Curator at the V&A. PhD student at @PHRC_DeMontfort. Also runs the account @JamesRavilious. Views my own. She/her.
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It's publication day! My book on Eric Ravilious is now available to buy here uk.bookshop.org/p/books/eric… and hard copies should be in the @V_and_A bookshop very soon... and there might still be some signed copies at @Hatchards too! @thamesandhudson
This is a documentary about my father, the photographer James Ravilious, which aired on South West Television in 1985, now uploaded to Youtube. ENDLESS SUMMERS - JAMES RAVILIOUS photographer youtu.be/L4m10ikeK-g?si=hW_p… via @YouTube
It is rare that watercolours by my grandfather come up for auction, but this double-sided work is coming up for sale at @bonhams1793 on the 24th June. Eric painted this on his Welsh trip in 1938, when he also painted the V&A's 'Farmhouse Bedroom'. #ericravilious #watercolour
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More exhibition news! As you can see, we are busy behind the scenes. Colin Wilkin, the Keeper of the Fry Collection has been working with Mark Hearld selecting pieces from the stores to put on show in ‘Fry’s Popular Delights’. The exhibition will explore the link between the ‘Fry Artists’ and Popular Art. It will feature exciting items on loan from other collections as well as our own works. Our team of hard-working volunteers have been using their practical skills to good effect, preparing works for hanging.
‘Fry’s Popular Delights’ co-curated by Mark Hearld and Colin Wilkin will be open between Sunday 5th April and Sunday 25th October. #fryartgallery #saffronwalden #essexevents #exhibitions
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We are looking to appoint a new Chair of Trustees to build on the successes of our first 40 years - could this be you? The most important requirements for the role are the skills to Chair and a passion for our cause. Applications close on 19 December. Further information about the role and appointment process can be found via this link fryartgallery.org/chair-of-t…
Image: John Aldridge RA, Table With Objects
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My latest for The #Art Newspaper : How the heirs of Eric Ravilious & Tirzah Garwood turned detective to recover a lost trove of woodblocks.
#AltText: image shows @Ravilious2 David Oelman from @FryArtGallery & Sara Cooper from The Towner And Eastbourne
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I couldn't be happier that we reached this outcome :)
We are proud custodians with @townergallery of a selection of rare woodblocks by Eric Ravilious and Tirzah Garwood. Believed lost since the 1950s, the blocks were recovered through the initiative of members of the artists’ family and @artlossregister, with the support of @artfund and an Arts Council England/V&A Purchase Grant Fund. While the Towner Eastbourne is currently showing some of these pieces in their Ravilious Collection, the blocks which are now @fryartgallery will take their place along side the gallery’s other important works by Ravilious and Garwood in forthcoming exhibitions.
1. David Oelman, Fry Art Gallery Chairman with Ella Ravilious, Victoria and Albert Museum architecture and design curator and granddaughter of the artists
2. Some of the recovered woodblocks
3. David, Ella and Sara Cooper,Towner Eastbourne Head of Collections and Exhibitions
4. Woodblock detail
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⚠️ Hackney’s oldest home is under threat.
Proposed redundancies at #SuttonHouse could result in staff cuts and limit access to this vital heritage site.
📣 We’re calling on @nationaltrust to protect its future.
RT to raise awareness.
#HackneySociety #HeritageMatters
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Call for papers: #Plant #Fever: #Politics, #Poetics, and Pleasures of #Houseplants" conference Copenhagen 2–3 Dec 2025 Abstracts to: [email protected] by SEPTEMBER 15 @ordrupgaard @AarhusUni_int @uni_copenhagen @VeluxStiftung #Hirschsprung_Collection
ALT "Mrs McKinley in the conservatory of the Executive Mansion, Washington, DC"; 1900; © Boston Public Library; license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
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I'm looking for KS3 History teachers in London schools to be part of an exciting pilot in Sep or Nov. We, Mapping Black London, have worked with educators & policy-makers to create a 6-week scheme of work on early Black Londoners & digital mapping. Pls share/Msg if interested 😊
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Installation in progress…Richard Bawden, the Hadleigh Years opens next weekend on 26 July in the Gibson Room. A versatile painter, printmaker, illustrator and designer, there’s such warmth, wit and keen observational detail to enjoy in Bawden’s later works. This very special commemorative exhibition is curated by John Ready and Hattie Bawden #fryartgallery #saffronwalden #greatbardfieldartists #essexevents
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Do not miss the final few days of Bardfield Murals, closing this weekend. It has been a pleasure to stage this exhibition @FryArtGallery in our 40th Anniversary year. Sunday is the last day to view, so do find time to visit and see some unique and rarely seen works by renowned North West Essex artists #muralpainting #twenthiethcenturyart #greatbardfieldartists
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Study for a mural by Edward Bawden, watercolour, 1951 is our Work of the Month. This preparatory sketch entitled ‘Country Life’ for the Lion and Unicorn Pavilion at the Festival of Britain is a recent addition to our collection. In it Bawden includes depictions of familiar Essex buildings and images of agricultural practice past and present. The finished mural occupied the entire wall at one end of the pavilion. See it in the Gibson Room until 13 July in ‘Bardfield Murals’ #fryartgallery #saffronwalden #murals #twentiethcenturyart
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In the Bawden Room, Finding a Home at the Fry curator @ellaravilious invited people with connections to the Fry's artists to curate cabinets as if they were their own kitchen dressers or mantle pieces. These beautiful displays recall childhoods and working lives immersed in creativity #fryartgallery #saffronwalden #greatbardfieldartists
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FINDING A HOME: I was delighted to discover that Lucie Aldridge's 'Garden' rag rug, sold by @LyonandTurnbull last year, is part of @FryArtGallery's exhibition 'Finding a Home at the Fry', curated by @Ravilious2. The show runs until 26 October 2025. Info: bit.ly/4dCykMe
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@DulwichGallery @Ravilious2 absolutely superb exhibition. The scrapbook is a favourite.
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Is the loan of the Bayeux Tapestry from France to the UK actually going to happen?
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There’s a riot of colour to enjoy this bank holiday weekend @fryartgallery in our current exhibitions, Finding a Home at the Fry and Bardfield Murals. Each exciting curation includes rarely seen work by many of our favourite artists. Find us in Castle Street, Saffron Walden.
Images:
• A Family Group by Duffy Ayers, oil on board
• Maquette for Country Life, Festival of Britain 1951 by Edward Bawden, pencil and wash (courtesy of Higgins, Bedford)
#twentiethcenturyart #twentiethcenturydesign #greatbardfieldartists #art #exhibition
Fantastic to see works by Vanley Burke, Huw Locke and Mohamed Hassan at the Happy and Glorious exhibition at @UkNatArchives this morning!
