The Friends of The William Morris Gallery

Sunday 18 July: Libby Horner Talk: Frank Brangwyn

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The News from Nowhere Club invites you to a special lecture as part of the Leytonstone Festival

Sunday 18 July 2010

Frank Brangwyn

Speaker: Libby Horner, biographer of Frank Brangwyn

7.30pm – 9pm

Quaker Meeting House, Bush Road E11 3AU

Enquiries: 020 8555 5248

The News from Nowhere Club fosters fellowship & challenges the commercialisation & isolation of modern life.

We usually meet on the second Saturday of each month

www.newsfromnowhereclub.org

Free entry, all welcome, no need to book. Disabled access.

Peter Cormack MBE to the V&A

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We are delighted to report that in May, Peter Cormack MBE, FSA, the Gallery’s former Keeper, joined the Research Department of the V&A Museum as a Visiting Research Fellow. During his 18-month Fellowship he will be working on his book on Stained Glass of the Arts & Crafts Movement. This is a topic Peter has been researching for over thirty years, and which was the theme of several pioneering exhibitions curated by him at the Gallery.

Thursday 22 July: Friends AGM

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This years AGM will held at St Johns Church Leytonstone on Thursday 22 July 7.30pm.

Free

St John the Baptist
Church, High Road
Leytonstone

Saturday 3 July: Friends Annual Summer Picnic

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Following the success of last years trip to the Red House the Friends Annual Summer Picnic will be on Saturday 3rd of July at Standen, East Grinstead, this year. The minibus will be departing from the Gallery at 10am and tickets will cost from £25, less if you are a member of the NT or driving yourself there.

Standen is a gem of the Arts & Crafts Movement, hidden at the end of a quiet Sussex lane with breathtaking views over the High Weald and Weirwood Reservoir. The design of the house is a monument to the combined genius of architect Philip Webb and his friend William Morris. All the big names of the Arts & Crafts period are represented, including ceramics by William De Morgan and metalwork by W. A. S. Benson. The beautiful hillside gardens provide year-round interest; the woodlands, a number of easily accessible walks.

Friends purchase Morris / De Morgan tiles for gallery

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We have also purchased for the Gallery a wonderful group of early experimental tiles designed by William Morris and made by William De Morgan from the very important collection of the late Jon Catleugh who was collecting De Morgan tiles for 60 years until his death in January 2009. Jon wrote seminal book on De Morgan tiles first published in 1983, still in print today.

Friends donate embroidery to gallery archive

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The Friends have donated to the William Morris Gallery a fascinating Morris & Co embroidery archive. This archive appears to have belonged to one of the embroiderers employed by Morris & Co and includes a collection of rare catalogues from both the Oxford Street period, and the later Hanover Square period. It also includes a whole series of scale watercolours for embroideries, all stamped Morris & Co. as well as other embroidery related ephemera.

Sunday 4 July: Family Workshop: Islamic Calligraphy Workshop

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Sunday 4 July, 1.30-4 pm

Join in this hands-on workshop with master calligrapher Hassan
Moustafa and explore the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.

FREE drop-in event

An event organised in conjunction with Silk Roads

Location
William Morris Gallery
Wednesday-Sunday, 10am-5pm
Tel: 020 8496 4390 / 020 8496 4391
www.walthamforest.gov.uk/museums-galleries
Free entry

Wednesday 7 July: Exhibition talk: The Art of Calligraphy

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Wednesday 7 July, 7pm

Professional scribe Paul Antonio will lecture on Morris’ achievements
in calligraphy, and reflect on his relevance to contemporary artists.

Tickets available in advance from the Gallery.

Location
William Morris Gallery
Wednesday-Sunday, 10am-5pm
Tel: 020 8496 4390 / 020 8496 4391
www.walthamforest.gov.uk/museums-galleries

Sunday 1 August: Family Workshop: Illustrating Books

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Sunday 1 August, 1.30-4pm

See how Victorian children’s books were illustrated and try it out
yourselves!

FREE drop-in event

Location
William Morris Gallery
Wednesday-Sunday, 10am-5pm
Tel: 020 8496 4390 / 020 8496 4391
www.walthamforest.gov.uk/museums-galleries
Free entry

Sunday 9 May: Walks with William. Epping Forest

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Come and join us on a walk through Epping Forest. A relaxing stroll from Chingford Station to High Beach and back, taking in afternoon tea and cake at High Beach church. Along the route we will be told tales of Morris’s connection to the forest. We will stop on the way out for a lunch break so please bring a flask and sandwiches.

Meet at Chingford Station 12.30pm, a £2 charge will apply. See Booking Form.