Common Ground Archive With world leaders recently meeting in Glasgow to discuss climate change and the environment it seems fitting that DHC have accessioned the archives of Common Ground, a community project and charity set up in 1983. Its aims were to encourage people to be more aware of their immediate environment and the importance… Read more COP26: New milestones?
This is the second part of a look at the life of Alfred Stevens. If you missed the first part, you can catch-up here! — After nine years of travelling and studying under the great Italian masters Alfred returned to Blandford in 1842. For a while he helped his father George with his decorating business… Read more Alfred Stevens (1817 – 1875): Part 2
It appears that not much is known about the Dorset born artist Alfred Stevens, but he has been described as The English Michaelangelo and one of the greatest of all English craftsmen and designers. He designed the Wellington memorial in St Pauls Cathedral, the lions at the British Museum and one of the heaviest, largest… Read more Alfred Stevens (1817 – 1875): Part 1
Recently, we have been exploring the work of Dame Elisabeth Frink, as part of our project to catalogue the Frink collection held at Dorset History Centre. However, Frink’s is not the only collection of artistic material we hold… — “It is a quiet region, without drama in either landscape or architecture; yet although each of… Read more The Rena Gardiner collections
Architecture is one of the many ways people have shaped Dorset’s landscape over the years. As a rural county, Dorset has not often been at the forefront of cutting edge design, but it is the home-place of some influential architects, and the seat of some truly stunning design. A Local Influence These small sketches are… Read more Art in Architecture
Enjoy the countryside? Love history? Come and explore both as part of the Stepping into Nature project. We will be enjoying pictures, maps or recordings and learning something new about the natural world and local artists. In a small group we will work with speech, painting, writing, photography and crafts. The group is open to… Read more Inspired by Archives
Dorset History Centre is taking part in Archiving the Arts, a national strategy to collect and preserve the records of artists.
We already hold the archives of world-renowned sculptors Mary Spencer Watson and Dame Elisabeth Frink.
By collecting the key records of the activities of artists and arts organisations we will ensure that they become part of the county’s permanent historical record.
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