Strawberry Thief Pin

 From the season of gifts, one of our members received this lovely embroidered Strawberry Thief pin!

Zoom Lecture: The Stained Glass Windows of William Morris and Friends

 

The Stained Glass Windows of William Morris and Friends by Dr. Geri Parlby

On Zoom from the UK

Sunday February 9, 2025
2:00 pm EST

Winchester Cathedral

At the height of the great Gothic revival in church architecture during the 19th century, stained glass windows enjoyed a renaissance. Already famous for their innovative designs, William Morris, Edward Burne-Jones, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Ford Madox-Brown were responsible for some of the most beautiful stained-glass windows of the 19th and 20th centuries. This talk will look at the history of how ‘The Firm’ brought church windows to life with their new vibrant colours and sensuous designs. The languid faces of the saints and holy family often modelled on real life portraits of their friends and lovers.

Geri Parlby has a Masters in the History of Art from the Courtauld Institute in London and a Theology doctorate from the University of Roehampton where she was an honorary research fellow. She has been lecturing for the past 18 years both in the UK and internationally.

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Zoom Lecture: How We Might Live: At Home with Jane and William Morris

 

How We Might Live: At Home with Jane and William Morris

Lecture by Dr Suzanne Fagence Cooper

Sunday November 10, 2024
On Zoom at 2:00 pm EST

William Morris wrote: 'The secret of true happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life'. This lecture looks at the houses and works of art that Jane and William Morris made together, from Red House to Kelmscott Manor. Through newly- revealed letters and diaries, furniture, wall-hangings and beautiful books, we can explore the pioneering life they embraced with their artist friends.

Dr. Suzanne Fagence Cooper is a writer, broadcaster and curator with expertise in 19th and 20th century British art and culture. She spent 12 years at the V&A Museum, researching the Victorian collections, and is in demand as historical consultant for TV and film. She is an invited lecturer for the Arts Society and Cunard voyages.
Suzanne was Research Curator for Ruskin, Turner & the Storm Cloud (York Art Gallery, 2019). Quercus Editions in London published her books To See Clearly: Why Ruskin Matters in 2020 and At Home with Jane and William Morris in 2023.

Arts & Crafts in St Catherine's, Ontario with the WMSC

2024 trip to St Catherine's with WMSC members

 

A Morrissean journey to Iceland with Dr. Alexandra Gushurst-Moore

Follow Dr. Alexandra Gushurst-Moore (@algmoore) on Instagram on a Morrissean journey to Iceland!

https://www.instagram.com/algmoore/

Retracing William Morris’s 1871 journey to Iceland (funded by the US WM society). She is live blogging the journey in her Instagram stories and has created a highlight so that people can watch the journey from the beginning!

Online Lecture: Greene and Greene

 

Greene and Greene

Our speaker, Jennifer Trotoux, is Director of Collections and Interpretation at Gamble House in Pasadena

Wednesday May 15, 2024
On Zoom at 7:30 pm EDT

The Gamble House

Greene and Greene were among Southern California's most influential architects of the early 20th century, forging a distinctive style that was an expression of California's landscape and culture while reflecting international themes in its design and materials. Charles Greene once declared himself "in sympathy with the William Morris movement" to an Arts-and-Crafts-loving client; this sympathy manifested itself in the firm's work over time as they explored a regional expression for the ideals of the Arts and Crafts movement.

Jennifer Trotoux is an architectural historian and historic preservation planner and has served
as the Director of Collections and Interpretation at the Gamble House in Pasadena, California, since 2017. The 1908 house is a National Historic Landmark and Greene and Greene's best-known work, retaining its original furnishings and decorative arts features designed by the architects.