Llanelly School of Arts and Crafts

Foundation date: 1907

Active: 1907 -

Function: Art school

Policy: (Prospectus 1922-1937)
1. To provide for the study of the Decorative and Fine Arts.
2. To impact a knowledge of the Theory, Principles, and Practice of Art, with a view to their application.
3. The object of the School is to supplement, not to supercede, apprenticeship, by affording to Trade Students opportunities for Studying Design and for Practice in those Branches of their Craft which, owing to the sub-division of processes of manufacture, they are unable to obtain in the workshop.
4. Special arrangements and facilities are provided to enable Students to carry out and complete their Designs in the actual material for which they are intended.
5. To provide Special Courses for Secondary and Elementary Teachers who wish to qualify for Drawing Certificates.

History or description: Founded in Castle Buildings in 1907 and moved to Coleshill Terrace in 1908, the School was transferred to the Pembrey Road building in 1946.

W.E. Daly, A.R.C.A., Principal 1923-1924
D.E.H. Pratt, A.R.C.A., Principal 1924-1951

Miss M. Williams, Assistant 1923-1924
Miss Helen Walton, Assistant (Woodcarving, Gesso, Light Metal Work)1923-1946
E. Davies, Assistant 1923-1925
H. Williams, Assistant 1923-1924
G. Edward Marshall, Assistant Staff (Modelling, Model Making) 1936-1951
Miss Winifred M. Thomas, Assistant Staff (Modelling) 1939-1946
Miss Isabelle Evans, Visiting Specialist (...Modelling) 1945-1946
William R. Davies, Visiting Specialist (Plastering Craft) 1947-1951
Cecil Griffiths, Visiting Specialist (Plastering Craft) 1947-1951

Activities: art classes, classes in drawing, classes in landscape painting, classes in life drawing , classes in modeling, classes in modeling from the life, classes in painting, classes in painting from the life, classes in woodcarving, exhibitions (open to non-members), exhibitions (members only), lectures on art, professional advice

Funding types: fees

Citing this record

'Llanelly School of Arts and Crafts', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/organization.php?id=msib1_1206889771, accessed 19 Jun 2013]