Event at Bishop Lloyds Palace
Friday 16th May 2025 at 2.00 pm
The Arts and Crafts Movement in Manchester
Speaker: Barry Clarke
Barry Clarke has recently been involved in the publication of a lavishly illustrated book on this subject. The Northern Art Workers’ Guild in Manchester was organised in 1896,
twelve years after its London predecessor. It involved many people with connections to visits which we have made. Edward Wood, whose work we saw in Middleton, was a luminary. Barry
Parker was originally from Manchester, and we saw his work in Letchworth Garden City. The Clarion Guild of Handicraft organised a show in Chester in 1903 at which the Peasant Arts Movement exhibited. We saw their work in Haslemere, Surrey.
Even if you did not attend any of these visits Barry’s talk will introduce you to these practitioners and many others.
Refreshments will be served after the talk. The cost will be £6. Please book using the contact form for members in the post with the last newsletter or request a place from the contact form on this website. You will only be notified if you do not have a place on this event.
