Here is the archive of the "What's New" items from the front page.
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10 February |
Full
details of the Spring Lecture Series are now available on
the diary page. |
29 November |
Every
Square Mile is a BBC pilot project to create a 'people's history'
in the area of Runnymede and Woking. The BBC is asking the public
to help capture the events, personalities, legends and landmarks
that make this area unique. |
28 October |
An
illustrated report of the
recent ACMS visit to Ditchling for the Eric Gill exhibition is now
available. |
27 October 2007 |
Radio program of interest.BBC Radio 4 starting Monday 12th November 09:45 to 10:00
Book of the Week - Augustus Pugin.
Rosemary Hill's biography of Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, one of Britain's greatest architects, abridged in five parts by Doreen Estall and read by Haydn Gwynne. |
13 October 2007 |
Simon Chorley Art & Antiques are holding a
Cotswold Arts and Crafts Exhibition at Prinknash Abbey from
13th October 2007 to 21st October 2007.Opening hours: daily from 10am – 4pm. Admission, £3 in aid of St John Ambulance.
Prinknash Abbey is off the A46 near Painswick, Gloucestershire. Follow brown signs to Prinknash Abbey Park. Parking and refreshments are available. |
9 October 2007 |
External
events of interest
Hand, Heart and Soul: The Arts and Crafts Movement in
Scotland - Exhibition at
Millennium Galleries Sheffield 25 October to 20 January 2008
Millais - Exhibition on the founding member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood at Tate Britain
from 26 September to 15 January 2008. Tel: 020 7887 8888
www.tate.org.uk
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17 July 2007 |
The
photo galleries for the recent ACMS visit to the church of
St Mary at Great Warley and
to Gidea Park are now
available. Watch out for the camera symbol next to events for
more photo galleries. |
25 June 2007 |
The
first of a new series of photo galleries is now available. This
pilot shows a few photographs from a recent ACMS visit to Ditchling
in Sussex to see Sir Frank Brangwen's former workshop. There are
also some pictures of his work produced at Ditchling which are now
at Swansea Guildhall.It is planned to extend the galleries to
show a few pictures of every visit (where possible) from now on. |
11 June 2007 |
On
28 July 2007, Court Barn, a stylish,
ground-breaking and brand-new museum will open in the historic town
of Chipping Campden in the Cotswolds. Please note the revised
opening date |
3 June 2007 |
ACMS
members Chris and Jenny Vickers' website at
Arts and Crafts Design
shows their furniture and metalwork in the Arts & Crafts Style made
to commission or from stock.
In part to celebrate 150 years since Voysey's birthday on the
28th May 1857, and also as much of Chris' work is inspired by, and
to the designs of CFA Voysey, he has re-launched his website featuring
many designs and details by Voysey.
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23 May 2007 |
TV program of interest.BBC 2 on Wednesday 30th May at 19:00
- Jonathan Meades: Abroad Again - Letchworth.
Heaven: Folkwoven
in England.
Jonathan Meades tells the story of Letchworth, the first British
garden city. A social experiment, its legacy is Britain's ubiquitous,
banal sprawl. Yet it all started so charmingly with naked dew-bathers,
vegetarian mystics and sandal-makers roaming through Hertfordshire
clay fields.
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21 May 2007 |
A
new project to research and celebrate Newlyn CopperA project
is being established to study the history of Newlyn copper and to
bring together pictures, documents and oral history of this important
Arts and Crafts venture. The outcomes of the project would be to
increase public access to and enjoyment of the history and cultural
significance of Newlyn copper, promoting exhibitions, web based
information and a publication to capture and illustrate the Newlyn
story. Download the
newsletter
in PDF format (920Kb).
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18 May 2007 |
ACMS
Society member John Fairbanks has kindly allowed us to reproduce
some of his sketches of Arts and
Crafts subjects in Surrey. |
12 May 2007 |
Hill
House Antiques are holding an inaugural Arts & Crafts selling
Exhibition at the Richard Dennis Gallery, 144 Kensington Church
Street, London from June 7th to 16th 2007. More information from
their website
or download the exhibition
flyer
in PDF format (1.2Mb).
The selling exhibition has part emphasis on CFA Voysey and AW
Simpson of Kendal, as coincidentally it is the 150th anniversary
of both men's birth.
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7 May 2007 |
TV program of interest.BBC 4 on Sunday 20th May at 20:00 -
Edwin Lutyens Master Architect.
As part of their Edwardians season, the BBC are showing
architecture critic Patrick Nuttgens' 1981 documentary on the architect
Sir Edwin Lutyens, exploring the plans and buildings of the man
who designed Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral and the city of New
Delhi.
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16 April 2007 |
The
Annual General Meeting for the Arts and Crafts Movement in Surrey
will be held on Thursday 17 May at the Tilford Institute. It will
be followed by a lecture by Michael Edwards on restoring Lutyens
buildings. |
15 March 2007 |
The City Art Centre, Edinburgh
will be holding an exhibition "Hand, Heart & Soul - The Arts
and Crafts Movement in Scotland" from 30 June to 23 September
2007.The variety of exhibits, from stained glass windows, enamels,
tapestries, domestic furniture and homewares, filmed interiors,
architectural plans, illustrated books and garden furniture will
provide audiences with many routes of interest and much to admire.
For enthusiasts, the exhibition will offer the opportunity to view
key items as well as works rarely seen in public.
Read an extended description of this
event.
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2 March 2007 |
The William
Morris Gallery at Walthamstow is under threat of closure and
the opening times have been dramatically reduced. A group of local
people have organised a
website in order
to speak out about this.
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| 2 March 2007 |
 ACMS members Chris and Jenny Vickers are holding their annual selling
exhibition this year from 9 to 18 March.
Download more details
and also see their
website which shows their furniture and metalwork in the Arts
& Crafts Style made to commission or from stock.
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| 28 February 2007 |
TV program of interest.
Channel 4: Time Team Special
Thursday 1st March at 21:00 Pugin: The God of Gothic.
Augustus Pugin designed the Houses of Parliament. He designed
cathedrals, churches and grand country houses. He created furniture,
lighting and wallpaper. His mid-19th-century ideas about what ordinary
houses should look like are hugely influential today.
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| 26 February 2007 |
Details of the Spring 2007 events programme are now available on
the
Diary page.
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| 4 January 2007 |
Following
the disappointment of second place on BBC's Restoration Village,
The Watts Gallery
has been awarded a £4.3 million earmarked grant. A wonderful Christmas
Present from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
The award will provide the foundation
stone of the £10m Hope Appeal to save the Gallery. The Gallery has
already reached over £1m of pledges and gifts, but still needs to
continue fundraising. If you would like to make a donation online
now to the Hope Appeal please go to
www.justgiving.com/wattsgallery.
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| 3 January 2007 |
Auction
of British Arts & Crafts of the 20th Century
At their Chertsey salerooms, on Friday 2nd February at 12:00,
Wellers Auctioneers
are holding an auction of Arts and Crafts items, including pottery
by Bernard Leach and furniture by E. Gimson. Full details of viewing
times are available on their
webpage,
the catalogue will be available online from 15 January.
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| 22 December 2006 |
The Spring 2007 lecture programme is now available on the
Diary page.
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| 3 October 2006 |
A Frank Brangwyn event added to the Autumn programme.
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| 28 August 2006 |
The Autumn lecture programme is now available.
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| 28 August 2006 |
The Autumn events programme is now available.
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| 4 August 2006 |
The
Watts Gallery is through to the final of BBC2's
Restoration
Village on Sunday 17 September.
VOTE Watts Gallery
on Sunday 17 September
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| 24 July 2006 |
The
Watts Gallery is to appear on BBC2's
Restoration
Village on 28 July at 9:00 pm.
There will also be a
Restoration Roadshow at the gallery on Sunday 30 July 10am-6pm.
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| 26 May 2006 |
Since
its formation, the Society for the Arts and Crafts Movement in Surrey
has had a close relationship with the Watts Gallery and now supports
the Gallery with their Hope appeal.
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| 20 May 2006 |
 The
Annual General Meeting for the Arts and Crafts Movement in Surrey
will be held on 24 May at the Tilford Institute. The meeting will
be followed by an illustrated presentation "The Hope appeal and
Watts Gallery past, present and future".
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| 19 May 2006 |
 The
Arts and Crafts Movement in Surrey is pleased to highlight the appeal
by the Guild of Handicraft Trust to create a museum of Craft and
Design from the Arts and Crafts movement onwards at
Court Barn in Chipping Campden.
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| 21 March 2006 |
Launch
of a new publication: Watts Gallery - A personal view by
Richard Jeffries. Memories from his twenty years as curator, and
comments on paintings and sculptures in the collection.
For more details, go to the
Publications page.
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| 6 March 2006 |
Can
you identify this house? We have had an
enquiry from Tallahassee in Florida where the owner of this house,
a copy of one believed to be in Surrey, would like to locate the
original.
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| 27 February 2006 |
The full list of books available to purchase at ACMS events is now
shown on the
Publications page.
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