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The Johnston Collection Gallery Programme 2010
June 2010 - February 2011
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Gallery Exhibition & Talk: Special exhibition accompanied by an illustrated talk
Fluid Borders: Ways of Seeing Oriental Rugs
Monday 5 July 2010 – Friday 22 October 2010
Fluid Borders: Ways of Seeing Oriental Rugs is an Exhibition & Talk consisting of a superbly illustrated talk followed by a viewing of antique carpets, rugs, flat-weaves and bag-faces.
Through rugs from a wide range of traditions and styles, Fluid Borders will explore the impact of oriental rugs on western decor, art and thinking, and trace an understanding of the history of this fascinating branch of textile art.
Susan Scollay has curated the Gallery Experience for The Johnston Collection with selected works from The Johnston Collection and private collections in Melbourne.
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A Double Program For Groups
Our gallery space allows us to offer a double program for groups (minimum of 8 and maximum of 32 people). Enjoy morning tea, a tour of Mr Johnston’s residence Fairhall and his astonishing collection of antiques, a light sandwich lunch and a visit to The Johnston Collection Gallery for a special exhibition and discussion. This program is held weekdays 10.30am to 2.00pm and the cost is $47.00 per person. Occasionally Saturday bookings are available at $55.00 per person.
Bookings are essential and can be made by telephoning 9416 2515.
10.20 am: Our courtesy bus collects visitors from the foyer of the Hilton on the Park Hotel, East Melbourne
10.30 am: Tea/Coffee and shortbread served on arrival at The Johnston Collection followed by a House Tour
12.00 pm: Light sandwich lunch with fruit juice, tea/coffee
12.30 pm: The Gallery Experience
1.50 pm: Programme ends and visitors are returned to the Hilton on the Park Hotel by 2.00 pm
Larger groups will be divided into two with one group taking the House Tour, the other the Gallery Experience. Following lunch the groups will be reversed.
Lectures & Workshops Programme
The Susan Scollay Lecture Series
Susan Scollay is an internationally recognised specialist in textiles and carpets and Islamic art and culture. She is contributing editor of HALI, the London-based journal of carpet, textile and Islamic art, and is currently completing a PhD at La Trobe University, Melbourne
Book individually @ $30.00 or all four lectures to receive a 10% discount
1. Carpet for Kings
Wednesday 7 July 2010, 10.15 am – 11.45 am, $30.00
The history and traditions of carpet weaving in Asia – and ways in which eastern carpets were introduced to Europe and European interiors. This session will focus particularly on the court carpets of the great Islamic empires of the 14th to 19th centuries.
2. Fatma’s Story
Wednesday 14 July 2010, 10.15 am – 11.45 am, $30.00
Techniques and dyeing – a step-by-step outline of the way a carpet is made, and how this can vary from region to region. This session will focus particularly on urban and village carpet production. It will also consider the questions: what makes a ‘good’ rug, and what does a collector look for?
3. Woven Gardens
Wednesday 21 July 2010, 10.15 am – 11.45 am, $30.00
Designs in oriental carpets – their origins and influences. The major design ‘families’ of oriental rugs and carpets based on geographic and visual differences. This session will look at designs across the whole spectrum of oriental carpet traditions: urban, village and tribal.
4. Woven from the Heart
Wednesday 28 July 2010, 10.15 am – 11.45 am, $30.00
The concluding session will focus on carpet weaving in the nomadic traditions of Central Asia, Iran and Turkey. A highlight will be a series of photographs taken by the late Josephine Powell, who spent thirty years documenting the weaving and daily lives of eastern Anatolian nomads.
After Hours Series With Susan Scollay
Book individually @ $30.00 or all three lectures to receive a 10% discount
By popular demand! In Praise of God: Islamic architecture and built form
Thursday 15 July 2010, 7.15 pm – 8.45 pm, $30.00
Many features and concepts of religious and secular architecture overlap in the Islamic world, yet the mosque is so central to the Islamic faith that this session will focus on its origins and development, using examples such as the Great Mosque at Qairouan in Tunisia, its counterparts in Cairo, Damascus, Ottoman Turkey and Mughal India.
By popular demand! Roses in Paradise : the role of gardens and garden culture in landscape, literature and decoration in the Islamic World
Saturday 14 August 2010, 10.15 am – 11.45 am, $30.00
Large and elaborate gardens were planted around the palaces of all the Islamic countries - from Spain right across to India and Central Asia. At the same time small gardens, shrubs and potted flowers graced the courtyards of more modest residences - reflecting the universal love of gardens and passion for flowers amongst Muslims.
By popular demand! Like Light from the Sun: Tiles and Ceramics in the Islamic World
Thursday 19 August 2010, 7.15 pm – 8.45 pm, $30.00
Highly decorative and sumptuously coloured tilework was the preferred means of embellishing Islamic architecture - both inside and out. Its production was closely linked to ceramic vessels and tableware, and made use of designs similar to those used by metal workers, book illustrators and weavers.
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The Jane Austen Series
John Wiltshire begins our series with a set of three lectures. Professor Wiltshire is the author of several books about Jane Austen, and has edited Mansfield Park for the authoritative Cambridge edition. His most recent books are The Cinematic Jane Austen (2009) and The Making of Dr Johnson (2009)
Book individually @ $30.00 or all three lectures to receive a 10% discount
1. Mr Darcy's Smile
Thursday 22 July 2010, 11.15 am – 12.45 am, $30.00
Perhaps the most important turning point in the relationship between Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy in Pride and Prejudice occurs at a peculiar moment - when Elizabeth stands in front of Darcy’s portrait at Pemberley, and sees that he is smiling. What does his smile mean, and why haven’t readers seen it before? This talk explores this intriguing question.
2. Mrs Bennet's Least Loved Daughter
Thursday 29 July 2010, 11.15 am – 12.45 am, $30,00
In Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth Bennet severely criticises her father for his behaviour in the family, but we are never told what she thinks of her mother, whose influence is so much more powerful in the novel. This talk explores the hints that Pride and Prejudice gives about the actual relationship between Mrs Bennet and her ‘least loved daughter’.
3. The Bluestocking Ladies
Thursday 5 August 2010, 11.15 am – 12.45 am, $30.00
This talk introduces guests to a fascinating gallery of late 18th century ladies, who met at great houses in London for the purpose of intellectual and literary conversation. Among them were Hannah More, Elizabeth Carter and Fanny Burney. Dr Johnson praised their wit and learning, saying, ‘three such women are nowhere else to be found’.
Afternoon Tea with Jane Austen with Barbara Summerbell
Tuesday 3 August 2010, 2.00pm – 3.30pm, $30.00 Sold Out
Tuesday 10 August 2010, 2.00pm-3.30pm, $30.00 Places Available
Within Jane Austen’s Georgian world, hospitality was the framework which fuelled and oiled all social relationships. Social occasions demanded attention to consumer items, be they fashionable clothing, fine china or a Pembroke table. Join Barbara Summerbell in a conversation to explore the decorative arts within Jane Austen’s writings.
Barbara Summerbell, a Melbourne University graduate in literature and history, has researched the Regency world with particular reference to the nuances related to consumerism in Jane Austen’s writings.
The 3 R’s According to Jane – Reading, Writing & Romance
with Lise Rodgers
Thursday 12 August 2010, 10.15am – 11.45am, $30.00
Using letters written by Jane Austen to her sister and nieces, interspersed with passages from the novels, we gain much insight into Jane’s approach to both writing and matters of the heart.
Lise Rodgers is an accomplished Melbourne actress whose career has spanned stage, screen and radio. An interest in the world and characters of Jane Austen is the inspiration behind her series of ‘Jane’ performances.
Elegant Dining in Jane Austen’s Time with Margaret Leonard
Tuesday 17 August 2010, 2.00pm – 3.30pm, $30.00
In Jane Austen’s day eating was quite a different experience from what we know today. Meal times, the dining-table and even the dining room in middle and upper class homes would be quite strange to us. The 18th century saw the beginnings of the Agrarian and Industrial Revolutions. What happened to second-hand tea leaves and how a syllabub was made are some of the questions which will be answered.
Margaret Leonard was formerly a French and English teacher. She is currently a member of the Jane Austen Society.
Jane Austen & The Country House with Linda Young
Wednesday 15 September 2010, 10.15am – 11.45am, $30.00
Jane was, like Elizabeth Bennett, a gentleman’s daughter – though poor, she was sufficiently genteel to have the entrée to a number of great families and their stately homes. This talk traces some of her visits and her perceptions of fine houses, the people who inhabited them and the style in which they lived.
Dr Linda Young is a Senior Lecturer & Course Director in Cultural Heritage & Museum Studies at Deakin University.
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A Series of Four Lectures with Sylvia Sagona
Sylvia Sagona is a fellow of the School of languages at the University of Melbourne and specialises in 19th Century French art and society.
Book individually @ $30.00 or all three new lectures to receive a 10% discount
1. The Wallace Collection: Nostalgia for the Ancien Regime
Thursday 26 August, 10.15 am – 11.45 am, $30.00 Sold Out
Displayed in the sumptuous London town house of the first four Marquesses of Hertford and Sir Richard Wallace, the Wallace Collection is a treasure trove of French painting, porcelain, gold boxes, furniture from the 18th century and art work by world renowned artists. This talk explores both the house and the collection as well as the fate of the now lost French Wallace Collection bequeathed to Lady Sackville.
2. Dealing with The Scarlet Pimpernel: Buckingham Palace and George IV’s Sèvres porcelain collection
Thursday 9 September 2010, 10.15 am – 11.45 am, $30.00
George V’s taste for the exotic, rare and extravagant produced what is considered the finest collection of Sèvres porcelain in the world. The sumptuous pieces formed glamorous accessories to the visual theatricality of his glittering receptions held at Carlton House. This lecture will explore the collection and the intriguing Chinese Regency style furniture and design brought from the Royal Pavilion at Brighton to Buckingham Palace to set off this display.
3. Porcelain & Propaganda: The Empress Josephine’s decorative arts collection at the Chateau de Malmaison
Thursday 23 September 2010, 10.15 am, - 11.45 am, $30.00
Napoleon Bonaparte was more fascinated by Josephine’s aristocratic network and exquisite taste than he was by her well rehearsed femininity and frivolous Creole charm. Their home at Malmaison is a splendid example of the styles she would make famous. Exported throughout her husband’s new Empire, her taste was adopted by all the courts of Europe.
By popular demand! Power Dressing: Marie Antoinette and the fashion that brought down the Ancien Regime
Saturday 11 September 2010, 10.15 am – 11.45 am, $30.00 Sold Out
Saturday9 October 2010, 10.15am - 11.45am, $30.00 Places Available
This lecture investigates the layers of social, cultural and political significance that lay beneath the seemingly frivolous changes in fashion instigated by Marie Antoinette from the time she arrived in Paris as a teenager, to her death on the scaffold. Style does matter.
Further Lectures & Workshops
Workshop: An Introduction to Georgian Glass with Bill Davis
Wednesday 25 August 2010, 10.15 am – 11.45 am, $30.00 Sold Out
The invention of English glass of lead by George Ravenscroft in 1674 led to the establishment of the English table glass industry which became the envy of glass manufacturers throughout the industrialised world for over 200 years. The much admired quality of this glass, its styles and decoration developed during the 18th century will be discussed and appreciated through handling of examples in a hands-on workshop environment.
Bill Davis is glass adviser to The Johnston Collection and a glass collector.
Buying Antiquities in 18th Century Rome and Naples with Gerard Vaughan
Thursday 2 September 2010, 10.15 am – 11.45 am, $30.00
The Townley Collection of heavily restored Roman marbles at the British Museum is today largely ignored by the millions of visitors who flock to the British Museum to view its ‘primary’ collections of Greek and Roman antiquities. But that was not the case in the 18th century when the Townley Collection was one of the most celebrated in Europe. This talk will throw light on Charles Townley’s activities in Rome and Naples at a key moment of classical revival in European taste and ideas.
Dr Gerard Vaughan is Director of the National Gallery of Victoria and an art historian with extensive experience within the international art and museum worlds.
Johan Zoffany, Charles Townley and his friends in the library of his house at 7 Park Street, Westminster, 1781-3, Townley Art Gallery & Museum, Burnley
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English Commemorative Glass of the 18th and 19th Centuries with Bill Davis
Tuesday 7 September 2010, 10.15 am – 11.45 am, $30.00
Throughout history, drinking glasses have been used to record important events. This lectures includes a brief introduction to English lead table glass of the 18th century, some events of historical significance recorded on glass of this period and discussion on the glasses themselves.
Bill Davis is glass adviser to The Johnston Collection and a glass collector.
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Three Lectures With Valerie Krips
Dr Valerie Krips is Associate Professor Emerita Department of English University of Pittsburgh and Honorary Fellow School of Culture & Communication University of Melbourne.
Book individually @ $30.00 or all three lectures to receive a 10% discount
The World of the Nursery: Childhood in The Country House
Tuesday 21 September 2010, 10.15 am – 11.45 am, $30.00
What was childhood really like in the country house and how did it intersect with that of the children who lived nearby? Who did or did not go to school? Who were the wet-nurses, nursemaids and governesses and why did the parents of these children leave so much of their upbringing in the hands of servants?
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With Her Face to the Wall: The Housemaid
Tuesday 28 September 2010, 10.15am – 11.45am, $30.00
The housemaid was the person who made the house comfortable for its inhabitants. Yet of all the servants, she was the least thought of. If she was seen in the day by any of those for whom she worked, she had to turn her face to the wall. Who was she and what was it, exactly, that she did?
History in the House?
Thursday 7 October 2010, 10.15am – 11.45am, $30.00
Would it make a difference if all, or any, of the objects in The Johnston Collection were fakes or forgeries? This talk discusses the question of ‘authenticity’ and what makes it so important. What is the difference between a souvenir and an ‘important piece’? What is a ‘new’ antique? Is there, should there be, only ‘history’ in the house?
Georgiana McCrae: Her Life in Miniatures with Caroline Clemente
Thursday 30 September 2010, 10.15am – 11.45am, $30.00
Georgiana McCrae was a fully trained miniature portraitist, banned by her husband’s family from practising professionally. Many of her surviving works will be illustrated in this talk. They reflect her remarkable story which opens in her father’s ducal family, her move to London with her husband and concludes with her pioneering life in early Melbourne.
Catherine Clemente is author of Australian Watercolours in the National Gallery of
Victoria 1802-1926, and the ‘Catalogue of Plates’ for Brenda Niall’s biography of Georgiana McCrae.
Portraits in Pottery: Portrait medallions and intaglio seals by Wedgwood and other potters with Ken Barnes
Tuesday 5 October 2010, 10.15am – 11.45am, $30.00
This lecture traces the development and interest in small ceramic portraits and likenesses as personal keepsakes or reminders of historical figures before the invention of photography, with emphasis on the contribution made by Josiah Wedgwood in the 18th century, along with other British and Continental potters.
Ken Barnes is a collector and lecturer with an extensive knowledge of black basalt and other forms of stoneware produced in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Timeless Tin Glaze: English Delftware with Robyn Ives
Tuesday 12 October 2010, 10.15am – 11.45am, $30.00
Tin-glazes were known in Mesopotamia about 1000BCE. The technique was revived around the 9th century when potters in Iraq used tin to opacify lead glazes. Over time the technique spread to Europe and into England.
Explore how the English created their unique English Delftware, discover the techniques and influences on production.
Robyn Ives is a collector and lecturer on English ceramics, with particular interest in Post Medieval English pottery; tin-glazed earthenware is a class within this field.
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An Introduction to Clocks and Barometers and their Works with Fergus Forsyth
Wednesday 13 October 2010, 10.15am – 11.45am, $30.00
An historical overview of time-telling and its increasing importance to an expanding world, including information about barometers and their role in maritime exploration, concluding with some helpful advice about the care and setting up of your time piece or barometer.
Fergus Forsyth has a Diploma in conservation and Restoration of Antique clocks and has lived and worked in Australia for over 20 years. He recently returned to working with clocks and barometers.
Workshop: How to Handle and Clean Ceramics with Penny Byrne
Tuesday 19 October 2010, 10.15am – 12.45pm, $30.00
Presenting practical information about what to do and what not to do with ceramics. Practical, hands on demonstrations and discussion to help inform you about how to care for and maintain the beauty, function and value of your pieces.
Penny Byrne is a conservator of objects, especially ceramics. She is based in Melbourne and works as a conservator and is a practising artist.
The Silkweavers of Spitalfields with Robert Nash
Friday 22 October 2010, 10.15 – 11.45am, $30.00 Sold Out
This talk will concentrate on the silkweaving industry of the East End of London which flourished in the 18th and early 19th centuries, and in particular on the role of Huguenot refugees and their descendants in that industry.
Robert Nash is Secretary of the Huguenot Society of Australia and editor of the book The Hidden Thread: Huguenot Families in Australia.
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Past Lectures & Workshops
Oriental Carpet Study Day
Saturday 10 July 2010, 10 AM – 4PM
Includes morning and afternoon tea and light sandwich lunch. Cost $110 per person.
PROGRAMME:
The Pazaryk Carpet: Frozen in Time with Leigh Mackay, President of the Oriental Rug Society of NSW
The Trinitarius Carpet with Roger Leong, Curator, International Fashion and Textiles at the National Gallery of Victoria
Oriental Carpets in Europe with Susan Scollay, internationally recognised specialist in textiles and carpets.
Learning to See: Encounters with Carpets with Elizabeth Cross, art historian, artist and independent curator
Book now by telephoning 03 9416 2515 or email us via our contact us page.
Staging Past & Present: Piranesi’s Rome with Mary Kisler
Thursday 24 June 2010, 10.15 am – 11.45 am, $30.00
A Venetian who spent most of his working life in Rome, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720–1778) developed a passion for Roman architecture. Archaeological ruins and sculptural fragments were constantly being uncovered, and he delighted in ‘re-constructing’ these, not only imagining how they would have looked when first built, but also creating fantastical structures of colossal proportions. Connoisseurs and critics applauded his architectural prints, but it was his poetic flights of fancy that had a major impact on the European visual imagination.
Mary Kisler is Mackelvie Curator International Art at Auckland Art Gallery and is an art historian with a particular interest in Renaissance and Baroque art.
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Ceramics Conservation & Restoration: An illustrated talk with Penny Byrne
Thursday 17 June 2010, 10.15 am – 11.45 am, $30.00
Ceramics Conservation and Restoration is a highly skilled profession and in this illustrated lecture Penny will explain the processes and intricacies involved, and highlight some of the pitfalls to be avoided, including amusing anecdotes gleaned from over 15 years of practice as a freelance conservator/restorer.
Penny Byrne is a conservator of objects, especially ceramics. A graduate of the British Antique Dealers Association program at West Dean College in the UK, Penny is based in Melbourne and works as a conservator and is a practising artist.
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The Embroiderers Guild, Victoria Lecture Series
In conjunction with The Embroiderers Guild, Victoria 50th Anniversary celebrations.
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Embroidering with Mr Morris with Robert Reason
Wednesday 16 June 2010, 10.15 am – 11.45 am, $30.00- SOLD OUT
Wednesday 16 June 2010, 2.00 pm - 3.30 pm, $30.00 - SOLD OUT
William Morris’ interest in embroidery was evident from the establishment of Morris & Co. in 1861 when he set about designing flowers that Jane Morris could embroider on curtains for Red House. Embroidery remained an integral part of the firm and due to the embroidering talents of the Barr Smith family in Adelaide, we can still savour the exceptional skill, beauty and design ethos of Morris from the collection of the Art Gallery of South Australia.
Robert Reason is the author of Morris & Co. Designs & Patterns (2003); Gladys Reynell (2006), and co-author of Empires & Splendour: The David Roche Collection (2008).
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Birds, Beasts & Flowers... Discovering Asian symbols found in The Johnston Collection with Ruth Clemens
Thursday 10 June 2010, 10.15 am – 11.45 am, $30.00
Numerous Asian symbols are found in The Johnston Collection, from a variety of sources or categories such as mythology, nature, Daoism, Buddhism, puns derived from the homophonic Chinese language, and so on. Through various materials employed such as porcelain, lacquer and textiles, this talk will reveal different aspects of signs and symbols to be discovered.
Ruth Clemens is currently a Voluntary Guide at the National Gallery of Victoria with a special interest in Asian culture. She is a collector of and specialist in Chinese textiles.
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Daughters of Victoria: Revolution, Refinement & Respectability with Vivien Caughley
Wednesday 2 June 2010, 10.15 am – 11.45 am, $30.00
During the Victorian era the craft of embroidery witnessed radical change in its materials and techniques, its makers, and especially its end-purposes. Much Victorian embroidery was created for domestic use to reflect the sanctity of the Home.
Vivien Caughley is a volunteer in Applied Arts at Auckland War Memorial Museum. Her work has been published in local, international and academic publications since 2005.
Embroidered Flowers in the Military with Evangelia Erturk
Wednesday 19 May 2010, 10.15 am – 11.45 am, $30.00
This presentation will review Evangelia Erturk’s 40 years of experience and focus around the use of floral emblems in Australian military embroidery and the techniques used to create them.
Evangelia Erturk OAM is an internationally recognised master ceremonial embroiderer specialising in military embroidery, rank insignia, flags and banners.
Hidden Beauties: Australian Needlework Samplers with Peg Fraser
Tuesday 11 May 2010, 10.15 am – 11.45 am, $30.00
During the Georgian and Regency periods, English girls produced needlework samplers of exquisite beauty and workmanship. Small wonder, then, that many people are disappointed in the simple, coarse samplers of their Australian cousins.
Peg Fraser professional historian completed her thesis on Australian samplers and invites you to explore the social history behind the humble Australian sampler and discover that the simplest objects can unlock the greatest stories.
The Midas Touch with Lesley Uren
Wednesday 5 May 2010, 10.15 am – 11.45 am, $30.00
Gold embroidery has been executed almost universally and is as old as the goldsmith or weaver. The history of this magnificent and rich tradition of embroidered embellishment will be discussed including the intricate making of the thread.
Lesley Uren is a recognised specialist in metal thread embroidery. She is a founder, and still active member of the EGV. She is currently completing embroidery for several major exhibitions to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of The Embroiderers Guild, Victoria in 2010.
Treasured Tools for the Embroiderer with Wendy Ritchie
Wednesday 24 March 2010, 10.15 am – 11.45 am, $30.00
Wendy Ritchie’s illustrated lecture will be based on her extensive collection of antique embroidery tools which has lead to an abiding interest in their history and the history of work that resulted from their use.
Wendy Ritchie has lectured widely on this topic and is the Curator of The Embroiderers Guild, Victoria Tools Collection.
Bess of Hardwick (1527-1608): Matriarch, Builder, Embroiderer with Dorothy Morgan
Morning Session: Wednesday 10 March 2010, 10.15 am – 11.45 am, $30.00 SOLD OUT
Afternoon Session: Wednesday 10 March 2010, 2.00 pm – 3.30 pm, $30.00 PLACES AVAILABLE
In a time of political beheadings and imprisonments, Bess, or Elizabeth of Shrewsbury as she became, survived four husbands, bore eight children, built stately homes and a significant business empire and still found time to embroider. Discover more about this second most powerful woman of the Elizabethan period.
Dorothy Morgan, Guest Curator of Flowering Needles: Embroidery from Elizabeth to Victoria, is an honours history graduate of Melbourne University and a keen embroiderer.
What The Dickens: An introduction to Charles Dickens with Elisabeth Neales & readers, John & Margaret Leonard
Friday 28 May 2010, 2.00 pm – 3.30 pm, $30.00
This presentation includes biographical material and examination of five principal aspects of the novels copiously illustrated with dramatised readings from the texts.
Elisabeth Neales is a graduate of Oxford University and has taught English and History in secondary schools in England and Australia. She is currently Secretary of the Dickens Fellowship Melbourne Branch.
John and Margaret Leonard have diverse experience with the performing arts and now delight in sharing their enthusiasm for literary classics through dramatised readings.
EMPIRES & SPLENDOUR: aspects of the David Roche Collection with Martyn Cook
SOLD OUT
Wednesday 22 April 2009, 2.00 pm – 3.30 pm, $30.00
A lifetime spent collecting, David J K Roche has assembled a superb collection of 18th and 19th century English, French, Russian and German decorative arts. The lecture Empires & Splendour is taken from the superb catalogue produced by the Art Gallery of South Australia for their exhibition celebrating the David Roche Collection held in Adelaide during 2008. Highlights include magnificent Empire, Regency and Russian furniture, porcelain clocks and objects by renowned designers, cabinetmakers and manufacturers such as Chippendale, Thomas Hope, George Smith, Fabergé, Meissen, Worcester, Chelsea, Gardner and more. A remarkable selection of treasures in this outstanding private collection will be revealed through this lavishly illustrated talk.
Martyn Cook, a fixture at the top end of the Australian antiques trade, has known Adelaide collector David Roche for some 25 years travelling the world for the D J K Roche Foundation as commission agent. Since 1982 Martyn Cook Antiques Sydney has specialised in the finest English and French furniture from the 18th and 19th centuries and the decorative arts.
A SERIES OF THREE LECTURES WITH SYLVIA SAGONA
1. CRINOLINE CRISIS: the effect of women’s fashion on furniture and interior design in 19th century Paris
SOLD OUT
Tuesday 28 April 2009, 10.15 am – 11.45 am, $30.00
In the mid 19th century the Empress Eugénie took advantage of newly developed steel under skirts to expand the crinoline to extraordinary proportions. This move, designed originally to boost the French luxury goods trade, had repercussions not only on women’s health and her status as a decorative ornament, but on the design of furniture, the decor of rooms and the interior layout of the new mansions. The Musée Galliéra in Paris houses a fascinating collection documenting the unexpected effects of the rise of the first great fashion industry.
2. DYNASTY: the story of the ill-fated Camondo family and their collections
SOLD OUT
Tuesday 5 May 2009, 10.15 am – 11.45 am, $30.00
The immense wealth of the Camondo Bank, founded in Istanbul, transferred to Italy and then to Paris at the time of Napoleon III, allowed the brothers, Count Moise and Count Isaac de Camondo to devote their lives to collecting 18th century decorative arts. At their death, both collections were donated to the City of Paris and form the basis of the collection of the Museum of Decorative Arts. At the centre of the frantic pace of the artistic circles in Paris, they persuaded other Jewish families of the Second Empire, such as the Fould, Cernuschi and Péreire to follow their philanthropic mission. The Hotel de Camondo collection is particularly rich in silverware and china and stands as a poignant reminder of the dream of international culture.
3. THE LAST CONNOISSEUR: the Calouste Gulbenkian Collection in Lisbon
SOLD OUT
Tuesday 12 May 2009, 10.15 am – 11.45 am, $30.00
Born in Istanbul in 1869, this fascinating London educated, French speaking Armenian diplomat played a major role in the founding of the Royal Dutch/Shell, Iraq and Turkish Petroleum Companies at the time of the dismantling of the Ottoman Empire. Moving seamlessly from one culture to another, he used his immense wealth to amass what is considered to be one of the greatest private collections in the world, now housed in Lisbon, Portugal, where he died. This all encompassing eclectic collection which we will investigate is particularly strong in Art Nouveau jewellery and glass, 19th century painting and Classical antiquities.
(Book individually or all three lectures for $85.00)
Sylvia Sagona is Fellow of the School of Languages at the University of Melbourne (Department of French, Italian and French Studies) and specialises in 19th century French art and society.
CONVERSATIONS WITH PORCELAIN COLLECTORS with Robyn Ives
Thursday 21 May 2009, 10.30 am – 12.00 pm, $30.00
How do porcelain collections begin? Why do collectors pursue objects for their collections? Learn the answers to these questions and more when Robyn Ives talks to collectors about their porcelain and discovers what drives their passion.
Robyn Ives is the Guest Curator for An Astonishing Revolution – Porcelain 1640-1840, Ceramics Advisor to The Johnston Collection and a former Vice-President of the Ceramics and Glass Circle of Australia. She is a collector and lecturer who finds the philosophy of collecting and its interpretation fascinating.
THE FOUR AGES OF FURNITURE: a walk in the Oak, Walnut, Mahogany and Satinwood forests with Ben Hodgetts
Wednesday 27 May 2009, 10.15 am – 11.45 am, $30.00
In 1904 designer and furniture collector Percy Macquoid grouped English furniture into four distinct categories. His four volume study A History of English Furniture created the ages of Oak, Walnut, Mahogany and Satinwood. These convenient periods have been used ever since. Why did these woods emerge as a handy classification system instead of the reigns of the monarchs? Why do we still refer to them when it is easier to identify designers and makers? Do these Ages still work today? Based on his knowledge of The Johnston Collection, Hodgett’s will help us discover why these terms still matter.
Conservator Benjamin Hodgetts trained at the London College of Furniture (now the Guildhall University). For over 25 years, he has undertaken numerous commissions to sympathetically restore furniture, both in the United Kingdom and in Australia, for government, museums, other public institutions and private clients.
TOURING THE ORIENT: William Johnston, Orientalism and the Arts of the Islamic World
A series of four lectures with Susan Scollay
A continuing theme in the travels and collection of William Johnston is his pursuit of what has been described as the ‘Orientalist’ aesthetic. In this series of four illustrated lectures, Susan Scollay will outline the origins of ‘Orientalism’, with its artistic and cultural references to the former European colonies in Islamic North Africa, the Levant and India. Using WilIiam Johnston’s travels in Tunisia, Egypt and northern India as a starting point, the four lectures will provide an overview of the arts of the Islamic world, with particular reference to:
1. IN PRAISE OF GOD: Islamic architecture and built form
Wednesday 10 June 2009, 10.15 am – 11.45 am, $30.00
Many features and concepts of religious and secular architecture overlap in the Islamic world, yet the mosque is so central to the Islamic faith that this session will focus on its origins and development, using examples such as the Great Mosque at Qairouan in Tunisia, and its counterparts in Cairo, Damascus, Ottoman Turkey and Mughal India. Palace life and architectural patronage will also be discussed.
2. ROSES IN PARADISE: the role of gardens and garden culture in landscape, literature and decoration
Wednesday 17 June, 2009 10.15 am – 11.45 am, $30.00
Large and elaborate gardens were planted around the palaces of all the Islamic countries - from Spain right across to India and Central Asia. At the same time small gardens, shrubs and potted flowers graced the courtyards of more modest residences - reflecting the universal love of gardens and passion for flowers amongst Muslims. Garden themes were ubiquitous in Islamic poetry and dominated the design repertoire of all the arts and crafts.
3. LIKE LIGHT FROM THE SUN: tiles and other ceramics Wednesday 24 June, 2009, 10.15 am – 11.45 am, $30.00
Highly decorative and sumptuously coloured tilework was the preferred means of embellishing Islamic architecture - both inside and out. Its production was closely linked to ceramic vessels and tableware, and made use of designs similar to those used by metal workers, book illustrators and weavers.
4. SPUN FROM THE HEART; WOVEN FROM THE SOUL : a hands-on introduction to oriental carpets
Wednesday 1 July, 2009, 10.15 am – 11.45 am, $30.00
Several of William Johnston’s own carpets will be used to demonstrate different weaving techniques used in the major carpet production areas. Other means of identifying and dating carpets will be discussed - including dyes, pattern and changing production methods.
Book individually or all four lectures for $115.00
Susan Scollay is an internationally recognised specialist in textiles and carpets, and Islamic art and culture. She is a contributing editor of HALI, the London-based journal of carpet, textile and Islamic art, and is currently completing a PhD at La Trobe University, Melbourne
CERAMICS FOR THE QUEEN – CREAMWARE & PATRONAGE with Robyn Ives
Wednesday 8 July 2009, 10.30 am – 12.00 pm, $30.00
Join Robyn Ives to explore the invention and development of creamware in the 18th century. Learn how this ceramic body was fashioned into objects sought by royalty, the aristocracy and the middle class and discover the effect of patronage on its popularity.
Robyn Ives is the President of the Wedgwood Society in Australia. She is a collector and lecturer with an extensive knowledge of Wedgwood of all periods and styles. 18th century Wedgwood comes within her particular interest in Post Medieval English pottery.
CONVERSATIONS WITH JANE AUSTEN with Barbara Summerbell
Tuesday 14 July 2009, 2.00 pm – 3.30 pm, $30.00
Within Jane Austen’s Georgian world, hospitality was the framework which fuelled and oiled all social relationships. Social occasions demanded attention to consumer items, be they fashionable clothing, fine china or a Pembroke table. Join Barbara Summerbell in a conversation to explore the decorative arts within Jane Austen’s writings.
Barbara Summerbell, a Melbourne University graduate in literature and history, has researched the Regency world with particular reference to the nuances related to consumerism in Jane Austen’s writings.
A SERIES OF FOUR LECTURES WITH PROFESSOR JOHN WILTSHIRE
1. WHY DO WE READ JANE AUSTEN?
Tuesday 4 August, 10.30 am – 12.00 pm, $30.00
Jane Austen’s novels make them, perhaps more than any other classics, resistant to translation into films. This talk discusses the absence of the visual in her work, the continuous presence of an ironically-disposed narrator and her pervasive anti-romantic treatments and values. The talk suggests that films bearing Jane Austen’s name turn this anti-romantic novelist back into a romantic novelist and that this is the source of their ongoing appeal.
Virginia Woolf once wrote that Jane Austen ‘should have laid a wreath on the grave of Fanny Burney’ – meaning that the younger novelist could not have written without Burney’s example. The following talks show that there is much evidence of Austen’s affection for Burney’s books, but it goes on to suggest that they are radically different writers.
2. JANE AUSTEN AND FANNY BURNEY
Tuesday 11 August, 10.30 am – 12.00 pm, $30.00
This talk shows that there is much evidence of Austen’s affection for Fanny Burney’s books but suggests they were radically different writers. Burney combined the romantic novel with the comic novel and she is most at home in the city, whereas Austen is a novelist of country life. Most importantly, Austen was a great artist and Burney, for all the vivacity and incident of her novels, was not.
3. FANNY BURNEY AND HER WORLD (PART 1)
Tuesday 18 August, 10.30 am – 12.00 pm, $30.00
Frances or ‘Fanny’ Burney lived from 1752-1840. In 1778, she published her best selling novel Evelina. Shortly afterwards she was persuaded to take up a place at court where she led five years of frustration and torture. Escaping the court she fell in love with and boldly married the penniless Count d’Arblay. She wrote Camilla to finance the house they built together. Jane Austen was one of the subscribers to this novel.
4. FANNY BURNEY AND HER WORLD (PART 2)
Tuesday 25 August, 10.30 am – 12.00 pm, $30.00
Burney’s life radically changed following her exile to France in 1802. She endured a mastectomy of the right breast without anaesthetic in 1810, she witnessed the battle of Waterloo, and later in Bath, she nursed her dying husband, vividly recording all these events. Burney’s journals offer fascinating personal insights into the period covered by The Johnston Collection.
(Book individually or all four lectures for $115.00)
John Wiltshire was a Professor at La Trobe University until his retirement in 2007. He is the author of several books about Jane Austen, and has edited Mansfield Park for the authoritative Cambridge edition. His most recent book is The Cinematic Jane Austen (2009).
GETTING DRESSED WITH JANE AUSTEN with Lise Rodgers
Thursday 27 August, 2.00 pm – 3.30 pm, $30.00
Using the letters of Jane Austen, opinions of the day and some historical background, we delve into the world of Georgian fashion, by spending an hour or so getting dressed with Jane from the underwear to the outerwear and beyond.
Lise Rodgers is an accomplished Melbourne actress whose career has spanned stage, screen and radio. An interest in the world and characters of Jane Austen is the inspiration behind her series of “Jane” performances.
THE ART OF THE CABINET with Matthew Martin
Thursday 3 September, 10.15 am – 11.45 am, $30.00
Of all the productions of the European furniture tradition, the cabinet stands as the epitome of magnificent form and luxurious technique. It has for centuries formed a central element in European cultures of collecting and display. This talk explores the fascinating history of this marvellous furniture form and will be illustrated by examples drawn from The Johnston Collection as well as other Melbourne collections.
Dr Matthew Martin is Assistant Curator - Decorative Arts & Antiquities at the NGV and is the recipient of The Copland Foundation Attingham Scholarship for 2009. He is co-curator of the forthcoming Chinoiserie exhibition at the NGV.
THE TREE OF LIFE: Textile Journeys East and West with Carol Cains
Thursday 10 September, 10.15 am – 11.45 am, $30.00
Illustrating the enduring appeal of the Tree of Life motif, three textiles from India, England and Italy will be discussed in the context of its varied and continued use in Asia and Europe, particularly in relation to its role in interior design. Held in the NGV collection, these textiles have never been on display and will feature in Chinoiserie, an exhibition which opens at the NGV in October 2009.
Carol Cains is Curator of Asian Art, National Gallery of Victoria. Initially trained as a textile conservator, she has an interest in textiles and costume. Cains has worked with Asian Art collections at the National Gallery of Australia and the NGV. She is co-curator of the forthcoming Chinoiserie exhibition at the NGV.
LIVING WITH ANTIQUE FURNITURE WORKSHOP with Michael Garwood
Thursday 17 September, 10.15 am – 11.45 am, $30.00
This workshop will present practical information about what to do and what not to do with antique furniture and wooden objects. It will show you how to clean and wax furniture and how to care for and maintain the beauty, function and value of your antique furniture.
Michael Garwood and Ulrike Garwood are restorers and conservators of objects, especially wooden. Both are graduates of the British Antique Dealers Association program at West Dean College in the UK and subsequent internships in the Furniture Conservation Section of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. They work in Melbourne as conservators and restorers in private practice.
A SERIES OF THREE LECTURES WITH DR VALERIE KRIPS
1. DASHING AWAY WITH THE SMOOTHING IRON: A social history of the art of the laundry
Tuesday 15 September, 2.00 pm – 3.30 pm, $30.00
This talk takes us behind the scenes in the Victorian laundry, with a backward glance to the earlier smoothing stones of the Chinese and the Vikings. What role did ironing play in the management of great houses? What was and is the social importance of fine linen and draperies? And what has any of this to do with Beatrix Potter’s Mrs Tiggy-Winkle?
2. THE SECRET LIFE OF OBJECTS: Merryweather’s Prognosticator and the Hand of Glory
Tuesday 22 September, 2.00 pm – 3.30 pm, $30.00
How does an object move from the kitchen to the display case in a museum? What makes one thing a valuable antique and another a piece of rubbish? This talk looks at the ways in which objects move from one position to another by looking at two remarkable pieces in a museum at Whitby, the birthplace of Captain Cook.
3. REPRESENTING THE PAST: Costumed guides in historic houses
Tuesday 29 September, 2.00 pm – 3.30 pm, $30.00
In many historic houses today costumed guides invite the visitor to enter a past period. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this approach? Does it enable the visitor to better understand the past, or does it create a fictional account of it?
(Book individually or all three lectures for $85.00)
Dr Valerie Krips is Associate Professor Emerita of the English Department of the University of Pittsburgh, and Fellow in the School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne. She has been a consultant to the Jorvik Viking Centre in York, Castle Howard in Yorkshire, and Shugborough in Staffordshire. The author of The Presence of the Past: Memory, History and Childhood in Postwar Britain, she is completing a book on cultural memory.
AN AFTERNOON WITH JANE AUSTEN with Lise Rodgers
Thursday 1 October, 2.00 pm – 3.30 pm, $30.00
Using the words of Jane Austen, and some opinions of the day, we gain an insight into daily life in Georgian England – but more particularly, how Jane herself might have spent her days.
Lise Rodgers is an accomplished Melbourne actress whose career has spanned stage, screen and radio. An interest in the world and characters of Jane Austen, is the inspiration behind her series of “Jane” performances.
PORTRAIT OF A COLLECTOR: John Twycross and The Melbourne Exhibition Collection with Charlotte Smith
Wednesday 7 October, 10.15 am – 11.45 am, $30.00
The John Twycross 1880 Melbourne International Exhibition Collection comprises approximately 150 objects bought by wealthy wool merchant John Twycross at the 1880 Melbourne International Exhibition. Recently donated to Museum Victoria, the collection includes decorative, functional, and novelty objects and works of art. The collection provides a remarkable snapshot of late 19th century taste and style, which Dr Smith will explore in relation to the Melbourne International Exhibition.
Dr Charlotte Smith is Senior Curator, Public Life & Institutions at Museum Victoria. An historian with over 15 years experience working in museums and universities in England and Australia, Charlotte is particularly interested in museology and built heritage.
THE EDWARD LORD MONTAGU PORTRAIT AND ELIZABETHAN COSTUME with Roger Leong
Wednesday 14 October, 2.00 pm – 3.30 pm, $30.00
One of the challenges of studying dress from the Elizabethan period is the scarcity of extant garments. Of the magnificent clothes worn at the court of Elizabeth, nothing remains. There are however many securely dated paintings from which the developments of dress and its details can be established.
This talk will discuss the clothes worn by Edward Lord Montagu in his 1601 portrait and look at the broader context of men’s fashion in Elizabethan England.
Roger Leong is Curator – International Fashion & Textiles at NGV Melbourne and has recently curated Persuasion: Fashion in the Age of Jane Austen. He has been responsible for numerous exhibitions on historic and contemporary fashion including The Ballets Russes of Serge Diaghilev.
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AFTERNOON TEA WITH JANE AUSTEN with Barbara Summerbell
Monday 19 October, 2.00 pm – 3.30 pm, $30.00
SOLD OUT
Within Jane Austen’s Georgian world, hospitality was the framework which fuelled and oiled all social relationships. Social occasions demanded attention to consumer items, be they fashionable clothing, fine china or a Pembroke table. Join Barbara Summerbell in a conversation to explore the decorative arts within Jane Austen’s writings.
Barbara Summerbell, a Melbourne University graduate in literature and history, has researched the Regency world with particular reference to the nuances related to consumerism in Jane Austen’s writings.
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AN ASTONISHING REVOLUTION - PORCELAIN 1640-1840
ends 24 July 2009
An Astonishing Revolution – Porcelain 1640-1840 is an exhibition of porcelain from private collectors, illustrating seven great moments in porcelain history. As well as the visual delights of the exhibition, superb images will take you on a journey of 200 years of ceramics production to discover the people behind the objects and the circumstances that influenced their manufacture.
Robyn Ives is Guest Curator for An Astonishing Revolution – Porcelain 1640-1840, and Ceramics Advisor to The Johnston Collection. She is a collector and lecturer who explores the social, political, economic and technical influences on the manufacture of porcelain, as well as its aesthetic.
A minimum group booking of 8 is required for the Gallery Experience (maximum 16).
The cost is $144 per group of 8.
For individuals wanting to book into our Gallery Experience the following dates are currently available:
Monday 4 May 2009, 10.15 – 11.45 am and Thursday 16 July 2009 10.15 am – 11.45 am.
The cost is $22.00 Adult/$18.50 Concession.
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THE HUGUENOTS OF THE WEST END AND SOHO with Robert Nash
Friday 23 October 2009, 10.15 am – 11.45 am, $30.00
SOLD OUT
In the early 18th century, Soho and the surrounding areas of London were home to a rich cultural mix of various foreign craftsmen who produced an enormous variety of luxury goods for the English aristocracy and the emerging mercantile classes. Prominent among these were a large number of Huguenot refugees: French Protestants who had fled persecution in their native land. This talk will look at this refugee community and assess its considerable contribution to the artistic and cultural life of the British capital.
Robert Nash is Secretary of the Huguenot Society of Australia. A descendant of Huguenot silk weavers, Nash was educated at Oxford and Cambridge. He has published numerous historical articles on Australian Huguenot genealogy and descendants
FROM CHAWTON TO PEMBERLEY: A journey through the decorative arts with Jane Austen
5 August – 21 October 2009
Discover Georgian and Regency society through the writings of Jane Austen (1775-1817) and the fine and decorative arts objects used during her lifetime.
A minimum group booking of 4 is required for the Gallery Experience.
For individuals wanting to book into our Gallery Experience the following dates are currently available:
Thursday 13 August, Monday 7 September and Wednesday 14 October 2009. Cost: Adult $22.00 Concession $18.50 (inc. Seniors).
A Series of Five Lectures with Sylvia Sagona
Sylvia Sagona is a Fellow of the School of Languages at the University of Melbourne specialising in 19th Century French art and society.
Book individually at $30.00 or all five lectures to receive a 10% discount.
1. Love, Pain & the Whole Damn Thing: Deciphering the Art of the Romantic Period (1800-1850)
Tuesday 9 March 2010, 10.15 am – 11.45 am, $30.00
The Romantic movement spread across Europe in response to the philosophy of Rousseau and emphasised man’s sensitivity, idealism and his connection with nature. This lecture will investigate how artists translated onto canvas the angst and drama of the themes of love, death and melancholy and how this vision still informs the way we perceive ‘True Love’ in the 21st century.
2. Dying to Please: The Romantic Heroine of the mid 19th century
Tuesday 16 March 2010, 10.15 am – 11.45 am, $30,00
The Romantic movement of the early 19th century idealised women provided they made themselves eternally unobtainable by retreat into a convent, madness or death. More beautiful and desirable in death than they ever were in life, these ethereal heroines haunted the art and literature of the early 19th century in both England and France. This lecture will investigate their creation and their legacy.
INTRODUCING TJC AFTER HOURS SERIES
3. By Popular Demand Power Dressing: Marie Antoinette & the fashion that brought down the Ancien Regime
Saturday 13 March 2010, 10.15 am – 11.45 am , $30.00
This lecture will investigate the layers of social, cultural and political significance that lay beneath the seemingly frivolous changes in fashion instigated by Marie Antoinette from the time she arrived in Paris as a teenager to her death on the scaffold. By presenting herself as an individual with outrageous coiffures, male outfits and peasant dresses, she flouted French royal traditions and was considered a traitor to her class and country. Style does matter.
4. By Popular Demand Dynasty: The story of the ill-fated Camondo family and their collections
Thursday 18 March 2010, 7.15 pm – 8.45 pm, $30.00
The immense wealth of the Camondo bank, founded in Istanbul, transferred to Italy and then to Paris at the time of Napoleon III, allowed the brothers, Count Moise and Count Isaac de Camondo to devote their lives to collecting 18th century decorative arts. At their death, both collections were donated to the City of Paris and form the basis of the collection of the Museum of Decorative Arts. At the centre of the frantic pace of the artistic circles in Paris, they persuaded other Jewish families of the Second Empire, such as the Fould, Cernuschi and Péreire, to follow their philanthropic mission.
Period Rooms in Australian Museums: History & context with Alison Inglis
Tuesday 30 March 2010, 10.15 am – 11.45 am, $30.00
The lecture will examine the phenomenon of the ‘period room’ in Australian museums and its hey-day in the early twentieth century. Parallel developments in museum display in Europe and America will also be identified and the context for this exhibition practice – with its combination of fine art, decorative art and architectural design – explored through a series of case studies.
Alison Inglis is an internationally recognised specialist in British 19th century art. With a research interest in Australian art museums and the history of collecting and display in this country. She is currently researching a book on the circulation of works of art around the British Empire between 1850 –1950.
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Visions of Cathay: The West’s unending fascination with the East with Tony Preston
Tuesday 13 April 2010, 10.15 am – 11.45 am, $30.00
At its giddy height in the mid 18th century, the phenomenon of chinoiserie – the innumerable European notions of Eastern exoticism, based on ‘visions of Cathay’ was garnered from imported objets de vertu and often wildly unreliable travellers’ tales. This lecture will trace the fascinating waxing and waning of this fashion from the 15th century onwards.
Tony Preston has extensive experience in the art world, nationally and internationally and was Chief Education Officer and Public Programs Coordinator at the National Gallery of Victoria.
Wrapped in Silk & Gold: A History of Stumpwork with Alison Cole
Wednesday 7 April 2010, 10.15 am – 11.45 am, $30.00
An illustrated presentation on the history of Stumpwork, the stories behind the embroideries, the women that embroidered them and the common elements within the designs.
Alison Cole is an internationally recognised specialist in Stumpwork and Goldwork embroidery. She is the author of two books with a third in progress.
Jane Austen’s Sewing Box: Jane Austen’s women & their crafts with Jennifer Forest
Morning Session: Wednesday 21 April 2010, 10.15 am – 11.45 am, $30.00 SOLD OUT
Afternoon Session: Wednesday 21 April 2010, 2.00 pm – 3.30 pm, $30.00 PLACES AVAILABLE
An illustrated journey through the beautiful handiwork of the Regency Era. Drawing on the crafts worked by Jane Austen’s friends, family and characters in her novels, a range of skills from netting and knotting to tambour and white work will be explored.
Jennifer Forest is the author of the best-selling Jane Austen’s Sewing Box, a unique combination of history, literature and artistic interpretation. She works in various media including needlework, felting, knitting and screen-printing.
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By Popular Demand Crinoline Crisis: The effect of women’s fashion on furniture & interior design in 19th century Paris
Saturday 8 May 2010, 10.15 am – 11.45 am, $30.00
In the mid 19th century the Empress Eugénie took advantage of newly developed steel underskirts to expand the crinoline to extraordinary proportions. This move, designed originally to boost the French luxury goods trade, had repercussions not only on woman’s health and her status as a decorative ornament, but on the design of furniture, the décor of rooms and the interior layout of the new mansions.
Sylvia Sagona will also be presenting a further series of lectures in the second half of 2010.
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Timeless Tin-Glaze: English Delftware with Robyn Ives
Wednesday 12 May 2010, 10.15 am – 11.45 am, $30.00
Tin-glazes were known in Mesopotamia about 1000BCE. The technique was revived around the 9th century, when potters in Iraq used tin to opacify lead glazes. Over time the technique spread to Europe and into England. Explore how the English created their unique English Delftware; discover the techniques, decoration and influences on production.
Robyn Ives is a collector and lecturer on English ceramics, with a particular interest in Post Medieval English pottery; tin-glazed earthenware is a class, within this field.
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Flowering Needles: Embroidery from Elizabeth to Victoria
A superbly illustrated talk and exhibition: 9 March – 25 June 2010
Through embroideries from the 17th to 19th centuries, you can explore the history of this fascinating artform – the inspirations, the people, the techniques and its uses, many featuring lush flowers. Sourced through The Embroiderers Guild, Victoria in conjunction with the 50th Anniversary celebrations of The Embroiderers Guild, Victoria. This exhibition has been curated for The Johnston Collection by Dorothy Morgan.
To book the Gallery Experience on a date of your choice, a minimum group booking of 4 is preferred. For individuals wanting to book into our Gallery Experience the following dates are currently available:
Monday 22 March
Thursday 29 April
Wednesday 26 May
Friday 18 June 2010
Time: 10.15 am–11.45 am
Cost: Adult $22.00, Concession $18.50
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