An invitation to a private reception in support of the restoration work on the Adam ceilings and a presentation by Professor John Wilton-Ely "Style and Industry: the Adam revolution" on Tuesday 10th December 2002.
The front cover shows detail of lions' heads in the RSA Research Room before and after partial restoration.
The RSA House Appeal aimed to raise over £500,000 to repair restore and redecorate the Adam ceilings and decorative schemes of two rooms within the House and subsequently relocate the Society's library resources to a purpose built space within 8 John Adam Street
Reply Card is attached to the invitation
File on the Atlantic Canada Medal
A Royal Society of Arts Medal to be awarded to a person who has contributed significantly to the Atlantic Provinces of Canada.
The first year of the medal's being awarded, to someone wo has contributed significantly to the environmental welfare of the whole Atlantic region.
Sponsors are asked to submit names of suitable persons to the Medal Awards Committee or to any Atlantic Fellow of the RSA for forwarding to the Medal Awards Committee. Nominations were accompanied by a standard and up-to-date curriculum Vitae (or equivalent) and a covering letter from the sponsor outlining those things which make the nominee worthy of consideration for this medal. Sponsors were also asked to submit names of three other persons who would be willing to attest to the nominee's suitability.
Recipients of the medal were Joseph Sherman, Walter J Learning and James Rhodenizer
Sem títuloBird Study, oil on panel, with light ground and paper attached to front. Award mentioned in Transactions of 1828 - 'Mrs Jos. Stannard, for an original painting of dead game, the Gold Isis medal, 1829, honorary class.' Minutes document the award as 'Qc for an original painting in oil of dead game by a lady of 25, medal is a bounty.'
Mrs Stannard (née Emily Coppin, also awarded under her maiden name - see item 961 in same series) is listed in Redgrave's Dictionary as wife of Joseph Stannard, landscape and marine painter of Norwich, 1797-1830. Other members of the Stannard family designed for the Lowestoft pottery works. Mrs Stannard died in Norwich, aged 82 in January 1885.
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Papers from the New Zealand Chapter between 1989-1997
Correspondence, Notes from meetings, Minutes of Meetings, Committee Nominations, Guidelines for International Committees and Honorary Corresponding Members (Aims, Responsibilities and Structure), Booklets
The current work of the Chapter is focused around the Regenerative Futures programme, which aims to create a future where humans thrive as part of the Earth’s ecology.
This work has three pillars: climate change, inclusive economies, and indigenous wisdom.
Sem títuloDean Clough boasts one of the UK’s largest private galleries and a nationally acclaimed contemporary arts programme. It sustains a score of bursary studios, initiates festivals and performance events, supports several community and arts charities and enables a plethora of courses and educational initiatives.
The RSA had a Partnership with Dean Clough and ran a programme of courses and presentations. These included: Arts and Young People Initiative, Design Dimension, Making Formal Exhibitions, Thinking About Layout and Presentation, Printmaking, Printing Without a Press, Relief Painting, Open Sesame! Fine Arts Media An Extract from Art in Context by Jack A Hobbs and Programmes of Study.
The Dean Clough Programme ran from 1996
Sem títuloFloppy Disk of RSA House Photos with the Front of House, Ceiling Overview and Plasterwork Detail
Mini Disc of RSA Fundraising 10.12.02
Cassette Tape of RSA Fundraising 10.12.02
Certificates from the RSA House Appeal "Adopting a Lion."
One plain certificate, one signed by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, One in honour of Simon Cagle
Certificates bare the text "This is to certify that your adopted Lion has been restored to its original glory in the Society's Adam Rooms. Your contribution to the restoration work is greatly appreciated and will continue to be so for many years to come."
RSA Building and Restoration 2001-2003 booklet
"It is beautifully simple without meanness, and grand without exaggeration" Thomas Malton 1792
Sem títuloA printed newspaper article titled "Looking to plaster over the crack" by Sabrina Wolfe published in The Times, Wednesday 11th December 2002
Sem títuloAdopt a Lion donation form printed with detail of partially restored lion heads in the RSA Research Room.
The RSA aimed to raise over £500,000 to repair, restore and redecorate the Adam ceilings and decorative schemes of two room within the House.
The RSA offered Fellows to option of "adopting" one of the 40 miniature lions which adore the Adam frieze in the Research room. For donations of £1000 and above you can name your lion for the duration of three years. The donations were put toward the cost of carefully cleaning the plasterwork, and reinstating the original paint scheme.
Donations started at £1000, to £5000 and up to £10,000
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