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Date: July 2, 2008
Saturday 19th July to Sunday 21st September 2008 - Exhibition
“At the Sign of the Rainbow: the work of Margaret Calkin James”
at Court Barn Museum,Church Street, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire.
Margaret Calkin James was a talented designer and painter who lived and worked in Chipping Campden during the Second World War.
She was born in 1895 in West Hampstead, London and studied at the Central School of Arts and Crafts 1914-1916 specialising in calligraphy. She won the Queen’s Scholoarship for her calligraphy in 1915. She also studied at the Westminster School of Art. In 1920 she set up the Rainbow Workshop in what had been the Art Department of the Central YMCA London during the War and of which she had been Head.
A prolific calligrapher, graphic designer, textile printer, printmaker and water colour artist, her clients included London Transport - Posters, Jonathan Cape - Book Jackets, The Curwen Press - Pattern Papers, The BBC - Programmes and Booklets and the GPO, for whom in 1935 she designed the first Greetings Telegram. She died in 1985 aged 90.
The Exhibition will feature her Textiles, Posters, Prints, Paintings and Calligraphy.
Her work was celebrated in the publication - At the Sign of the Rainbow- by Betty Miles with a Foreword by Alan Powers which was first published in 1996 and, until recently, was out of print. A new edition, revised and enlarged, and in full colour throughout is now available.
As part of this Exhibition there will be a talk by her daughter, Elizabeth Argent, on Saturday July 26th at 4.30pm.
Court Barn Museum
Church Street, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire GL55 6JE
Telephone 01386 841951
www.courtbarn.org.uk
The Museum is open - April to September - Tuesday to Saturday 10.30 - 17.30
Sunday 11.30 - 17.30
October to March - Tuesday to Saturday 11.00 - 16.00
Sunday 11.30 - 16.00
Closed on Mondays(except Bank Holidays) and from 24th December to 1st January.
Source: Court Barn Museum and MJC web site www.margaretcalkinjames.co.uk
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September 17th, 2008 at 9:32 am
Do you know if it is possible to purchase a copy of Margaret Calkin James’ “Rainbow Workshops” poster? I have searched the net but haven’t found one.
Many thanks
Jules Lee
September 25th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
Yes, My question is the same as Jules Lee [17 Sept, 2008]: is it possible to buy a copy of the Rainbow Workshops poster?
Details would be appreciated.
September 25th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
Posters were for sale at the Court Barn exhibtion, but Jules can still purchase a poster by contacting Elizabeth Argent on rainbowworkshops@tiscali.co.uk or via the www.margaretcalkinjames.co.uk website.