spring 2022

Watts On Exhibitions | Historic Collections | Contemporary Art | Tours & Talks | Woodland

welcome Discover, explore, and experiment with drawing this Spring! We are delighted to be able to share highlights from the Ashmolean Museum’s internationally renowned collection in our new exhibition Pre-Raphaelite Treasures: Drawings and Watercolours from the Ashmolean Museum, complemented by a series of talks, workshops and activities for everyone. Watts Contemporary Gallery showcases the best of contemporary drawing in Drawing Together, and we are so pleased to welcome Phoebe Boswell and Sarah Thien as Artists in Residence across April and May. You can also experience Limnerslease, the home and studios of George Frederic and Mary Watts; newly reopened with updated displays of their art in their studio galleries and, for the first time, a chance to visit domestic rooms with uniquely decorated features. Look out for special events and activities celebrating International Women’s Day in March, our first ever Artists’ Village BioBlitz in May and a weekend of Platinum Jubilee weekend celebrations in June. See you soon!

Cover Image: Henry Wallis, Mary Ellen Meredith, 1858, Graphite on paper, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford Image: Leonie Maya Isaac Photography

A Spring Visit

Historic Galleries Built to exhibit the work of leading Victorian artist George Frederic Watts (1817-1904). From early social realist scenes to celebrated portrait commissions, intriguing Symbolist paintings to ambitious sculptures, the Historic Galleries trace the evolution of Watts’ art over a prolific 70-year career.

De Morgan Collection: Decoration or Devotion? William and Evelyn De Morgan were another exciting artistic couple of the Victorian period, who believed their art would create a better, more beautiful world. William’s lustrous ceramics were painstakingly handcrafted, reflecting his belief in the transformative powers of art and rejection of the industrial age. Evelyn shared G F Watts’ social and political ideologies, chiefly that mankind should focus less on wealth and more on their own spirituality.

Watts Chapel See the unique terracotta Grade I listed building, created by Mary Watts with local people to whom she taught art and craft. Visit the cloister and see original headstones made by the Compton Potters’ Arts Guild.

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Images: (Top left and right) Leonie Maya Isaac photography Andy Newbold Photography

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The Tea Shop and Shop Housed in the original commercial centre for the Compton Potters’ Art Guild, visit the Tea Shop for a takeaway, or table service. See and buy contemporary art from the latest exhibition at Watts Contemporary Gallery. Browse handmade and artisan gifts, including the Limner Collection, designed by participants in the Art for All learning programme.

Bench 1 Located just below Limnerslease (p.3), nestled into the landscape of native trees is Bench 1, a beautiful woodland auditorium designed by Practice Architecture. The design process was motivated by a desire to use simple construction methods and sustainable materials to shape an intimate space for people to be together, whether it be for a talk, performance, or a picnic.

Guides, Trails, Maps Download digital tours from the Smartify App. There are also selfguided trails for families, children, teenagers and early years.

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Limnerslease

Discover the home and studios of our founders The former Arts & Crafts home and studios of artists George Frederic Watts OM RA (1817–1904) and Mary Watts (1849–1938), designed by Sir Ernest George (1839–1922), is now included as part of the admission. Experience the recreation of G F Watts’s studio in which the internationally renowned artist painted a number of his most important works. Discover the story of Mary Watts, from her childhood in India and Scotland to the creation of Watts Chapel and the Potters’ Arts Guild. Learn about their life in Compton. Visit some of the domestic rooms with unique decorative features by Mary, including ceiling tiles in which Mary evolved designs for Watts Chapel, ornate fire surrounds and the richly decorated alcove in which Mary regularly read to G F Watts. See the G F Watts Studio which exhibits works the artist is known to have created in Compton, including Sunset on the Alps (1888), the first painting to be worked on in this studio; the recently restored The Good Samaritan (1849–1904), Sir Galahad (c.1897–1902), a recent acquisition, and the monumental Court of Death (1871–1902, Tate), displayed on a reconstruction of the winching system G F Watts used to raise and lower his large-scale canvases.

Images: Leonie Maya Isaac photography

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Exhibitions

Pre-Raphaelite Treasures: Drawings and Watercolours from the Ashmolean Museum

8 March - 12 June Admission starts at £13.50 Friends go free Under 18s go free Students & under 25s £6.75 Advance online booking is recommended This spring, we have been given the rare opportunity to display highlights from the Ashmolean Museum’s internationallyrenowned collection of Pre-Raphaelite drawings and watercolours. Artists of the Pre-Raphaelite movement came from a wide range of artistic backgrounds and created drawings in a variety of styles and techniques over the course of their careers. However, these treasures are rarely publicly exhibited owing to their delicacy and sensitivity to light exposure. This exhibition will showcase how artists including Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Edward Burne-Jones and Elizabeth Siddal experimented with different drawing materials, sometimes making careful studies from life and in other instances expressing their fertile imagination on paper. They produced rough sketches and elaborate finished drawings in pencil and pen, chalks and pastel, and even gold paint. This exhibition also offers the chance to bring select works on paper by the Pre-Raphaelites’ contemporary G F Watts out from the Watts Gallery archive, and explore the different ways in which these prominent Victorian artists approached their work and subject matter, from landscape and portraiture to scenes from history and literature. Watts Gallery Trust is grateful to the Weston Loan Programme, the Dr. Lee MacCormick Edwards Charitable Foundation, and the Watts Gallery Exhibition Circle for their support of this exhibition.

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Summer 2022

A Fragmented Legacy: G F Watts and Sculpture

28 June - 19 September Admission starts at £13.50 Friends go free Under 18s go free Students & under 25s £6.75 Advance online booking is recommended G F Watts is best-known today as a painter – as the portraitist to the nation and the creator of large-scale Symbolist pictures. Despite this reputation from the 1860s until his death in 1904, Watts dedicated significant time to sculpture. Inspired by the fragmentary sculpture collection here – all of which was saved from the artist’s London and Surrey studios – this exhibition will be the first to explore Watts’s experimental, obsessive, and even destructive ways of working. Featuring an idiosyncratic assortment of anatomical models, écorché and sculptural studies, the exhibition offers unique insights into Watts’s creative studio practice. Brought together with oil paintings, works on paper and photography from the Watts Gallery Trust collection, this exhibition will consider how and why the artist moved seamlessly between different materials and across different dimensions. A Fragmented Legacy: G F Watts and Sculpture will illuminate his innovative and often overlooked work as one of the leading painter-sculptors of the Victorian era. Watts Gallery Trust is grateful to the Exhibition Circle for their support of this exhibition.

Image: Arthur Hughes, The Knight of the Sun, 1860-1, Watercolour and bodycolour on paper, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

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CONTEMPORARY ART

Drawing Together - Members of the Society of Graphic Fine Art 18 March - 2 May Free entry | No booking required Watts Contemporary Gallery All works for sale shop.wattsgallery.org.uk

An exhibition showcasing the best of contemporary drawing, including works in a variety of style and media (not just pencil on paper). The Society of Graphic Fine Art was launched in 1919 to promote the primacy of drawing to all art forms. Feeling that the practice was being overlooked by more glamorous forms of art - such as painting - the founder members aimed to "reinstate in the estimation of the public... the importance of pure draughtsmanship, an essential - if not the essential - factor in all true art". Now with over 130 elected members as far afield as Australia and Russia, the Society continues to promote and exhibit original works of high quality, with the emphasis on excellence in drawing.

Pamela Lloyd-Jones, Blue Bowl and Pears, pen & acrylic paint on canvas

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Artist in residence

Phoebe Boswell

1 April - 31 May See website for open studio dates Born in Nairobi to a Kikuyu mother and British Kenyan father and raised in the Arabian Gulf, Phoebe Boswell is a multi-disciplinary artist who lives and works in London. She creates layered, deeply immersive installations to centre and amplify histories which, like her own, are often systemically marginalised.

Sarah Thien

1 April - 31 May See website for open studio dates Still life and portrait artist, Sarah Thien, received her classical training at the London Fine Arts Studio and now works from her studio in Farnham. Her work is inspired by the beauty of the Dutch and Belgian Old Masters.

Images: (Top left) Phoebe Boswell, by Emile Holba (Top Right) Phoebe Boswell, Notes on a lock-down self care as praxis, 2021 (Bottom left) Sarah Thien (Bottom right) Sarah Thien, Michael Profile

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HISTORY OF ART COURSE Drawing in the Era of the Pre-Raphaelites

Mondays, 25 April, 2, 9, 16 & 23 May 11am - 12.30pm Full course £50 | Single lecture £12 Friends Full course £45 | Single lecture £10 Book online in advance Online, Zoom webinar Speakers: Hilary Underwood & Olive Maggs The Pre-Raphaelites are best known for their oil paintings: intensely detailed in the 1850s; romantic and decorative later, but their well known oils are underpinned by a rich seam of drawings and watercolours. Enhance your enjoyment of the Ashmolean exhibition with this online course of five lectures. 25 April | Lecture 1 The place of drawing in Pre-Raphaelite practice 2 May | Lecture 2 Burne-Jones as a draughtsman 9 May | Lecture 3 Drawing in the landscape 16 May | Lecture 4 Drawing the Pre-Raphaelite Circle: Portraits, Self- Portraits, Models & Caricatures 23 May | Lecture 5 Pre-Raphaelite Narratives: Drawing History and Drawing Modern Life

Image: Edward Burne-Jones, Study of a Woman’s Head, turned to the Left, 1868, Red and black chalk on textured paper, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

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CREATIVE COURSES

Creating Portraits in Charcoal with Sarah Thien

Wednesdays 27 April, 4 & 11 May 6 – 8pm Full course £60 | Single class £25 Friends Full course £54 | Single class £22 In person, Clore Studio Discover the fundamentals of creating realistic portraits in charcoal with local, classically trained, still life and portrait artist and Watts Artist in Residence, Sarah Thien. 27 April | Class 1 Portraits in Charcoal 4 May | Class 2 Exploring Facial Features in Charcoal – Eyes 11 May | Class 3 Exploring Facial Features in Charcoal Noses and Mouths Sarah Thien, Jiyong

Pottery Workshop A Sense of Place with Rich Miller

Upcycling and Customising Clothes with Jeanette Farr

A one-day workshop with The Great Pottery Throwdown judge Rich Miller, using local clays to produce forms in response to the Watts Gallery collection. Participants will be shown inspiration from the grounds, locally sourced materials and the working process of Mary Watts and the Compton Pottery.

Bring your old, worn out clothes and learn how to turn them into something new and unique with a range of sewing and patching techniques. Fabrics and cotton will be provided.

Saturday 7 May 10am - 4 pm £130 | Friends £117 In person, Foyle Studio

Saturday 11 June 10am – 2pm £30 | Friends £27 In person, Clore Studio

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TALKS

Pre-Raphaelite Ideas of Beauty Wednesday 13 April 6 – 7.30pm £6 | Friends £5 Students free with valid ID Online, Zoom webinar Speaker: Christiana Payne

The Pre-Raphaelites were devoted to beauty in many different forms – including the beauty of nature and the beauty of household objects – but this talk will look primarily at their ideas about the beauty of the human face. The artists discussed will include Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Simeon Solomon and John Everett Millais

Drawing as a Healing Practice

Wednesday 18 May 6 – 7.30pm £8 | Friends £7 Students free with valid ID Online, Zoom webinar Chaired by Becca Pelly-Fry, with artists Phoebe Boswell, Emma Cousin and Tim A Shaw. Join contemporary artists, chaired by our Public Programme Curator, discuss how, where and under what circumstances drawing can function as a healing practice.

Image: Dante Gabriel Rossetti, St Cecilia, 1856-7, Pen and brown ink on discoloured white paper, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

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Sustainability in Ceramics, Craft and Design

Wednesday 29 June 6 – 7.30pm £8 | Friends £7 Students free with valid ID Online, Zoom webinar Chaired by CEO of Cockpit Arts, Annie Warburton with ceramicist Rich Miller, recent Watts Ceramicist in Residence, Ashleigh Fisk and further speakers to be announced. A panel of esteemed ceramicists and design professionals will discuss the various challenges of addressing environmental sustainability, within their respective areas of expertise, and the innovative solutions being developed.

image and quote

Sunday, March 30, 1902 I walk alone across the sweet brown common to Puttenham. Am soothed by the service, flowers of the earth, spring, the little candle flames…

Mary Watts’s Diary

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International Women’s Day

Mary Watts: Artist & Writer

Tuesday 8 March 2 - 2.45pm Free with admission Mary Watts Gallery, Limnerslease To celebrate International Women’s Day, Assistant Curator Dr Stacey Clapperton will examine Mary Watts’s passion for writing. As a diarist throughout her life, avid letter writer and the first biographer of G F Watts, Mary’s words provide an intimate view into her marriage and their life at Limnerslease. In this short talk, hear anecdotes from Mary’s diaries, discover who her friends and visitors were and learn more about Mary’s legacy as both an artist and writer.

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Womens' Circle Tuesday 8 March 3 – 5pm Free with admission Bench 1 Chaired by Becca Pelly-Fry, with Watts Ceramicist in Residence Ashleigh Fisk, Founding Director of Liss LLewllyn, Sacha Llewellyn and further speakers to be announced To continue the celebration of International Women’s Day, we bring together a gathering of contemporary female stories at Bench 1 in the afternoon. Everyone is welcome!

Object in Focus

Lady Dalrymple

1 - 7 February G F Watts Studio, Limnerslease G F Watts’s recently-conserved portrait of his friend Lady Dalrymple (1829-1911) will be on display in the G F Watts Studio at Limnerslease for one week only, prior to going out on national and international loan. A favourite model and muse, Sophia was the youngest of the seven Anglo-Indian Pattle sisters – brilliant society figures whom G F Watts befriended during the late 1840s. This full-length portrait showing Sophia in her early twenties has recently undergone extensive historical research, scientific analysis and conservation treatment. Lady Dalrymple will be featuring in forthcoming exhibitions Whistler’s Woman in White: Joanna Hiffernan at the Royal Academy (26 February – 22 May), and in The Woman in White: Joanna Hiffernan and James McNeill Whistler at the National Gallery of Art Washington DC (3 July – 10 October).

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GUIDED TOURS

Guided TOURS Watts Chapel Tour

Weekly, every Friday 11am - 12pm £6 | Friends £5.40 Booking essential, limited availability Meet at the Chapel lych-gate Explore the complex symbolism behind the Grade I listed Arts & Crafts Chapel, recognised as one of the most important art nouveau buildings in Britain, created by Mary Watts. Learn more about its history before visiting the Cloister and the graves of our founders, the Wattses.

The Artists’ Village Walking Tour Fortnightly, Saturdays, 5 & 19 March, 2, 16, & 30 April, 14 & 28 May, 11 & 25 June 11 - 12.45pm £7 | Friends £6.30 Booking essential, limited availability Meet outside Visitor Centre

This tour gives you the full experience of the Artists’ Village. Learn more about our founders – G F and Mary Watts; visit their home Limnerslease, Watts Chapel, Watts Gallery and the Pottery Building as you explore the site with an expert guide. We suggest you wear suitable warm outdoor clothing and comfortable shoes.

Descriptive Guided Tours Ongoing | Free | Onsite

Explore the diverse collection of works by the great Victorian artist G F Watts and learn the history behind the Watts Gallery building in this tour for visually impaired visitors. Experience our artworks using your other senses and through audio description. This tour explores works from our permanent collection including portraits, landscapes and Watts' major symbolic works. Please contact [email protected] for more details and to secure a date.

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Digital Limnerslease Tour

Tuesdays, 22 March, 26 April, 24 May, 28 June 11 - 11.45am £5 | Friends £4.50 Online, Zoom webinar Watts Gallery – Artists’ Village began as a single Arts & Crafts home, named Limnerslease. Delve into the history behind this unique Grade II listed home. Learn about the Wattses’ lives and virtually explore the studios where the couple worked on their masterpieces.

Digital Chapel Tour

Wednesday 9 March, 13 April, 11 May, 8 June 11 - 11.45am £5 | Friends £4.50 Online, Zoom webinar In 1895 Mary Watts began teaching local villagers how to create terracotta tiles to adorn the exterior of this Grade I listed Chapel. Join an expert guide to gain a deeper understanding of these beautiful and symbolic designs, found both in the interior and exterior of this Arts & Crafts masterpiece.

Great Thoughts

Wednesday 4 May 11 – 11.30am Free Online, Zoom webinar In this Dementia Friendly talk, discover the stories behind the Watts Gallery Collection. For those with Dementia and their carers.

Images: Andy Newbold Photography

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Children, Families & Young People

The Make Space First Sunday of every month 10.30 - 11.30am, 1 - 2pm, 3 - 4pm £3 per child | Friends £2 per child (accompanying adult free with admission) Clore Learning Studio All ages (ideal for 5+)

3 April Easter Holidays, See p.19

Bring your family to make arts and crafts at the Make Space inspired by a different artwork, exhibition or theme each month.

5 June Summer Half Term, see p.21

6 March Make Badges for International Women’s Day

1 May Artists’ Village BioBlitz: As part of our first ever BioBlitz, make your own Seed Bomb and decorative box. See p.20 for full event info

3 July Eco sketchbooks: Create a mini sketchbook or notepad from upcycled card and papers.

Available Daily Artists’ Village Sketchbook - £1 suggested donation Collect our brand-new sketchbook filled with activities, prompts and space to draw, collect and reflect on your visit. Bring along again and again and look out for new additions each season. Available at the Visitor Centre and Limnerslease ticket desk. Book now at wattsgallery.org.uk

Watts Tots Third Friday of every month 10 - 11am £5 per child | Friends £4.50 Clore Learning Studio Book online Under 5s and their adults A multi-sensory early years programme. Join us to explore art and nature through storytelling, music, movement and making, inspired by the following pieces of art each month: 18 March – Assemble Inspired by the Wattses’ love of nature, make art created using natural objects in our woodland. 22 April – Draw With natural and manmade objects. Take inspiration from the insects, birds and symbols seen on the Limnerslease Ceiling panels.

5 Things to Find

Aimed at early years children and their adults, explore 5 artworks together using all your senses.

20 May – Paint Create your own landscapes using stencils, sponges and unexpected materials. Inspired by G F Watts Landscape paintings. 17 June – Print Print bold shapes and repeat the pattern to create a series of paper tiles inspired by the Arts And Crafts Movement. 15 July – Construct Explore the Sculptures on display, before playing with colour and shapes to create a 3D sculpture. 19 August – Sculpt Use clay and be inspired by the Potters Guild to create a decorative paper weight.

Artists’ Village Explorer

Explore art and ideas in the galleries and across the Artists’ Village with prompts and questions to enhance your visit.

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Children, Families & Young People

EASTER SCHOOL HOLIDAY The Make Space

Saturday 2 - Sunday 17 April 10.30 – 11.30am, 1 – 2pm, 3 – 4pm £3 per child | Friends £2 per child (accompanying adult free with admission) Clore Learning Studio All ages (ideal for 5+) Step into a pop-up artists’ studio to experiment with drawing and markmaking using mirrors and perspex; add to our growing exhibition and create portraits to take away.

Art Club: Experimental Artist Sketchbooks

Tuesday 5, Thursday 7, Tuesday 12, Thursday 14 April 10.30 – 12pm (8 - 12 year olds), 2 – 3.30pm (13 - 16 year olds) £10 per child | Friends £9 per child Meet at the Foyle Pottery Studio Play with different materials and experiment with drawing in this 90-minute artist-led workshop. Explore the galleries and surroundings and gather a sketchbook of ideas to take away.

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Artists’ Village BioBlitz Sunday 1 May 10.30am - 4pm Free with admission Limnerslease woodlands and across the Artists' Village All ages We’ve partnered up with Community Orchard Project South East (COPSE) who will lead a day of exploring Watts Gallery – Artists’ Village to find out more about the plants and wildlife that we are surrounded by. May is the perfect month for budding ecologists to discover the plants and animals that live all around us. Come along to connect with and learn about our Surrey countryside. Take part in walking-talking survey tours, discover fun and creative activities, and contribute to a snapshot of nature around us. As part of our first ever BioBlitz, book onto the Make Space to make your own Seed Bomb and decorative box. Keep an eye on the Watts Gallery event webpage for full programme.

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Children, Families & Young People

SUMMER HALF TERM Summer Make Space

28 May – 5 June 10.30 – 11.30am, 1 – 2pm, 3 – 4pm £3 per child | Friends £2 per child (accompanying adult free with admission) Clore Learning Studio All ages (ideal for 5+) Learn to make your own natural watercolour paints and nature brushes, before creating your own landscape paintings inspired by the Limnerslease landscape. Activity devised with artists Jo Hayward and Jo Sapia.

PLATINUM JUBILEE LAWN PARTY Thursday 2 - Sunday 5 June 12 - 3pm Free with admission Limnerslease woodlands All ages

Collect a takeaway from our Tea Shop and join us at the lawn in the Limnerslease woodlands for an afternoon of games, activities and pop-up performances.

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AUGUST SCHOOL HOLIDAY: SUMMER OF SCULPTURE Visit us for a summer of sculpture. Explore G F Watts’ love of sculpture in our new exhibition A Fragmented Legacy: G F Watts and Sculpture, then come along to the Make Space to try out different techniques in a series of artist-led activities. Collect a new page for your Artists’ Village Sketchbook and look out for pop-up activities in the woodlands.

The Make Space

Every Wednesday to Sunday across August 10.30 – 11.30am, 1 – 2pm, 3 – 4pm £3 per child | £2 per child (accompanying adult free with admission) Clore Learning Studio All ages (ideal for 5+) Come along to our sculpture studio and try out different methods and materials to experiment with making in 3D. Week 1 (3 - 7 August): Cast Week 2 (10 - 14 August): Carve Week 3 (17 - 21 August): Sculpt Week 4 (24 - 28 August): Construct

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young people

Watts Creatives A creative learning programme for 13 – 19 year-olds, inspired by the work of Watts Gallery’s Artist founders to support young people develop their creative talents.

Tips and Tricks of Portrait Drawing Saturday 14 May 10.30am - 1pm £25 | Friends £22.50 Clore Learning Studio 13 - 17 year olds

Led by artist in residence Sarah Thien, join this morning masterclass to develop confidence and gather tips and tricks for better portrait drawings; using photos as a starting point, explore bones and muscles, and learn to see and draw facial features realistically.

Watts Creatives Summer School

Monday 25 – Friday 29 July 10.30am – 4pm £250 | Friends £225 Clore Learning Studio

Get a taster of Art School this summer on this five-day course led by artist Becci Kenning. Through a series of experimental workshops and activities, explore the galleries, site and surroundings, and create work in response to what you discover. Complete the week by curating an exhibition of your work.

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Sarah Thien, NHS hero series, Sianne

WATTS CREATIVES FORUM

Thursdays in term-time 5pm - 6.30pm For 16 – 19s (Year 11 – 13 students) Calling all creative 16 – 19 year olds to influence and co-produce new and exciting content in collaboration with artists, designers, and the Watts Gallery team. Learn creative and museum skills and have a say in what happens for young people at Watts Gallery – Artists’ Village. Find out about careers in the arts, write and publish reviews, co-develop events and take part in and devise workshops and activities. For more information, and to register your interest please email [email protected]

WATTS CREATIVES ARTS AWARDS If you lead or are part of a Surrey-based youth group, find out about our youth inclusion programme with opportunities to develop creative talents and gain Arts Awards.

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Group Tours Online Online, Zoom webinar

For the first time, we bring the vibrant artwork, history and architecture from Compton to the comfort of your home. In this Digital Tour, an expert guide will bring the Artists’ Village to life, allowing everyone to virtually explore Surrey’s Arts & Crafts gem from the comfort of their own home.

Group Visits Onsite

Bring your group to Watts Gallery - Artists’ Village. From self-guided visits to in person on-site tours with an expert guide, we can create a bespoke itinerary that best suits your interests. Contact Ellen Meade, [email protected] to secure a date for your Artists’ Village experience.

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Become a Friend Join us today, visit all year

Prices start at £35 for individual members • Unlimited free admission • Friends’ events, tours and visits • 10% discount in the shop • 10% discount on courses, tours and talks • A subscription to Watts Magazine For more information please contact [email protected] or call our Membership Manager, Rachael Gurney, on 01483 901809

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Volunteer Recruitment Events Would you like to learn more about the Watts Gallery, meet new people and contribute to your local community? We are currently recruiting for new volunteers to join our team! From welcoming visitors to our historic galleries to gardening in our beautiful estate, and much more, our volunteers provide us with vital support’. Join us at an upcoming online recruitment event to find out more.

Recruitment Event Dates: March Sunday 6, 11am - 12pm Tuesday 15, 11am - 12pm April Saturday 2, 11am - 12pm Wednesday 20, 11am - 12pm May Saturday 7, 11am - 12pm Wednesday, 11am - 12pm June Saturday 11, 11am - 12pm Wednesday 22, 11am - 12pm These events will take place online, contact [email protected]. for more information on how to book your place.

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Image: Andy Newbold Photography

Access The Watts Gallery, Limnerslease, Shop and Tea Shop are fully accessible, with accessible WCs available. There are lifts in both the Gallery and Limneslease. With regret the Watts Contemporary Gallery is not currently wheelchair accessible. Please note that there is a short uphill walk to Limnerslease, the Watts Chapel, and along Down Lane to the Watts Chapel. An Induction Loop is available in the Gallery, with free magnifying glasses and wheelchair available on request. Folding portable stools are also available for use in Watts Gallery and Limnerslease, with benches provided across the estate. Registered Assistance and Guide Dogs are welcome. Watts Gallery – Artists’ Village has four disabled parking bays which can be booked in advance - please call the Visitor Centre on 01483 813593 or speak to a member of staff on arrival. Read the Watts Gallery Trust’s full Accessibility Guide on our website.

Keeping You Safe We currently have increased cleaning, limited capacities in all indoor spaces and provided hand sanitiser stations. Some of our staff and volunteers continue to wear facemasks. We recommend that visitors wear a face covering when indoors. Visit our website to find out up to date information about what to expect from your next visit to Watts Gallery – Artists’ Village and book online.

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YOUR VISIT OPENING TIMES Gallery 10.30am - 5pm Daily, including Bank Holidays Limnerslease 10.30am - 4pm Daily, including Bank Holidays Watts Chapel 9am - 5pm daily Tea Shop, Visitor Centre, Shop & Contemporary Gallery 10am - 5pm daily No booking required, please drop-in

We are located in the village of Compton, which is home to a host of local businesses, including Old Barn Antiques Centre, KD Fine Art and the Withies Inn.

ADMISSION

TRAVEL

Booking online is advisable.

Free parking onsite

Online bookings: 50p booking fee per transaction

Adults £13.50 (£14.75 with Gift Aid) Under 18s Free Students & under 25s £6.75 Art Fund members £6.75

Nearest train stations with connections to London Farncombe, Godalming, and Guildford Bus 46, from Guildford Town Centre

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