WMSC 2023 AGM and Guest Lecture

WMSC AGM and Lecture

Annual General Meeting and Guest Speaker

Monday, September 18, 2023

Textile Museum of Canada
55 Centre Avenue, Toronto
and via Zoom

AGM business meeting and election of officers for 2023-2024 at 7:00 pm

Board members seeking re-election:

Susan Pekilis
President

Richard Bishop
Event Committee

Dale Moore
Treasurer

Patrick Brown
Secretary

Elaine Parks
Programs

Lera Kotsyuba
Website and Social Media

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Lecture: Unbuilt Architectural Visions by Mark Osbaldeston

7:45 pm

Drawing on dozens of archival images, Mark Osbaldeston explores never-realized planning, transit, and architectural proposals for Toronto’s downtown core. Why is there a Queen Street ghost station? What was the Mystery Block? What happened to Federal Avenue? Discover the answer to these and other questions in this informative and entertaining talk.
Mark Osbaldeston spoke to the William Morris Society in 2020 on unrealized plans for Queen’s Park and the University of Toronto. He is the author of three books, Unbuilt Toronto, Unbuilt Toronto 2 and Unbuilt Hamilton. He has curated exhibitions based on his research at the Royal Ontario Museum, the Toronto Archives and the Art Gallery of Hamilton.

Reception to follow.

Morris & Co x Williams Sonoma

 

 

Friends, the Morris & Co x Williams Sonoma collection is here, and it's available in Canada!

Tableware, bedlinens, all in lovely Morris patterns! Maximalist opulence through an Arts & Crafts aesthetic.

https://www.williams-sonoma.ca/search/results.html?words=Williams%20Sonoma%20x%20Morris%20%26%20Co

 

WMSC Event: Fall Excursion to Orillia, Ontario, October 14-15, 2023

Dates: October 14-15, 2023

Orillia Opera House

Enjoy a fall weekend in Orillia. It is the birthplace of Group of Seven artist Franklin Carmichael and singer/songwriter Gordon Lightfoot. It was the place where humorist Stephen Leacock chose to build his summer home. From his boyhood days through to his adult years, it was a town beloved by pianist Glenn Gould for its quiet charm.

We will visit the OMAH (Orillia Museum of Art and History) and tour the Arts & Crafts-designed Stephen Leacock House and its grounds on the shores of Lake Couchiching. We will lunch and shop at a local favourite, the Mariposa Market.

Dinner will be reserved for us at Theo's Eatery, a restaurant highly recommended by local residents. On Sunday a local heritage guide will join us on our bus to show us architectural and historical highlights of the town (the Opera House, Tudhope Building, McNab House, Orillia Central School, amongst others) and we will visit a potter's studio in Oro Station on the way home.

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* private coach Toronto to Orillia

* admission to OMAH

* tour of Leacock House and Museum

* Saturday dinner at Theo's Eatery

* Sunday lunch/tea

* city tour with a local historical expert

* visit to Brierley Pottery studio

* one night's accommodation and breakfast at the Comfort Inn, Orillia

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Departure at 9 a.m.

Saturday, October 14

from the Toronto Reference Library,

789 Yonge Street

Return to the Toronto Reference

Library, 5:30 p.m.

Sunday, October 15

...

Shared room rate $395 p.p.,

Single rate $445

$50 per person deposit is due by

Monday, August 28, 2023.

The deposit is not refundable after

August 28. The remainder will be

due by Monday, October 2, 2023

Please register at:

https://forms.gle/GvpXAxQnHNfRcsBQ9

Please pay the deposit through PayPal below:

Deposit

1 Person $50.00 CAD 2 People $100.00 CAD 3 People $150.00 CAD 4 people $200.00 CAD

The trip is for members.

Non-members are welcome to join the trip by becoming a WMSC member. New memberships will be extended to the end of 2024 as an added bonus.

WMSC Summer 2023 Book Club

 

Are you interested in joining the WMSC for our summer book club? 

Join us on Zoom! POSTPONED!

Join WMSC member Lera Kotsyuba, reading A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers, through the lens of William Morris' 'News From Nowhere', and ideas around a better world!

Going to Print Like It’s 1899

At a time when books are increasingly downloaded, some University of Toronto graduate students are learning how to create traditional printed volumes – using 19th century letterpresses and a large collection of wood and metal type in the Bibliography Room at Massey College.

Read the full article here.

POSTPONED: Ceramic painting at the Clay Room

 

William De Morgan lusterware from Wrighwick Manor

Join us for an evening of artistic expression and laughter!

POSTPONED
The Clay Room
279 Danforth Avenue, Toronto M4K 1N2

Select from a wide range of ceramic objects and spend a few hours painting your item in the company of fellow Morrisians. We can each bring in food to fuel our creative juices while we paint, or alternatively have a bite to eat beforehand at one of several restaurants in the area. 

The web page https://clayroom.ca/collections/bisque shows prices for each object available for you to choose and paint in the do-it-yourself studio’s party room.

Ceramic pieces range in price from $8 to $99 and have a corresponding studio fee. Studio fees which range from $9.50 to $21.50, depending on the size of the piece you paint, include everything we need – paints, brushes, aprons, work area, sponge shapes and letters, stencils, tools for techniques, reference materials, personal assistance, clear glazing and kiln firing.You can also come back to work on your piece as many times as you like over 30 days at no extra charge. Complete costs can range from $18 to $120, depending on what you select. For example, the complete cost of a mug or cereal bowl would be around $27.

After firing in the Clay Room’s kilns, items will be ready for pickup one week later and held for 30 days.

Members only event.
Check your email for the link to sign up!

WMSC Trip to Hamilton 2023

 

Members + Guests

1 Member (Coach) $100.00 CAD 2 Members (Coach) $200.00 CAD 1 Guest (Coach) $120.00 CAD 1 Member 1 Guest (Coach) $220.00 CAD 1 Member (No Coach) $70.00 CAD 1 Guest (No Coach) $85.00 CAD 1 Member 1 Guest (No Coach) $155.00 CAD

 

 

Save the date of Saturday, May 13, for a full-day WMSC field trip to Hamilton to check out Radical Stitch, an exhibit of contemporary Indigenous beading at the Art Gallery of Hamilton, with a tour of the exhibit. We’ll also visit the Royal Botanical Gardens. 

We’ll depart on our private coach at 9 am from the Yonge and Bloor area. The cost of $100 for members or $120 for non-members includes our coach from Toronto, Gallery admission and tour of the exhibit, lunch, and admission to the gardens.

 

If you're to provide your own transportation to and around Hamilton, cost for members is $70, $85 for guests, which includes Gallery admission and tour of the exhibit, lunch, and admission to the gardens. 

*Please note that transportation between the gallery and gardens is not included in the No Coach price*

Registration form:

https://forms.gle/7nLm4quS3noxVHAv5

 

Royal Botanical Rock Gardens, Burlington