The Arts and Crafts Society of Ireland
Other names: The Arts and Crafts Society of Ireland and Guild of Irish Art Workers (1917-25)
Foundation date: 1895
Function: Art society
Policy: 'To foster and promote the development of artistic industries in Ireland. To hold Exhibitions, when desirable, of Irish Arts and Crafts. To promote artistic culture by providing instruction by means of lectures, by the supply of designs, and by such other methods as may seem desirable. To issue a Journal and other publications bearing on the objects of the society.' (Journal & proceedings, 1896)
'Our efforts are directed to efface, as far as possible, the distinction between artist and the artisan, and to carry the contemplation of beauty from public galleries and buildings into the homes of people and into their daily life.' (Journal and Proceedings, 1901)
Activities: exhibitions (open to non-members), lectures
Publications: exhibition catalogues, pamphlets, reports
Products & Services
Ticket sales for exhibition 1895
Cost: £421 15s. 9d.
Catalogue sales for exhibition 1895
Cost: £37 6s. 3d.
Ticket sales for exhibition 1899
Cost: £113 2s.
Catalogue sales for exhibition 1899
Cost: £15 1s.
Exhibitions, Courses, Meetings and other Events
Organized The First Exhibition of The Arts and Crafts Society of Ireland, 1895
1895
Organized The Arts and Crafts Society of Ireland Second Exhibition, 1899
1899
Organized The Arts and Crafts Society of Ireland Third Exhibition, 1904
1904
Organized The Arts and Crafts Society of Ireland Fourth Exhibition, 1910
1910
Organized The Arts and Crafts Society of Ireland and Guild of Irish Art Workers' Fifth Exhibition, 1917
1917
Organized The Arts and Crafts Society of Ireland and Guild of Irish Art Workers' Seventh Exhibition, 1925
1925
Associated People
Members included Sophia Rosamond Praeger
1925 (Presumed)
Member of Guild of Irish Art Workers.
Members included Alice Shaw
1925 (Presumed)
Member of Guild of Irish Art Workers.
Members included Alice Brittain
1925 (Presumed)
Member of Guild of Irish Art Workers.
Members of committee included Robert Arthur Dawson
1910 (Presumed) - 1917
Chairman of Ulster Committee.
Members of committee included Robert May
1910 (Presumed)
Ulster Committee.
Members of committee included Henry C. Morrow
1910 (Presumed)
Ulster Committee.
Members of committee included Alice Brittain
1925 (Presumed)
Ulster Committee.
Members of committee included Ivor Beaumont
1925 (Presumed)
Ulster Committee.
Sources
Journal and Proceedings of the Arts and Crafts Society of Ireland, 1896, 1898, 1901
The Arts and Crafts Movements in Dublin & Edinburgh 1885-1925, 1998
1998
The Arts and Crafts Society of Ireland Catalogue of the Fourth Exhibition, 1910
1910
The Arts and Crafts Society of Ireland Catalogue of the Second Exhibition, 1899
1899
The Arts and Crafts Society of Ireland Catalogue of The Third Exhibition, 1904
1904
Citing this record
'The Arts and Crafts Society of Ireland', 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=msib3_1268064662, accessed 23 Mar 2023]
