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Street Fans: Partner Events
With less than two weeks to go until the opening of Street Fans, we wanted to tell you all about our upcoming partner events programme.
Read MoreIt’s all coming together…
Over the past few weeks, our small exhibitions team (curator, Jacob Moss and assistant, Imy Clarke) have been especially busy preparing for the fast-approaching opening of Street Fans on the 19th September.
Read MoreWe’re 100% funded. Thank you!
We are thrilled to announce that our first ever Art Happens crowdfunding campaign achieved its goal of raising £14,000.
Read MoreStill time to donate
Thanks to everyone who has donated so far. Our Art Happens crowdfunding campaign is now 91% funded!
Read MoreThe Fan Museum’s first ever crowdfunding campaign is 50% funded
A huge thank you to everyone who’s donated so far. With just ten days left to reach our target sum of £14,000, your support is more important than ever.
Read MoreWe launch our first ever Art Happens campaign to help fund pioneering fan making project
Earlier this year the little-known craft of fan making was included in the Radcliffe Red List of Endangered Craft, categorised as at serious risk of no longer being practised in the UK. Launching via Art Fund’s crowdfunding platform Art Happens, we are campaigning to raise £14,000 to help realise an innovative project which aims to reinvigorate this once thriving craft form.
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Upcoming Events
The Fan Museum at 30: Seduced! Fans & the Art of Advertising
Wednesday 07 July 2021
19.00–20.00 hrs BST, Wednesday 07 July 2021
The Fan Museum at 30: Seduced! Fans & the Art of Advertising
Join The Fan Museum’s curator, Jacob Moss as he reflects on the 2014 exhibition, Seduced! Fans & the Art of Advertising. Jacob will discuss some of the exhibition’s key themes and illustrate a selection of early advertising fans dating from the late-19th century through to the interwar period.
The talk is offered free-of-charge and will take place on the Zoom conferencing platform.
Advance booking is essential. To book, please email info@thefanmuseum.org.uk stating your full name.
The Fan Museum at 30: Chinoiserie Fans
Wednesday 04 August 2021
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