WEDGWOOD INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR 2016

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: enquiries@durrantshotel.co.uk
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 18thcentury 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
9.15 Lecture 1
Mickey Hightower, Wedgwood International Seminar President
Mike Cozens Wedgwood Museum
CEO
WWRD
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
9.50 Lecture 7
Blue and white Wedgwood printed ceramics
Rebecca Wallis , Curator, Ceramics and Glass Collection Department of Sculpture,
Metalwork, Ceramics & Glass. Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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: enquiries@durrantshotel.co.uk
www.durrantshotel.co.uk
DEPARTURE NEXT DAY or continue to STAY IN LONDON