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Call for Applications – 2022 Joseph R. Dunlap Memorial Fellowship
The William Morris Society in the United States calls for applications for the 2022 Joseph R. Dunlap Memorial Fellowship. The deadline is December 15, 2021. Applications are judged by committee, and the decision will be announced by January 15, 2022. The Dunlap...
The Delaware Art Museum’s Reinstalled Bancroft Pre-Raphaelite Collection
On Wednesday 20 October, 2021, 8PM EST, The William Morris Society in the United States will host a virtual talk by Margaretta S Frederick, Annette Woolard-Provine Curator of the Bancroft Pre-Raphaelite Collection at the Delaware Art Museum. In August of 2021 the...
New Membership Special Offer: Limited-Edition Letterpress Broadside
This fall, the William Morris Society in the United States is offering a special offer to new members: join now and receive a limited-edition, hand-printed letterpress broadside featuring a quote from William Morris's 1893 preface to Medieval Lore by Robert Steele:...
The Kelmscott Press and Its Legacies
On November 6th, 2021, the William Morris Society (UK) will host a one-day symposium, "The Kelmscott Press and Its Legacies," co-sponsored by the William Morris Society in the United States. This event will take place simultaneously online and in person in London....
Call for Papers: “Women and the Arts & Crafts Movement,” CAA 2022
In February 2022, the William Morris Society in the United States will host its second panel at the CAA Annual Conference. We invite paper proposals for the session, titled "From “the beauty of life” to craftivism: Women and the Arts & Crafts Movement"and convened...
Subversive Stitching: May Morris and Embroidery
On September 29th at 5:30pm Eastern, 2:30pm Pacific, The William Morris Society in the United States will host a digital talk by Dr. Anna Wager, Clarence A. Davis Visual Arts Curator at Hobart & William Smith Colleges and WMS-US board member. Dr. Wager will...
50th Anniversary Greetings from Around the World
2021 marks the 50th Anniversary of the William Morris Society in the United States. In May, fellow Morrissians sent greetings and congratulations from across the world as part of our event "Celebrating 50 Years of The William Morris Society in the United States." We...
International Kelmscott Press Day Schedule
On June 26th, 2021, The William Morris Society in the United States is celebrating International Kelmscott Press Day, commemorating the 130th anniversary of the founding of the Kelmscott Press and the 125th anniversary of the publication of the Press's edition of The...
Call for Papers: ‘The Kelmscott Press and Its Legacies’ Symposium
In 2021 the William Morris Societies of the UK, US, and Canada are celebrating 125 years since the publication of the Kelmscott Chaucer, the crowning glory of Morris’s book printing venture, the Kelmscott Press. As part of this celebration, on November 6th, 2021 the...