N.B. The two events described here are linked, but either event can also stand-alone if you wish to attend just one of them. 1. Curating relief printmaking, 23rd March, 2-4pm An unusual tour of Making an Impression: the Art of Relief Printmaking, in which co-curators Annemarie Bilclough and Katharine Martin reflect on the impossible task…
The Lost Story, by Bara’a Mohamed and anonymous
This gothic short story was written by two students from the Brighton Aldridge Community Academy (BACA). For more information on their project, click here. The illustrations they have used are unidentified wood engravings by Dalziel after Arthur Hughes, Dalziel Archive Vol. XXVII (1870), British Museum reg. no. 1913,0415.188 ‘No!’ the old frail beggar wailed desperately.…
The Lost Story, by Katie Gandey and Regan Leggett (BACA)
This wood engraving is one of six beautiful ‘lost’ illustrations in the Dalziel Archive. They feature two children as the protagonists, and include an uncanny monk, a pack of wolves, and haunting images of darkness and exploration. We have not yet discovered what book or magazine story they illustrate. The research team would love to…
On Draughtsp’onship and Women Artists, by Bethan Stevens
raughtsponship, or, ‘one small step for a pon; one giant leap for ponkind’ For International Women’s Day we’re proposing a new word: p’on. The word grew from a text conversation between Madeleine Hallward and Isabel Seligman and myself, and we hope it’s a useful addition to the language. For me, the need arose while writing…