Friday 11 February 2022

UK: Online Lecture: A Remarkable Woman: The Art of May Morris

 



FEBRUARY 15, 2022 

18:00 UK time
13:00 Canada (1 pm EST)

Overshadowed for many years by her more famous father, May Morris is now beginning to gain the recognition she deserves as being an incredibly talented craftswoman in her own right. Teacher, lecturer, editor, jeweller and designer, May was accomplished in a wide range of crafts, but it is her work as an embroiderer that is considered to be her greatest achievement. May’s knowledge of needlework, her talent for designing and her brilliance with the needle led to raising the status of embroidery to fine art. This talk will cover May’s life and work, with a focus on her beautiful designs and completed embroideries, demonstrating why May should be regarded as one of the most significant artists of the Arts and Crafts Movement.

Helen Elletson has been Research and Development Curator at the William Morris Society since 2000 and Research Curator at the Emery Walker Trust since 2010. Amongst Helen’s publications are A History of Kelmscott House (2009) and Highlights of the William Morris Society’s Collection (2015), as well as articles on the Arts and Crafts movement including A Feeling for Beauty: May Morris, Emery Walker, and the Arts and Crafts of Hammersmith in Country Life (2017).

This is an online talk, held on Zoom.

Sign up here: https://williammorrissociety.org/event/online-lecture-a-remarkable-woman-the-art-of-may-morris/

Tuesday 8 February 2022

Perspectives on Pre-Raphaelite Art Lectures

 

Part I: Perspectives on Pre-Raphaelite Art


Sunday January 16th, 2022 at 2:00 pm EST
Members only Zoom Event 

John Everett Millais, Ophelia (1851-2)


This lecture is by Dr. John Wolforth, Prof. Emeritus, McGill. This lecture will focus on the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and the youthful ambitions of its founders.



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Part II: The Later Pre-Raphaelites


Tuesday February 8th, 2022 at 7:30 pm EST
Members only Zoom Event 

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Joan of Arc (1882)

This lecture is by Dr. John Wolforth, Prof. Emeritus, McGill. This talk will look at the later years of the movement.

Couldn't make this lecture?
Some suggested reading:

Fiona MacCarthy, The Last Pre-Raphaelite
The Pre-Raphaelite Collection at UBCAngeli-Dennis Collection