODUCTS · LINKS · SITE MAP · CONTACT US LAST UPDATE 4 JAN 2001 · PLEASE REPORT BROKEN LINKS TO WEBMASTER@MORRISSOCIETY.ORG