Join us for an ‘In Conversation’ with Ashish and Avani Thakkar followed by an exclusive private view of the exhibition.
Join us for an In Conversation with Ashish and Avani Thakkar. Together they’ll be taking a deep dive into Ashish’s expansive career and how his penchant for juxtaposition and contradictions led him to create such colourfully mischievous collections in response to the social fabric of our world.
The talk will be followed by a private view of the exhibition Ashish: Fall in Love and Be More Tender.
Please ‘pay what you can’ for your ticket. Our suggested donation is £7.50 in person or £5 online.
6pm – Doors open
6.30 – 7.30pm – Talk followed by Q&A
7.30 – 8.30pm – Private view
8.30pm – End
The event will be live captioned. Please note that the live streaming has been cancelled. A recording of the talk will be uploaded to our YouTube channel following the event.
Ashish Gupta is a celebrated voice in international fashion. He has won the prestigious NEWGEN award three times and has been included in major exhibitions and presentations at The Victoria & Albert Museum, London and The Metropolitan Museum, New York. Ashish’s designs have been worn by global icons including Beyonce, Debbie Harry, Hunter Schafer, Rihanna, Charli XCX and Taylor Swift.
Avani Thakkar is a fashion and culture writer with words in Vogue, ELLE, Dazed, i-D, gal-dem, W, Nylon, The Observer, InStyle and other publications.
Our Creative Kids sessions are monthly craft activity workshops for children aged 2 to 5 and their carers.
At our July sessions we’ll be thinking about William Morris’s love of the outdoors. So we’ll take a tour around the William Morris Garden in a ‘spot the flower activity’ and make paper plate flowers inspired by nature.
As this can be a messy session, please wear or bring old clothes. Aprons are available. The session is best suited for children 2 to 5 years old. Two sessions available, booking is essential.
All sessions include a tour of the gallery, the craft activity, singing and snack time. There are two 1hour and 30min sessions to choose from, at 10am and 1pm. Please register for one session only to ensure everyone has the opportunity to participate. If you are unable to attend please cancel your booking so that another child can take your place. In the event of cancellations, a number of walk-in slots will be available on the day.
We have a space for buggy parking and our baby changing facilities have spare nappies, wipes, clothes and a few other items you might need.
There is a sensory area for under 2s or for those who need a calmer space, families are also welcome to use this space if they need to step away from the main session.
Please be aware that children must be accompanied by their adult at all times, and please ensure there is at least one guardian per 3 children attending.
Our Creative Kids sessions are monthly craft activity workshops for children aged 2 to 5 and their carers.
In our June sessions we will be inspired by the Gallery’s current exhibition, Ashish: Fall in Love and Be More Tender. Make a cape and transform your everyday clothes!
As this can be a messy session, please wear or bring old clothes. Aprons are available. The session is best suited for children 2 to 5 years old. Two sessions available, booking is essential.
All sessions include a tour of the gallery, the craft activity, singing and snack time. There are two 1hour and 30min sessions to choose from, at 10am and 1pm. Please register for one session only to ensure everyone has the opportunity to participate. If you are unable to attend please cancel your booking so that another child can take your place. In the event of cancellations, a number of walk-in slots will be available on the day.
We have a space for buggy parking and our baby changing facilities have spare nappies, wipes, clothes and a few other items you might need.
There is a sensory area for under 2s or for those who need a calmer space, families are also welcome to use this space if they need to step away from the main session.
Please be aware that children must be accompanied by their adult at all times, and please ensure there is at least one guardian per 3 children attending.
You’re invited to a special Family Day in June, celebrating Ashish:Fall in Love and Be More Tender.
Inspired by Ashish Gupta’s use of recycled vintage fabrics and vintage patches to create collage garments for his SS2020 collection, we’re going to bring old clothing to life with colourful badges and patches. So come along and get creative – for families with children of all ages. Whilst you’re at the Gallery, complete the Ashish Family Trail and claim your prize!
This is a free, drop-in event. No booking necessary. We have a break out sensory space for children needing a break from activities (must be supervised by their grown-up).
Radical Landscapes is a major exhibition showing over a century of art inspired by the land.
Radical Landscapes is an exhibition that explores the natural world as a space for artistic inspiration, social connection, and political and cultural protest through the lens of William Morris, one of Britain’s earliest and most influential environmental thinkers. Organised in collaboration with Tate Liverpool, the exhibition displays work spanning two centuries and features more than 60 works by artists including JMW Turner, Claude Cahun, Hurvin Anderson, Derek Jarman, Jeremy Deller and Veronica Ryan.
Delving into ideas of freedom, exploitation and trespass, the exhibition reflects on how British landscapes have been read, accessed and used across social, class and racial lines, as well as the current global climate emergency, starting from Morris’ own relationship to and love for the land. Through the works on display and an expansive public programme, visitors are encouraged to engage with the Gallery’s surrounding borough of Waltham Forest, once a rural outpost and now an urban London borough, where Morris was born and which shaped his environmental and political views.
Organised in collaboration with local artists, campaigners, foodbanks and allotments, the public programme will run alongside the exhibition, and expand beyond the Gallery’s walls into the wetlands, forests and green spaces of Waltham Forest. The programme will invite participants to reassess their relationship with local landscapes and respond to the climate crisis. Read more about the programme.
Radical Landscapes is organised in collaboration with Tate Liverpool, where a first version of the exhibition was shown from 5 May to 4 September 2022.
The exhibition is curated by Darren Pih, Chief Curator and Artistic Director, Harewood House; Laura Bruni, Curator of Exhibitions, Henry Moore Foundation; Matthew Watts, Assistant Curator, Tate; Hadrian Garrard, Director, William Morris Gallery; and Rowan Bain, Principal Curator, William Morris Gallery.
Based on ideas of creative accessibility, our online sonic documentation is a way for people to access a sample of our wider programming online, for anyone who was not able to attend. Focused on themes of connection to nature, biodiversity, and the importance of learning through trying new things.
Created by Sarah Brundson & Eric King. With special thanks to: Jan Ackenhausen, Area Regeneration Project Manager for Waltham Forest Council, Michaela Davis and her cyanotype animation film ‘Great Sale Wood’, Kelly Frank and her Mindful Mapping art, OrganicLea and their ESOL courses, and Stories and Supper, our community residency group.
Radical Landscapes: Soundscape
Visitors to Radical Landscapes can experience an ambient soundscape recorded and produced by Eric King to accompany the News From Nowhere installation, which forms part of the exhibition.
The field recording was made at noon, on the summer solstice in 2023 at the nearest part of Epping Forest to Morris’s childhood home, Woodford Hall.
Hear the soundscape here:
Radical Landscapes playlist
A ramble through music and the British countryside to enjoy at home, at the Gallery or in the great outdoors. Curated by Eric King as part of the Radical Landscapes exhibition.
Celebrate the launch of Rezia Wahid’s new book dancing in the womb
The book foregrounds the making, the processes and the physicality of a woven artform.’Susie Campbell
Come and celebrate the launch of Rezia Wahid’s new book dancing in the womb, a colour hardback with stunning photographs by Paul Tucker and essays by the late Simon Olding, Catherine Harper and Hettie Judah. Rebecca Jacobs will host a conversation with Rezia, Paul Tucker and Sangeeta Banerjee, followed by a book signing and refreshments.
Rezia Wahid MBE is a textile artist and designer based in Walthamstow. dancing in the womb is published by Hesterglock Press.
Our Creative Kids sessions are monthly craft activity workshops for children aged 2 to 5 and their carers.
In May, we’ll be doing a special craft activity inspired by May Morris’s extraordinary embroidery.
All sessions include a tour of the gallery, the craft activity, singing and snack time. Please register for one session only to ensure everyone has the opportunity to participate. If you are unable to attend please cancel your booking so that another child can take your place. In the event of cancellations, a number of walk-in slots will be available on the day.
As this can be a messy session, please wear or bring old clothes. Aprons are available. We have a space for buggy parking and our baby changing facilities have spare nappies, wipes, clothes and a few other items you might need. There is a sensory area for under 2s or for those who need a calmer space, families are also welcome to use this space if they need to step away from the main session.
Please be aware that children must be accompanied by their adult at all times, and please ensure there is at least one guardian per 3 children attending.
Visit William Morris Gallery for a special curator-led tour of Ashish: Fall in Love and Be More Tender.
Ashish: Fall in Love and Be More Tender is the first major survey exhibition of fashion designer Ashish Gupta. It will showcase over 60 designs, offering an unprecedented overview of Ashish’s subversive and playful practice. The exhibition features a major new commission by the Mumbai-based photographer and film-maker Ashish Shah.
See the exhibition with one of our curators as your guide. A great opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of the work and ideas behind Ashish’s creations.
Visit William Morris Gallery for a special curator-led tour of Ashish: Fall in Love and Be More Tender.
Ashish: Fall in Love and Be More Tender is the first major survey exhibition of fashion designer Ashish Gupta. It will showcase over 60 designs, offering an unprecedented overview of Ashish’s subversive and playful practice. The exhibition features a major new commission by the Mumbai-based photographer and film-maker Ashish Shah.
See the exhibition with one of our curators as your guide. A great opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of the work and ideas behind Ashish’s creations.
Visit William Morris Gallery for a special curator-led tour of Ashish: Fall in Love and Be More Tender.
Ashish: Fall in Love and Be More Tender is the first major survey exhibition of fashion designer Ashish Gupta. It will showcase over 60 designs, offering an unprecedented overview of Ashish’s subversive and playful practice. The exhibition features a major new commission by the Mumbai-based photographer and film-maker Ashish Shah.
See the exhibition with one of our curators as your guide. A great opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of the work and ideas behind Ashish’s creations.
