1998 WILLIAM MORRIS EVENTS IN THE UNITED STATES

Thursday, 19 February 1998, 6.15pm
Two Collectors of William Morris: Estelle Doheny and William Noble
Talk by Professor Marcia Allentuck at the Fales Library, New York University, New York, NY. Co-sponsored by the William Morris Society and the Fales Library.
Contact: Marvin J. Taylor, Fales Library, New York University, 70 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012, Tel. (212) 998-2596, marvin.taylor@nyu.edu.

Monday, 23 February 1998, 6pm
Prophet and Crusader: John Ruskin and the Visual Arts
Talk by John Wilton Ely, Professor Emeritus of Art History of the University of Hull. At the S. Dillon Ripley Center, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. (Room 3035 in the Ripley Center, address is 1100 Jefferson Drive SW, next to the Smithsonian "Castle." The Metro stop is Smithsonian.) Co-sponsored by the Masters Program in History of Decorative Arts, Smithsonian Associates, and the William Morris Society.
Contact: Heidi Nasstrom, Smithsonian Institution, Masters Program in the Hisotry of Decorative Arts, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW, Washington, DC 20560, Tel. (202) 357-4800 ext. 270 or Mark Samuels Lasner, Biblio@aol.com.

Monday, 23 February 1998
Burne-Jones, Stained Glass and Laughter
Talk by Alan Crawford, British design historian Alan Crawford in the Fourth Annual Arts and Crafts Lecture Series, sponsored by the Department of Fine Arts and the School of Architecture of Syracuse University and the Arts and Crafts Society, this will take place at Gifford Auditorium, HBC Building, Syracuse University.
Contact: Arts And Crafts Society of Central New York, bowcap@mail.dreamscape.com.

Thursday, 26 March 1998, 6pm
Art for Art's Sake: The Aesthetic Interior
Talk by Wendy Kaplan, Associate Director for Exhibitions and Education, The Wolfsonian. At the Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. Co-sponsored by the William Morris Society and the Freer Gallery of Art. The Freer's Art for Art's Sake exhibition will be open prior to and after the talk.
Contact: Mark Samuels Lasner, Biblio@aol.com.

Wednesday, 3 June 1998, 7 pm
Edward Burne-Jones and William Morris: Brothers in Art and Partners in Design
Talk by Stephen Wildman, Curator, Ruskin Library, at the Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE.
Contact: Jennine Culligan, Delaware Art Musuem, 2301 Kentmere Parkway, Wilmington, DE 19806, Tel. (302) 571-9590, 85819@UDel.Edu.

Wednesday, 3 June 1998 onwards
Perfect Marvels: The Morris-Rossetti Chairs
Exhibition at Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE, featuring the pair of chairs recently acquired by the Museum. and related objects.
Contact: Delaware Art Musuem, 2301 Kentmere Parkway, Wilmington, DE 19806, Tel. (302) 571-9590, 85819@UDel.Edu.

4 June to 5 September 1998
Edward Burne-Jones: Victorian Artist-Dreamer
Exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY.
Contact: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10028, Tel. (212) 535-7710.

Friday, 5 June 1998, 6pm
"Edward Burne-Jones and William Morris: Brothers in Art and Partners in Design'"
Talk by Stephen Wildman, curator, Ruskin Library, Lancaster University. At 6.00 p.m. in the Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY. Contact: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10028, Tel. (212) 535-7710.

Saturday, 6 June 1998, 10am
Visit to Edward Burne-Jones Exhibition
At the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY. Sponsored by the William Morris Societym with Stephen Wildman. Free to Morris Society members (musuem admissionpaid by the Society). Limited to 25 participants so you must reserve. Please not change of time from 2pm to 10am.
R.S.V.P.: Mark Samuels Lasner, Biblio@aol.com.

Sunday, 7 June 1998, 6pm
7 June 1998, 6pm
"Burne-Jones: Romantic Realist"
Talk by John Christian. At 6.00 p.m. in the Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY. Contact: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10028, Tel. (212) 535-7710.

Thursday, 11 June 1998, 8pm
"Passion & Expression in Beauty Itself": William Blake and the Pre-Raphaelites
Lecture by Adela Spindler Roatcap. Arts and Crafts lecture at the Swedenborgian Church, San Francisco, CA. Fee on a sliding scale $7.00-20.00.
Contact: Swedenborgian Church, 3200 Washington at Lyon, San Francisco, CA 94115, Tel. 415) 550-7817.

5 October 1998-7 January 1999
Aubrey Beardsley, 1872-1898: A Centennial Exhibtiion
Exhibition at Princeton University Library. Original drawings, books, letters, and memorabilia from the world's largest Beardsley collection.
Contact: Don C. Skemer, curator of manuscripts, Princeton University Library, dcskemer@pucc.princeton.edu.

Friday, 16 October 1998
Objects and Images: Pre-Raphaelite Pursuits in the Decorative Arts
Symposium at Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE. Contact: Delaware Art Museum, 2301 Kentmere Parkway, Wilmington, DE 19806, Tel. (302) 571-9590, 5819@UDel.Edu.

Thursday, 15 October 1998, 6pm
Peacocks with a Past
Lecutre by Linda Merrill, curator of American art at the Freer Gallery of Art. At the Freer Gallery of Art, Independence Avneue and 12th Street SW, Washington, DC.

Tuesday, 20 October 1998, 7pm
Pre-Raphaelite Women
Talk by Jan Marsh at Chapters, 1517 K Street NW, Washington, DC. Sponsored by the William Morris Society. Contact: Mark Samuels Lasner, Biblio@aol.com.

Thursday, 22 October 1998, 6pm
Proud as Peacocks: British Collectors of Aesthetic Art
Lecture by Dianne Satchko Macleod, professor of art history, University of California-Davis at the Freer Gallery of Art, Independence Avneue and 12th Street SW, Washington, DC.

Wednesday, 2 December 1998, 7.30pm
The Meaning and Collecting of William Morris: The Origin of the American Arts and Crafts Movement
Lecture by John J. Walsdorf, book collector and author, at Washington University, St. Louis. Held at the Steinberg Auditorium on the University's Hilltop campus. Free but please RSVP by 23 November.
Contact: Elizabeth A. Braun, Program Coordinator, University Libraries and The Visual Art and Design Center, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, Tel. (314) 935-4670, ebraun@library.wustl.edu.

27-30 December 1998
William Morris Society activities at the MLA Annual Convention
Sessions of papers and social event at the Modern Language Association convention, San Francisco, CA. This year's topics are "New Views of the Pre-Taphaelites" and "The Late Victorian Book: In Honor of Burne-Jones, Beardsley, and Morris." Propoals due by 15 March 1998.
Contact: Mark Samuels Lasner, Biblio@aol.com.