A. Michael Fletcher ARCA (from 1932)

Institutional and Business Connections

Assistant principal of Birmingham Municipal School of Art, Central School
1931 - 1951
Described as the Second Master.

Elected professional associate member of Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
1925 - 1931
First listed in the Society's exhibition catalogues as an Associate member in Spring 1925. From Spring 1927 listed as A.R.B.S.A.

Elected RBSA Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
1931 - 1950
First listed in the Society's exhibition catalogues as a full Member in Spring 1931. Still listed as a Member in Autumn 1950.

Member of Birmingham Art Circle
December 1923 - October 1933
Nominated and then elected in 1923.

Member of council Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
1948 - 1950
Listed in the Society's catalogues as a 'Council Member' in Spring 1948; this was the first time that 'Council Members'listings had appeared in the exhibition catalogues. Listed as a Council Member in Autumn 1950.

Teacher at Birmingham Municipal School of Art, Central School
1922 - 1931
The 'Birmingham Art School', Birmingham Gazette, 29 April, 1931, in 'Birmingham Biography', vol. 18, (February-December 1931), pp. 96-97, notes that Fletcher joined the staff of the school in 1922 before he became head master in 1931.

Vice-president of Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
1946 (Presumed) - 1949
First listed in the Society's exhibition catalogues as Vice-President in Autumn 1946 [no listings for Vice-Presidents from Autumn 1940 to Spring 1946]. Last listed as Vice-President in Spring 1949.

Sources

Birmingham Biography, Newspaper Cuttings, 1872-1966 Birmingham Biography
See 'Birmingham Art School', Birmingham Gazette, 29 April, 1931, in 'Birmingham Biography', vol. 18, (February-December 1931), pp. 96-97.

Birmingham College of Arts and Crafts Prospectus 1949-50 College of Art and Branch Schools
1949

Birmingham College of Arts and Crafts. Prospectus for the Session Commencing 13 September 1948 College of Art and Branch Schools
1948

Central School of Arts and Crafts, Margaret Street, Birmingham. Prospectus for the Session Commencing 13 September 1937 Birmingham School of Art Programmes
1937

Central School of Arts and Crafts, Margaret Street, Birmingham. Prospectus for the Session Commencing 14 September 1931 Birmingham School of Art Programmes
1931

Central School of Arts and Crafts, Margaret Street, Birmingham. Prospectus for the Session Commencing 14 September 1936 Birmingham School of Art Programmes
1936

Central School of Arts and Crafts, Margaret Street, Birmingham. Prospectus for the Session Commencing 16 September 1935 Birmingham School of Art Programmes
1935

Central School of Arts and Crafts, Margaret Street, Birmingham. Prospectus for the Session Commencing 17 September 1934 Birmingham School of Art Programmes
1934

Central School of Arts and Crafts, Margaret Street, Birmingham. Prospectus for the Session Commencing 18 September 1933 Birmingham School of Art Programmes
1933

Central School of Arts and Crafts, Margaret Street, Birmingham. Prospectus for the Session Commencing 19 September 1932 Birmingham School of Art Programmes
1932

City of Birmingham College of Arts and Crafts Prospectus for the Session Commencing 15 September 1947 College of Art and Branch Schools
1947

City of Birmingham College of Arts and Crafts Prospectus for the Session Commencing 16 September 1946 College of Art and Branch Schools
1946

City of Birmingham College of Arts and Crafts Prospectus for the Session Commencing 17 September 1945 College of Art and Branch Schools
1945

City of Birmingham College of Arts and Crafts. Prospectus for the Session Commencing 18 September 1939 Birmingham School of Art Programmes
1939

City of Birmingham College of Arts and Crafts. Prospectus for the Session Commencing 19 September 1938 Birmingham School of Art Programmes
1938

College of Arts and Crafts Abridged Prospectus for the Session 1944-45. Commencing 18th September, 1944 Birmingham School of Art Programmes
1944

College of Arts and Crafts Birmingham. Prospectus 1950-51 College of Art and Branch Schools
1950

Minutes of meeting held at the Royal Society of Artists, 7 October 1933 Birmingham Art Circle
1933
p. 1.

Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Autumn Exhibition, 1950
1950
p. 6.

Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Spring Exhibition of Paintings in Water-Colours and Handicrafts, 1949
1949
p. 4.

Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. The Autumn Exhibition, 1946 Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
1946
p. 2.

Royal Society of Artists Birmingham Spring Exhibition, 1925
1925
p. 5.

Royal Society of Artists Birmingham. The Spring Exhibition, 1931
1931
p. 6.

The Art Circle. Minutes of Annual Meeting held at the Royal Society of Artists, 30 December 1925 Birmingham Art Circle
1925
p. 1.

The Art Circle. Minutes of the Annual Meeting held on 31 December 1923 in Gallery of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, 1923 Birmingham Art Circle
1923
pp. 1-5