EVENTS

PAST EVENTS

AT BRANTWOOD

2008, Launch and exhibition of Hunt Emerson and Kevin Jackson’s How to See.

11 March, 15 April, 13 May, and 17 June 2008, ‘Ruskin Readings’, excerpts of original Ruskin read by Artist Pat Crellin

10 June, 15 July, 12 August, and 09 September 2008, ‘Ruskin at Brantwood’, A talk by Freddie Harris.

AT THE RUSKIN MUSEUM

A series of guided walks

27 March 2008, Campbells in Coniston

29 May 2008, Coniston Kaleidoscope

28 August 2008, Campbells in Coniston

AT THE RUSKIN SOCIETY

10 April 2008, An illustrated talk by John Batchelor, ‘John Ruskin’s Friendship with Pauline Trevelyan’, The Athenæum, 107 Pall Mall, London SW1. John Batchelor is Emeritus Professor of English Literature and Senior Research Investigator, School of English, Newcastle University. This illustrated talk discussed the rich friendship between Ruskin and Pauline, Lady Trevelyan (1816-1866) of Wallington in Northumberland.

ORGANIZED BY THE RUSKIN FOUNDATION AT THE BIRMINGHAM MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY

19 July and 02 August 2008, Hunt Emerson Workshop: A demonstration by the fantastic artist and creator of the How to See comic

06 August, 13 August, and 16 August 2008, Family workshops led by artist Adela Jones: To do with making precious objects and a magnifying box to keep the objects in.

AT THE MUCH WENLOCK FESTIVAL 2008

11 June 2008, Wenlock Books presented Cynthia Gamble’s John Ruskin, Henry James, and the Shropshire Lads.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

AT GONVILLE & CAIUS COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE

31 October 2008, Performance of Ruskin's lecture on the political economy of art, "A Joy Forever", by actor and art historian Paul O'Keeffe.