Kirsty Hartsiotis - storyteller, writer, speaker
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Seven week course, starting Thurs 25 Sept. Kirsty has wide experience as a museum curator, including 15 years’ responsibility for the Designated Arts and Crafts Movement collection at The Wilson, Cheltenham. We look forward to hearing the stories behind the growth of Cotswold churches, with special interest in their stained glass windows and the influence of the Arts and Crafts style.
Sept 25,
7pm
Kemerton Village Hall
Women’s work has always been in our churches, but never more so than in the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. We’ll discover work by women such as Theo Moorman, Veronica Whall, Mary Lowndes, Nora Yoxall and Nan Reid, among many unsung women whose work enriches our churches right up the present day.
Nov 17,
7pm
Online talk
The Arts and Crafts Movement was one of Britain’s most radical and far-reaching art movements. Arts and Crafts designers sought out wassails, mummers plays, and carolling customs, put on Christmas plays, designed exquisite Christmas cards to send to their friends. We’ll discover how they spent their Christmases, how they told the Christmas story in church art and book illustration, and how they depicted the carols and plays they took part in.
Nov 19,
2pm
Arts Society Teme Valley
An exploration of the unusually high incidence of Arts and Crafts churches and fittings in the Cotswolds. In Cotswold churches work ranging across all disciplines can be seen by those members of the Movement who had moved to the area. We’ll examine how Arts and Crafts designers revolutionised church design and adapted to the needs of their patrons.
Nov 24,
7.30pm
Nailsworth Society
