Blackwell The Arts & Crafts House
Blackwell, The Arts & Crafts House
Bowness-on-Windermere
Cumbria
LA23 3JT
England
Website
Telephone
015394 46139
Fax
015394 88486
Blackwell is one of England's most important surviving houses from the turn of the 20th century. Designed by M. H. Baillie Scott between 1898 and 1900, it is a superb example of Arts and Crafts movement architecture.
It occupies a stunning position overlooking Windermere in the English Lake District and is open to the public as a Historic House and a gallery for contemporary craft.
Venue Type:
Gallery, Historic house or home, Architecture centre, Garden, parklands or rural site
Bodil Manz
Bodil Manz’s work utilises the gentle fragility of egg shell porcelain and dominance of utilitarian white and block colour to create breath-taking ceramic vessels. Her near paper thin cast porcelain cylinders are so translucent that you can often discern the light and shadow passing through both walls of a pot blending interior with exterior.
Manz has had solo exhibitions in Copenhagen, Brussels, Amsterdam, London and New York and in 2008 was honoured with a major retrospective exhibition at the Kunstindustrimuseet in Copenhagen. In 2007 she was awarded the Grand Prize at the 4th World Ceramic Biennale, Korea.
Work will be in the exhibition rooms as well as in the period spaces.
Suitable for
- Family friendly
Admission
Adult admission £7.20, Children FREE
Website
Lynn Chadwick
Our retrospective of the celebrated British sculptor, Lynn Chadwick, is spread across two Lakeland Arts Trust sites, with early and mid-career works being shown at Abbot Hall and a selection of his late, monumental sculptures installed on the lawns at Blackwell. These impressive and imposing figures will be viewed against the dramatic backdrop of the Lake District fells, their towering, majestic forms interacting with the surrounding landscape. Inside at Blackwell will be an exhibition of domestic-scaled sculpture by Chadwick, completing what promises to be a spectacular journey through the career of this brilliant and innovative artist.
Suitable for
- Family friendly
Admission
Adult admission £7.20, Children FREE
Website
Half-Term Workshops: Cardboard Creations
We like to think of our organisation as fairly ‘green’, but we do end up with a lot of cardboard boxes in the venues. We’ve invited some artists along for the week to work with families in bringing these dull and lifeless boxes to life.
Suitable for
- Any age
When
11am-4pm
Admission
Free with admission (Adult Garden £4.00 / House £7.20 Children free)
Booking essential 015394 46139
Website
http://www.blackwell.org.uk/event/half-term-workshops-cardboard-creations
Half-Term Workshops: Cardboard Creations
We like to think of our organisation as fairly ‘green’, but we do end up with a lot of cardboard boxes in the venues. We’ve invited some artists along for the week to work with families in bringing these dull and lifeless boxes to life.
Suitable for
- Any age
When
11am-4pm
Admission
Free with admission (Adult Garden £4.00 / House £7.20 Children free)
Booking essential 015394 46139
Website
http://www.blackwell.org.uk/event/half-term-workshops-cardboard-creations
Half-Term Workshops: Cardboard Creations
We like to think of our organisation as fairly ‘green’, but we do end up with a lot of cardboard boxes in the venues. We’ve invited some artists along for the week to work with families in bringing these dull and lifeless boxes to life.
Suitable for
- Any age
When
11am-4pm
Admission
Free with admission (Adult Garden £4.00 / House £7.20 Children free)
Booking essential 015394 46139
Website
http://www.blackwell.org.uk/event/half-term-workshops-cardboard-creations
Half-Term Workshops: Cardboard Creations
We like to think of our organisation as fairly ‘green’, but we do end up with a lot of cardboard boxes in the venues. We’ve invited some artists along for the week to work with families in bringing these dull and lifeless boxes to life.
Suitable for
- Any age
When
11am-4pm
Admission
Free with admission (Adult Garden £4.00 / House £7.20 Children free)
Booking essential 015394 46139
Website
http://www.blackwell.org.uk/event/half-term-workshops-cardboard-creations
Half-Term Workshops: Cardboard Creations
We like to think of our organisation as fairly ‘green’, but we do end up with a lot of cardboard boxes in the venues. We’ve invited some artists along for the week to work with families in bringing these dull and lifeless boxes to life.
Suitable for
- Any age
When
11am-4pm
Admission
Free with admission (Adult Garden £4.00 / House £7.20 Children free)
Booking essential 015394 46139
Website
http://www.blackwell.org.uk/event/half-term-workshops-cardboard-creations
The Women of Arts and Crafts
This summer series of afternoon talks focuses on the women behind the Arts & Crafts movement and the design work of this period.
During this series the following woman will be the focus of each talk:
Sunday 2 Jean Marsh on May Morris
Sunday 9 Sarah Beattie on Frances Macdonald & The Glasgow Four
Sunday 16 Mary Greenstead on Georgina Gaskin
Sunday 23 Dr Elizabeth Cummings on Phoebe Traquair
Suitable for
- 18+
- 16-17
- Not suitable for children
When
3-4pm
Admission
Free with admission (Adult £7.20). Booking essential 015394 46139
Website
Potaholics
Come along to this creative workshop and paint your own Bodil Manz inspired design onto a mug, whether a present for Father’s Day, or just a new mug in the house. Be inspired by the beautiful patterns around Blackwell.
Suitable for
- Any age
When
3-4pm
Admission
Free with admission
(Adult £7.20 Children free)
Booking essential for time slots, 015394 46139
Website
Potaholics
Come along to this creative workshop and paint your own Bodil Manz inspired design onto a mug, whether a present for Father’s Day, or just a new mug in the house. Be inspired by the beautiful patterns around Blackwell.
Suitable for
- Any age
When
4-5pm
Admission
Free with admission
(Adult £7.20 Children free)
Booking essential for time slots, 015394 46139
Website
Potaholics
Come along to this creative workshop and paint your own Bodil Manz inspired design onto a mug, whether a present for Father’s Day, or just a new mug in the house. Be inspired by the beautiful patterns around Blackwell.
Suitable for
- Any age
When
1-2pm
Admission
Free with admission
(Adult £7.20 Children free)
Booking essential for time slots, 015394 46139
Website
Potaholics
Come along to this creative workshop and paint your own Bodil Manz inspired design onto a mug, whether a present for Father’s Day, or just a new mug in the house. Be inspired by the beautiful patterns around Blackwell.
Suitable for
- Any age
When
12-1pm
Admission
Free with admission
(Adult £7.20 Children free)
Booking essential for time slots, 015394 46139
Website
Potaholics
Come along to this creative workshop and paint your own Bodil Manz inspired design onto a mug, whether a present for Father’s Day, or just a new mug in the house. Be inspired by the beautiful patterns around Blackwell.
Suitable for
- Any age
When
2-3pm
Admission
Free with admission
(Adult £7.20 Children free)
Booking essential for time slots, 015394 46139
Website
The Women of Arts and Crafts
This summer series of afternoon talks focuses on the women behind the Arts & Crafts movement and the design work of this period.
During this series the following woman will be the focus of each talk:
Sunday 2 Jean Marsh on May Morris
Sunday 9 Sarah Beattie on Frances Macdonald & The Glasgow Four
Sunday 16 Mary Greenstead on Georgina Gaskin
Sunday 23 Dr Elizabeth Cummings on Phoebe Traquair
Suitable for
- 18+
- 16-17
- Not suitable for children
When
3-4pm
Admission
Free with admission (Adult £7.20). Booking essential 015394 46139
Website
The Women of Arts and Crafts
This summer series of afternoon talks focuses on the women behind the Arts & Crafts movement and the design work of this period.
During this series the following woman will be the focus of each talk:
Sunday 2 Jean Marsh on May Morris
Sunday 9 Sarah Beattie on Frances Macdonald & The Glasgow Four
Sunday 16 Mary Greenstead on Georgina Gaskin
Sunday 23 Dr Elizabeth Cummings on Phoebe Traquair
Suitable for
- 18+
- 16-17
- Not suitable for children
When
3-4pm
Admission
Free with admission (Adult £7.20). Booking essential 015394 46139
Website
The Women of Arts and Crafts
This summer series of afternoon talks focuses on the women behind the Arts & Crafts movement and the design work of this period.
During this series the following woman will be the focus of each talk:
Sunday 2 Jean Marsh on May Morris
Sunday 9 Sarah Beattie on Frances Macdonald & The Glasgow Four
Sunday 16 Mary Greenstead on Georgina Gaskin
Sunday 23 Dr Elizabeth Cummings on Phoebe Traquair
Suitable for
- 18+
- 16-17
- Not suitable for children
When
3-4pm
Admission
Free with admission (Adult £7.20). Booking essential 015394 46139
Website
Antique Antics with Eric Knowles
An evening of more than just: where, when and how much? Eric Knowles is one of those rare individuals who is able to share his extensive knowledge of the world of antiques in a manner that is easily understood. With over 20 years working on the BBC’s flagship programme The Antiques Roadshow under his belt, Eric has become the friendly face of what for many years proved to be a business shrouded with no small element of mystery.
In Antique Antics, the lad from Lancashire takes the wraps off a business in which he has been immersed for over 30 years. The first part of the evening is given over to what are quite often irreverent anecdotal reminiscences, ably supported by excellent images.
The second part of the evening is devoted to the audience’s ‘treasures’, 25 of which have been selected by Eric during the initial meeting and greeting session and welcome party. Eric is keen to assure all those bringing heirlooms that he for one will be drinking only Adam’s Ale until all are safely returned!
Suitable for
- 18+
- 16-17
When
From 5pm
Admission
All Tickets £20
Booking essential 015394 46139
Website
http://www.blackwell.org.uk/event/antique-antics-eric-knowles
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