Kirsty Hartsiotis - storyteller, writer, speaker
Tales from the Palace of Memory
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The Cotswolds became one of the most vibrant rural centres of the Arts and Crafts Movement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This talk explores the Movement's impact on the area, looking at all areas of craft from country houses to churches to utopian communities.
Sept 10,
11am
Arts Society Painswick
2026 marks the centenary of the death two of the Cotswolds’ greatest Arts and Crafts architects, the brothers Ernest and Sidney Barnsley. They moved, with their friend Ernest Gimson, to Gloucestershire in the 1890s, and all three stayed here for all their lives. This talk follows their life stories, through travel abroad to their life in the Cotswolds, and also the work they did in Gloucestershire.
Sept 17,
7.15pm
Corinium Museum
Discover how the art of book illustration flourished in Britain from the late 19th century to the early 20th century. From the first forays of the Pre-Raphaelites into illustration, Walter Crane's toy books, Edward Burne-Jones at William Morris's Kelmscott Press, as well as Aubrey Beardsley, Arthur Rackham, Edmund Dulac and many more.
Sept 24,
7pm
Friends of Museum & Art Swindon
