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The Society for the Arts and Crafts Movement in Surrey exists to celebrate
and foster interest in all forms of art, architecture and design of ‘the
Arts and Crafts Era’ - the period from 1860 to 1930. The Society is
concerned with the conservation and awareness of works associated with the
period and is gathering together information such as publications, photographs
and drawings relating to this extraordinary period of creativity in Surrey.
The Society was formed in 1996 to act as a forum for those who share
this interest and enthusiasm. Members enjoy a programme of lectures usually
held at the Watts Gallery,
where we have met since the Society's founding, study days and visits
to places of Arts and Crafts interest and receive the Society's newsletters,
issued twice a year. New members are always welcome and there are plenty
of opportunities to assist with the Society's projects for those who
wish to.
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7 October |
 Compton Pottery - a talk by Desna Greenhow
On Monday 28th October 2013, 7:30 for 8:00 pm at St Joan’s Centre,
Tilford Road, Farnham, our chairman Dr Desna Greenhow will give a talk for the
Farnham Public Art Trust on Compton Pottery. See the
flyer for full details. |
27 August |
 Details
of the autumn lecture series and an additional event are now available on the
Diary page. |
16 August |
 Women
in arts and technical education in Surrey, 1890-1920 - A talk by
Dr Stephen Knott
On Saturday 14 September 2013, 2pm
at Surrey
History Centre.
This is a free event but seats must be booked
in advance, for full details see the
event flyer.
The Surrey History Centre is also hosting a display from the
archives of the University for the Creative Arts, celebrating the
history of tertiary art education in Surrey, from the late nineteenth
century to the 1970s with a free display in the foyer at Surrey
History Centre during normal opening hours.
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4 August |
 New
book: Charles Spooner, Arts & Crafts Architect by Alec
Hamilton
Charles Spooner was one of the four great
names most identified with the Arts and Crafts by no less an observer
than C R Ashbee: the other three were Sidney Barnsley, Ernest Gimson
and W R Lethaby. Yet, while they are still revered, Spooner has
effectively disappeared.
In this new, large-format architectural
biography, Alec Hamilton brings Spooner’s work and life back
into the light: his churches and church fittings; his houses; his
furniture design; his writings and ideas; his friendships and partnerships.
And reveals why this shy, diffident, saintly architect, unjustly
neglected now, was so loved and admired in his lifetime.
320
pages 284 illustrations, full colour throughout.
Further details & order form.
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13 July |
 The
book
Hand, Heart and Soul: The Arts and Crafts Movement in Scotland
by Elizabeth Cumming has been recently reissued by
Birlinn.
Elizabeth Cumming also curated the exhibition
of the same title in Edinburgh, Sheffield and Aberdeen in 2007-8.
For further details, including lists of all objects included in
it, see Hand, Heart and Soul: the exhibition. |
9 June |
 Arts
and Crafts Movement exhibition by the pupils of Rodborough
School
Students at Rodborough School in Milford have been
studying the Arts and Crafts Movement in Surrey – the area
known as the Golden Triangle. With the help of Lottery funding,
they have been involved in the designing of a Gertrude Jekyll style
garden for the school as well as helping to mount a transportable
exhibition detailing the prominent artists, designers and architects
who worked and lived in this area.
Wednesday 12 to Saturday 29
June at Haslemere
Educational Museum, then moving to
Godalming Museum
from 5 to 31 August. |
6 June |
 Christie’s
auction: The House Beautiful
at Christie’s
South Kensington on 12 June 2013.
Paul Reeves & The House Beautiful is the personal collection
of Paul Reeves, a collector and dealer who loves things which are
rare, quirky, and above all beautiful.
Lots
include pieces by WAS Benson, Morris & Co, Philip Webb, George
Walton, Walter Crane and Archibald Knox among others. |
1 May |
 The
Annual General Meeting for the Arts and Crafts Movement in Surrey
will be held at 19:30 on Wednesday
15 May 2013 at the Watts Gallery.
Following the meeting, Jan Ward will give a talk A meander through
the Parishes of East Surrey for Arts and Crafts Enthusiasts.
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29 April |
The
Blackheath Village Fair will be held on Bank Holiday
Monday 6th May 2-5pm. The ACMS will have a table
there with books for sale. |
6 April |
 Gertrude
Jekyll: artist, gardener, craftswoman -
A talk by Michael Tooley
At Surrey History Centre,
Saturday 18 May 2013 at 2.30pm. Tickets are £5.00, to book, please
call Surrey History Centre on 01483 518737 or email
Surrey History
Centre
See the external events page
for more details. |
4 March |
Two
exhibitions have been added to our list
of external events. At The Lightbox - an exhibition
exploring the life of Gertrude Jekyll and her many talents.
At
Two Temple Place - an exhibition presenting the most significant
grouping of Cornish artworks to be displayed outside Cornwall in
recent decades.
See the external
events page for more details. |
2 March |
Advance
information of the 2013 visit programme and autumn lectures are
now available on the Diary page. |
10
February |
 ACMS
member Christopher
Vickers invites you into his home for an Exhibition of Arts &
Crafts Furniture and Metalwork.
This year's collection focuses
on Arts and Crafts Lighting, both hand wrought replicas and antique
pieces, together with a selection of hand made clocks and furniture.
The
Artistic
House Selling Exhibition, March 15th - 24th
2013, 11am - 4pm
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23 January |
Watts
Gallery - forthcoming exhibition
A Pre-Raphaelite
Journey: Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale
5 February - 9 June
2013
Further details from the
Watts Gallery. |
16 January
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 De
Morgan Centre exhibition:
The Lost Paintings of Evelyn De Morgan
This
remarkable exhibition will display sketches, studies and photographs
of a number of Evelyn De Morgan’s paintings lost in a 1991
art store fire. The Lost Paintings of Evelyn De Morgan will run
from 1st February to 20th April 2013.
See
our external events page
for further details. |
14 January |
Lecture: Lutyens in the City of London
12 February 2013.
Dr Mervyn Miller, Trustee of The Lutyens Trust
and Master of the Worshipful Company of Chartered Architects, will
be giving this lecture at 6 pm for 6.30 pm in the Jarvis Hall at
the RIBA, 66 Portland Place - tickets £18 to include wine and nibbles.
Full details are in the
flyer. |
12 January |
New exhibition at the Cuming Museum
5 February to 31 August 2013. An exhibition showcasing a rarely
seen group of unique ceramics by the renowned Martin brothers. This
exhibition will trace the four brother’s progress as artists,
revealing their extraordinary imaginations and eccentric personalities.
See our external events page
for further details. |
6 January |
Voysey Society launches journal
The work of Charles Francis Annesley Voysey (1857-1941) has inspired
generations of architects and designers. As well as over forty country
houses, some of them modest in scale, he was the designer of a wide
range of decorative objects, furniture and furnishings. The
Orchard, the annual journal of The C.F.A. Voysey Society, is
named after the house he built for himself in Chorleywood, Hertfordshire,
and includes articles ranging from previously unpublished carpet
designs to one of his few non-domestic buildings – the Winsford
Cottage Hospital. It was the lack of certainty over the future of
that building which inspired a group of admirers of Voysey’s
work to form the society in September 2011. The society supports
the Winsford Trust in its fight to retain the building for community
use.
To find out more about the Society visit
voyseysociety.com or
write to the Secretary at Voysey House, Barley Mow Passage, Chiswick,
London W4 4PH.
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4 January |
Details
of the spring lecture series are now available on the
Diary page. |
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