Westminster Theatre, Chancellor’s Building, Keele University ST5 5BG
Saturday, 25 March 2023
11.30am & 2.00pm

ArtsKeele and the Raven Mason Collection are collaborating with the Northern Ceramic Society to present a day focussed on the world-renowned Staffordshire Ceramics Industry.

At 11.30am is a special screening of the Potteries on Film, with Ray Johnson MBE of the Media Archive for Central England (MACE), including the Staffordshire Film Archive. Rare archive films from newsreels, documentaries and factories’ own productions are edited to give a unique view of the Pottery industry in the 20th century.

To follow, at 2.00pm, Antiques Roadshow expert Paul Atterbury gives unique and expert insight into what many would say was the glorious heyday of the ceramics industry in his presentation Colour in Victorian Ceramics. This presentation is brought to Keele by the Northern Ceramic Society, of which Paul Atterbury is the current President, and is the annual Godden Lecture in tribute to the prolific author on British ceramics, the late Geoffrey Godden. Dr Godden held an honorary Doctorate from Keele University.

Itinerary

11.00am - Coffee/tea and biscuits available
11.30-12.50pm - Welcome; Presentation The Potteries on Film, with Ray Johnson MBE of the Media Archive for Central England (MACE), including the Staffordshire Film Archive
1.00-2.00pm - Lunch break
2.00-3.30pm - The Godden Lecture: Colour in Victorian Ceramics, by Paul Atterbury followed by Q+A

Tickets - Free of charge, available via Eventbrite, or email northernceramicsociety@gmail.com