Art as a Means of a Livelihood (Art Workers Guild), 1931
End Date: 9 June 1931
Type: Lecture and discussion
Description: P. Cooper read paper, followed by W. Aumonier and H. B. Creswell. P. Gossop opened discussion, followed by T. Purvis, H. T. Smith, H. M. Paget and Sullivan (AWG annual report, 1931, p. 10).
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).
Citing this record
'Art as a Means of a Livelihood (Art Workers Guild), 1931', 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_1219328573, accessed 30 May 2023]
