Date: -
Address: St Ann's Square, Manchester, M2 7LF
Audience: SPAB Members and their guests
Price:
£7 Members
£10 Non-Members
Event details
Thursday 25 June, 6pm
Join the Greater Manchester Group for the latest in their 'Journey of a Master Craftsperson' series - a talk by decorative artist and restorer Phyllis Smith, who will share her journey from fine art student to specialist craftsperson working on some of the UK's most ambitious conservation projects.
Phyllis Smith, specialist decorative artist and restorer who have worked on many private and public projects will talk about her journey from early days of her career till today.
Before working on the Manchester Town Hall project, Phyllis worked on a range of restoration projects featuring painting styles from different periods; from Charles Jencks’ famous post-modern cosmic house, now a museum in London, to St. Mary’s church in Long Crichel in Dorset where she revived the Victorian wood graining.
Alongside her restoration work, she has applied traditional and contemporary painting styles in various public and private projects. No stranger to working on big ambitious projects in Manchester, she was part of the team who marbled more than 500 pillars in the new wing of Trafford Centre, Barton Square.
The Greater Manchester Group 'Journey of A Master Craftsperson' series aims to hear the untold story of craftspeople who are masters in their field with years and years of experience. Please stay tuned for more in the pipleine.
The address is ...
St Anne’s Church
St Ann’s Square
Manchester
M2 7LF
Accessibility
Please liaise with membership@spab.org.uk over any special access requirements, as some areas of the historic building in which the talk will be delivered are not fully accessible.
Anything we can do to make this event more accessible for you? Please email membership@spab.org.uk.
Photos and filming:We may take photos or videos at this event to be used in future promotion, including in print and online. Participants may take photos and short videos for personal use, with permission of the course leader and all other participants in frame. If you want to post on social media, please message SPAB's Comms Team (press@spab.org.uk or @spab1877) for permission. If your material is good, we might ask to share it with our followers.
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Photo credit: Phyllis Smith