Events
BOOKING EVENTS:
Please note that unless otherwise stated:
• Talks are at Kelmscott House
• Latecomers will not be admitted; we advise you arrive at least 10 minutes before the talk begins.
• Tickets: members, £12; non-members, £14; students/unwaged £7
Please book tickets for talks online. Alternatively applications for tickets may be sent to the WMS office – address at the bottom of this page. Stamped addressed envelopes should accompany all postal bookings.
The pre-booking of tickets for all events is strongly advised. Our historic Coach House lecture room has limited seating capacity and if you attend without booking beforehand you risk being turned away.
February 22, 2020 10.00-12.00
WORKSHOP: Printmaking: Abstract Floral Motifs
Using William Morris’s own Albion Press you will have the opportunity to explore abstract floral motif making use of letter press typography to create your own cards. Expert printmaker Jenny…
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March 10, 2020 10.00-13.00
TOUR: Arts & Crafts Textiles
This is a rare opportunity to get up close with items that are rarely on show to the public with a specialist tour of both Emery Walker’s House and the…
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March 21, 2020 12.00 - 13.00
LECTURE: Morris: The Creation of a Beautiful Home
THE WILLIAM MORRIS BIRTHDAY LECTURE From childhood, Morris was obsessively interested in both places & things; a home was, in all its aspects, an expression of that consuming passion. Starting…
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March 26, 2020 10.00-16.30
WALKING TOUR: Morris in Oxford: Politics and Design
Martin Stott and Jane Bingham This day long walking tour of Oxford will include some of the places most associated with Morris as a designer and maker, and his later…
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April 4, 2020 18.30
In Search of Emery Walker: a talk organised by The Emery Walker Trust
To honour Emery Walker’s birthday week, Simon Loxley will be speaking about his new book; Emery Walker: Arts, Crafts and a World in Motion. Emery Walker’s role as inspiration and…
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April 7, 2020 10.00-13.00
TOUR: Arts & Crafts Wallpaper
An opportunity to get up close to items that are rarely on show to the public with a specialist tour of both the Society’s premises and nearby Emery Walker’s House….
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April 15, 2020 10.30 - 13.00
Family Arts & Crafts Workshop: Yarn Owls
Join us to make some beautiful owls in our coach house! Session 1 We will make yarn owls by knitting or winding yarn. Session 2: Make a wise owl hand…
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April 25, 2020 12.00 - 13.00
LECTURE: The David Parr House: an extraordinary Cambridge home
Decorated in the late Victorian era, this house lay undiscovered until a few years ago when its extraordinary story began to be uncovered. David Parr was an ‘artistic decorator’ who…
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May 4, 2020 10.00-16.00
EMBROIDERY WORKSHOP: MORRIS IN BLOOM
Come and learn some of the needlework skills used in creating the original Morris & Co. embroideries. You will have the chance to practise a range of easy free-style stitches…
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May 5, 2020 10.00-13.00
TOUR: Arts & Crafts Textiles
This is a rare opportunity to get up close with items that are rarely on show to the public with a specialist tour of both Emery Walker’s House and the…
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May 16, 2020 12.00
THE AGM OF THE WILLIAM MORRIS SOCIETY
All members are welcome to attend the AGM which will be followed by a free talk THE TAPESTRY WEAVERS AND CARPET KNOTTERS AT MERTON ABBEY With the move to Merton…
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June 2, 2020 10.00-13.00
TOUR: Arts & Crafts Wallpaper
An opportunity to get up close to items that are rarely on show to the public with a specialist tour of both the Society’s premises and nearby Emery Walker’s House….
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June 13, 2020 12.00 - 13.00
LECTURE: Ernest Gimson and the Morrises
As a 19-year-old trainee architect in Leicester, Ernest Gimson first encountered William Morris in 1884. Thirty years later – when well established as an architect, designer and maker – he…
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July 6, 2020 10.00-16.00
EMBROIDERY WORKSHOP: MORRIS IN BLOOM
Come and learn some of the needlework skills used in creating the original Morris & Co. embroideries. You will have the chance to practise a range of easy free-style stitches…
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