Future Exhibitions
At Home with the World
Tuesday 20 March - Sunday 9 September 2012
Oil painting of an interior with two ladies, by Arthur Trevor Haddon, signed and dated 1880 or 1886
As we prepare to welcome the world to London in 2012, we ask how ‘English’ are our homes? At Home with the World will highlight domestic objects which have come from overseas or been influenced by other cultures to tell a fascinating story about how many of the designs, decorations, materials and social customs with which we are familiar in our homes today and which we consider to be ‘English’, might have originated elsewhere. We will encourage visitors to engage in a dialogue about their homes and to think about them afresh, exploring how other cultures have shaped our personal spaces, our ideas about what makes a home and about the way we live.
Read the press release here.
At Home with the World is a Stories of the World: London exhibition. Stories of the World is one of the major projects at the heart of the 2012 Cultural Olympiad.
Exhibition Tours
Join our Young Volunteer Tour Guides for an interactive tour of our At Home with the World exhibition. You will discover more about the exhibition's key objects and themes, visit the Collection Stores and find out how young people have been involved throughout the programme.
Tours will take place at the following times:
Timed entry at 12.30, 1.30, 2.30, 3.30 and 4.30pm.
- Saturdays 14 April and 12 May
Timed entries at 10.15 and 11.15am and at 12.15, 2.15, 3.15 and 4.15pm.
Tickets are free, but numbers are limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis 10 minutes before the tour begins.
Ceramics in the City
Friday 14 - Sunday 16 September 2012
Ceramics in the City at the Geffrye
Ceramics in the City returns to the Geffrye with an exciting range of work by around 40 selected ceramicists, a mix of both leading names and rising talents. An array of styles, techniques, colour and texture will be shown in domestic objects ranging from functional tableware and lamps, to purely aesthetic or quirky one-off pieces. Throughout the three-day event, visitors will have the opportunity not just to browse and buy, but also to talk to the ceramicists and watch free demonstrations. There will be a preview evening on Thursday 13 September.
Call for entry: For information and application forms send an SAE to: Karen Bunting, 53 Beck Road,
London E8 4RE or e-mail: bunting.all@btinternet.com. Application deadline 31 March 2012.
