Gorgeous colours, innovative designs: ceramics become mainstream. Join The Arts Society Dumfries and Galloway for a lavishly illustrated talk on the artists who brought ceramics out of the cupboard and into the kitchen.

In an age when few of us can afford to purchase great works of painting and sculpture, decorative ceramic items can still be affordable and very interesting to collect. The stylistic period known as Art Nouveau, from around 1895-1914, and the subsequent era of Art Deco, between the two World Wars, have left us with a fascinating design heritage in the form of pottery and porcelain vases, decorative plaques and figurines that provide the content of this course. Included is a look at the designers and their ceramic creations from Britain, Europe and the USA, ranging from little known names such as the American Genevieve Hamilton, who produced Art Deco figures, to better known producers such as Sevres, Poole Pottery, Clarice Cliff and Rozenburg, who produced Art Nouveau egg-shell porcelain that seems almost weightless when handled! Liberally illustrated, with numerous images of beautiful ceramics. 

Scott Anderson:
Trained as an archaeologist at Leicester University and was a professional archaeologist for ten years before his interests shifted to the world of art, antiques and auctioneering. In 1994 he joined the team at Southampton Solent University lecturing on the only BA(Hons) degree course of its kind to look at the commercial art world. Now, as a Senior Lecturer, he teaches courses on the history and theory of interior design and visual culture. He has lectured to many adult audiences for a variety of University Extra-mural departments and the WEA. For the last few years he has also worked as a consultant valuer for the BBC television programme Flog It.