1998 WILLIAM MORRIS EVENTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM Compiled by the William Morris Society (UK) NOTE: Unless otherwise indicated all events are sponsored by the William Morris Society. Ticket requests for these go by post to: Judy Marsden, William Morris Society, 26 Upper Mall, Hammersmith, London W6 9TA enclosing a stamped self-addressed envelope. Through 4 January 1998 The Age of Rossetti, Burne-Jones, and Watts: Symbolism in Britain 1860-1910 Exhibition at the Tate Gallery, London. A major exhibition celebrating the painters and sculptors who dominated the art scene one hundred years ago. Includes works by Beardsley, Burne-Jones, Rossetti, Watts, Klimt, etc. The show will be in Munich from 13 January to 26 April at Haus der Kumst and in Amsterdam from 15 May to 30 August at the Van Gogh Museum. Contact: The Tate Gallery,Millbank London SW1P 4RG, Tel. 171 887 8000, Information 171 887 8008. Until 10 January 1998 Art Pottery: The Legacy of William Morris Exhibition at Cheltenham Art Gallery. Aims to show how the Arts and Crafts movement influenced the design of pottery between 1870 and 1930. The items on display evince the forward-thinking approaches of major manufacturers such as Pilkingtons, Doulton, and Minton, who employed designers such as William De Morgan, Walter Crane, and C. F. A. Voysey. Contact: Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum, Clarence Street, Cheltenham, Glos. GL50 3JT, Tel. 01242 237431. Wednesday, 14 January 1998, 12.30pm Differencing the Canon: Pre-Raphaelitism, Femininity and Desire Slide talk by Professor Griselda Pollock, University of Leeds, at Manchester City Art Galleries, in conjunction with exhibition Pre-Raphaelite Women Artists. Contact: Manchester City Art Galleries, Mosley Street and Princess Street, Manchester M2 3JL, Tel. 0161-236 5244, fax 0)161 236 7369, cityart@mcr1.poptel.org.uk. Wednesday, 28 January 1998, 12.30pm Challenging the Status Quo: Victorian Women Artists vs The Cult of Male Genius Slide talk by Dr Susan Casteras, University of Seattle, at Manchester City Art Galleries, in conjunction with exhibition Pre-Raphaelite Women Artists. Contact: Manchester City Art Galleries, Mosley Street and Princess Street, Manchester M2 3JL, Tel. 0161-236 5244, fax 0)161 236 7369, cityart@mcr1.poptel.org.uk. Wednesday, 4 February 1998, 12.30pm Kate Bunce and her Circle: Aestheticism in Birmingham Slide talk by Elizabeth Prettejohn, Keeper of Fine Art, Birmingham Art Gallery, at Manchester City Art Galleries, in conjunction with exhibition Pre-Raphaelite Women Artists. Contact: Manchester City Art Galleries, Mosley Street and Princess Street, Manchester M2 3JL, Tel. 0161-236 5244, fax 0)161 236 7369, cityart@mcr1.poptel.org.uk. Wednesday, 21 January 1998, 12.30pm Winged Words A programme of Victorian women's poetry presented by Patricia Brake, Anne and Charlotte Harvey. Christina Rossetti and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, plus less familiar work by Jean Ingelow, Adelaide Proctor, Dinah Craik, Augusta Webster and others, covering startling themes such as prostitution, slavery, poverty as well as the more conventional subjects of love, childhood and motherhood. At Manchester City Art Galleries, in conjunction with exhibition Pre-Raphaelite Women Artists. Contact: Manchester City Art Galleries, Mosley Street and Princess Street, Manchester M2 3JL, Tel. 0161-236 5244, fax 0)161 236 7369, cityart@mcr1.poptel.org.uk. Wednesday, 11 February 1998, 12.30pm Barbara Bodichon Slide talk by Dr Pamela Hirsch, Homerton College, Cambridge, author of the forthcoming Bodichon biography and John Crabbe, author and editor, at Manchester City Art Galleries, in conjunction with exhibition Pre-Raphaelite Women Artists. Contact: Manchester City Art Galleries, Mosley Street and Princess Street, Manchester M2 3JL, Tel. 0161-236 5244, fax 0)161 236 7369, cityart@mcr1.poptel.org.uk. Wednesday, 18 February 1998, 12.30pm The Seduction of Elizabeth Siddal Slide talk by Professor Deborah Cherry, University of Sussex, at Manchester City Art Galleries, in conjunction with exhibition Pre-Raphaelite Women Artists. Contact: Manchester City Art Galleries, Mosley Street and Princess Street, Manchester M2 3JL, Tel. 0161-236 5244, fax 0)161 236 7369, cityart@mcr1.poptel.org.uk. To 22 February 1998 Pre-Raphaelite Women Artists Exhibition at Manchester City Art Galleries, curated by Jan Marsh and Pamela Gerrish Nuim, which aims to give a showing to an unjustly neglected group of artists. It will include work by Elizabeth Siddal, Emma Sandys, Rebecca Solomon, Catherine Madox Brown, Evelyn de Morgan and many others. Contact: Sara Holdsworth or Kate Farmery, Manchester City Art Galleries, Tel. 0161-236 5244.  Saturday, 21 February 1998, 2.30pm Morris and Historic Buildings: Has He Won? Talk by Philip Venning, MA, FSA, FRSA. William Morris regarded the founding of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings as one of his greatest achievements. Today the battle to protect historic buildings has largely been won, but have Morris's ideas really been accepted? Philip Venning (secretary of SPAB until 1984, council member of the National Trust) will look at the huge effort Morris put into SPAB, and its relevance today. At Kelmscott House, 26 Upper Mall, Hammersmith, London W6. Tickets £3 from William Morris Society. Saturday, 7 March 1998, 2.30pm Word, Image, and Example: David Jones and the Arts and Crafts Community at Ditchling An illustrated talk by Dr. Anne Price-Owen on David Jones, poet, painter, lettering artist--the outstanding member of the Eric Gill circle. At Kelmscott House, 26 Upper Mall, Hammersmith, London W6. Tickets £3 from William Morris Society. Tuesday, 24 March 1998 Celebration of William Morris's Birthday All=day visit to Oxford including Exeter, Keble, Manchester, and Queen's Colleges, St. Edmund Hall, Oxford Union, and the Cathedral with guide Paul Thompson. Celebratory lunch at the Ashmolean Museum. Meet at 10.30am at Oxford Railway Station. Tickets £6 (including food) from William Morris Society. Saturday and Sunday, 28-19 March 1998 Edward Burne-Jones: A Centenary Conference Two days of talks at the University of Reading. Speakers: John Christian, Hilary Underwood, Ann Anderson, Peter Merry, Caroline Dakers, Stephen Wildman, Christopher Newall, Christopher Ridgeway, and David O'Connor. Contact: University of Reading, Center for Continuing Education, London Road, Reading, RG1 5AQ, Tel. (0118) 931-8347. Saturday, 18 April 1998, 2.30pm Islamic Influence on the Arts and Crafts Movement An illustrated talk by Carolyn Perry. At Kelmscott House, 26 Upper Mall, Hammersmith, London W6. Tickets £3 from William Morris Society. Saturday, 9 May 1998, 2pm The William Morris Society's 42nd Annual General Meeting At The Working Men's College, 44 Crowndale Road, London NW1 (near Euston Station). Afterwards Jon Parry, Deputy Warden, will speak on the history of the College where Burne-Jones, Ruskin, and Rossetti taught. Admission Free. At The Working Men's College, 44 Crowndale Road, London NW1. Saturday, 16 May 1998, 2.30pm Thomas Carlyle and William Morris A talk by Jane Ennis exploring the influence of Carlyle's thought on Morris. Jane Ennis gained her PhD with a thesis on A Comparison of Richard Wagner's 'Der Ring Nibelungen' and William Morris's 'Sigurd The Volsung'. At Kelmscott House, 26 Upper Mall, Hammersmith, London W6. Tickets £3 from William Morris Society. Friday to Sunday, 29-31 May 1998 A Weekend of Tapestry: 'The noblest of the weaving arts' Including a visit to Hard wick Hall (with its unrivalled collection of tapestries and embroideries). Talks by Linda Parry on Morris's textiles, Christine Poulson on Morris/Burne-Jones tapestries. Demonstration and workshops by local weaver Tim Searcy, for beginners upwards. Based at Matlock Youth Hostel in the Derbyshire Peak District--a comfortable house, small bedrooms, delicious meals, easily accessible by train, coach, or car. Cost £70. Tickets and further information (SAE envelope) to Down Morris, 7 Spring Hill, Sheffield S10 1ET (cheques payable to William Morris Society). Hard wick Hall: extra 6 for non NT members (payable on day). Saturday, 6 June 1998 The Garden Suburb from Morris to the 1920s Walking-talk by Paul Thompson, Research Professor, University of Essex. Walk starts at Old Oak Common Estate (early LCC 'cottage' housing), then onto Hammersmith's Wormholt Estate (1919-21) and to neighboring Bedford Park (1875 +) with its Norman Shaw's Queen Anne villas. A break for lunch. Then by Tube to Hanger Lane Garden Estate (1928+)--"ideal of romantic rural metroland". Finally to Hampstead Garden Suburb (1907) designed by Parker and Unwin, Lutyens. Meet East Acton Station (Central Line) 10.30am. Day ends 5.30pm. We recommend walking shoes and the purchase of 1-day Travel Pass (3 zone). Tickets £4 (not including food) from William Morris Society. 8 June to 12 September 1998 Collecting Arts and Crafts: Recent Acquisitions at the William Morris Gallery Summer exhibition at the William Morris Gallery, Walthamstow, includes newly acquired Morris embroideries and a recently rediscovered portrait of Morris by Fairfax Murray, along with Morris & Co. stained glass, textiles, etc. Contact: William Morris Gallery, Lloyd Park, Forest Road, Walthamstow, London, Tel. (0181) 527 3782. Saturday, 13 June 1998, 2.30pm E. P. Thompson and William Morris This talk by David Goodway will explore the influence of Morris on the life's work of the late Edward Thompson, not only the author of the seminal William Morris: Romantic to Revolutionary but also an outstanding visionary and writer in his own right. Dr David Goodway lectures in history in the School of Continuing Education, University of Leeds, the same department Thompson worked between 1948 and 1965. At Kelmscott House, 26 Upper Mall, Hammersmith, London W6. Tickets £3 from William Morris Society. Wednesday, 17 June 1998 Day tour to Much Hadham, Herts and Easton Lodge, Essex A pleasant day in the country by coach to Much Hadharn where Morris's mother Emma and his sister Henrietta lived. Then after pub lunch onto the gardens of Easton Lodge, Little Easton, home of Darling Daisy' the Countess of Warwick - mistress of Edward VII - socialist aristocrat and Morris biographer. Coach leaves Loughton Station (Central Line) 10am. Tickets £13 including admissions (not food) from William Morris Society. Saturday, 4 July 1998, 10.30am to Spm Work in Progress Supporting Morrisian studies is one of the principal reasons for our Society's existence. The Work in Progress day at Kelmscott House provides an opportunity to share knowledge, benefiting all those researching, preparing papers for publication, as well as stimulating the rest of us concerned with advancing the study of the life and work of William Morris. If you wish to participate contact Peter Faulkner, William Morris Society, 26 Upper Mall, London W6. Admission free. Non participants welcome. At Kelmscott House, 26 Upper Mall, Hammersmith, London W6. Thursday to Saturday, 10 to 12 July 1998 Arts and Crafts tour of the Malvern Hills and Beyond Including private view of Madresfield Court with its magnificent Arts & Crafts decoration and collection; Brockhampton (Lethaby); Kempley (Randall Wells; Gimson and Barnsley); Pixley (Morris & Co); Cheltenham Art Gallery (guided tour of its unique Arts and Crafts collection). Single en-suite accommodation at Pittville Campus, Cheltenham & Gloucester College of Higher Education. Full English breakfasts and 3-course dinners. Inclusive cost £120. For bookings and further details write Malvern Tour, William Morris Society, Kelmscott House, 26 Upper Mall, London W6 9TA. 18 to 27 July 1998 William Morris Tour of England Sponsored by Historic Homes of Britain. Highlights include a private reception at Kelmscott House; private tours of Red House and Standen; visits to William Morris Gallery, the Victoria & Albert Museum, Wightwick Manor, Kelmscott Manor, Buscot Park, Stratford upon Avon, and Oxford. Contact: Historic Homes of Britain, 21 Pembroke Square, London, W8 6PB. Tel. (171) 937-2402; fax (171) 397-5494; or in the US: Rusty O'Connor, Tel. (703) 824-3579. Thursday 30 July 1998 Visiting Kelmscott Manor and Buscot Park In the morning guided tour of Kelmscott Manor. Picnic in Kelmscott's lower meadow by the Thames (bring your own lunch). In the afternoon onto Buscot Park to view Burne-Jones's extraordinary Briar Rose paintings. All meet Kelmscott Manor from 10.30am. Coach leaves The George, Hammersmith Broadway (opp. Underground station) 8.30am. Tickets (including admission to the Manor): £17 by coach, £8 by car. Buscot Park extra £4 (payable on day) for non NT members. Saturday, 12 September 1998, 2.30pm Morris's Links with the 20th century Avant-Garde A talk by Campbell Matthews - former head of English studies in a craft teachers' college. William Morris was widely read in his own day but in the 1920s and 1930s his work was neglected. Nevertheless his influence as printer, artist and poet surfaces in surprising places in the work of Yeats, Pound, Eliot and Lawrence. At Kelmscott House, 26 Upper Mail, Hammersmith, London W6. Tickets £3 from William Morris Society. Saturday, 10 October 1998, 2.30pm William Morris and Devon Great Consols Copper Mine In 1844 near Tavistock copper was discovered. It was to become one of the world's great copper mines. Morris's father, his brother Thomas and other family members were involved. Derek Baker (past Secretary of The Society and author of The Flowers of William Morris) has studied the story of DGC and will describe the operation of the mine and consider the impact the mine had on William Morris's life. At Kelmscott House, 26 Upper Mail, Hammersmith, London W6. Tickets £3 from William Morris Society. Saturday, 24 October 1998, 2.30pm The Influence of the Arts and Crafts Movement on Vienna at the Beginning of the 20th Century An illustrated talk by Dr MPA Shaeffer examining the cross fertilisation of British arts and crafts artists and ideals, the legacy of William Morris, on artists and art movements in Vienna at the turn of the century. Dr Shaeffer has lectured in Europe, the United States and Japan on the Arts and Crafts movement. Her books Otto Wagner and the New Face of Vienna and Otto Wagner. Tradition und Moderne have just been published. At Kelmscott House, 26 Upper Mall, Hammersmith, London W6. Tickets £3 from William Morris Society. Friday, 6 November 1998, 6 for 6.30pm Morris, Burne-Jones and the Quest of the Holy Grail THE 1998 KELMSCOTT LECTURE given by Dr Christine Poulson. The story of the quest for the Holy Grail was a key theme in the work of Morris and Burne-Jones, particularly at the beginning and end of their careers. The Kelmscott lecture will examine the significance of the legend for them and relate it to the broader context of nineteenth century Arthurianism. Christine Poulson is Research Fellow at the Center for Nineteenth Century Studies at the University of Sheffield and Vice-Chair of the William Morris Society. She writes on nineteenth century art and literature and has recently selected and edited Morris's writings on art and design. Her book on the Arthur Ian legend in the nineteenth century will be published in 1998. At The Art Workers' Guild, 6 Queen Square, London WE I £4 (including tea from 6pm). Buffet supper after lecture additional £8. Tickets from William Morris Society Saturday, 14 November 1998, 2.30pm Burne-Jones: Gothic to Classic Illustrated talk by Huller Underwood (Morgan) examining the shift in Burne-Jones's style and subject in the middle and late 1890s from medieval to renaissance and classical sources, setting it in the context of Victorian art and culture. Huller Underwood is a lecturer on art history; a graduate of the Chortled Institute and formerly Assistant Curator of Watts Gallery. At Kelmscott House, 26 Upper Mail, Hammersmith, London W6. Tickets £3 from William Morris Society. Saturday, 31 October 1998 Burne-Jones Centenary Day Series of talks sponsored by the Victorian Society at the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, London. Speakers include: Jan Marsh, Christopher Newall, John Christian, Stephen Wildman, Alan Crawford, and Anne Anderson. Contact: Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, 16 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3JA, Tel. 171-580-0311, fax 171-636-6730, info@paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk. Tuesday, 24 November 1998 Burne-Jones Centenary Visit to Birmingham Meet Amy at The Cathedral (close to City Center, Railway and Bus Stations) for guided tour by the Pre-Raphaelite Society of perhaps Burne-Jones greatest achievement in stained glass. Then in the afternoon onto the Museum and Art Gallery for guided tour of the only major International Burne-Jones Exhibition being held in the UK during 1998, Burne-Jones's Centenary year. Tickets £8 from William Morris Society. Saturday, 5 December 1998, 2.30pm 'A Legacy of Perfect Beauty" - The Stained Glass of Burne-Jones An illustrated talk by Malcolm Pollard who lectures on 19th century painting and stained glass for Warwick University. At Kelmscott House, 26 Upper Mail, Hammersmith, London W6. Tickets £3 from William Morris Society. 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