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Saturday 25 January 2020
Lecture by Dr Jasmine Allen : on Pre-Raphaelite and Arts & Crafts Stained Glass at The Stained Glass Museum, Ely.
Venue: John Peek Conference Room, Birmingham & Midland Institute, 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham. B3 3BS. @ 11.00 am (Reception from 10.30 am) [Society EGM takes place at 10.30am]
Lecture Details
Located on an upper level of Ely Cathedral, The Stained Glass Museum is something of a hidden gem. The only museum dedicated to stained glass in the UK, its collections span over 800 years. The museum has a particularly fine collection of 19th and 20th century British stained glass. In this illustrated talk the Curator of The Stained Glass Museum will discuss some of the Pre-Raphaelite and Arts and Crafts windows in the museum’s collection, revealing their origins and the influence of these artistic movements upon the unique art of stained glass.
Dr Jasmine Allen is Director and Curator of The Stained Glass Museum, Ely, the only museum dedicated to the art of stained glass in the UK. She is author of a recent monograph entitled Windows for the world: nineteenth-century stained glass and the International Exhibitions, c.1851-1900 (Manchester University Press, 2018), and is currently co-editing a special issue on 19th century stained glass for the interdisciplinary journal 19. Jasmine is also a board member of the Glaziers Trust, the charitable arm of the Worshipful Company of Glaziers and an advisor to the London Stained Glass Repository.
Event Information
The BMI coffee lounge is open from 10.15am on the day of the event.
GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS: £9.00 (+ 70p booking fee - pay via credit or debit card)
Lecture by Dr Jasmine Allen : on Pre-Raphaelite and Arts & Crafts Stained Glass at The Stained Glass Museum, Ely.
Venue: John Peek Conference Room, Birmingham & Midland Institute, 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham. B3 3BS. @ 11.00 am (Reception from 10.30 am) [Society EGM takes place at 10.30am]
Lecture Details
Located on an upper level of Ely Cathedral, The Stained Glass Museum is something of a hidden gem. The only museum dedicated to stained glass in the UK, its collections span over 800 years. The museum has a particularly fine collection of 19th and 20th century British stained glass. In this illustrated talk the Curator of The Stained Glass Museum will discuss some of the Pre-Raphaelite and Arts and Crafts windows in the museum’s collection, revealing their origins and the influence of these artistic movements upon the unique art of stained glass.
Dr Jasmine Allen is Director and Curator of The Stained Glass Museum, Ely, the only museum dedicated to the art of stained glass in the UK. She is author of a recent monograph entitled Windows for the world: nineteenth-century stained glass and the International Exhibitions, c.1851-1900 (Manchester University Press, 2018), and is currently co-editing a special issue on 19th century stained glass for the interdisciplinary journal 19. Jasmine is also a board member of the Glaziers Trust, the charitable arm of the Worshipful Company of Glaziers and an advisor to the London Stained Glass Repository.
Event Information
The BMI coffee lounge is open from 10.15am on the day of the event.
GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS: £9.00 (+ 70p booking fee - pay via credit or debit card)
NOTE:
If you wish to pay by cheque for this event, please contact the PRS Events Co-ordinator Chimaine Ross for a booking form before 18th January 2020.
If you wish to pay by cheque for this event, please contact the PRS Events Co-ordinator Chimaine Ross for a booking form before 18th January 2020.
Saturday 22 February 2020
Lecture by Dr Laura MacCulloch on 'Ford Madox Brown: the Unofficial Pre-Raphaelite.'
Venue: John Peek Conference Room, Birmingham & Midland Institute, 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham. B3 3BS. @ 11.00 am (Reception from 10.30 am)
Lecture Details
In this talk Dr Laura MacCulloch, Curator at Royal Holloway, University of London, explores the largest collection of drawings by Ford Madox Brown held at Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery. Using these drawings she will look at Brown’s early artistic influences and follow his journey as an artist through to his mature style. Through these works she will reveal what made his art and ideas so appealing to the young men who went on to form the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and how he, although not a formal member of the group, worked alongside them to create Pre-Raphaelite masterpieces.
Event Information
The BMI coffee lounge is open from 10.15am on the day of the event.
GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS: £9.00 (+ 70p booking fee - pay via credit or debit card)
Lecture by Dr Laura MacCulloch on 'Ford Madox Brown: the Unofficial Pre-Raphaelite.'
Venue: John Peek Conference Room, Birmingham & Midland Institute, 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham. B3 3BS. @ 11.00 am (Reception from 10.30 am)
Lecture Details
In this talk Dr Laura MacCulloch, Curator at Royal Holloway, University of London, explores the largest collection of drawings by Ford Madox Brown held at Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery. Using these drawings she will look at Brown’s early artistic influences and follow his journey as an artist through to his mature style. Through these works she will reveal what made his art and ideas so appealing to the young men who went on to form the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and how he, although not a formal member of the group, worked alongside them to create Pre-Raphaelite masterpieces.
Event Information
The BMI coffee lounge is open from 10.15am on the day of the event.
GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS: £9.00 (+ 70p booking fee - pay via credit or debit card)
NOTE:
If you wish to pay by cheque for this event, please contact the PRS Events Co-ordinator Chimaine Ross for a booking form before 15th February 2020.
If you wish to pay by cheque for this event, please contact the PRS Events Co-ordinator Chimaine Ross for a booking form before 15th February 2020.
COMING SOON!*
28 March 2020
Illustrated Lecture by Andrew Hill (author of 'Ruskinland') - (title tbc)
@11am John Peek Conference Room, Birmingham & Midland Institute, 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham. B3 3BS
18 April 2020
Jim Cheshire will give an illustrated lecture on 'Hardmans and the Pre-Raphaelites in Stained Glass'
@11am John Peek Conference Room, Birmingham & Midland Institute, 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham. B3 3BS
September 2020
Illustrated Lecture: Simeon Solomon - to Accompany the Society's Autumn Special 'Review' on the artist (Date, title and speaker tbc)
@Birmingham & Midland Institute, 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham. B3 3BS
October 2020
AGM & Founder's Day Lecture - Dr Donato Esposito (title tbc)
@Birmingham & Midland Institute, 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham. B3 3BS
November 2020
Illustrated Lecture by Karl Merrick on Swinburne
@11am John Peek Conference Room, Birmingham & Midland Institute, 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham. B3 3BS
December 2020
Trip to Wightwick Manor
UPDATES ON ALL OF THESE EVENTS WILL BE AVAILABLE SOON. PLEASE KEEP CHECKING BACK!
* 'Coming Soon' events are subject to change.
Illustrated Lecture by Andrew Hill (author of 'Ruskinland') - (title tbc)
@11am John Peek Conference Room, Birmingham & Midland Institute, 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham. B3 3BS
18 April 2020
Jim Cheshire will give an illustrated lecture on 'Hardmans and the Pre-Raphaelites in Stained Glass'
@11am John Peek Conference Room, Birmingham & Midland Institute, 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham. B3 3BS
September 2020
Illustrated Lecture: Simeon Solomon - to Accompany the Society's Autumn Special 'Review' on the artist (Date, title and speaker tbc)
@Birmingham & Midland Institute, 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham. B3 3BS
October 2020
AGM & Founder's Day Lecture - Dr Donato Esposito (title tbc)
@Birmingham & Midland Institute, 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham. B3 3BS
November 2020
Illustrated Lecture by Karl Merrick on Swinburne
@11am John Peek Conference Room, Birmingham & Midland Institute, 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham. B3 3BS
December 2020
Trip to Wightwick Manor
UPDATES ON ALL OF THESE EVENTS WILL BE AVAILABLE SOON. PLEASE KEEP CHECKING BACK!
* 'Coming Soon' events are subject to change.