Category: Next Meeting

On Sunday, November 13, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. EST, the WSB will host a video-conferenced lecture, “A Love Affair with Wedgwood Through the Generations,”presented by Liz Collins, WSB Vice President. It’s a personal story of how Liz’s grandparents, Captain Edward and Anne Holdstock, and her parents, John and Catherine Collins, acquired their collections and spurred the interest for future generations. Highlights will be Wedgwood organizations they participated with and personal letters about Wedgwood buttons and pottery from different periods.

This is a members-only event. A week or two prior to the lecture, the Zoom link will be emailed to WSB members, as well as be posted in the Members Zone page of the website. If you are not a member, we welcome you to join the WSB. Visit the Become a Member page.

It’s been 2 1/2 years since the WSB met “in-person”. While the lectures over this period have been delivered and enjoyed by participants via Zoom, most Wedgwoodians are eager to return to a live venue. So, please join us for the opening of the 2022-23 season with the annual “Bits & Pieces” session, to be held on Sunday, September 18, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. EDT, at the Dedham Museum and Archives, Dedham, MA.

For this popular show and tell format, attendees bring one or two of their favorite or recently acquired Wedgwood objects for presentation and discussion for the audience to enjoy and expand their knowledge. Please mark your calendars and join us in September! This event is open to the public.

Members, please visit the Members Zone for the Zoom link to be posted a week prior to the meeting. If you are not a member, we welcome you to join the WSB. Visit the Become a Member page.

Wedgwood’s Studio Potters: An Overview and Conversation

Please join us on Sunday, May 15, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. EDT, for this exciting video-conferenced lecture by Anne Forschler-Tarrasch, PhD, Director of Collections & Exhibitions and Curator of Decorative Arts, Birmingham Museum of Art.

Since 1759, Wedgwood has understood the need to keep things fresh by employing artists to provide patterns and designs for production, and this tradition continued throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. Fast forward to the 1960’s – a dynamic period for British ceramics. Emerging from the shadows of World War II, the British pottery industry was able to reestablish itself as a force in visual culture. The period produced a demand for mass-produced wares in contemporary styles suitable for modern interiors. At the same time, those craft values so important during the early twentieth-century studio pottery movement once again came to the forefront. Anne will provide context for Wedgwood production in the mid-20th century, and will talk about Wedgwood’s studio pottery initiative and the artists who were involved.

Members, please visit the Members Zone for the Zoom link to be posted a week prior to the meeting. If you are not a member, we welcome you to join the WSB. Visit the Become a Member page.