Society of Staffordshire Artists
Foundation date: 1934
Active: 1934 -
Function: Art society
Policy: Organised annual exhibitions of two and three-dimensional works of art. The exhibitions included sculpture, modelling, pottery, jewellery etc.
From 1945 there were two exhibitions every year in the summer and autumn.
Elected committee members are listed in the society's exhibition catalogues from 1943.
Activities: exhibitions (open to non-members), exhibitions (members only)
Publications: exhibition catalogues
Works
Dates are usually the year a work was exhibited so may differ from date of production.
New entries have been made each time a work was exhibited due to a lack of evidence about the state, medium or edition shown.
Exhibited The Little Flower
27 October 1934 - 24 November 1934
Exhibited Mrs R. G. Haggar
27 October 1934 - 24 November 1934
Locations
Address Ronson Stone Road Stoke-on-Trent | View on map
1940 (Presumed) - 1943 (Presumed)
Listed as the contact address for the Honorary Secretary.
Exhibitions, Courses, Meetings and other Events
Organized Autumn Exhibition of the Society of Staffordshire Artists (Belston Art Gallery, Stoke on Trent), 1951
October 1951 - November 1951
Organized Society of Staffordshire Artists Seventeenth Annual Exhibition (City of Stoke on Trent Museums and Art Gallery, Hanley), 1951
March 1951
Organized Society of Staffordshire Artists Sixteenth Annual Exhibition (City of Stoke on Trent Museums and Art Gallery, Hanley), 1950
March 1950
Organized Exhibition Recording the Changing Face of the Potteries (Society of Staffordshire Artists), 1949
November 1949
Organized Society of Staffordshire Artists. Fifteenth Annual Exhibition (City of Stoke on Trent Museums and Art Gallery, Hanley), 1949
March 1949
Organized Society of Staffordshire Artists. Fourteenth Annual Exhibition (City of Stoke on Trent Museums and Art Gallery, Hanley), 1948
March 1948
Organized Society of Staffordshire Artists.Thirteenth Annual Exhibition (City of Stoke on Trent Museums and Art Gallery, Hanley), 1947
April 1947
Organized Society of Staffordshire Artists.Twelfth Annual Exhibition (City of Stoke on Trent Museums and Art Gallery, Hanley), 1946
November 1946
Organized Society of Staffordshire Artists. Autumn Exhibition (City of Stoke on Trent Museums and Art Gallery, Hanley), 1945
November 1945
Organized Eleventh Annual Exhibition of the Society of Staffordshire Artists (City of Stoke on Trent Museums and Art Gallery, Hanley), 1945
March 1945
Organized Tenth Annual Exhibition of the Society of Staffordshire Artists (City of Stoke on Trent Museums and Art Gallery, Hanley), 1944
March 1944
Organized Ninth Annual Exhibition of the Society of Staffordshire Artists (City of Stoke on Trent Museums and Art Gallery, Hanley), 1943
1943
Organized Eighth Annual Exhibition of the Society of Staffordshire Artists (City of Stoke on Trent Museums and Art Gallery, Hanley), 1942
March 1942
Organized Seventh Annual Exhibition of the Society of Staffordshire Artists (City of Stoke on Trent Museums and Art Gallery, Hanley), 1941
April 1941 - May 1941
Organized Sixth Annual Exhibition of the Society of Staffordshire Artists (City of Stoke on Trent Museums and Art Gallery, Hanley), 1940
February 1940
Organized Fifth Annual Exhibition of the Society of Staffordshire Artists (City of Stoke on Trent Museums and Art Gallery, Hanley), 1938
October 1938 - November 1938
Took part in The Federation of Midland Art Societies Exhibition, 1938
1 April 1938 - 5 June 1938
Took part in The Federation of Midland Art Societies Exhibition, 1938
1 April 1938 - 5 June 1938
Organized Society of Staffordshire Artists. Fourth Annual Exhibition (City of Stoke on Trent Museums and Art Gallery, Hanley), 1937
1937 (Probable) - December 1937
Organized Society of Staffordshire Artists. Third Annual Exhibition (The Museum, Pall Mall, Hanley), 1936
4 November 1936 - 2 December 1936
Organized Society of Staffordshire Artists. Second Annual Exhibition (The Museum, Pall Mall, Hanley), 1935
7 November 1934 - 7 December 1934
Organized Society of Staffordshire Artists. First Annual Exhibition (The Museum, Pall Mall, Hanley), 1934
27 October 1934 - 24 November 1934
Associated People
Honorary members included Bernard C. Wood
1941 (Presumed) - 1951 (Presumed)
Listed as Honorary Auditor.
Honorary members included Hilda Thomas
1944 - 1951
Honorary members included George Beardmore
1947 - 1951
Honorary members included Thomas E. Sadler
1951
Honorary secretary was Reginald George Haggar
1940 (Presumed) - 1944 (Presumed)
From 1943 listed only as 'Secretary'.
Honorary secretary was A. Landon
1942 (Presumed) - 1951 (Presumed)
Listed as Honorary Assistant Secretary.
Honorary secretary was Leonard Butler
1945 - 1951
Honorary secretary was A. Landon
1948
Honorary secretary was M.M. Copeland
1949
p. 1.
Honorary social secretary was Leslie Gilbert
1951
Honorary treasurer was William Ruscoe
1940 (Presumed) - 1944 (Presumed)
From 1943 listed as 'Treasurer'.
Honorary treasurer was John W. Taylor
1945 - 1951
Members included Nancy Catford (Stone)
1936 (Presumed) - 1938 (Presumed)
Members included John Phillips Steele
1938 (Presumed)
Members included William Cartledge
1942 (Presumed)
Member of selection committee.
Members included Reginald George Haggar
March 1942
Member of selection committee.
Members included Percy F. Lloyd
1942 (Presumed) - 1951 (Presumed)
Member of selection committee and council member. From 1951 listed only as a member of the Council.
Members included Barnett Stross
March 1942 - March 1945
Member of Selection Committee.
Members included William Ruscoe
1942 (Presumed)
Member of selection committee.
Members included M. Tittensor
1942 (Presumed)
Member of selection committee.
Members included Bernard C. Wood
1942 (Presumed) - 1945 (Presumed)
Listed as Auditor.
Members included Katherine Allison
1943
Members included William Cartledge
1943 (Presumed) - 1951 (Presumed)
Listed as Auditor and council member. From 1947 listed only as council member. From 1951 listed as a patron and life member.
Members included R.G. Cruttwell
1943
Members included Marcus Francis
1943 (Presumed) - 1946 (Presumed)
Listed as a member of the Council.
Members included William D.A. Gordon
1943
Members included Dorothy Ludlow
1943
Members included Olive Marples
1943
Listed as having been re-elected in 1943.
Members included Barnett Stross
1943 (Presumed) - 1946 (Presumed)
Listed as an Auditor and as Council Member from 1946.
Members included David Cleghorn Thomson
1943 (Presumed)
Listed as an Auditor.
Members included Ethel Smith
1943
Members included Owen Smith
1943
Members included Stanley Smith
1943
Members included Katherine Allison
1944 - 1945
Member of the Selection Committee.
Members included Katherine Allison
1945
Listed as member of the selection committee and of the council.
Members included Geoffrey J. V. Bemrose
1945 - 1951
Listed as a 'Patron and Life Member' of the society.
Members included Gordon Mitchell Forsyth
1945 - 1951
Listed as a 'Patron and Life Member' of the Society.
Members included Mark H. Rogers
1946
Member of exhibition selection committee.
Members included Albert Wagg
1946
Member of exhibition selection committee.
Members of committee included Leonard Griffith Brammer
1943 (Presumed) - 1949 (Presumed)
Listed as member of the selection committee and as a council member. From 1944 listed as the secretary of the council. From 1947 listed only as member of the Council.
Members of committee included Harold Bennett
1947 - 1951
Listed as member of the Council.
Members of committee included Harry Nixon
1947
Listed as member of the Council.
Members of committee included Majorie Gotterel Spurrier
1947 - 1951
Listed as member of the Council.
Members of committee included Albert Wagg
1947 - 1951
Listed as member of the Council.
Members of committee included John T. Serivener
1951
Members of committee included Reginald Willis
1951
Members of council included Ethel Mary Flint
1945 - 1951
Members of council included Mark H. Rogers
1948 - 1951
Presidents included Gordon Mitchell Forsyth
1940 (Presumed) - 1944 (Presumed)
Presidents included Harold Bennett
1944 - 1946
President of the Council of the Society.
Presidents included Reginald George Haggar
1945 - 1951
Vice-presidents included Geoffrey J. V. Bemrose
1940 (Presumed) - 1943 (Presumed)
From 1944 listed as Honorary Vice-President.
Vice-presidents included William Cartledge
1948 - 1949
Vice-presidents included Leonard Griffith Brammer
March 1951
Sources
Autumn Exhibition of the Society of Staffordshire, 1951
October 1951
Eighth Annual Exhibition of the Society of Staffordshire Artists, 1942
March 1942
p. 1-7.
Exhibition Recording the Changing Face of the Potteries, 1949
November 1949
Fifth Annual Exhibition of the Society of Staffordshire Artists, 1938
October 1938
pp. 1-7.
Fourth Annual Exhibition of the Society of Staffordshire Artists, 1937
December 1937
p. 1-7.
Ninth Annual Exhibition of the Society of Staffordshire Artists, 1943
March 1943
p. 1-10.
Seventh Annual Exhibition of the Society of Staffordshire Artists, 1941
April 1941
p. 1-7.
Sixth Annual Exhibition of the Society of Staffordshire Artists, 1940
February 1940
p. 1.
Society of Staffordshire Artists Seventeenth Annual Exhibition, 1951
March 1951
Society of Staffordshire Artists Sixteenth Annual Exhibition, 1950
March 1950
Society of Staffordshire Artists. Autumn Exhibition, 1945
November 1945
Society of Staffordshire Artists. Eleventh Annual Exhibition, 1945
March 1945
pp. 1-12.
Society of Staffordshire Artists. Fifteenth Annual Exhibition, 1949
March 1949
Society of Staffordshire Artists. First Annual Exhibition, 27 October 1934
27 October 1934
p. 1.
Society of Staffordshire Artists. Fourteenth Annual Exhibition, 1948
March 1948
pp. 1-11.
Society of Staffordshire Artists. Second Annual Exhibition, 1935
7 November 1935
p. 1-7.
Society of Staffordshire Artists. Third Annual Exhibition, 1936
2 December 1936
p. 1-7.
Society of Staffordshire Artists. Thirteenth Annual Exhibition, 1947
April 1947
pp. 1-17.
Society of Staffordshire Artists. Twelfth Annual Exhibition, 1946
March 1946
pp. 1-10.
Tenth Annual Exhibition of the Society of Staffordshire Artists, 1944
March 1944
pp. 1-10.
Citing this record
'Society of Staffordshire Artists', 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=msib4_1219836141, accessed 05 Jun 2023]