Emery Walker's House Exhibition Programme

This exhibition ​displays the work of women art workers to the Arts and Crafts movement, whose contributions have historically been overlooked in favour of the more familiar names of the movement’s heroes. May Morris, Mary Annie Sloane, Phoebe Stabler, Louise Powell, Katharine Adams, and Ethel Sandell worked across a wide range of media, including embroidery, sculpture, ceramics, and painting. All worked not only to reinvigorating craft and design in Britain but also to building for themselves successful professional careers despite barriers of gender. Their work will be displayed alongside archival material from the Women’s Guild of Arts, of which they were all members, which illuminates their advocacy for women’s work in the arts, as well as the bonds of friendship which united them.

This exhibition combines rarely seen pieces from the Emery Walker collection, as well as loans from the William Morris Society and a private collection.