Art for Life's Sake: Gender, Class and Victorian Cultural Philanthropy.

International 2 day symposium 16/17 November 2002

Southampton Institute, Southampton S050 7JP

CALL FOR PAPERS  by  31 July 2002  Abstracts of 200-300 words to
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Speakers include Prof. Regenia Gagnier, Prof Janice Helland, Dr Talia
Schaffer, Dr Diana Maltz, Dr Anne Anderson, Shelagh Wilson.

Ideas for contributors can be found at the web site
www.solent.ac.uk/artandlife
This symposium is to address the Victorian notion that art was a civilizing
agency.  You might consider education for women in the arts; home arts;
educating others; institutions like the Kyrle Society, the Home Arts and
Industries Association, the National Trust and the WI; Settlements like
Toynbee Hall; Collection forming and bequests.


Full description can be found at www.solent.ac.uk/artandlife