Date/Time
Date(s) - 14th Jan 2025
14:00-15:30
Location
St Matthew's Church
Categories
Stand outside the Clarence Street entrance to The Wilson, look to your left, and over the entrance to the café you will see the stainless-steel grille commissioned by the Friends from the artist blacksmith Alan Evans for the 1989 extension. Look up at the grille and you will see a squirrel which may remind you of the roundels on a pair of firedogs by Ernest Gimson in the museum. This is the first of two talks related to a major exhibition, Earth Fire Iron: Alan Evans and the New Iron Age, opening in Stroud’s Museum in the Park in September 2025.
Mary Greensted was a curator at Cheltenham for many years and has continued to work freelance. She also writes about the Arts & Crafts movement and is currently Chair of the Guild of Handicraft Trust and Court Barn in Chipping Campden.
Please note we have moved our talks at St Matthews to TUESDAYS.
In addition to the talk, we will also be joined by one of The Wilson sponsored artists in residence, Genaro Martinez Media, who will be sketching the audience. His sketches will be available for sale after the talk for 8 GBP. If anyone wants to be sketched in particular, please let us know before the talk and Genaro will accommodate accordingly.
Cost per person including tea/coffee and cake: FoTW members £11, non-members very welcome £13
If you have any questions about the event or booking please phone Alison on 01242 519413 or Sue Reeves on 01242 675497 or email events@friendsofthewilson.org.uk.
Please book using one of the following options:
- On-line bookings with a debit or credit card can be made using the form below.
- Bank transfer – please email events@friendsofthewilson.org.uk to let us know you have sent your transfer so that we can send you a booking confirmation. Bank transfers should be made to Friends of The Wilson Sort Code 30-91-87 Account 00005816. The reference must include your surname plus as much of the event title as will fit, for example SMITH BLACKSMITH.
- Cheque – please complete a booking form (download here ) and post it with your cheque. Please make cheques payable to Friends of The Wilson and send with a SAE or clearly written email address to Mrs Alison Pascoe, 77 Naunton Lane, Cheltenham, GL53 7AZ.
Places are not confirmed until payment is received.
Terms & Conditions: When taking part in the talk please follow these guidelines:
- Please do not attend a talk if you have any Covid-19 symptoms
- You are undertaking this event at your own risk