Thursday 15 March 2018

Arts & Crafts Movement Lecture on 21 March 2018

William Morris Society, Hammersmith
The Hammersmith and Fulham Historic Buildings Group is hosting a lecture on the Arts & Crafts Movement (which has its roots in Hammersmith) on 21 March.

The talk is titled "Emery Walker and the Arts and Crafts Movement - a tale of friendship, socialism, gender equality, celebrities, arts and crafts - and scandal".

Doors open at 7pm, the talk starts at 7.30pm
Work by William Morris

Where
Scott Hall, 47 St Peter's Grove, W69AY

Speaker: Julie Ashdown, The Emery Walker Trust

Tickets £5, includes a glass of wine or soft drink. Tickets available on the door, or from the Carpenters Arms, 91 Black Lion Lane, W69BG

Further Information
contact@spraweb.net
T: 07710 313 419

Emery Walker lived at no 7 Hammersmith Terrace.

For more on the Hammersmith roots of the Arts and Crafts Movement, check out the William Morris Society, based in William Morris's old home - Kelmscott HouseHammersmith, where he lived from 1879 until his death in 1896.

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