Bindman Talks in the Jerwood Centre, Grasmere

Event held: 04 Feb 2012 Time: 3:00pm to 4:00pm Tel: 015394 35544 Email: enquiries@wordsworth.org.uk Organiser's website: Click to Visit Website Venue: The Jerwood Centre, Wordsworth Museum & Art Gallery Town: Grasmere County: Cumbria Postcode: LA22 9SH Google map Click here

Description Bindman Talks in the Jerwood Centre Your Guide 2 Events for Grasmere   The annual series of Bindman Talks take place in the Reading Room of the Jerwood Centre in Grasmere and take their themes and associated topics from the collections of the Wordsworth Museum & Art Gallery. The Bindman talks are free and are intended for a general audience.   • November 19th 2011 - 3pm - 'William Green of Ambleside' by Michael Broughton -  Michael is chairman of the W.W. Spooner Charitable Trust and is a Fellow of the Wordsworth Trust and will talk about an iconic view of the cascade of Lodore and a miscellany of new acquisitions of landscapes in watercolour. 'By his Skill and Industry as an Artist he produced faithful representations of the Country'.   • January 7th 2012 - 3pm - 'The Wordsworths in Grasmere' - A Study of Family Life by Reverend Cameron Butland. Cameron is Rector of Grasmere and is completing his research MA by studying documents from the Wordsworth Trust's collection that relate to the Wordsworth family in Grasmere. Family life changed much during this period and in this talk Cameron will discuss how the Wordsworths' family life compared to that of others in the village at that time.   • February 4th 2012 - 3pm - 'American Literary Tourists in Wordsworthshire in the 19th Century': From the Idea of 'National Property' to the First 'National Park' by Professor Melanie Hall. Melanie will discuss noted American visitors to Wordsworth and 'Wordsworthshire' during the nineteenth century. Although Wordsworth wanted the area to become a 'national property', national parks happened first in the United States. By the 1880s, efforts had begun to create national parks in the Lakes and American visitors helped to bring this about. Professor Hall is an associate professor and director of museum studies at Boston University, Massachusetts.   To reserve a place at any Bindman Talk, telephone: 015394 35544 or use Contact Form   Wordsworth Museum and Art Gallery Website    |   3:00pm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bindman Talks in the Jerwood Centre - Your Events & What's On Guide for Grasmere