✨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.

Info & book: bit.ly/3UAThio

'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!

Book tickets: bit.ly/43watIV

☀️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.

craftscouncil.org.uk/crafts/crafts-…

‘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.

bit.ly/4cEpRXT

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:

bit.ly/43JOEpx

📢 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

WMG x PILLARS

The fourth annual WilliamMorrisGallery and Pillars collaboration has arrived 🎉
📣 50% of the proceeds will be donated to the WMG in support of their conservation and education programmes 📣

🏵️ Vienna Lager
🏵️ 5.2%
🏵️ Vegan

Available online now ➡️
eu1.hubs.ly/H08mBSR0

Now available at the William Morris Gallery Shop! Mingei: Art Without Heroes exhibition posters in 5 designs, based on original woodblock prints created for the Gallery by Stinsensqueeze stinsensqueeze and Wuon-Gean Ho Wuon-Gean Ho

#ArtWithoutHeroes

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💭 Experiment, challenge, and redefine the art of verse. Are you ready to break free from the conventional boundaries of poetry & explore anti-poetry? Join WalthamScribe for an immersive workshop on 7 Apr at William Morris Gallery. Led by Fletch Fletcher

wmgallery.org.uk/event/anti-poe…

Art Without Heroes: Mingei exhibition at WilliamMorrisGallery

I like the integration Ainu artist Mayuniki’s commentary on Japanese art of Ainu peoples

& engagement with Japanese colonialism in Korea, Okinawa

📢 The London Craft Week Tenth Anniversary Programme is now live & we're excited to be taking part! On Wed 15 May we're hosting a panel discussion, taking a deep dive into the 'Mingei / Art Without Heroes' book. 6-9pm. Tickets: bit.ly/43watIV @londoncraftweek

Next week! Monday 25 March! Robert & Lisa Sainsbury Fellow Dr Rosanna Rios Perez has another public talk hosted by The Japan Society in London. Great topic for anyone interested in WilliamMorrisGallery's new exhibition. sainsbury-institute.org/events/katazom…

Very pleased to attend the excellent book launch and reading of, 'There You Are', a poetry book launch by Roger Huddle in the WilliamMorrisGallery