Knittaz With Attitude Summer school trip: Blackwell Arts & Crafts House – 9.08.22

Join us as we go on our first Knittaz With Attitude Summer School Trip!

About this event

At our last meeting we decided that instead of the usual August session, we’ll schedule a day trip to Blackwell Arts & Crafts House near Windermere.

What’s included?

• Minibus travel – leaving from Blackpool
• Admission to the house and gardens
• Optional CLIMArt Stitching Creative Sessions – Get creative exploring issues affecting our climate and be part of a creative protest this summer. Express yourself through environment focused craft.
• Optional guided tour

What’s not included?

• Food: There is a very nice café/tea room there at the venue, or you can bring a packed lunch with you.

It will cost £5 per person (£3.50 for under 16’s)

Please note that ticket sales will close at 11:59 on Friday 5 August.

What do I need?

• Footwear: We’ll be exploring the house and garden so comfortable shoes are a must. We advise bringing a waterproof just in case the weather is miserable.
• Bags: We don’t have luggage space on the minibus, so please only bring at most 1 small day bag (handbag/tote/small rucksack for wet weather gear, lunch etc.) per person that could easily be stowed under a seat.
• Spending money: For if you’d like to visit the tea room or gift shop.

Travel Details for Tuesday 9 August

Pick up/drop off point: Cocker Walk, Corner of West/East Park Drive, FY3 9 LW (images below)

• There is plenty of free on street parking
• There are bus routes nearby: No 20 and no 4
• Set off from Blackpool: 10am, Please arrive at the pick up point from 9:45am
• Back in Blackpool: approx 5pm. (Leave Blackwell: 3:30pm)

About the house

Blackwell is a rare architectural gem, offering a perfectly preserved snapshot of early 20th-century living.

Designed by noted architect Mackay Hugh Baillie Scott, this Grade I listed building is one of the UK’s finest examples of Arts & Crafts architecture, and is a practice that is inspired by the natural world, while embracing traditional craft skills in an age of increasing mechanisation and mass production.

Almost all of Blackwell’s original features survive, along with immaculate furniture and beautiful decorative flourishes. With a peaceful, tranquil setting and tremendous views over Windermere and the Coniston Fells, the house never fails to inspire.

More on the house: https://lakelandarts.org.uk/blackwell/

Something in Common Exhibition

Enticing and subversive this exhibition sees textile artist James Fox exploring public land rights and how craft can be used as a force for change.

Fox has created new work for this commission that investigates society’s relationship with the countryside. Displayed alongside key landscape paintings from the Lakeland Arts collection, including artists such as Ben Nicholson, Sheila Fell and L S Lowry, the exhibition examines the history of public land rights and highlights how the subtle use of craft can be used to subvert power in society.

The exhibition: https://www.artfund.org/…/2022/06/17/something-in-common

Polite Notice

We’re expecting this trip to be very popular, so if you book a ticket and find that you can no longer attend, please let us know.

We expect to have a waiting list and will be able to easily re-fill any free spaces, so if you can’t come please tell us so we can release tickets to the waiting list.

Thanks so much for your understanding.