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Saturday, 14 December: AGM, Lecture, and Festive Tea
You are warmly invited to the AGM, Lecture and Christmas Festive Tea of the Pugin Society on 14 December - a chance to meet other members and celebrate another successful year for the Society. Held at the Art Workers Guild, 6 Queens Square, Bloomsbury, London WC1N 3AT, at 2.30, it will include a fascinating illustrated lecture by Professor Grace Lees-Maffei on Pugin’s visual legacy, followed by a celebratory Christmas tea and drinks. No need to book, but donations welcome. Further enquires to events organiser, Professor Julia Twigg: [email protected].
Pugin to Papercuts: Design Reform and Socially-Engaged Contemporary Art Practice
Professor Grace Lees-Maffei
This lecture draws on the ideas of three of the most influential design reformers of the nineteenth, AWN Pugin, John Ruskin and William Morris, to examine two instances of 21st century art practice: the socially and politically engaged papercuts of Rob Ryan, and the Wandsworth Quilt, made by prisoners and now in the V&A collection. The research shared forms part of Lees-Maffei’s work in progress, The Hand Book, a design history of hands.
Grace Lees-Maffei is Professor of Design History and Programme Director for the Professional Doctorate in Heritage (DHeritage) in the School of Creative Arts at the University of Hertfordshire and a published researcher and author. Externally, Prof Lees-Maffei is Chair of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Design History, the leading journal in the field, published for the Design History Society by Oxford University Press. With Professor Kjetil Fallan (University of Oslo, Norway), Grace is founding Co-Series Editor of the Cultural Histories of Design book series, published by Bloomsbury Academic. She is on the Advisory Board of the Bloomsbury Design Library, and AIS/Design Storia e Ricerche, of the Associazione italiana degli storici del design.
You are warmly invited to the AGM, Lecture and Christmas Festive Tea of the Pugin Society on 14 December - a chance to meet other members and celebrate another successful year for the Society. Held at the Art Workers Guild, 6 Queens Square, Bloomsbury, London WC1N 3AT, at 2.30, it will include a fascinating illustrated lecture by Professor Grace Lees-Maffei on Pugin’s visual legacy, followed by a celebratory Christmas tea and drinks. No need to book, but donations welcome. Further enquires to events organiser, Professor Julia Twigg: [email protected].
Pugin to Papercuts: Design Reform and Socially-Engaged Contemporary Art Practice
Professor Grace Lees-Maffei
This lecture draws on the ideas of three of the most influential design reformers of the nineteenth, AWN Pugin, John Ruskin and William Morris, to examine two instances of 21st century art practice: the socially and politically engaged papercuts of Rob Ryan, and the Wandsworth Quilt, made by prisoners and now in the V&A collection. The research shared forms part of Lees-Maffei’s work in progress, The Hand Book, a design history of hands.
Grace Lees-Maffei is Professor of Design History and Programme Director for the Professional Doctorate in Heritage (DHeritage) in the School of Creative Arts at the University of Hertfordshire and a published researcher and author. Externally, Prof Lees-Maffei is Chair of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Design History, the leading journal in the field, published for the Design History Society by Oxford University Press. With Professor Kjetil Fallan (University of Oslo, Norway), Grace is founding Co-Series Editor of the Cultural Histories of Design book series, published by Bloomsbury Academic. She is on the Advisory Board of the Bloomsbury Design Library, and AIS/Design Storia e Ricerche, of the Associazione italiana degli storici del design.
Full details of events and how to book for them will be posted in due course. Details will be sent automatically to all Pugin Society members by email.
If you are not yet a member and would like to take part, please contact our events organiser, Professor Julia Twigg, on [email protected]
If you are not yet a member and would like to take part, please contact our events organiser, Professor Julia Twigg, on [email protected]
Booking: please email the Events Organizer Professor Julia Twigg at [email protected] and then make your payment direct to: |
Cancellation policy: we regret that refunds cannot be made less than 14 days before an event. There is a handling charge of £5. In the case of overnight events where accommodation may have been booked, there may need to be an additional charge to cover losses to the Society. |
