The Arts and Crafts Exhibition, its Inception, Aims and Objects (Art Workers Guild), 1916
End Date: 20 October 1916
Type: Lecture and discussion
Description: H. Wilson, H. Speed, F. W. Pomeroy, G. Clausen, W. Strang, Thorpe, L. A. Turner, W. Walker, H. Ricardo, R. Anning-Bell and L. Walker spoke (AWG annual report, 1916, p. 8).
Policy: 'Founded in 1883, with the object of bringing into closer union the workers in various arts and crafts - architects, painters, designers of all kinds, sculptors and wood-carvers, metal-workers, goldsmiths, and many others - chiefly by evening meetings and discussions on different lines and methods in art. Meetings are held fortnightly, when papers are read and their subjects illustrated as fully as possible. Visitors must be introduced by a member' (Year's Art, 1913, pp. 169-70).
Participants
Speaker Frederick William Pomeroy
Speaker Laurence Arthur Turner
Speaker Harold Speed
Speaker George Clausen
Speaker William Strang
Speaker L. Walker
Speaker Halsey Ricardo
Citing this record
'The Arts and Crafts Exhibition, its Inception, Aims and Objects (Art Workers Guild), 1916', 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/event.php?id=msib2_1218453467, accessed 25 Sep 2023]
