Mary Ellen Edwards – A Victorian Woman Illustrator

Mary Ellen Edwards (later Mrs Freer, later Mrs Staples) by Unknown photographer, albumen carte-de-visite with black masking paint, 1860s, © National Portrait Gallery, London

Illustrator Mary Ellen Edwards was born to Mary (née Johnson, c.1809-1898) and Downes Edwards (c. 1805-1882) on the 6^th November 1838 on her father’s farm in Surbiton just outside London. The family had nine children of which two died in infancy. The Edwards moved frequently. Her father was an engineer and inventor and had by 1848 enough funds to built a family residence, Ravenscliffe in Douglas on the Isle of Man. Eventually they settled in London and lived there at various addresses in fashionable parts of town such as Pimlico, South Kensington and Chelsea.

7. German Talk, 06/02/2019, 5pm, School of Art

When: 6th February 2019

Time: 5pm – 6pm

Where: School of Art, Room 206

Topic(s): Karen’s Cabinet of Curiosities

For more information about the ‘German Talks’ and how to find us:

7. german talk flyer – karen’s cabinet of curiosities – 6. february 2019

Exploring the School of Art Collection 2018

As part of the first year art history module Exploring the School of Art Collections, students have the opportunity to write a small piece for this blog. This year the group decided on the theme of ‘The Stage’. Each student had the opportunity to choose from a selection of prints, drawings and photographs featuring theatres, concerts, ballets, circuses and more. They only had one week to undertake some research before presenting their drafts. They all worked very hard on these projects so please take the time to view their efforts.

Exploring the School of Art Collection 2017

Gathering Storm

Gathering Storm, Corinna Button, drypoint with monotype, 2006

Three women sit on a bench huddled close together. Backs to us, their arms wrap around each other snuggly, they look intimate and protected. Heads bent forward with faces close, these women are in the middle of a private moment, excluding the rest of the world. Rain falls from black clouds in the sky above, whilst overhead telephone wires stretch across poles from either side of the women, as if framing them. They are centre and focus of the print.

History of Printmaking – Lifelong Learning course for 2018/19 starts 24th October

Coursers, Harry Morley, 1931, engraving

Did you know Aberystwyth University holds an outstanding collection of prints? If you would like to learn about the different ways prints are made, and get hands-on experience of our print collection, then History of Printmaking is for you. The course surveys the development of printmaking from the 15th century to the present with reference to the work of many famous artists including Dürer, Rembrandt, Goya, Piranesi, Gillray, Whistler and Picasso. By the end of the course you will know your mezzotint from your aquatint, have a good historical understanding of the role of the print in society and be able to start collecting prints with confidence.

Tutor: Phil Garratt

Fee £110, course code CA109

Dydd Mercher / Wednesday, 1.30-4.00pm, Oct 24, Nov 7, 21, Dec 5 19, Jan 9, 23, Feb 6

 Contact Phil Garratt on pjg@aber.ac.uk if you are interested in enrolling or would like further details about the content of the course.

 ( 01970 621580   : learning@aber.ac.uk     www.aber.ac.uk/sell

Addysg Uwch yn y Gymuned / Higher Education in the Community

AberForward Summer Scheme at the School of Art 2018

This summer, undergraduate students Connie and Naim spent four weeks at the School of Art working with our museum’s collections. Here they describe their experiences and impressions in their own words:

‘Travelling Through: Landscapes/Landmarks/Legacies’, School of Art Gallery, 12/10/2018 – 8/2/2019

‘Platform Two’, Steve Whitehead, 1985, oil and alkyd on canvas

Drawn from the School of Art’s extensive collection, Travelling Through traverses five centuries of visual culture ranging from sublime and picturesque landscapes to nineteenth-century travel photographs, twentieth-century London Underground posters and contemporary responses to our environment in a variety of media.

The exhibition, curated by Dr Harry Heuser, explores relationships between tourism and landscape art, between the consumption of signposted sights and the production of personal insights, between the fleeting experience of our journeys and the carbon footprint we leave behind.

 

 

5. German Talk, 19th September 2018, School of Art

When: 19th September 2018

Time: 5pm – 6pm

Where: School of Art, room 206

Topic: ‘Powell & German Culture’

For more information about the German Talks and how to find us:

5. German Talk Powell and German Culture September 2018

Degree Show & Postgraduate Show Opening, Saturday 19th May 2018 – A Photo Gallery

 

 

Joe Dunlop (Photo: Courtesy Paul Croft)

Joseph Coyle (Apologies for the bad quality of the photo. The reflections were unavoidable.) (Photo: Courtesy Karen Westendorf)

Richard Boalch (Photo: Courtesy Paul Croft)

Heledd Grug Jones (Photo: Courtesy Karen Westendorf)

Rachel Rea (Photo: Courtesy Karen Westendorf)

Brigitte Bailey (Photo: Courtesy Paul Croft)

Anna Greenwood (Photo: Courtesy Karen Westendorf)

Frida Lyholm Limi (Photo: Courtesy Karen Westendorf)

Mai Thomas (Photo: Courtesy Karen Westendorf)

Annabelle Aston (Photo: Courtesy Grace Warwick)

Luciana Marçal Barata (Photo: Courtesy Paul Croft)

Sophie Mockett (Photo: Courtesy Paul Croft)

(Photo: Courtesy John Harvey)

(Photo: Courtesy Joanna Bonarek-Gnat)

Sarah Spencer (Photo: Courtesy Karen Westendorf)

(Photo: Courtesy Joanna Bonarek-Gnat)

Mai Thomas (Photo: Courtesy Karen Westendorf)

(Photo: Courtesy John Harvey)

Grace Warwick (Photo: Courtesy Grace Warwick)

Gemma Woolley (Photo: Courtesy Karen Westendorf)

(Photo: Courtesy Joanna Bonarek-Gnat)

(Photo: Courtesy Joanna Bonarek-Gnat)

Sydney Fletchter (Photo: Courtesy Joanna Bonarek-Gnat)

(Photo: Courtesy John Harvey)

Polina Kyprianou (Photo: Courtesy Karen Westendorf)

Ashley Caldwell (Photo: Courtesy Paul Croft)

(Photo: Courtesy John Harvey)

Raine Eaday (Photo: Courtesy Karen Westendorf)

Joanna Bonarek-Gnat (Photo: Courtesy Joanna Bonarek-Gnat)

Sophie Long (Photo: Courtesy Karen Westendorf)

Sophie Long (Photo: Courtesy Karen Westendorf)

Abi Graves (Photo: Courtesy Karen Westendorf)

Kara Knowler-Davies (Photo: Courtesy Karen Westendorf)

Genevieve Wilson (Photo: Courtesy Karen Westendorf)

Sophie Lewis (Photo: Courtesy Karen Westendorf)

Abi Graves (Photo: Courtesy Grace Warwick)

Emily Griffin (Photo: Courtesy Karen Westendorf)

Junko Burton (Photo: Courtesy Paul Croft)

Luciana Marçal Barata (Photo: Courtesy Paul Croft)

(Photo: Courtesy Joanna Bonarek-Gnat)

Claire Murray (Photo: Courtesy Karen Westendorf

(Photo: Courtesy John Harvey)

Angharad Taris (Photo: Courtesy Paul Croft)

Alecia Jackson (Photo: Courtesy Joanna Bonarek-Gnat)

Brian Swaddling (Photo: Courtesy Karen Westendorf)

(Photo: Courtesy John Harvey)

Ellie Hall (Photo: Courtesy Karen Westendorf)

Clodagh Metcalfe (Photo: Courtesy Paul Croft)

Claire Murray (Photo: Courtesy Karen Westendorf)

Simon Robert Tune (Photo: Courtesy John Harvey)

Sophie Lewis (Photo: Courtesy Karen Westendorf)

Megan Elsey (Photo: Courtesy Karen Westendorf)

Richard Boalch (Photo: Courtesy Karen Westendorf)

Biran Swaddling (Photo: Courtesy Karen Westendorf)

(Photo: Courtesy John Harvey)

Clodagh Metcalfe (Photo: Courtesy Paul Croft)

Dean Mather (Photo: Courtesy Karen Westendorf)

Megan Elsey (Photo: Courtesy Grace Warwick)

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‘Chaos, Flow, Meander’ – exhibition at the Ceramic Gallery, 5 May – 15 July 2018

Richard Slee, 1989 (image: Keith Morris)

Work from the Ceramic Collection inspired by natural forms. The exhibition includes artists such as Alan & Ruth Barrett Danes, Richard Slee, Geoffey Swindell, Mary White, Mollie Winterburn and others.