News
Donations of Pre‑Raphaelite Books
Do you have any surplus new or used Pre‑Raphaelite books (or related art movement) which you could donate to the Pre‑Raphaelite Society? Book sales have proved to be extremely popular with PRS members in the past and all sales proceeds go to the Pre‑Raphaelite Society—where practical we will try to arrange collection of books—if you are able to support the Society in this way, please e-mail: info@pre-raphaelitesociety.org.
The Pre-Raphaelite Society appoints a new Secretary
The Society is delighted to announce the appointment of Elizabeth Peers as its new Secretary. Elizabeth was elected to the position at our recent Annual General Meeting and brings considerable experience to the role. We would like to thank our outgoing Secretary—Barry Johnson—for his long and committed service to the Society. Congratulations to Elizabeth and best wishes to Barry, who will remain as a Committee member.
The Pre-Raphaelite Society is now on Facebook
We now have a Facebook group, which will help to keep you up-to-date with events, news and discussions. If you are on Facebook, please come and join our new group on facebook.com.
Launch of PRS Blog
The Pre-Raphaelite Society decided it was time to have more of a web presence and to start blogging to keep our members and anyone interested in the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood informed about what we’re doing, events we are holding, and any other news that might be of interest. So please bear with us while we get this site up and running, bookmark us and come back for more!
The blog is not intended to replace our website, which remains the primary place to go for information about the Society and its work, but is meant to be a more flexible news forum. This is meant to be a parcipitative forum, so do add your comments and let us know what you think!
The blog can be found at: http://preraphaelitesociety.wordpress.com
Publication of Special Issue of the PRS Review
“The Pre‑Raphaelite Brotherhood”
We are delighted to see the recent publication of our latest special edition of The Review, and with many colour illustrations, it contains eight essays on the PRB. Our Editor, Serena Trowbridge, invited our eight contributors to give us their views, based on their recent research, and provide a fresh look at each of the founding members of the PRB. This has resulted in an excellent collection of varied and interesting essays, covering the less-researched members such as Woolner, Collinson and Stephens, as well as new takes on the work of the Rossettis, Millais and Holman Hunt. See The Review section for essay and author details.
Publication Dates
Editions of The Review will be published in early April, August and December each year. Members are invited to submit articles, essays, book reviews, event reports and short pieces on their favourite poems or paintings for inclusion. Please read the Contributors’ Guidelines for further information.
PRS US Newsletter
Under the enthusiastic stewardship of Tim McGee, The Pre-Raphaelite Society Newsletter of the United States contains articles on American based PRB art collections, notices of upcoming exhibitions and meetings, a directory of current websites, reviews of early exhibitions and stories of the few in the PRB circle that have visited America. All material for publication in the PRSUS Newsletter should be addressed to:
Tim McGee
1209 Palm AvenueSan Mateo
California
USA 94402
Email: timmcgee@hotmail.com