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Cecilia Glaisher

Cecilia Glaisher, Ferns, 1850s, © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge Cecilia Glaisher 1828-1892 British Photographer From an early age, Cecilia Glaisher was involved in the scientific community, with her father being the assistant at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich. Not much is known about her life before she married, but it’s thought she…
Becky Handley
8th December 2020
10th DecemberAdvent Calendar 2020

10th December

Let out your inner artist “Creativity is your wild side calling” What is creativity? I love this question it conjures up a different answer for everyone. Essentially it is the use of our greatest gift, the imagination. Many of us never fully unwrap it. We leave it under the tree of real…
Del Barrett
8th December 2020
Advent Calendar 2020

8th December

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Del Barrett
7th December 2020
6th DecemberAdvent Calendar 2020

6th December

Imogen Cunningham, The Unmade Bed, 1957, © Imogen Cunningham Trust www.imogencunningham.com Did you know that Imogen Cunningham was a founder faculty member of what is now the San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI), together with Dorothea Lange and Lisette Model?
Del Barrett
5th December 2020
Imogen CunninghamHistorical Heroines

Imogen Cunningham

Imogen Cunningham, The Unmade Bed, 1957, ©  Imogen Cunningham Trust www.imogencunningham.com Imogen Cunningham (1883-1976) American photographer One of the first professional female photographers in the US and the most experimental and independent, Imogen Cunningham was born in Portland, Oregon. She was inspired to become a photographer by the great portraitist Gertrude Kasebier…
Becky Handley
5th December 2020
4th DecemberAdvent Calendar 2020

4th December

The first of our anagram puzzles today, created by Deborah King (Trustee) and Alice Cairns.  Click on the image to reveal the answer and a link to the artist's profile.  And if you need a hint, start here!
Del Barrett
3rd December 2020

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