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Art, Action & Design
February 17 2021 | 6 – 7 pm
£10 | Friends £9
Online - Via Zoom
Taking the Arts & Crafts principle of collective design and collaboration, what potential do design teams today have in tackling the biggest challenges we face such as climate change, wealth inequality and racial injustice? Learn more about the powerful potential of collective design from the team behind the UK non-profit Shift, CEO Nick Stanhope and Innovation Director Tayo Medupin, as they share their radically different approaches to tackling inequalities through collective ways of working and design.
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International Women’s Day: Art, Action & Craft
Monday 8 March 2021 | 6 - 7.30pm | £10 | Friends £9 | Online – Via Zoom
Pioneering artists like Mary Watts used their creative output to address issues of social cohesion, gender equality and political change. This International Women’s Day, celebrate the role of craft in activism. Sarah Corbett will weave together her practical experience of her ‘gentle protest’ craftivism with the history of craft as a tool for change.
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History of Art Short Course, The Arts & Crafts House
Mondays, 22 February – 29 March 2021
11am – 12.15pm
Six lectures £60 | Friends £54
Single Lecture £12 |Friends £10.80
Online via Zoom
In 1891, G F and Mary Watts moved to Limnerslease. Designed by Sir Ernest George and built at the start of the Arts & Crafts movement, the house still features original gesso ceiling panels and fireplaces by Mary Watts. Celebrating the reopening of Limnerslease in 2021, this short course introduces the British Arts & Crafts movement through key buildings, designers, collectors and inhabitants.
Monday 22 February
Limnerslease in its Arts & Crafts Context
Hilary Underwood
Monday 1 March
The David Parr House – An Extraordinary Arts & Crafts House
Tamsin Wimhurst
Monday 8 March
William Morris, Philip Webb and the Arts & Crafts Home
Dr Suzanne Fagence Cooper
Monday 15 March
Reclaiming her Scandalous Past: Lady Dorothy Nevill as Art Collector and Cultural Philanthropist
Dr Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth
Monday 22 March
Arts & Crafts Houses of the Highlands
Mary Miers
Monday 29 March
C R Ashbee: From Chelsea to the Cotswolds
Dr Suzanne Fagence Cooper
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History of Art Short Course, The Arts & Crafts House
Mondays, 22 February – 29 March 2021
11am – 12.15pm
Six lectures £60 | Friends £54
Single Lecture £12 |Friends £10.80
Online via Zoom
In 1891, G F and Mary Watts moved to Limnerslease. Designed by Sir Ernest George and built at the start of the Arts & Crafts movement, the house still features original gesso ceiling panels and fireplaces by Mary Watts. Celebrating the reopening of Limnerslease in 2021, this short course introduces the British Arts & Crafts movement through key buildings, designers, collectors and inhabitants.
Monday 22 February
Limnerslease in its Arts & Crafts Context
Hilary Underwood
Monday 1 March
The David Parr House – An Extraordinary Arts & Crafts House
Tamsin Wimhurst
Monday 8 March
William Morris, Philip Webb and the Arts & Crafts Home
Dr Suzanne Fagence Cooper
Monday 15 March
Reclaiming her Scandalous Past: Lady Dorothy Nevill as Art Collector and Cultural Philanthropist
Dr Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth
Monday 22 March
Arts & Crafts Houses of the Highlands
Mary Miers
Monday 29 March
C R Ashbee: From Chelsea to the Cotswolds
Dr Suzanne Fagence Cooper
Find out more Book now