Renowned British designer, bestselling author and 'The Great Pottery Throw Down' judge, Keith Brymer Jones, shares stories of life in front of and behind the potter’s wheel. Dancer. Front man in an almost-famous band. Judge on 'The Great Pottery Throw Down'. How did all that happen? Tales from his fascinating life and career, from designing [...]
Designer Susie Watson will be 'in conversation’ about how she discovered her creative passion almost by accident experimenting with handmade fashion, to establishing a thriving homeware company with 11 shops nationwide, including her flagship store on Broadway High Street. Susie Watson founded her celebrated creative brand with the belief that good design and craftsmanship transform [...]
2025 marks 70 years of Robert Welch Designs. This talk will trace the evolution of design at the business, capturing the essence of a legacy that continues to inspire. Robert Welch studied silversmithing at the Royal College of Art. Upon graduation in 1955, he left London for Gloucestershire countryside where he rented a small room [...]
An exclusive tour of Arts & Crafts masterpiece Madresfield Court & Gardens to discover how it became the inspiration for Evelyn Waugh & Brideshead Revisited. Madresfield Court near Malvern, is a moated stately house, and home to the Lygon family for almost 900 years. It played a significant part in the Arts & Crafts movement [...]
On this walking tour of two prestigious private gardens with Marion Mako, we shall hear about some of the stories behind those who created, inhabited and visited them, all looking their finest in June. The morning garden tour will visit: Tower Close in Snowshill (starting point) The Court in Broadway The tour will start at [...]
Join us for a private tour of Stanway House and the famous water gardens. An outstanding Jacobean Manor House, since 1533 Stanway House has been the home of The Tracys of Stanway and their descendants the Earl of Wemyss. Home of the Earls of Wemyss, it has many literary and artistic connections – J M [...]
The distinguished American portrait painter Michael Shane Neal will be in conversation with Arts Festival Ambassador and Great-Nephew of John Singer Sargent, Richard Ormond, former director of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich and art scholar. This will be a fascinating insight into the creative process of portrait painting, in honour of the 100th anniversary of [...]
As part of our 'Silver Day' at the festival, join Silver Historian John Andrew for a fascinating talk on silver design. The story of the Renaissance is unbelievable - a grumpy king, the controller of London Transport, civil servants galore, the Royal Navy’s Camouflage Directorate, an unemployed old Etonian, an architect, a fine painter, an [...]
An informal talk about surviving as a professional artist. Freelance for 36 years, Claire Henley has illustrated such diverse things as margarine tubs and children’s books before becoming a fine artist 15 years ago. Topics will include finding your tribe, being organised, showing and selling your work, galleries, social media, multiple income streams, licensing, talks [...]
In the late 19th century Broadway turned from a sleepy backwater into a hub of creativity thanks to an influx of mainly American artists, writers and actors. Learn all about this world-famously influential colony on an informative, illustrated walk around beautiful Broadway with local art historian, Karen Bloch, and how one of the world’s most [...]
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