At next week's London Craft Week event, we'll be taking a deep dive into the book 'Mingei / Art Without Heroes'. Chaired by Tomo Yoshizawa, with Roisin Inglesby & contributors Yuko Kikuchi, Aaron Angell & Dasom Sung. With The Japan Foundation 国際交流基金

15 May, 6-9
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Our next Family Day is Saturday 18 May! And we have a busy day of activities starting at 10am with a talk and demonstration on the art of Tsumugi weaving with Tomo Yoshizawa. Then from 1pm join Mika Sembongi for Sashiko craft workshops. FREE. Drop in.

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🎨Mini Morris: Little Birdie Stitch - Thurs 16 May, DROP IN at 10am/1pm. Get inspired by the birds in May Morris’s embroidery designs & practice your stitching skills to create a piece of embroidery to take home. Toddler-friendly crafting for 2-5s. FREE.

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For London Craft Week 2024, we're taking a deep dive into the themes of #ArtWithoutHereos with a panel of guests who have contributed to the book, 'Mingei / Art Without Heroes'. Wed 15 May. Tickets £7.50 or £5. 6-9pm. With Japan Foundation UK.

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London: Art Without Heroes: Mingei at WilliamMorrisGallery is the UK's largest exhibition on the Japanese folk-craft movement, showcasing over 80 works from the 1920s and 1930s. Showing until 22 Sept.

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Congratulations W F Twinning Assoc. on your 25th anniversary!🎉 Lovely evening celebrating WilliamMorrisGallery with Mayor of Waltham Forest Council, 🇩🇲 High Commissioner Janet Charles and 🇦🇬 High Commissioner Karen-Mae Hill. Always proud of my mum, Jane Ulysses Grell, who leads writing workshops for the WFTA ❤️

Family event in collaboration with WilliamMorrisGallery!

Join YOSHIZAWA Tomo for a hands-on deep dive into tsumugi weaving as she showcases sketchbooks, weaving designs, and samples.

18 May (Sat) 10am-12pm
William Morris Gallery, London
Free (drop-in)

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✨For #DementiaActionWeek we're inviting people affected by dementia to a curator-led tour of the Art Without Heroes: Mingei exhibition. In partnership with the Waltham Forest Council Intensive Dementia Outreach Service. FREE. Booking essential. 13 May.

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'Beyond its Japanese origins, Mingei is now resonating worldwide for its embrace of the handmade and unbranded.' Crafts reviews the Mingei/Art Without Heroes book. Learn more about its themes at our London Craft Week event on Wed 15 May!

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☀️If you’ve been struggling to make it to William Morris Gallery before 5pm, we have some good news. From 2 May (until Sept), Thursday opening is now 10am to 8pm. This means more time to explore the 'Art Without Heroes: Mingei' exhibition & relax with a drink at Deeney’s Café 🍷

Don't miss this FREE curator-led tour of Art Without Heroes: Mingei, this Thursday at 2pm. No need to book, just drop in #ArtWithoutHeroes

The Spring/Summer issue of Crafts magazine Crafts Council UK celebrates creativity as the very essence of life, including a review of the #ArtWithoutHeroes book edited by William Morris Gallery's Roisin Inglesby. By Liliana Morais.

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‘This fabulous show is dedicated to #Mingei , the influential folk-craft movement developed in Japan in the 1920s/30s, in which traditional craft objects and unnamed artisans are valued for their cultural worth and aesthetic purity.’

Review WilliamMorrisGallery

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Join artist Mika Sembongi for a 'Sashiko & Sip' event at the Gallery on 25 April. A relaxed evening of sashiko stitching & sipping sake inspired by Art Without Heroes: Mingei. 6pm, 7pm or 8pm sessions. £10. £5 concessions. 18+ event. #ArtWithoutHeroes

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💡 Curious about the Art Without Heroes: Mingei exhibition? Join us for a special curator-led tour on Thursday 25 April. FREE, drop-in. No need to book. 2pm to 2.45pm. Places offered on a first come, first served basis.

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Eid Mubarak to all who are celebrating today.

📷 Our community Iftar event, when members of the community visited the Gallery to break their fast and pray during Ramadan last month. The event was organised by PL84U AL-SUFFA in partnership with London Borough of Waltham Forest.

☕ Join us for an adventure in Japanese folklore at our next Family Day! Create your own tsukumogami shadow puppets, inspired by the everyday objects in our latest exhibition 'Art Without Heroes: Mingei.' 20 Apr, 1-4pm. FREE, drop-in. Ages 5+

Info: bit.ly/4ahbZ4k

🎉 The Waltham Forest Twinning Association (WFTA) invites the community to celebrate as they reach their milestone 25th Anniversary on Saturday 27 April 2024. From 6-9pm at William Morris Gallery. #WFTA25

For more information and to book tickets, visit: bit.ly/WFTA-25-TICKETS

📣 OPEN CALL! We're excited to announce an open call for our new Open Nights programme at the Gallery. Are you a local creative, community or voluntary organisation based in East London? Are you looking for a FREE event space? Info and enquiry form:

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📢 Our Community Advisory Panel application deadline is approaching! Interested in joining? This panel gives local people the opportunity to help shape the creative programme and wider activities at the Gallery. Apply by Sunday 7 April: bit.ly/3TzLiBQ