Current News & Events
The AGM
AGM – Tuesday 23 September 2008 at 2 p.m.
The AGM, which all members and subscribers are welcome to attend, will take place at the Salvation Army Headquarters, 101 Victoria Street, London (at the north end of the Millennium Bridge). There is a very nice café downstairs for lunch if required. After the meeting we can stroll across the bridge to the Private View.
The 71st Annual Exhibition
The next annual exhibition opens at the Bankside Gallery in London on 23 September 2008 and runs until 5 October 2008. It will tour to Newcastle and Bristol.
Further details of the 71st Exhibition itinerary have not yet been finalised. We hope to have them available soon.
THE PRIVATE VIEW – Tuesday 23 September 6 – 9 p.m.
TThe PRIVATE VIEW will take place at the Bankside Gallery, 48 Hopton Street, London SE1 9JH. Tel: 020 7928 7521. Entrance to the Gallery is on Bankside between the Blackfriars and Millennium Bridges, and close to Tate Modern. Members, subscribers and friends will all be most welcome to attend. It is hoped that there will be a good attendance as this is a great chance to meet fellow engravers and enthusiasts.
Weekend Events
Wood engraving demonstrations will be arranged in the afternoons during each weekend. Please contact the Bankside Gallery for details for confirmation. On Saturday 27 September, 2 – 4.30 p.m. Pete Lawrence and Kate Dicker will also be at the gallery to offer any help or advice. Looking forward to seeing you.
Two by Two, A Noah's Ark
This book is the second part of a unique project that the Society began with its highly successful Millennium Print. For further information please click here to download the leaflet.
Society of Wood Engravers Leaflet
The Society has produced a new leaflet in two versions showing details from larger engravings.
Version One
For artists' credits and to see their complete engravings click here. To see an online version of the leaflet click here to download.
Version Two
For artists' credits and to see their complete engravings click here. To see an online version of the leaflet click here to download.
To receive a copy, contact SWE General Secretary Geri Waddington on 01832 275028 or email g.waddington@dial.pipex.com.
Multiples
The Society's lively newsletter every other month. Multiples brings details of current and forthcoming exhibitions and books, articles about engraving, and views, including your own.
May 2008 Volume Six, Number Fifteen
Deadline for the next issue is 20 August 2008
The Christmas Book
Snippets by N F Simpson, engravings by Peter Forster, Raymond Gloeckler, John Lawrence, Miriam Macgregor, Hilary Paynter and Jim Westergard and an afterword by Simon Brett.
Click here to read more about the Christmas Book
The Christmas Card
The Somerset Carol engraved by Rosalind Bliss.
Click here to read more about the Christmas Card
Foreign Currency Payment
It is now possible to pay the Society by using PAYPAL. You have to register with Paypal.com and then instruct Paypal to make a £ sterling payment to: woodengravers@hotmail.com
Paypal will charge your nominated credit card or account in your local currency.
We do not accept cheques denominated in currencies other than sterling. The costs of presenting them to the bank are prohibitive, and some are not accepted at all. This costs us a lot of money each year. Paypal is a simple and secure system for those who use the internet.