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URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/the-northern-art-workers-guild-a
 nd-the-arts-and-crafts-movement-in-manchester/
SUMMARY:Lady Lever Art Gallery: The Northern Art Workers' Guild and the Art
 s and Crafts movement in Manchester
DESCRIPTION:William Morris was a frequent visitor to Manchester\, and the o
 nly Morris &amp\; Co shop outside London was located in the city. His now 
 famous dictum 'Do not have anything in your house that you do not know to 
 be useful or believe to be beautiful'\, was first heard in Manchester\, as
  was his first explicitly socialist lecture 'Art\, Wealth and Riches'. Mor
 ris’s fellow art worker Walter Crane was Head of Design at the Mancheste
 r Municipal School of Art from 1893-1896.\n\nIn this talk Dr Barry Clark w
 ill also share recent research on lesser known Manchester-based Arts and C
 rafts architects\, artists and artisans who\, in 1896\, formed the Norther
 n Art Workers’ Guild in the city. With more than 100 members and three m
 ajor exhibitions the Guild was part of a northern craft revival that was n
 either rural nor London-focused - an essential component of the Arts and C
 rafts movement located here in the heart of industrial England. The Guild 
 was unusual for its time in that women were active and equal members\, hol
 ding office\, giving talks and showing their work in the Guild’s public 
 exhibitions. May Morris was in Manchester as an invited guest speaker in
  February 1899.\n\nBarry’s beautifully illustrated talk will bring all t
 his to life as he reveals the untold story of Manchester’s extensive inv
 olvement in the Arts and Crafts movement.\nBiography\nDr Barry Clark is an
  experienced speaker and a retired Manchester Metropolitan University lect
 urer with a life-long interest in the Arts and Crafts movement. He is co-a
 uthor\, with Stephanie Boydell and Richard Fletcher\, of the recently publ
 ished The Northern Art Workers’ Guild and the Arts and Crafts movement i
 n Manchester. Barry is also a craft bookbinder\, and chair of the Society 
 of Bookbinders’ North West and North Wales region.\n\nNational Museums L
 iverpool is delighted to welcome Dr Barry Clark for this special-guest tal
 k.
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LOCATION:Lady Lever Art Gallery\, Port Sunlight Village\, Wirral\, CH62 5EQ
 \, Wirral\, United Kingdom
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