This month we're offering up to 70% off on a selection of products at the Gallery's on site and online shops. While stocks last! Includes exhibition merchandise, bath & body, cards, homeware, books and more.
Every purchase from our shop supports the work of the Gallery, including our education, conservation and exhibition programmes.
Visit the shop sale online:
https://bit.ly/40e1zyo
Reflecting on a remarkable 2024
Over 180,000 visitors through the door to see our ground-breaking exhibitions, participate in our events programme, attend Community in Residency events and take part in our expanded public activities. Not to mention the 7,500 school children who have visited the Gallery for artist-led workshops and tours, and the young people who have joined us for professional development and work experience. We introduced our Creative Health programme this year and after a successful run, we'll continue to develop this in 2025, alongside our craft workshops for Young Carers in the borough.
It’s been an extraordinary year, and we are immensely grateful to everyone who has supported, collaborated with, and invested in our work. A heartfelt thank you goes out to our local community in Waltham Forest, who continue to guide and help us to make the Gallery such a special place.
Muslims on Morris is a short film by Director Navid Akhtar, made to accompany William Morris & Art from the Islamic World.
The William Morris and Islamic Art exhibition examines the influence of Islamic art and design on the work of William Morris. In this short film we hear from three Muslims creatives who share their experience of William Morris and how they relate to his work and legacy today.
+ Tayybah Tahir : Trainee Curator, William Morris Gallery
+ Yasim Hyatt: Traditional Artist, Wallpaper and Fabric Designer
+ Zarah Hussain: Digital Artist
If you're visiting the exhibition, you can watch the full length version on screen in the Gallery's first floor Landing space.
Or you can see the film on our YouTube channel:
https://youtu.be/Jh1CzUFv5Gg
The Swans is back.
Part of our refreshed display dedicated to the work of Frank Brangwyn (1867-1956), one of the founders of William Morris Gallery.
Brangwyn travelled widely, taking inspiration from the everyday scenes and working lives of the people he encountered. This display highlights paintings and etchings inspired both by the industrial landscape of London and his travels to Europe, Turkey and North Africa. It includes some of Brangwyn’s most popular paintings, including The Swans, back on display after several years in storage!
The Brangwyn Galleries can be found on our first floor. Visit Tuesdays to Sundays, 10am to 5pm.
Higeta Tadashi is a master of weaving and indigo dyeing, the ninth generation of the Higeta Indigo dyeing studio, established in the 18th century in Mashiko, in Japan's Tochigi Prefecture.
Higeta Tadashi is a featured maker in the book ‘Mingei: Art Without Heroes’ that accompanies the exhibition at William Morris Gallery.
Buy the book at the Gallery shop onsite and online now: https://wmgallery.shop/
It's the final month of Art Without Heroes: Mingei. If you've not made it to the exhibition yet, make sure to book some time in your diary before 22 September! We're open Tuesday to Sunday, 10am to 5pm.
This short film was made possible thanks to support from Art Fund, Daiwa Foundation, Tomo Yoshizawa and editing by Iron and Glass.
🎥 Kaori Hirano is the founder of Itoshiro
Yōhin Ten, a studio, workshop and gallery specialising at in the natural indigo dyeing and pattern making traditions passed down by the community of Itoshiro village, in the mountains of Japan’s Gifu prefecture.
Clothing by Itoshiro Yōhin Ten features in the exhibition Art Without Heroes: Mingei, and Kaori Hirano is a featured maker in the book ‘Mingei: Art Without Heroes’ that accompanies the exhibition.
📚 Buy the book (signed copies also available) at the Gallery shop onsite and online now. See link in bio 👆
✨ On 29 August, at our ‘Mingei on the Move Late’
you’ll have the unique opportunity to witness Kaori
Hirano demonstrate how to create traditional Japanese Tasuke trousers. Drop in, FREE event. 6-9pm with @deeneys
This short film was made possible thanks to support
from Art Fund @artfund, Daiwa Foundation @daiwafoundation, Tomo Yoshizawa @tomoyoshizawa and editing by Iron and Glass @_ironandglass
#ArtWithoutHeroes
Kaori Hirano is the founder of Itoshiro Yōhin Ten, a studio, workshop and gallery specialising in the natural indigo dyeing and pattern making traditions passed down by the community of Itoshiro village, in the mountains of Japan's Gifu prefecture.
Clothing by Itoshiro Yōhin Ten features in the exhibition Art Without Heroes: Mingei, and Kaori Hirano is a featured maker in the book 'Mingei: Art Without Heroes' that accompanies the exhibition.
Buy the book (signed copies also available) at the Gallery shop onsite and online now: https://wmgallery.shop/
On 29 August, at our 'Mingei on the Move Late' you'll have the unique opportunity to witness Kaori Hirano demonstrate how to create traditional Japanese Tatsuke trousers. Drop in, FREE event.
This short film was made possible thanks to support from Art Fund, Daiwa Foundation, Tomo Yoshizawa and editing by Iron and Glass.
If you missed the brilliant Olivia Laing and Jeremy Deller at our recent In Conversation event, you'll be pleased to know that you can now see a recording of this talk on our YouTube channel! With Hadrian Garrard, Director, William Morris Gallery.
Watch the film here: https://youtu.be/oF_0kuUlTTw
Back in stock! In celebration of football this weekend, we're happy to announce that those who have been eagerly awaiting more Walthamstow FC X William Morris Gallery football kit can find more Away kit at the Gallery shop, online and onsite! We do sell out quickly so thank you for your patience. More Home kit due later this summer....
https://wmgallery.shop/collections/walthamstow-fc-football-kit
++ This Thursday 13 June at William Morris Gallery, join E17 Art Trail for the Yes! Art Fair ++
Come along to the Gallery from 6.30pm to 9pm for a celebration of local emerging and established artists from this year's E17 Art Trail. An opportunity to connect with the artists and buy their work directly. A launch event for Yes! Art, a new initiative from the E17 Art Trail team.
The Gallery will be fully open, so take your chance to explore the Art Without Heroes exhibition and enjoy the bar at Deeney's Cafe.
More event and booking info here:
https://www.wmgallery.org.uk/event/yes-art-fair/
‘Mingei, an extraordinary art that celebrates the ordinary.’ Francesca Perry writes about Art Without Heroes: Mingei for the Financial Times @financialtimes