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Annual Degree Shows:
Design for Textile Futures, Ceramic Design, Jewelry Design
Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design
June 30th 2006, 1:30-3:30pm
Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design
Southampton Row
London WC1B 4AP
We were greeted by Peter Cleak, of Central Saint Martins, who guided our group tour through the Degree Shows, with specialist support courtesy of Carole Collet, Course Director MA Design for Textile Futures, Kathryn Hearn, Course Director BA Ceramic Design, and Scilla Speet, Course Director BA Jewelry Design. The building also provided the opportunity to visit additional courses’ Degree Shows independently, following the tour.
www.csm.arts.ac.uk
The Royal Academy Schools Summer Exhibition
Talk and private tour with Maurice Cockrill, Keeper of the Royal Academy Schools
June 15th 2006, 10:30am
The Royal Academy of Arts
Burlington House, Piccadilly
London W1J 0BD
When Sir Joshua Reynolds and his contemporaries founded the Royal Academy of Arts in London in 1768, one of their objectives was to foster the training and ambitions of future generations of British artists. They accomplished this by establishing the Royal Academy Schools, Britain’s first (and still free) art school. The RA programme offers students a unique three-year postgraduate degree. The 20 third year students at the RA Schools showcase their art, exhibited in their studios, during the annual RA Schools Show. Maurice Cockrill, Keeper of the RA Schools, offered us a very special tour and talk, providing a unique ‘behind-the-scenes’ look at the work of these emerging young artists.
You are invited to join The Alumni of Christie’s Education for
Dinner at The Garrick Club and a Talk by Christopher Lloyd
December 7th 2006, 7:15 pm
Christopher Lloyd spoke on the portraits in the Irving Room and the Milne Room of the Garrick Club, founded in 1831 as a private venue where actors, artists and writers could meet informally on equal terms. The greatest treasure of the Garrick Club is the collection of theatrical paintings and drawings. Christopher Lloyd worked for 20 years in the department of Western Art at The Ashmolean Museum at Oxford University. He was made Surveyor of The Queen’s Pictures in 1988, retiring from the position last year. He is the author of numerous monographs and catalogues, and surveys of the British Royal Collection.
An Artist’s Talk
PARADISE- New Paintings by Melanie Essex
November 27th 2006
The New Grafton Gallery
27 Cork Street
Mayfair
London W1S 3NG
Pre-opening view of the ‘Paradise’ exhibition. Janine Peake of The New Grafton Gallery introduced Melanie Essex. “Expanding on a decade long investigation of urban imagery and landscape, this work marks a re-engagement with the figure. Essex is known for her expansive paintings of the London cityscape. “Paradise”, while it embraces the sublime, reflects the artist’s increasing fascination with the human presence.” The exhibition continued from November 27th to December 2nd 2006. Melanie Essex is an American painter who has lived and worked in London since 1994. She received her BA from Harvard College in 1981, and subsequently studied at the New York Studio Schools. She exhibits regularly in London and the US. This was her Cork Street debut. The talk was followed by lunch at The Groucho Club, 45 Dean Street, Soho, London W1D 4QB. www.melanieessex.com
Two paintings by Melanie Essex.
Left: After, 2006, oil on canvas, 66 X 51 cm/Corks St. '07/Collection of Mr. & Mrs. James D. Treco.
Right: Flyover, oil on canvas, 127 x 88 cm.
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Formal launch
of
Friends of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, UK
A presentation featuring a slide lecture on the history and mission of the
National Museum of Women in the Arts Washington, D.C. A reception will follow.
November 13th 2006 – 6:30pm
The Royal Automobile Club
89 Pall Mall
London SW1Y 5HS
Guest Speakers will be Nancy Nelson Stevenson, Past President, Board of Trustees, and Catherine Little Bert, National Advisory Board, National Museum of Women in the Arts.
Barbara Hepworth (English 1903 - 1975),
Merryn, 1962
Alabaster
13 x 11 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.
Gift of Wallace and Wilhelmina Holladay © Bowness, Hepworth Estate
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Dr. Alison Thomas speaking on
Lady Edna Clarke Hall (1879-1979)
November 8th 2006
Abbott and Holder Ltd.
30 Museum Street
London WC1A 1LH
Lady Edna Clark Hall was a contemporary of Gwen and Augustus John at The Slade School of Art. Clark Hall flourished under the disciplined regime of the accomplished draughtsman Henry Tonks. Unusually among his female students – with Gwen John being the other notable exception – she continued to develop as an artist once the structure and support of art school discipline were removed. The 60 works on display at Abbott and Holder were selected from the collection of her son, and concentrate on summers spent at the family cottage at Gillan Creek in remotest Cornwall, and date from 1915 to 1925. Dr. Alison Thomas has written on both Edna Clark Hall and Gwen John, and is an authority on their art and the period. Abbott and Holder, established in 1936, are dealers in watercolours, drawings and prints.
www.abbottandholder.co.uk
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A Private Lecture and Tour of the Goldsmith’s Fair
October 4th 2006
Goldsmith’s Hall
Foster Lane
London EC2V 6BN
The Goldsmith’s Company is one of the Twelve Great Livery Companies of the City of London. It has been responsible for hallmarking since 1300. Goldsmith’s Fair is Britain’s most prestigious selling exhibition for contemporary jewellers and silversmiths, and is central to the Goldsmith’s Company’s stated aim of promoting awareness of precious metal crafts and encouraging emerging talent. We were admitted in advance of the general public and given a private half hour lecture by Dr. Helen Clifford in the Courtroom of Goldsmiths’ Hall.
www.thegoldsmiths.co.uk
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A Private Visit to Titian Studios
September 25th 2006
32 Warple Way
Acton W3 0DJ
Established in 1963, Titian Studios is now in its second generation. Since 1990 Titian Studios has been under the expert care and management of Rodrigo and Rosaria Titian, who between them have over 40 years experience with antiques restoration. The Studio has many specialist teams, which feature highly trained women artisans, which cater to all aspects of furniture restoration, and undertake work for such varied clients as international antiques dealers, interior decorators, and private individuals. Specialities of the studio include water and oil gilding, French polishing, veneering, pâpier maché, painted furniture, lacquer and japanning, cabinetmaking, and verre eglomisé. Rod Titian gave us a tour of the studio, before treating us to a demonstration of the art of water gilding.
www.titianstudios.co.uk