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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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28 March |
 The
Annual General Meeting for the Arts and Crafts Movement in Surrey
will be held on Thursday 29 May 2014 at the Watts
Gallery.
Further details to follow. |
15 March |
 Dates
for the 2014 events and the autumn lectures
are now available on the Diary page. |
11 February |
 New
exhibition: John Ruskin - Photographer and Draughtsman
at the
Watts Gallery is the first exhibition to explore how the new
medium of photography played a pivotal role in the evolution of
this leading Victorian’s influential thinking. |
7 February |
Plans
to save Limnerslease – the studio and house of the Victorian
artist GF Watts in Compton, Surrey - received a boost, thanks to
a £2.4 million grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to support Saving
the Watts Studios, the first phase of the Limnerslease Project.
See the
Watts Gallery for more details. |
20 January |
Details
of the Spring lecture series are now available on the
Diary page. |
19 January |
Blackheath
Village Archives Group have set up a new website
www.blackheathvillagearchive.com
which contains a selection of photos from their collection and also
provides more information about their research and preservation
of the history of the village. |
9 January
2014 |
 A
rarely-exhibited striking pastel portrait of Pre-Raphaelite artists’
model Jane Morris, drawn by Evelyn
De Morgan, is now on display alongside Evelyn’s oil paintings
at the De Morgan Centre.
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4 January
2014 |
 Court
Barn Museum are currently holding
an exhibition A century of fine silver in Campden, a celebration
of the ongoing craft traditions of the Guild of Handicraft.
This exhibition is a unique opportunity to see drawings created
by George Henry Hart (1882-1973), an Arts & Crafts silversmith
who came to Chipping Campden in 1902, alongside the actual pieces
created.
The exhibition runs until Sunday 2 March
2014. |
7 October
2013 |
 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.
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