WEDGWOOD INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR 2016 Wedgwood Museum Barlaston/ Stoke-on-Trent / England April 27-30, 2016 Our Thanks To Our Gracious Partners For WIS 2016 Wedgwood Museum & The World of Wedgwood Waterford Wedgwood Royal Doulton Now Owned by Fiskars The Victoria & Albert Museum Skinner’s Inc. Caliber Home Loans And A Special Thanks To Mike Cozens and Gaye Blake-Roberts For All Of Their Assistance In Making WIS 2016 Happen WEDGWOOD INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR 2016 Wedgwood Museum Barlaston/ Stoke-on-Trent / England April 28-30, 2016 Tuesday 26th April. Arrive in London no later than evening of Tuesday 26th April OVERNIGHT STAY in the Durrants Hotel Seminar hotels: London Hotel Durrants Hotel 26-32 George Street London. W1H 5BJ Telephone: 011+44-2079-358-131 Fax: 011+44-2074-873-510 Email: [email protected] www.durrantshotel.co.uk £190 Per Night (includes 20% Value Added Tax) / £205 Per Night Double Rates guaranteed for Tuesday, April 26 & Sunday May 1, 2016 Check in time is 2:00 PM / Check out time is at 12:00 Noon Group Code Under WWRD International Seminar Moat House Hotel (Best Western Brand) Etruria Hall Festival Way Stoke-on-Trent Staffordshire ST15BQ Telephone: 011+44-1782-609-988 Fax: 011+44-01782-206-101 www.bestwestern.com £89.00 Per Night + Taxes (Single Occupancy) £99.00 Per Night + Taxes (Double Occupancy) Rates include: bed & breakfast Check In Time: 3:00 PM on day of arrival Check Out Time: 11:00 AM on day of departure Bookings of the Moat House rooms can only be made by telephoning the hotel direct. Wedgwood International Seminar Programme 28th – 30th April 2016 Wednesday 27th April. 9.30 Depart from Hotel (with luggage) 10.00 Arrive at Victoria & Albert Museum, Special guided visit to the ceramic collections of the V&A by Rebecca Wallis, Curator, Ceramics and Glass Collection, Department of Sculpture, Metalwork, Ceramics & Glass. Opportunity to view, with Rebecca Wallis, the Newly opened Europe 1600 -1815 Gallery In Europe 1600-1815 over 1100 objects from the V&A’s collections of 17th- and 18th- century European art and design are displayed in a suite of seven galleries. The collection comprises some of the most magnificent works held by the V&A, including spectacular examples of textiles and fashion, painting and sculpture, ceramics and glass, furniture and metalwork, prints and books. Many objects were made in Europe by its finest artists and craftsmen for the period’s most discerning leaders of taste such as Louis XIV, Marie Antoinette, Catherine the Great and Napoleon. And/or Special temporary exhibition ‘Botticelli Reimagined’ This innovative exhibition will explore the enduring impact of the Florentine painter Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510) from the Pre-Raphaelites to today. The exhibition is organised by the V&A and the Gemäldegalerie – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin 12.30 travel by coach to The Moat House Hotel, Etruria, Stoke- on-Trent 4.00 Registration Afternoon WIS Board Meeting 7.00 Hot Fork Buffet at The Moat House Hotel Wedgwood International Seminar Programme 28th – 30th April 2016 Thursday 28th April 8.15 Pick up from Moat House Hotel 9.00 WELCOME Mickey Hightower, Wedgwood International Seminar President Mike Cozens Wedgwood Museum CEO WWRD 9.15 Lecture 1 Staffordshire cream coloured earthenware - setting the scene Pat Halfpenny , Curator Emerita Ceramics & Glass at Winterthur Museum and Ceramics Consultant 10.00 COFFEE 10.20 Lecture 2 Wedgwood’s 18th century Queen’s ware & Royal patronage Gaye Blake-Roberts, Curator, Wedgwood Museum 11.10 Lecture 3 The West Midlands Enlightenment and Industrialization: Wedgwood and the Region. Dr. Malcom Dick, Department of History, Birmingham University 12.00 Lecture 4 The Importance of the canals to the transportation of pottery Lucy Lead, Archivist. Wedgwood Museum 1.00 Buffet LUNCH in the Darwin Suite 2.00 Lecture 5 ‘A curious Choice for the Table: Wedgwood’s Caneware’ David Prendergast, Former Deputy Director of the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto. Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Archaeology, University College, London. 2.50 Afternoon Activities / Wedgwood behind the scenes archive visit Tea/ Coffee available) View the redisplayed Wedgwood museum collection Factory Tour / Worlds of Wedgwood /Throw a pot/ decorate a plate 5.30 Return to Moat House to change for dinner 7.00 Coach pick up at Moat House 7.30 Champagne Reception at WORLD OF WEDGWOOD 8.00 WELCOME DINNER at WORLD OF WEDGWOOD After Dinner Speaker: Eric Knowles, BBC ‘Antiques Roadshow’ ceramics expert, author of numerous ceramic & decorative arts books, Ambassador for the Prince’s Trust & well know broadcaster.. 10.30 Return to Moat House Hotel Wedgwood International Seminar Programme 28th – 30th April 2016 Friday, 29th April 8.15 Pick up from Moat House Hotel 9.00 Lecture 6 Blue and white Wedgwood printed ceramics Rebecca Wallis , Curator, Ceramics and Glass Collection Department of Sculpture, Metalwork, Ceramics & Glass. Victoria and Albert Museum, London 9.50 Lecture 7 Victorian Culture- The Staffordshire Connections Professor David Amigoni, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Keele University 10.40 COFFEE & pastries 11.00 Lecture 8 ‘Fit for a Gentleman’- The creation of Etruria Hall Thea Randall, Former Staffordshire County Archivist 11.35 Lecture 9 ‘Wedgwood and the Classical and Arcadian Influence of the Country House’ Gareth Williams, Curator & head of Learning to the Weston Park Foundation 12.25 Lecture 10 ‘Bitter Sweet- Josiah Wedgwood & other British Potters response to sugar and slavery in the18th & 19th centuries’ Jonathan Gray, Author, lecturer and specialist on English and Welsh ceramics 1.10 Lecture 11 ‘The 18th century British Tea Ceremony, A business opportunity for Wedgwood’ Robin Emmerson, Curator emeritus, Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight, Liverpool and Chairman of Northern Ceramic Society 2.00 Afternoon Activity Wedgwood tea story, tasting and afternoon tea experience including presentations from Spicer our tea importer and supplier 5.30 Return to Moat House to change for dinner 7.00 Coach pick up at Moat House for Dinner at The Sheet Anchor 10.00 Return to Moat House Hotel Wedgwood International Seminar Programme 28th – 30th April 2016 Saturday, 30th April 8.15 Pick up from Moat House Hotel 9.00 Lecture 12 ‘Emulation is the sincerest form of flattery’ - Meissen & Sèvres copies of Wedgwood Rebecca Klarner, Collections and Curatorial Services Officer, Wedgwood Museum 9.50 Lecture 13 The Design Studio – a personal perspective of the 1960’s David Puxley, Wedgwood’s first studio potter 10.40 COFFEE 11.00 Lecture 14 The 1879 Sydney International Exhibition Colin Jones, Researcher, collector and author 11.30 Lecture 15 Wedgwood - designs for the future (To be held in the Wedgwood Design Centre) Angela Hull , WWRD designer 12.00 Lunch in the Dining Hall 1.30 Lecture 16 ‘Industrial publishing’ & Ralph Wedgwood Professor Caroline Archer, Birmingham University 2.30 Lecture 17 Wedgwood & the Lunar Men Jenny Uglow, Biographer, historian, critic and publisher 3.30 Afternoon Activity Opportunity to revisit aspects of World of Wedgwood, Museum Galleries and time for personal shopping 5.00 Return to Moat House Hotel 7.30 Evening Cocktail Reception 8.00 Annual Banquet at the Moat House Hotel Wedgwood Society announcements & international round up Wedgwood International Seminar Optional Programme for Sunday, 1st May 2016 Sunday, 1st May Return to London 10.00 Pick up from Moat House Hotel to travel to London Free time in London with opportunity to return & spend time in the V&A exhibitions OVERNIGHT STAY in the Durrants Hotel George Street LONDON W1H 5BJ TEL:44(0)2079358131 FAX: 44 (0)20 7487 3510 EMAIL: [email protected] www.durrantshotel.co.uk DEPARTURE NEXT DAY or continue to STAY IN LONDON .